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West Ham have signed Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard on loan until the end of the season, after completing the permanent signing of Said Benrahma. England international Lingard, who has scored 33 goals in 210 appearances for United, had played just three times for the club this season. United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said he wanted the 28-year-old to return to Old Trafford “revitalised”. “I’m excited,” said Lingard. “It’s another new chapter in my life.” He added: “Nothing is guaranteed but I’ve come here to work hard and help the team and bring my experience. That’s the main aim. I…

The total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries has reached 3,516,781 today, January 29, 2021. Reported deaths in Africa reached 88,985 and 2,990,354 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases – 1,437,798 and 43,105 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (469,139), Tunisia (204,351), Egypt (164,282), Ethiopia (135,594), and Nigeria (127,024). Bill Gates surprised by low number of COVID-19 deaths in Africa The numbers are compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (world map) using statistics from the World Health Organization and other international institutions as…

A lecturer at the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State, Architect Kola Oladunjoye has died in a motor accident along the Moniya-Iseyin road. Oladunjoye, who was the immediate past Head of the Department of Architecture in the institution died on Thursday along with three others whose identities have not been made public yet. It was gathered that Oladunjoye and three others were coming from Saki town before the fatal accident that occurred at Odo Ogun bridge on Thursday. Public Relations Officer of the Polytechnic Ibadan, Alhaji Soladoye Adewole confirmed the death of the immediate past HOD of Architecture, Mr. Kola Oladunjoye to…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has slashed the school fees being payable at the Lagos State University (LASU). The management of LASU had on December 10, 2020 jacked up its school fees by over 120 percent beginning with incoming 100 Level students. The school said the old students would continue to pay the initial N25,000 until they graduate from the institution while new students would pay the new increase of N67,048.50 per session. LASU hiked school fees by over 500 percent during the administration of Babatunde Fashola in 2014 and series of protests and condemnation made the former governor to…

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has advised Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, to be careful and to watch out for politicians looking for how to hijack his agitations against killer herdsmen in the South West. The First class Yoruba Monarch advised him not to take laws into his hands but allow constituted authorities handle the herdsmen menace. Oba Adeyeye praised Igboho for taking on the movement against the killer herdsmen, saying it was highly commendable. Ooni however warned that he should back down so that government can take over the battles to avoid politicians hijacking the movement.…

The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company was executed Friday on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a recent corruption case. Lai Xiaomin of China Huarong Asset Management Co., was among thousands of officials snared in a long-running anti-graft campaign led by President Xi Jinping. Others including China’s former insurance regulator have been sentenced to prison. Lai, 58, was put to death by a court in Tianjin, east of Beijing, the government announced. The Second Intermediate People’s Court of Tianjin ruled in January that death was justified because Lai took “especially enormous” bribes…

Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province have been publicly lashed 77 times each after neighbourhood vigilantes burst into their apartment last November and reported them to Islamic religious police for allegedly having sex with each other. The caning is the third time people have been punished for practicing homosexuality since Aceh banned it under Shariah law in 2015. The consumption of alcohol, gambling, tight clothing for women, and extramarital sex have also been outlawed under Shariah ordinances. The men, aged 27 and 29, were whipped on Thursday with a rattan stick in front of dozens of people by a…

Afeare Isreal, an associate of Davido stated on his Instagram page as to why popular singer, Zlatan Ibile, is angry with DJ Cuppy. He described Otedola’s daughter as a ‘full fake friend.’ Isreal who is Davido’s personal logistics manager, stated that despite the commercial success of their 2019 song, Gelato, DJ Cuppy did not compensate Zlatan. He also revealed that DJ Cuppy took Zlatan for her fundraiser in Abua where she made billions of naira but she never paid Zlatan neither did she cater to his accommodation. According to his Instagram post, he said, “Kudos to someone like Zlatan, who…

Pioneering Hollywood actress Cicely Tyson – who was known for portraying strong African-American characters – has died aged 96, her manager has said. No cause of the death was given. The former fashion model had a career that spanned seven decades. Tyson won two Emmys for her performance in the 1974 civil rights-era film The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Cicely Tyson also became the first black woman to take on a main role in the TV drama East Side/West Side in the 1960s. Presenting Tyson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, the then US President Barack Obama…

Nigeria evacuated hundreds of its citizens from Saudi Arabia on Thursday after they overstayed their visas and were left stranded, two Reuters witnesses said. The first returnees, clad in masks and flowing robes, could be seen walking across the tarmac after their plane landed in the capital Abuja. High unemployment and two recessions in four years have pushed thousands of Nigerians to seek work overseas. But the coronavirus pandemic has reduced employment opportunities in other countries and travel restrictions have left many stranded. A video circulating on social media in recent weeks had shown Nigerians who said they had been…