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Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw will miss the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea after failing to recover from an ankle problem. Shaw’s fellow defender Brandon Williams should be fit after a facial injury. “Luke will be out. Brandon will try to join in training on Saturday with his eye. We’ll see if he can see the ball,” said manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Midfielder N’Golo Kante will miss a fourth successive game for Chelsea because of a hamstring injury. Scottish midfielder Billy Gilmour, 19, is out for the remainder of the season following knee surgery. Sergio Romero has been in goal…

The number of new cases of coronavirus rose by almost 260,000 in 24 hours – the largest single-day increase since the pandemic began, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. According to the WHO, this is the first time the number of new daily infections has surpassed a quarter of a million. The biggest increases were in the US, Brazil, India and South Africa. The global death toll from coronavirus also rose by 7,360 – the largest daily increase since 10 May. The previous record rise in new confirmed cases was recorded by the WHO just one day earlier.…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 653 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Saturday. The 653 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 36107. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 646 patients from isolation centers across the country with nine new deaths reported. Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria topped the number of confirmed cases with 115 new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 13341. Nigeria announces 600 new coronavirus cases Kwara recorded 85 new…

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta outmanoeuvred his mentor Pep Guardiola as the Gunners reached the FA Cup final with victory at Wembley. Arteta, who left his job as Manchester City assistant manager to succeed Unai Emery at Arsenal in December, now has a chance to mark his first season in charge with major silverware when they face Chelsea or Manchester United in the final on 1 August. The match-winner was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the world-class striker Arsenal are desperate to secure on a new long-term contract, as he ruthlessly exposed City’s defensive deficiencies. Aubameyang had already shot straight at Ederson with one…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Saturday denied media reports that he will be contesting the 2023 presidential election, describing it as “puerile”. A statement by his special media adviser, Ola Awoniyi, described the speculations as the work of fake news peddlers. “It only dresses up the lazy fantasy of its unimaginative authors as a fact,” he said. Lawan said although it is true that he was involved in the consultations that President Muhammadu Buhari held prior to the last emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), “there was nothing extra-ordinary in his involvement in…

Former Zamfara governor, Abdulaziz Yari on Saturday said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would ensure power shift to the South in 2023. The former chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) also hinted that he might vie for the office of the party’s national chairman should it be zoned to the North. Yari said the ongoing reform of the party would enable it to avoid a re-occurrence of the challenges that confronted it in the run-up to the 2019 elections. Senate President Ahmad Lawan, who was speculated to be warming up for the 2023 presidential contest, yesterday denied nursing…

Bayelsa state police have arrested a 27-year-old father of nine and three others in connection with vandalism of oil wells in the state. The four suspects were Saturday paraded at the Bayelsa State Police Command with items recovered from them. Spokesman for the command, Asinim Butswat, said the suspects specialised in vandalising well heads and other facilities in Bayelsa and neighbouring states. Butswat, a Superintendent of Police, said when the command got report about their nefarious activities, operatives of Bayelsa and Rivers state commands swung into action, leading to the arrest of the four suspected vandals. He said during interrogation,…

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has named the Itakpe-Warri after former President Goodluck Jonathan. “Today, we continued test-run of our new coaches on the completed Itakpe-Warri standard gauge rail line. “We have named the largest station on this route – the Agbor railway facility and station after former President Goodluck Jonathan,” Amaechi said in a tweet on Saturday. On Friday, Amaechi had provided update on the progress of work on the rail line. “Today we started test-run of the newly delivered coaches on the completed Itakpe-Warri standard gauge rail line.” More to…

No fewer than six persons have died in a bomb blast, which rocked Malumfashi town in Katsina on Saturday morning. Another five are unconscious at the General Hospital Malumfashi. Reports say at least six children have been killed with many others were injured and in a critical state. Recall that In June, Abubakar Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram, invited bandits to join the sect. Bandits in North-Central and North-West especially, have carried out wave of attacks in recent months. More to follow…

The Insight by Lateef Adewole “He who comes to equity must come with clean hands”. Any Nigerian who is so much as concerned about the happenings in this country as I am, will rarely have a breather concerning this country. You will hardly stop worrying about an issue before another is splashed in your face. These past weeks in particular could be dubbed as the “era of corruption exposé”. This is because the quantum of revelations coming out is overwhelming. The amounts of stolen money being reeled out in various corruption cases can make someone go deaf. And to say…