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Midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin has joined French side Nice from Everton for an undisclosed fee. Schneiderlin, 30, joined the Toffees from Manchester United in January 2017 for a fee rising to £24m. The France international played 88 times for the Premier League club, scoring one goal. Nice, managed by ex-Arsenal and France midfielder Patrick Vieira, finished fifth in Ligue 1, which ended early because of the coronavirus pandemic. David De Gea is world’s best goalkeeper – Solskjaer Everton thanked Schneiderlin and wished him “every success for the future”. “He had injuries but in the time he played, he played well. Everyone in the club is…

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says David de Gea is “the best goalkeeper in the world”. De Gea was criticised heavily during Friday’s 1-1 Premier League draw at Tottenham by former United captain Roy Keane, working as a television pundit. However, Solskjaer has backed De Gea. “I don’t think it is a bad run when you concede two goals in seven games, which included matches against Man City, Chelsea, Tottenham and Everton. Everton was a freak goal,” said Solskjaer. Keane said on Friday he was “sick to death” of De Gea, arguing the goalkeeper should have saved the Steven Bergwijn…

World number one Novak Djokovic has become the latest tennis player to test positive for coronavirus. It comes after Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki all revealed they had coronavirus after playing at Djokovic’s Adria Tour competition. Djokovic, 33, played fellow Serb Troicki in the first event in Belgrade. Great Britain’s Andy Murray said the positive tests were a “lesson for us”, while Australian Nick Kyrgios called playing a “bone-headed decision”. There have been no ATP Tour events since February because of the global pandemic and the Adria Tour, which is not an ATP Tour event, was one of…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday cautioned that the ambition for ‘Eco’ regional currency could be in ‘serious jeopardy,’ unless member states complied with agreed processes of reaching the collective goal. President Buhari also expressed concern over the decision of francophone countries that form the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) to replace the CFA Franc with Eco ahead of the rest of member states. The President delivered Nigeria’s position on the new regional currency at a virtual extraordinary meeting of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ). The meeting discussed the…

The Federal Government has advised the state governments not to aggravate the COVID-19 crisis by reopening of schools because of pressure from the children and parents. Minister of State for Education, Hon Chukwuemaka Nwajiuba, who spoke on Monday while reacting to questions at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, also said the Federal Ministry of Education did not give Oyo State any guidance to reopen schools. Nwajiuba said he was particularly concerned about the spike in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Oyo State, saying it was Ogun State that was under lockdown that was actually the…

Authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany are bringing back local lockdown measures after a coronavirus outbreak linked to a meatpacking plant. More than 1,500 employees of the Tönnies plant have tested positive. State premier Armin Laschet said the “preventative measures” in Gütersloh district, home to about 360,000 people, would last until 30 June. It is the first such move since Germany began lifting its lockdown restrictions nationwide in May. The country has been praised for its response to the crisis, but there are fears infections are rising again. What’s happening in Gütersloh? Mr Laschet described the outbreak linked to the Tönnies…

A detachment of policemen has sealed off the National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) based on orders of the Inspector General of Police (IGP). It was gathered that the IGP will be meeting with the two camps of the party National Working Committee (NWC) at the force headquarters by 1 pm. It was gathered the order, which was handed down through the FCT Commissioner of Police, to the APC Chief Security Officer, instructed members of the National Working Committee (NWC) are not allowed entrance to the party headquarters. Failure awaits Ize-Iyamu, APC in Edo – PDP A…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the All Progressives Congress candidate for the Edo governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, is not a match for any of the PDP aspirants. PDP said since he emerged as a candidate through the crudest governorship election primary ever, in the history of Nigeria, the people of Edo state had written off the APC. The PDP in a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, noted that the APC is a butt of street joke as well as a new metaphor for disdain for the people. “Already, on the streets of Edo state, he…

The headmaster of Eton College has told the BBC he is “appalled” by the racism experienced by the first black person to complete his studies at the prestigious British public school. Nigerian writer Dillibe Onyeama obtained his school-leaving certificate from Eton in 1969. He wrote a book about the racism he experienced at the school and was subsequently banned from visiting. Head Master Simon Henderson said “we have made significant strides since”. But he acknowledged that there was “more to do”. Warning: This article contains racial slurs Eton has a reputation for educating some of the highest ranking members of…

US President Donald Trump has extended a pause on some green cards and suspended visas for other foreign workers until the end of 2020. High-skilled tech workers, non-agricultural seasonal helpers, au pairs and top executives will be affected. The White House said the move will create jobs for Americans hurting economically due to the pandemic. But critics say the White House is exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to tighten up immigration laws. Who’s affected? In a briefing for reporters, the administration said the freeze, in place through the end of the year, would impact about 525,000 people. That includes an estimated…