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The U.S government through its agency, the General Services Administration (GSA), known for auctioning government properties has expanded its portfolio to Bitcoin as reported by The Washington Post. The two-day auction event of about 0.7501 bitcoins began at the start of the week and ended on Wednesday. Upon the closure of the auction event, the successful bidder won with an offer of $53,104. Still, the seller had to pay real-time has price higher than the quote meaning that the winner had to pay a premium for his purchase through the government. Bitcoin reaches all-time high of $60,000 “Auctioning off this…

Super Eagles legend, Sunday Oliseh has lamented the fallen profile of the senior national team, saying that the 1994 African champions now lack quality. Oliseh said unlike his playing days, the present Super Eagles side can only boast of a handful of players featuring for top-flight European clubs. “The demands that we have; the qualification that you have before you can play for the Super Eagles; the bar has been reduced,” the former Nigerian captain told Channels Television’s Sports This Morning on Friday. “We as a nation are now happy with mediocrity. We celebrate even third place in Africa. When…

Manchester United have been drawn against Granada in the Europa League quarter-finals, while Arsenal will face Slavia Prague. Ajax have been drawn against Roma, while Dinamo Zagreb play Villarreal. In the semi-finals, the winner of the Granada v Manchester United tie will play Ajax or Roma and Dinamo Zagreb or Villarreal will play Arsenal or Slavia Prague. The two-legged quarter-final ties will be played on 8 and 15 April. The road to Gdańsk is set! ???? Who’s lifting the ????❓#UELdraw | #UEL pic.twitter.com/54x0ACdUXl — UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) March 19, 2021 The semi-finals are scheduled for 29 April and 6…

Liverpool will face Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Manchester City will play Borussia Dortmund, while Chelsea will face Porto and defending champions Bayern Munich take on Paris St-Germain in a repeat of last year’s final. In the semi-finals, the winner of the Real Madrid v Liverpool tie will face Porto or Chelsea and Manchester City or Dortmund will take on Bayern or PSG. The two-legged quarter-finals will take place on 6-7 and 13-14 April. The first legs of the semi-final will be on 27-28 April with the return ties on 4-5 May. Liverpool and Real Madrid…

The Presidency says six of the 12 super Tucano fighter aircraft earlier ordered by the Federal Government will arrive in the country by July 2021. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu announced on his Twitter handle today saying six of the twelve super Tucanos are on track to arrive in mid-July 2021 while the remaining six will arrive shortly after that. According to him, “the super Tucano came off the production line in Jacksonville Florida, and are now being equipped and flight tested. https://twitter.com/GarShehu/status/1372608602939273226?s=20 ‘Yorubaland is no longer part of Nigeria’ -Sunday Igboho “Nigerian pilots and maintenance personnel are training on…

Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan was on Friday sworn in as the country’s first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery. Hassan, 61, a soft-spoken Muslim woman from the island of Zanzibar, will finish Magufuli’s second five-year term, set to run until 2025. Wearing a bright red headscarf, Hassan was sworn in as the country’s sixth president, at a ceremony in Dar es Salaam, where neither she nor the majority of attendees wore a mask, in the Covid-sceptic nation. “I, Samia Suluhu Hassan, promise to be honest and obey and protect the constitution…

The trial of a former Director of Police Pension Office, Atiku Abubakar Kigo, Veronica Oyegbula and four others continued before Justice Hussien Baba Yusuf of the FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday March 17, 2021 as prosecution witness, Mustapha Sani Gadanya (a former staff of the Commission) continued his examination – in- chief. Led in evidence by Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, the witness provided further insight into suspicious cash flows into the account of the third defendant, Oyegbula and how she bought a property in the name of her daughter who was a student at the time. Gadanya told the…

Jenkins Alumona, Chief Executive Officer of Flykite Promotions, has been named as Chairman of the Lagos State Boxing Association. Alumona was sworn-in at the inauguration ceremony of the board members of the various Lagos State Sports associations conducted by the Lagos State Sports Commission at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, on Wednesday. Also inaugurated on the LSBA board are Anthony Adeboye Adeyinka as Vice Chairman, boxing legend and coach, Joe Mensah; Damilola James, Koye Sowemimo and Oluwadare Afolayan as members. Speaking at the event, Sola Aiyepeku, Executive Chairman of the Lagos State Sports Commission, said the new board members were…

Tottenham were knocked out of the Europa League as a sublime hat-trick from Mislav Orsic completed a remarkable second-leg turnaround for Dinamo Zagreb. Leading 2-0 after a one-sided first encounter in London seven days earlier, Spurs – who made seven changes – paid the price for a desperately poor performance against the Croatian champions. Orsic deservedly curled the hosts ahead on the night with a wonderful strike from the edge of the box and swept home Iyayi Atiemwen’s cross to bring the tie level in Zagreb. He added a superb third at the start of the second period of extra…

Paul Pogba returned from injury to send Manchester United into the Europa League quarter-finals and manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says the midfielder will continue to make a big impact in the final stages of the season. The Frenchman scored the winner against AC Milan at the San Siro three minutes after being introduced as a half-time substitute in the second leg of an evenly poised last-16 tie. “The boys have done remarkably without Paul but we know his qualities,” Solskjaer said. “He makes a very, very big difference to us. Paul has been working really hard, but you could see…