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Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says his talks with Paul Pogba have been “positive” amid reports linking the France midfielder with a move to Paris Saint Germain. Pogba is out of contract at the end of the coming season and is yet to agree a new deal with United. The 28-year-old has repeatedly been linked with a transfer away from Old Trafford during his second spell with the club. Going home to France could appeal to Pogba if PSG make a bid and United could decide to sell now rather than risk losing him on a free transfer. But…

Juventus on Friday apologised after the Serie A club’s women’s team published a tweet depicting one of their players performing a slanty eyes gesture which stereotypes people from East Asia. The tweet, published on Thursday night, featured Italy international Cecilia Salvai with a training cone on her head pulling her eyes with her fingers and was accompanied with emojis which also depicted the gesture. It was hastily taken down after attracting an avalanche of criticism from Twitter users, after which the team’s account published a statement in which it insisted the tweet “was not meant to cause controversy or have…

Wants two parties for Nigeria Supports autonomy for LGAs Amid the clamour for the president to be zoned to the southern part of the country in 2023, former military president General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd) has voted for merit and acceptability, and that Nigerians must know the qualification and belief of who the next president of the country will be. General Babangida in an interview on Arise TV, a broadcast arm of THISDAY, monitored in Minna, Niger state on Friday believes that democracy does not align with zoning or power shift. “We have to make a choice either we want…

Despite FC Barcelona and Lionel Messi having reached an agreement and the clear intention of both parties to sign a new contract today, this cannot happen because of financial and structural obstacles (Spanish Liga regulations). As a result of this situation, Messi shall not be staying on at FC Barcelona. Both parties deeply regret that the wishes of the player and the club will ultimately not be fulfilled. FC Barcelona wholeheartedly expresses its gratitude to the player for his contribution to the aggrandisement of the club and wishes him all the very best for the future in his personal and…

Members of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) have passed a vote of confidence on the chairman of the All progressive congress (APC) Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni. PGF chairman, Mr Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, the governor of Kebbi State, argued that the governors’ stance was based on the recent judgment of the supreme court on the Ondo state governorship poll. The governors, in a statement, maintained that the judgement also settled the legality of the National Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee. The governors thanked the Supreme Court for this landmark judgement, which among others have…

About the most intriguing moments in the WhatsApp exchanges between DCP Abba Kyari (aka Super Cop) and Hushpuppi (aka Ramon Abbas) that the FBI shared recently were when Kyari sent a photograph of himself and his vanity wall, and also when he sent a news article that stated he would be honoured for “exceptional service.” Kyari’s choice of materials to share with an acquaintance of suspect means is revealing of his narcissism. An officer that sends photographs of his garland to a character like Hushpuppi, while adorned with official paraphernalia, is no different from sex workers who send nudes to…

At the risk of sounding judgemental, and with due respect to his fundamental right to presumption of innocence, it’s a mystery that the unfolding story about Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari surprises anyone. I agree that Kyari is perhaps the most lovingly spoken-about police officer in Nigeria’s recent history. One whose endearment defies the usual cleavages accentuated by Nigeria’s varying tribes and tongues, yet, it is not the first time the efficient officer would be accused of graft. In the aftermath of the agitations for the scrapping of the Special Armed Robbery Squad in October last year, the panel…

The Department of State Services has denied arresting and detaining some Nigerians on the orders of some powerful citizens. The secret police said that it has been following the Standard Operation Procedure on the Criminal Justice Administration. The DSS was reacting to a comment by a former media aide to the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua, Olusegun Adeniyi. Adeniyi had in his column titled: ”Beyond Abba Kyari’s indictment” published on Thursday said hundreds of innocent citizens are currently languishing in police and State Security Services” detention centres following arrests ordered by powerful men and women. However in a reaction by…

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has said the Nigeria Police Force is committed to the advancement of the criminal justice processes in Nigeria. Baba said this during a visit by the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Barrister Olumide Akpata and other officials of the Association on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. Details of the meeting were disclosed in a statement titled, “IGP, NBA President Meet To Advance Criminal Justice System In Nigeria,” signed by Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba. According to the statement, “The IGP, during the meeting, pledged…

Journeyman striker and former England international Danny Ings joined Aston Villa from Southampton on a three-year deal on Wednesday, the Premier League club announced. The 29-year-old arrives on the same day Villa announced the signing of Jamaican striker Leon Bailey from Bayer Leverkusen on a deal running until 2025. With Villa bracing themselves to lose captain Jack Grealish to Manchester City for a British record £100million (117m euros), boss Dean Smith said he hoped Ings’s experience would have a knock on effect in the squad. “Danny is an outstanding Premier League footballer who has scored goals wherever he has played,”…