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Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has signed a new deal with the club. The 31-year-old made the announcement via a live video from the club’s Emirates Stadium. This is where you belong, Auba ❤️ ???? @Aubameyang7 pic.twitter.com/sgViWSBYWf — Arsenal (@Arsenal) September 15, 2020 “Signing for this special club was never in doubt,” he said. “I believe in Arsenal. We can achieve big things together. We have something exciting here and I believe the best is to come for Arsenal.” Aubameyang’s contract was due to expire at the end of the 2020-21 season meaning he would have been free to talk to…

To meet Nigerian community in Ghana today Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, leaves Abuja this morning for Accra, Ghana to attend an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the situation in Mali. Prof. Osinbajo who is representing President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, at the summit will join other leaders in the sub-region to discuss the political crisis in Mali and the security situation in the sub region at large. The Accra meeting will form part of several efforts by leaders in the sub region to resolve Mali’s political crisis. While in Accra, the Vice President…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 132 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Monday. The 132 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 56,388. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 185 patients from isolation centers across the country with one new death reported. Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria reported 52 new confirmed cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 18663. Nigeria records six new coronavirus deaths Gombe state reported 27 new cases, Plateau recorded 17…

Aviation unions left hundreds of Arik Air passengers stranded on Monday at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in Ikeja, Lagos, after they halted flights out of the airport. As early as 6 a.m, members of National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) occupied the entrance gate to the airline’s office and sang solidarity songs. They prevented the airline’s workers from entering the facility. The union members carried placards with various inscriptions, accusing the airline of running a slave camp where its workers’ rights and conditions…

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has hinted that Dangote Refinery may not significantly reduce the price of petrol because the refinery will be selling at the international price. Mrs Ahmed said this is because the refinery is located at the Export Processing Zone in Lagos State. The minister spoke on NTA’s ‘Good Morning Nigeria’ programme on Monday, adding that the only thing Nigeria would not need to pay is shipping cost. Mrs Ahmed said: “What we are doing is enabling the petroleum sector to actually grow. There have been a number of refineries that…

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has topped the Forbes list for highest-earning footballers in 2020. Forbes estimated Messi’s yearly earnings at $126m (£97.2m) with Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo second on $117m (£90.3m). Neymar was in third with Paris St-Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappe fourth. Three Premier League players – Mohamed Salah, Paul Pogba and David de Gea – made the top 10, as did Real Madrid and Wales forward Gareth Bale. Welshman Bale came eighth in the list at $29m (£22.4m) despite a disappointing 2019-20 season, on a personal level, which saw him fall out with Real boss Zinedine Zidane and only feature in…

The US Department of State on Monday slammed a visa ban on politicians and other individuals whose actions undermined Nigeria’s democratic process during the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections. Also affected by the ban are those political actors involved in Saturday’s Edo State governorship election and the October 10 Ondo State governorship election. In a statement on its website, the Department said: “The United States is a steadfast supporter of Nigerian democracy. We commend all those Nigerians who participated in elections throughout 2019 and have worked to strengthen Nigerian democratic institutions and processes. “We remain committed to working…

Liverpool will wait until the final week of the transfer window to make an official move for Bayern Munich’s Spain midfielder Thiago Alcantara, 29. (Talksport) Manchester United are ready to offer Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale, 31, a short-term deal, with an initial season-long loan, after losing patience with efforts to sign Borussia Dortmund’s England winger Jadon Sancho, 20. (Sun) But Wales forward Bale is not keen on a loan move. (Mail) Manchester United fear increased competition for England winger Sancho next summer if they cannot prise him away from Borussia Dortmund in this transfer window. (ESPN) Barcelona’s Argentina playmaker Lionel Messi, 33, will be asked by club president Josep Maria Bartomeu to take a salary…

Frank Lampard says his expensively reshaped Chelsea side “have to have intentions to be up there” with champions Liverpool after they began their campaign with victory at Brighton. Chelsea finished 33 points adrift of the Reds last season and lost both league fixtures against them but have spent around £200m this summer. The goal that sealed it! ????@KurtZouma! ⚽️ #BHACHE pic.twitter.com/djI9ROqHUc — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) September 14, 2020 Timo Werner – signed from RB Leipzig – and his Germany team-mate Kai Havertz – brought in from Bayer Leverkusen – made their debuts for a side forced to work hard for…

Operatives of the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin zonal office, have arrested two lecturers of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa: Abdulahi Opashola and Adebisi Ademola and twenty-eight others over their alleged involvement in offences bordering on internet fraud. The twenty-eight other suspects are: Kingsley Essien; Tobiloba Adenuga; Tope Ayodele; Rasheed Mujib; Oladipo Opeyemi; Saadu Muktar; Oladejo Hammed; Hammed Tope; Ameachi Umenyi, Salauden Adam and Afolabi Gafar. Others are: Oladimeji Timi; Remilekun Adeolu; Audu John; David Momodu; Abdulkareem Samad; Adebiyi Sodiq; Dawodu Olusoji; Yusuf Amoo; Kehinde Olarenwaju; Philip Mike, Ademola Adebukola and Adeniyi Olamilekan. The…