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Liverpool owner John W Henry apologised on Wednesday for his part in the proposed European Super League, which lies in ruins after a mass pullout from Premier League clubs. Henry, whose Fenway Sports Group also owns baseball’s Boston Red Sox, said in a video posted by the club on Twitter that the breakaway project would only have worked with fans’ full support. The withdrawal by Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, just 48 hours after proposals were unveiled on Sunday, followed a furious reaction from fans, officials and politicians. Now just six clubs out of the…

Atletico Madrid became the latest club to pull out of the European Super League on Wednesday, with the project on the brink of collapse. Only Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan and Juventus officially remain, after England’s ‘Big Six’ teams as well as Inter Milan were the first to withdraw from the hugely controversial competition. “The Atletico Madrid Board of Directors, meeting this Wednesday morning, has decided to formally communicate to the Super League and the rest of the founding clubs its decision not to finally formalize its adherence to the project,” the Spanish side said in a statement. “Atletico Madrid…

Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed an attack by gunmen on Greenfield University on Tuesday evening. The university located on Kaduna-Abuja highway was attacked at about 8:35 p.m on Tuesday, according to the police. Police spokesman Mohammed Jalige told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Kaduna, that some of the students were abducted. Jalige, an assistant superintendent of police, however, said that the number of students kidnapped had not been ascertained. He said security operatives have been deployed to the general area for search and rescue operation. Greenfield University is located along the Kaduna–Abuja Highway, some few…

The Town Hall Meeting on National Security organised by the Federal Government has recommended that state police should be supported by the National Assembly as well as the House of Assembly in states. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in Abuja at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) flagship interview programme, NANForum. He said the meeting made the recommendation based on the consensus that state police would give governors better leverage in the handling of security issues within their domains. Mohammed said the recommendations from the town hall meeting held on April 8 in Kaduna…

All six Premier League teams involved in the European Super League have formally withdrawn from the competition. Manchester City were the first club to pull out after Chelsea had signalled their intent to do so by preparing documentation to withdraw. The other four sides – Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham – have all now followed suit The 12-team Super League was announced on Sundayto widespread condemnation. Manchester City confirmed they have “formally enacted the procedures to withdraw” from the Super League. Liverpool said their involvement in the proposed breakaway league “has been discontinued”. Manchester United said they had “listened carefully…

•Irabor urges media to tone down reports on insecurity Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday restated his opposition to negotiation with, and payment of ransom to bandits, saying the federal government should apprehend and kill the outlaws. “Nobody living in the forest is innocent, and we must kill them all,” he said, adding: “The Chief of Air Staff has been doing well and this has led to a reduction in the activities of bandits in recent times.” He spoke during a panel discussion on “The Economic and Social Impact of Insecurity on Education,” at the national dialogue on financing…

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State yesterday disclosed that his administration inherited only five functional ambulances serving the entire state when it assumed office on May 29, 2019. Abiodun, who declared that his administration placed high premium and value on the health and emergency response as an important sector in the state, said 12 additional ambulances had since been bought by his government. According to him, his administration was aiming at making at least an ambulance available in each of the 26 state constituencies. The governor who made this known when he received the Governing Board of the National Youth…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday interrogated former Governor of Zamfara State, Hon. Abdulazeez Yari, over his alleged handling of transactions relating the Paris Club Fund refund while he served as chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum. Yari was said to be facing questions over other allegations of corruption. Spokesman of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that the former governor was invited by the commission’s office in Sokoto. He could not confirm whether Yari was released last night. “We extended an invitation to him; He has been with interrogators in our Sokoto office,” he said. THISDAY gathered that…

The Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwatotimi Akeredolu, yesterday declared that there was ‘no victor and no vanquished,’ as the Election Petition Tribunal, that looked into complaints that emanated from the October 10, 2020 gubernatorial election in the state, dismissed the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN). The petition, was dismissed by the tribunal, which delivered its judgment via a Zoom link and based its decision for want of jurisdiction. The PDP and its candidate,had approached the tribunal, alleging that the election was characterised by irregularities and that the All Progressives Congress (APC)…

Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media, says those calling for secession from the country are its problem. He said this on Tuesday in Abuja at an event organised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Professional Forum to showcase the achievements of the President Buhari-led administration. Shehu added that Buhari would, however, not be intimidated by the calls for secession by some persons, pointing out that the country will remain united no matter what. “For those saying that the presidency has not been talking, our position is clearly that this country is one and will…