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Berlin, Sept. 21, 2018 Bayern Munich’s Thiago Alcantara will be fit for Saturday’s Bundesliga match at Schalke 04 after overcoming a toe injury that ruled him out of their mid-week Champions League win at Benfica, coach Niko Kovac said on Friday. Midfielder Thiago’s replacement Renato Sanches made the most of …

England, Sept. 21, 2018 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola’s return to the dugout after a European touchline ban could give them an extra boost in the Premier League this weekend, Cardiff City boss Neil Warnock said on Friday. Manchester City looked far from potential Champions League winners without their Spanish …

Manchester (England), Sept. 21, 2018 Manchester United will be missing five players for Saturday’s Premier League home game against Wolverhampton Wanderers, with Diogo Dalot to be rested, Marcos Rojo and Ander Herrera not fully fit and Nemanja Matic and Marcus Rashford suspended. Dalot, who was signed from Porto in the …

By Victor Okoye Abuja, Sept. 20, 2018 Gianni Infantino, President of World Football ruling body, FIFA has sent a congratulatory message to Amaju Pinnick on his re-election as the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the polls conducted by the …

The Federal Government has welcomed the Sahel Initiative by the United Nations aimed at tackling development challenges of countries in the Sahel Region of Africa, noting that security challenges ravaging the region have taken much of the resources that would have been channeled to development programmes. The Minister of Budget …

By Zubairu Idris  Katsina, Sept. 20, 2018 The President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr Amaju Pinnick, has pledged to reconcile with those who lost at the 2018 NFF Elective Congress held in Katsina on Thursday. Pinnick was speaking after the announcement of election results by the Chairman, NFF Electoral Committee, …

Robert Awokuse Ahead of the 2019 general election, scholars and media professionals have called on online journalists/bloggers to be tactful in reporting stories which are capable of inciting violence in the country. The call was made at a two-day workshop on conflict sensitive reporting, held in Abeokuta, the Ogun State …

Builders and other stakeholders have lauded the BlocMaster Cement which was formally launched by Dangote Cement PLC yesterday in Kano, Kano State, describing it as extra strong and the best for block moulding in Nigeria. Before it was officially rolled out yesterday, the innovative cement product had been adjudged ideal by …

Nestlé and Ashoka have kick-started a social investment accelerator program to accelerate social entrepreneurship and boost economic development of Africa, on September 10, 2018. 12 social entrepreneurs from Benin, Ghana, Egypt, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa will learn new tools and methodologies to help refine their business model and become investment ready. This …

Washington, Sept. 18, 2018 A Republican U.S. Senate committee chairman on Tuesday said the woman who has accused President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault decades ago has not yet agreed to appear at a public hearing. Senator Chuck Grassley said Christine Blasey Ford, a university …

 By Ismaila Chafe, Lizzy Okoji Abuja, Sept. 17, 2018 President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned and described as heinous and despicable, the killing of Ms Saifura Hussaini Khorsa, an aid worker, by the Boko Haram terrorists Khorsa, who worked for the Red Cross, was kidnapped about six months ago at the Rann …

  By Talatu Maiwada Abuja, Sept.17, 2018 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday condemned the tragic killing of its abducted staff, Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa, in the North-East in March. Eleojo Akpa, the ICRC Communications and Media Relations Officer disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Akpa …

By Victor Okoye Abuja, Sept. 17, 2018 World football –ruling body, FIFA on Monday named Messrs Luca Piazza and Solomon Mudege as its observers to Thursday’s elections into the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Executive Committee 2018-2022. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mudege is FIFA’s Senior Manager for …

The chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administrations AAMA, Dr Dakuku Peterside has restated the place of continental collaboration to grow the African maritime industry. This was the thrust of his message as he arrived Sharm El Sheik, Egypt for the 4th conference of Association of African Maritime Administration, (AAMA) …

London, Sept. 17, 2018 West Ham United manager, Manuel Pellegrini said the 3-1 victory at Everton on Sunday that moved his side off the foot of the Premier League table was the perfect way to celebrate his 65th birthday. Pellegrini’s new side played some fine, flowing football as they picked …

 By Prudence Arobani New York, Sept. 15, 2018 Pentagon deployed two amphibious warships – USS Kearsarge and USS Arlington – to offer disaster relief and search and rescue assistance for Hurricane Florence following Hurricane Florence’s landfall. The U.S. Department of Defense said about 7,000 troops were also deployed to respond …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Sept. 15, 2018 President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his sympathies to President Donald Trump and the American people over the devastating effects of Hurricane Florence currently ravaging some parts of the United States. President Buhari made his feelings known in a statement by his Senior Special …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Sept. 15, 2018 The Presidency says the global banking giant, HSBC, has no moral justification whatsoever to project that a second term for President Muhammadu Buhari “raises the risk of limited economic progress and further fiscal deterioration.” Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the …

Zurich, Sept. 15, 2018 A FIFA task force has proposed the use of an algorithm to calculate transfer fees as well as a luxury tax and a limit on the number of players who can be loaned in a report on possible reforms to the soccer transfer system. The report, …

The Insurance Sector in Nigeria has continued to enjoy steady growth with Premiums increased from N75 billion to over N300 billion between 2005 and 2015, Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex A. Okoh has disclosed. Speaking as a special guest at the investiture ceremony of …

By Fortune Abang Abuja, Sept. 15, 2018 The British High Commission to Nigeria has restated its commitment to spend 47. 4 million pounds on Deepening Democracy in Nigeria Programme Phase 2 (DDiN2). Mrs Harriet Thompson, Deputy High Commissioner, British High Commission to Nigeria, gave the assurance in her address at …

London,Sept. 13, 2018 (Reuters/NAN) Tottenham Hotspur will be without attacking midfielder, Dele Alli for Saturday’s Premier League clash with Liverpool at Wembley Stadium. The reason being that he is yet to recover from a hamstring injury sustained playing for England against Spain last week. Alli was on target when Spurs …

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Real Madrid and Barcelona’s flying starts to the La Liga season will be put to the test on Saturday when they both travel to the Basque country. Real play Athletic Bilbao while Barcelona visit Real Sociedad in fixtures that have often proved to be among their hardest …

By Isaac Aregbesola Abuja, Sept. 13, 2018 The Charge d’ Affaires of China Embassy in Nigeria, Mr Lin Jing, says China is not a Father Christmas, but rather, looking for a win-win partnership with Africa and Nigeria. Jing made this declaration on Thursday in Abuja at a roundtable on the …