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Cristiano Ronaldo dedicated Juventus’ record-extending ninth successive Serie A title ‘to the fans’ as they defeated Sampdoria in Turin. The forward scored his 31st league goal of the season from Miralem Pjanic’s short free-kick and Federico Bernardeschi sealed the victory. Maurizio Sarri’s side are the only team to win nine consecutive titles in one of Europe’s top five leagues. It extends their own record, which Bayern Munich had matched in June. Ronaldo missed the chance to get closer to Ciro Immobile’s tally of 34 at the top of the Serie A goal charts as he struck a penalty against the…

The number of new cases of coronavirus in Nigeria rose by 555 in 24 hours, taking the new total pass the 40,000 mark on Sunday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced the confirmed coronavirus cases during its daily update via social media. The 555 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 40532. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 426 patients from isolation centers across the country with two new deaths reported. Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria topped the number of confirmed cases with…

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has linked some members of the National Assembly to some contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Akpabio, however, did not state if the lawmakers were directly awarded the contracts or they nominated the projects under their Zonal Intervention Projects, also known as constituency projects. According to Punch Newspaper, the former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the NDDC, Mr Nicholas Mutu, who represents the Bomadi/Patani Federal Constituency of Delta State, is among those linked by the minister with contracts. .@Senator_Akpabio indicts @nassnigeria members in the @NDDCOnline probe#NDDCfraudFacts #NDDCHearing pic.twitter.com/KkMIxy0jER…

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has explained why he rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said he dumped the PDP because Bauchi Governor, Bala Mohammed was repeating the mistake of the previous administration. This was contained in a resignation of membership letter addressed to Chairman of the PDP in Bogoro ‘C’ ward in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi. Dogara, who represents Dass/Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, in the letter dated 24th July, 2020, states: “I write to formally intimate you of my decision to…

By Dr. Ahmed Rahman/Abuja On Tuesday July 21, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power, Senator Gabriel Suswam, presented a report on ‘Addressing Nigeria’s Power Sector Problems’ for debate at Plenary. As may be expected, the report recounted many of the well-known woes and inadequacies of the Nigerian Power Sector. At the same time, it tried to ascribe reasons to them. In the course of that, the Senator dwelled on the Azura Power Generating Company and what the transaction was costing the Federal Government. As may be expected, most papers reported it the next day, but of all of…

Charles Eze Mr Ola Olukoyede, the suspended Executive Secretary to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) never worked for SimmonsCooper Partners, records have shown. The records negate a Twitter message released by a certain Jackson Ude, alleging that Mr Ola Olukoyede, the Secretary to the EFCC, once worked for SimmonsCooper Partners, former law firm of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. “It has been discovered that such an allegation is not only false but also an attempt at discrediting the person of Ola Olukoyede, which accordingly, he has disregarded and treated as a propaganda aimed at mischief,” Eze said. The EFCC…

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy became the oldest player to win the Premier League Golden Boot after finishing the season with 23 goals. The 33-year-old ended up a goal clear of Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Southampton striker Danny Ings, both on 22. Vardy is the ninth English player to win or share the Golden Boot. Last season Liverpool duo Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah and Arsenal’s Aubameyang shared it with 22 each. Thank you to our fans and my team-mates for voting for me, I’m extremely proud to receive these awards. @LCFC ???????? pic.twitter.com/Cp979kvfNx — Jamie Vardy (@vardy7) July 25,…

Managerless Watford were relegated from the Premier League on the final day of the season as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang inspired Arsenal to victory. The Hornets, who dropped into the bottom three for the first time since 28 February in midweek, started the day level on points with 17th spot knowing a positive result could keep them up. But they were 3-0 down after 33 minutes and, despite pulling back two goals, finish a terrible campaign 19th in the table following a 20th defeat. Arsenal scored with their first three attempts on target, Aubameyang getting the first with a penalty after Craig…

Manchester United secured a place in the Champions League at the expense of Leicester City with victory at King Power Stadium. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side needed a point from this decisive final-day meeting to confirm a place in the top four – and break the hearts of the Foxes, who were in a Champions League spot for so much of the season. Leicester needed victory once Chelsea took command at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers but their dreams were dashed as Bruno Fernandes scored a 71st-minute penalty after Anthony Martial tumbled under challenge from Wes Morgan and Jonny Evans. Both sides…

Tottenham secured their place in next season’s Europa League with a hard-fought draw at Crystal Palace. The result sees Jose Mourinho’s side leapfrog into sixth place above Wolves, who lost at Chelsea. Harry Kane opened the scoring for Spurs, dispatching a low finish into the bottom left corner after collecting Giovani lo Celso’s pass. However, Jeffrey Schlupp levelled for Palace with a close-range finish after some poor Tottenham marking at a corner. It was no more than Roy Hodgson’s side deserved, as they ended a run of seven straight defeats. Chelsea qualify for Champions League as Wolves miss out of Europa…