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*AfDB provides additional €3.5m for  feasibility studies  *Nigeria-Cameroon link bridge for inauguration this month When completed, the construction of the 1,028-kilometre Abidjan-Lagos highway would benefit at least 40 million West Africans, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), said at the weekend. The highway estimated to cost $15.6 billion which is expected to have significant impact on the economies of five regional countries, namely: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria, he said, remained firmly on course. Speaking at the 16th inter-ministerial meeting of the group in Abuja, Fashola who doubles as the Chairman of the five…

*Maintains Nigeria’ll never give in to evil, wicked people  *Akeredolu: We’ll hunt down assailants  *Your empty threats are no longer working, CAN blasts president  *Please donate blood to save lives, NMA urges Nigerians In a move unprecedented, outraged President Muhammadu Buhari, has instructed an immediate mobilisation of all state resources, directed to finding and neutralising the criminals, who attacked the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Kingdom, in Ondo State, yesterday, and killed scores of people, mostly women and children. To further underscore the extent of his rage at the unprovoked attack of worshippers, the president also rained curses…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appraised the series of consultations held so far toward getting a widely acceptable presidential standard-bearer for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement, said Buhari stated this at a meeting held on Sunday at State House, Abuja, with members of the National Advisory Council of the APC. The president said: “We are on the way towards winning our third straight victory since 2015.” He said the meeting was convened to provide leadership and direction during the transition period, adding that the motive was…

Lionel Messi scored all the goals in Argentina’s 5-0 friendly win over Estonia in Pamplona, Spain on Sunday. Messi joins a select club comprising only Juan Andres Marvezy and Manuel Moreno to score five in a game for Argentina. The seven-time Ballon d’Or scored from the spot in the eighth minute, then added four more in the space of half an hour (45, 47, 71 and 76 minutes). His quintet extended his record tally of goals for his country to 86. Lionel Scaloni’s side are unbeaten in 33 matches, the last loss a 2-0 defeat to Brazil in the semi-finals…

Cristiano Ronaldo marshalled Portugal past Switzerland in the Nations League on Sunday as Gavi made history becoming Spain’s youngest ever scorer. Ronaldo scored two goals in four first-half minutes and had a third ruled offside by VAR as Portugal crushed Switzerland 4-0 in Lisbon. The Manchester United striker had set up William Carvalho for the opener with Joao Cancelo completing the rout to fire Portugal to the top of League A, Group 2, on goal difference from the Czech Republic. In Prague, Jakub Pesek put the hosts in front before Gavi levelled with a low curling left-footer at the record…

Real Madrid on Friday demanded an explanation for the way fans were treated at the Champions League final last weekend and said authorities must take responsibility for the ugly scenes in Paris which the club said were “far removed from the values” of the sport. In the statement published “in defence of supporters”, Madrid asked why the Stade de France was chosen as the venue for the final against Liverpool and asked “who was responsible for leaving the fans helpless and defenceless.” Some Madrid fans have said they were victims of crime after the match on Saturday, with many reporting…

As the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress inches closer, the Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has denied a report that he has endorsed a particular aspirant to get the ticket of the party. Akeredolu declared that he had not endorsed any aspirant as contained in the said report, describing it as falsehood. He said all he wanted was to ensure the party picks a southerner as its flagbearer. This was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Richard Olatunde. According to the statement, the intention of the writer of the report,…

Neymar scored two calmly taken penalties as Brazil fired a World Cup warning with a 5-1 thrashing of South Korea in Seoul on Thursday. The Paris Saint-Germain forward scored his 72nd and 73rd goals for his country to close on Pele’s record of 77 for Brazil. Neymar also upstaged South Korean captain Son Heung-min, the joint Premier League Golden Boot winner, who was kept quiet by a rampant Brazil at a packed Seoul World Cup Stadium. Neymar’s status for the match had been up in the air after he suffered a right foot injury during training on Wednesday, but he…

Major oil producers led by Saudi Arabia and Russia began talks Thursday on whether to adjust output, hard on the heels of an EU ban on Russian oil imports. Analysts had expected OPEC+ producers to likely stick to their policy of only increasing output modestly, as they have done since May 2021. However, a Wall Street Journal report on Monday that said OPEC was considering suspending Russia from the output deal has sown doubts. “Such a move would effectively bring a premature end to the group’s supply agreement and pave the way for an unrestricted increase in output,” Stephen Brennock,…

Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos has aimed a dig at Liverpool following the 2022 UEFA Champions League final. Carlo Ancelotti’s side secured their 14th European Cup after beating the Reds 1-0 in the final in Paris on 28 May. Kroos acknowledged the fact that Jurgen Klopp’s side had many more chances to score compared to Real Madrid. However, the German midfielder believes those stats do not mean anything in the grand scheme of things since the Spanish club ultimately won. Speaking on the Einfach mal Luppen podcast (via the Madrid Zone on Twitter), Toni Kroos was quoted as saying the following: “Liverpool had a few more chances. I…