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Harry Maguire has been found guilty of charges of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and repeated attempts of bribery after an incident in Greece last week, and has been handed a suspended prison sentence of 21 months. The Manchester United captain, his brother Joe Maguire and their friend Christopher Sharman have been on trial in Greece after an incident which happened in the early hours of Friday morning while Maguire was on holiday on the island of Mykonos with family and friends. Greek police claimed the three defendants were involved in an altercation with officers on the island and that bribery was…

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode put on an almost dictatorial display in Calabar, Cross River State on Friday, 21 August 2020 when he verbally assaulted a journalist who asked him a question. Fani-Kayode also went on tell the journalist from Daily Trust, one of Nigeria’s renowned newspaper that he has a short fuse and does not take questions like that lightly. The former special adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo was in Calabar to visit the governor, Ben Ayade and to tour the state and assess the level of progress made by the governor as well as his achievements. After…

By ‘Debo Oluwaseun To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. – Marilyn vos Savant For any discerning mind, reading Bayo Oluwasanmi’s opinions must be a torrid exercise. One thing that shouts at you is the fact that he knows very little about the topics he sometimes writes upon and there is need for him to return to Evening School to brush up on his education. His latest attempt to comment on Community Policing almost made me nauseate. His article was once again devoid of logic, facts and even common sense but more importantly, it…

Chelsea are on course to spend more money than in any previous transfer window after agreeing deals to sign German 21-year-old midfielder Kai Havertz of Bayer Leverkusen and Paris St-Germain’s Brazilian defender Thiago Silva, 35. (The Times – subscription only) Thiago says he will decide his future in the next 24 hours. (London Standard) Former Inter Milan owner Massimo Moratti believes his former club are trying to buy Barcelona’s Argentine forward Lionel Messi, 33. (AS – in Spanish) Manager Mikel Arteta wants Arsenal’s Dutch legend Dennis Bergkamp, 51, to return to the club as his assistant. (The Sun) Leeds United’s interest in Argentine forward Nicolas Gonzalez, 22, is “very serious” says Stuttgart’s sporting director Sven Mislintat. (Yorkshire Evening Post)…

The United States has given nearly $42 million in assistance to Nigeria in support against the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in the country. This includes more than $3.3 million for health assistance and $34 million in humanitarian funding for risk-communications, water and sanitation, infection-prevention, coordination, and emergency food assistance; and more than $4.7 million in MRA humanitarian assistance for vulnerable people. This was contained in a fact sheet released by the American government. It added that on August 11, USAID handed over a donation of 200 ventilators to the Federal Government. This assistance joins more than $8.1 billion in…

The Coalition of Christian Leaders in Edo state has endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. The Christian leaders urged Christians across denominations to vote for the APC standard-bearer. The coalition, comprising church leaders cutting across Christian denominations announced the endorsement of the APC candidate at its one-day conference in Benin city. It said the endorsement was informed by meetings in which the church leaders examined the interest of God in relation to the election and concluded that Ize-Iyamu’s SIMPLE agenda manifesto is a plan that will place Edo State and its citizens on the path…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend urged telecommunication companies to reciprocate the reduction in the charges on Right of Way (RoW) by reducing data charges to Nigerians. Its Executive Vice Chairman, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, stated this while addressing participants at the maiden virtual edition of the Telecoms Consumer Parliament (VTCP) at the NCC headquarters in Abuja. Danbatta noted that considering the steps the Federal Government had taken to reduce the charges of RoW below N145 per linear metre while some states waived the charges outright, it had become necessary for operators to reciprocate the gesture. “The commission…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 321 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Monday. The 321 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 52,543. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 312 patients from isolation centers across the country with two new deaths reported. Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria reported 98 new confirmed cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 17992. Nigeria announces 322 new coronavirus cases The Federal Capital Territory reported 34 new cases, Kaduna…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Governing Council and appointment of Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities in line with the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2019. According to the Act, the Commission shall be headed by a part-time chairman and six members who shall be Persons with Disabilities representing the geo-political zones of the federation subject to confirmation of the Senate for a four-year term of office in the first instance, and may be reappointed for a second term of four years and no more. The Executive Secretary, who shall…

* Nigeria imposed lockdowns in Lagos and Abuja in Q2 * Oil sector contracted by 6.63% * Government says economy may shrink by up to 8.9% this year Nigeria’s economy contracted by 6.1% in the second quarter of 2020 from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics Nigeria office said on Monday. The economy was impacted by lockdowns in its two main cities, Lagos and Abuja as well as low oil prices taking its toll. The West African country – Africa’s largest economy and the continent’s top oil producer – reported its first coronavirus case in late February. Lockdowns…