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Former England striker Alan Shearer and ex-France forward Thierry Henry have become the first players to be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. Shearer is the Premier League’s record scorer, with 260 goals for Blackburn Rovers – whom he won the title with in 1995 – and Newcastle United. Henry scored a club record 175 Premier League goals in 258 appearances for Arsenal. He was the league’s top scorer in a season a record four times. Henry won the title twice and was part of the Arsenal side that went unbeaten in the league in the 2003-04 season.…

Netflix has announced plans to feature Ikorodu Bois in its Oscar Weekend Film Brand Campaign. The Ikorodu Bois are a group of brothers and one cousin from Lagos who remake their favorite movie trailers in their free time. The company said in a statement that its campaign was targeted at celebrating fans for the important role they play, for watching, loving, discussing, and even recreating Netflix movies. “Netflix’s wide reach has woken up a new generation of global film fans, allowing them to discover more diverse perspectives, see themselves reflected and inspiring new forms of movie-love. “Once a year, the…

Chelsea are ahead of Manchester United and Paris St-Germain in the race to sign Real Madrid’s 28-year-old France defender Raphael Varane. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish) Guinea defender Ali Camara, 23, who plays for Young Boys in Switzerland, has caught the attention of several Premier League sides, including Liverpool, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, West Ham and Norwich. (Team Talk) Bayern Munich have opened talks to appoint RB Leipzig’s Julian Nagelsmann as their new manager. (Independent) Arsenal face a dilemma over the future of 21-year-old midfielder Joe Willock, who is on loan at Newcastle United, with the Gunners needing to sell players to raise funds. (Football London) Arsenal are prepared to sell 23-year-old England defender Ainsley Maitland-Niles, who is on loan at West Brom,…

Governor Kayode Fayemi says his administration has imported more than 200 pregnant cows from the United States of America. Ekiti-owned Ikun Dairy Farm will manage the pregnant cows in Ikun-Ekiti. The farm is to serve as a prototype for the National Livestock Transformation Plan. It will address the farmers-herders crisis in the Ekiti, according to Mr Fayemi. “These cows are going to be stationary. They are not roaming anywhere. They are not going on open grazing. They are right here on the farm. “You know what we have suffered from open grazing not just in the state but across the…

319,755 beneficiaries of Payroll Support scheme 265,425 beneficiaries under the Artisan and Transport Support tracks 172,129 business names registered free by CAC In furtherance of the Buhari administration’s support for small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic under its Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), payment would be made to the next batch of beneficiaries of the ESP Survival Fund’s Payroll support track and the one-off General MSME Grant of N50,000 as from this week. This is expected to increase the number of beneficiaries under the Payroll Support track, which has so far benefitted a total of 319,755 Nigerians, while 265,425 Nigerians are…

Saturday became the 12th consecutive day Nigeria recorded no fatality from COVID-19 that has caused over 2,000 deaths in the country and three million deaths globally since the pandemic began, it was learnt on Sunday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which gave the figure on Sunday, reported 51 new cases of COVID-19 infections and zero death on Saturday. The agency, which stated these on its official Twitter handle, added that the new cases were registered in five states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). “Yobe took the lead with 19 cases, Lagos (17), Rivers (8), FCT (4), Akwa-Ibom…

Film drama Nomadland has scooped three Oscars including best picture, while British stars Sir Anthony Hopkins and Daniel Kaluuya have won acting awards. Nomadland’s Chloe Zhao made history as the first woman of colour and second woman to win best director. Sir Anthony, 83, is the oldest winner of best actor, while Kaluuya is the first black British actor to win an Oscar – for the best supporting award. British actress-turned-writer/director Emerald Fennell won a screenplay award. She won best original screenplay for Promising Young Woman, which she also directed. Frances McDormand won best actress for her role in Nomadland,…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation (JAMB) has fixed Thursday, 20th of May, 2021 for this year’s mock examination which was earlier billed to hold on Saturday, April, 30th. “This change of date is owing to some ongoing adjustments in the Board’s operational processes,” the examination body said in a statement by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin. It explained that the development will not, however, affect other Mock Examination schedules and the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) fixed for 5th to 19th June 2021. “Candidates who have registered and have chosen to sit the Mock and other critical…

Boko Haram has hoisted its flag in some parts of the Geidam community, in Yobe state. This comes two days after the terrorists reportedly attacked Geidam local government area of the state. Geidam is the hometown of the acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Usman Alkali Baba. Some of the residents confirmed to Channels Television that, the insurgents have hoisted their flags in some parts of their community, moving from house to house preaching to them to accept their ideology. Three abducted Kaduna varsity students found dead Although the Army battalion in Geidam is still present in the community, it…

Bandits have attacked Haske Baptist Church in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing eight people while several worshippers were abducted. An unspecified number of worshippers also sustained varying degrees of injuries with a medical doctor, Zakariah Dogo Yaro of the Kaduna State Ministry of Health, among those killed during the incident. The church, located in Manini Tasha village, Kuriga Ward of the local government area, was attacked around 9am on Sunday by the heavily-armed bandits. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan confirmed the incident to Channels Television. A member of the church…