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Martial was forced off with the problem during France’s World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan last weekend. The 25-year-old was absent from United’s squad for their Premier League clash with Brighton on Sunday and Solskjaer is concerned he could be sidelined for the rest of the campaign. “Unfortunately he’s sprained his knee with France,” Solskjaer told MUTV. “It’s always when they go away on internationals, you’ve fingers crossed and you hope that they’re going to come back fit. “Paul (Pogba) played in all three games so that was a boost for us but losing Anthony for what might be the rest…

In the quest to ensureprofessionalism in the public service and improve public service delivery inthe state, the Lagos State Government will continue to place a premium on humancapital development. The state governor, Mr.Babajide Sanwo-Olu stated this while launching the Learning Management System(LSM) at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium in Ikeja. Atthe inauguration, the governor said that with over 42,000 workforce, the needfor continuing training and retraining in the service was necessary.He said the launch ofthe Learning Management System “is a crystallization of the reform process,which our administration initiated to improve service delivery in publicadministration and governance. “Itis not by chance that the Lagos…

The Patriots for the Advancement of Peace and Social Development (PAPSD) has asked the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate alleged diversion of N37.4 billion promissory notes by the administration of Abdulazeez Yari in Zamfara. During his Senate screening, Bawa had vowed to bring to book all corrupt officials. In the petition to EFCC Chairman, Abdulrashid Bawa, the group said in spite of several petitions and the conclusion of investigations by the Sokoto office of the commission the former chairman of the commission Ibrahim Magu had refused to prosecute those who allegedly diverted the…

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), the focal agency responsible for the deployment of the COVID-19 vaccines, has said that the country will not stop the use of Astrazeneca vaccine. In a statement by NPHCDA’s Head, Public Relations Unit, Mohammad Ohitoto yesterday, the agency said many countries around the world are administering the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, including much of Europe, and United Kingdom which have administered the most doses of AstraZeneca globally. The statement said: “Nigeria is continuing in the process of administering roughly 4 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, beginning with our frontline health workers and vulnerable…

Super Eagles and Leicester City forward, Kelechi Iheanacho, has signed a new deal to keep him at the club until 2024. The 24-year-old has scored seven times in his last four appearances for the Foxes and was named Premier League player of the month for March. He has made 117 appearances, scoring 32 goals in total, since moving to Leicester from Manchester City on a five-year contract in 2017. “I can’t express how I’m feeling,” said Nigeria international Iheanacho. “I’m excited, I’m happy, I’m overwhelmed! It’s a great moment and I’m happy that Leicester City gave me a new contract.…

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel suffered the first defeat of his reign as struggling West Bromwich Albion took advantage of Thiago Silva’s red card to earn a stunning 5-2 win on Saturday. Tuchel had overseen a 14-match unbeaten run in all competitions since replacing the sacked Frank Lampard in January. But that impressive start came to an embarrassing end as West Brom ran riot at Stamford Bridge. Christian Pulisic put Chelsea ahead early in the first half, only for Brazil defender Thiago to get his marching orders moments later for a second booking. That proved the turning point as Albion’s Matheus…

Norwegian midfielder Jens Petter Hauge snatched a late equaliser to salvage a point for AC Milan whose poor home run continued with a 1-1 draw against 10-man Sampdoria on Saturday. Milan are five points behind leaders Inter who travel to Bologna later on Saturday, with their city rivals also having a game in hand. “Milan have complicated lives for themselves,” said coach Stefano Pioli whose side have not won at home in almost two months. “When mentally you can’t get into the game right away then the difficulties of the match increase. Today we paid dearly because we didn’t win.”…

A patched-up Real Madrid began a crucial week by beating Eibar 2-0 on Saturday to increase the pressure on Atletico Madrid at the top of La Liga. With Liverpool to come to the Champions League on Tuesday and a Clasico against Barcelona next weekend, Madrid welcomed a comfortable win thanks to goals from Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema. Victory means Atletico’s advantage over Zinedine Zidane’s side is reduced to three points before they play away at Sevilla on Sunday night. Barcelona, who are four points off the top, hosts Real Valladolid on Monday. Zidane picked a makeshift starting line-up but…

Oyo CP spoke with activist, says letter came from Abuja –Source Igboho right to reject purported IGP’s invitation, says YCE scribe The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, is believed to be under serious political pressure to arrest Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, for calling for the secession of the Yoruba from Nigeria. It was learnt that the police may again attempt to carry out a covert operation to take Igboho into custody having failed to arrest him last month. Findings indicate that the police authorities are in a dilemma on how to contain the activist who has…

Reacting to the botched attempt to arrest Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho, in January, human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), had said it would be wrong for the Federal Government to arrest Igboho and not pick up Islamic cleric, Gumi, who had been meeting with bandits, and other northerners who had in the past issued notices to quit to southerners. Falana, who spoke in an interview with Saturday PUNCH, had noted that Gumi had told bandits that Christian soldiers were behind the attacks on them. Falana said rather than focus on Igboho, the government must ensure that justice was applied equitably.…