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Manchester City have held talks with the agent of Borussia Dortmund’s 21-year-old Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland. (Fabrizio Romano, via Express) Dortmund have not given up hope of keeping Haaland beyond the summer transfer window, despite Barcelona also showing interest. (Mirror) Chelsea could look to sell Albanian forward Armando Broja, 20, and English midfielder Faustino Anjorin, 20, to help fund transfers this summer. (Evening Standard) The representatives of Chelsea’s Germany defender Antonio Rudiger, 28, are in constant dialogue with Real Madrid and PSG. (Sky Sports) Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich could be open to selling the club, with bids expected to arrive…

Substitute Josh Coburn scored a fine winner in extra time as Middlesbrough stunned Tottenham to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. Buoyed by a sell-out crowd at the Riverside for the first time in five years, Chris Wilder’s side, who beat Manchester United in the last round, matched their Premier League opponents throughout and broke the deadlock in the 107th minute. Coburn latched on to Matt Crooks’ pass before the 19-year-old thumped an effort beyond Hugo Lloris and into the far corner from a tight angle. Tottenham hope Antonio Conte is the manager to end their 14-year wait for…

The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari to amend the Electoral Act passed by the National Assembly on January 25, 2022. The request was contained in a letter dated 28th February, 2022. The letter was read on the floor during plenary on Tuesday by the Senate President Ahmad Lawan. The President, in the letter, drew the attention of chamber to the provisions of Section 84(12), which, according to him, constitutes a “defect” that is in conflict with extant constitutional provisions. According to him, Section 84(12) of the Act constitutes a disenfranchisement of serving political office holders from…

The Senate on Tuesday passed a total of 49 bills out of the 68 considered during voting on the Constitution Bills. The bills were contained in report of the Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution. A total of 19 alteration bills failed to make passage during the voting exercise which lasted almost five hours during plenary. Senate President Ahmad Lawan while setting the tone for voting on the bills, explained that only bills which enjoyed passage in both chambers would be transmitted to the State Houses of Assemblies for concurrence. According to him, any bill which fails to…

The Senate has received the Nigeria Startup Bill transmitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari. The bill was accompanied with a letter dated the 21st February, 2022, and read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. President Buhari in the letter explained that the Startup bill seeks to position the country’s Startup Ecosystem and to establish a National Council for Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The letter reads in part, “Pursuant to Sections 58(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), I hereby forward The Nigeria Startup Bill, 2021 for the kind consideration…

Kyiv under threat from Russian column Rockets rain down on second city Russia says will push on until goals met Refugees pack border crossings Russia warned Kyiv residents to flee their homes on Tuesday and rained rockets down on Kharkiv, as Russian commanders who have failed to achieve a quick victory shifted their tactics to intensify the bombardment of Ukrainian cities. With an armoured column miles long bearing down on the capital, Russia’s defence ministry said it was planning to strike targets in Kyiv used by Ukraine’s security service. Residents near such sites should evacuate their homes, it warned, while…

Everton have received an apology from the head of the professional referees body Mike Riley after they were denied a penalty in the 1-0 defeat by Manchester City on Saturday. The Toffees wrote to the Premier League to complain about the decision when Manchester City midfielder Rodri seemed to use his arm to control the ball. Neither referee Paul Tierney nor video assistant referee Chris Kavanagh deemed it was worthy of a spot-kick despite complaints from fans and Everton boss Frank Lampard. Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) boss Riley called both Lampard and chairman Bill Kenwright on Monday to…

The ongoing trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, for an alleged N1.4billion fraud, before Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos was, again, stalled on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, as the counsel for the defendant, E.O. Isiramen, told the court that the defence was not ready to continue with the cross-examination of the fifth prosecution witness, PW5, Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The EFCC is prosecuting Abubakar and his company on a 27-count charge for allegedly using forged documents to obtain the sum…

Rejects proposal for special seats for women in legislature Turns down VAT inclusion in Exclusive list Approves possible conviction as penalty for failure to honour summons The Senate, on Tuesday, passed a bill to empower the National Assembly and State Assemblies to summon the President and State Governors to answer questions bothering on security or any other issues on which the National and State Houses of Assembly have powers to make laws. The bill seeks alteration to Section 67 of the Principal Act by inserting after subsection (3), a new subsection (4). The new subsection (4) provides: “Nothing in this…

The trial of Peter Hena, former Coordinating Director of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, and eight other officers of the agency before Justice Toyin Bolaji Adegoke of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, could not go on today, March 1, 2022 as scheduled. Though seven of the defendants, Mohammed Bello Auta (Director of Finance), Amina Sidi (Finance and Account department), Umar Aliyu Aduka (Internal Audit), Mbura Mustapha (Deputy Manager), Obi Okeke Malachy (Services Group), Obaje Napoleon Adofu (Head of Budget), and Benjamin Jiya (Assistant Director, were present in court, the case could not proceed owing to the absence…