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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a hat-trick as Arsenal saw off a Leeds rally for a thrilling 4-2 win at the Emirates on Sunday. Aubameyang had not started a game for nearly a month after having to quarantine after visiting his mother, who is suffering from illness abroad. The Arsenal captain had scored just five league goals all season in a frustrating campaign for the Gunners, but he took full advantage of Leeds’ expansive style to score his first Premier League hat-trick. Arsenal then saw a penalty overruled after a VAR review when Bukayo Saka went down under a challenge from Liam…

Ilkay Gundogan’s latest double took Manchester City another giant step closer to the Premier League title with a 3-0 win over Tottenham to open up a seven-point lead at the top of the table. The German midfielder has now scored 11 times in his last 12 league games and also won the penalty from which Rodrigo opened the scoring. A muscle injury which forced Gundogan off late on was the only negative of the night for City as they extended a record-breaking winning run for an English top-flight team to 16 in all competitions. Pep Guardiola’s men have a game in hand on second-placed…

Apparently miffed by the spate of banditry in Katsina State, Governor Aminu Bello Masari has rated Nigeria as the country with the highest number of kidnap-for-ransom cases in the Sahel region. The governor also decried the spate of security challenges orchestrated by insurgency and banditry bedevilling the North-west region and other parts of the country. Masari, who spoke at a two-day security awareness seminar for Imams and other Islamic leaders in the state in Katsina Saturday, said the kidnappers have migrated from other countries within the region to Nigeria. He said: “Nigeria is the richest country among countries in Sahel…

*To parley with govs, religious leaders, youth groups *NSA, security chiefs meet In view of the security challenges confronting the nation, the Federal Government is set to convene town hall meetings in the six geo-political zones. Government is expected to confer with state chief executives, religious leaders, women and youth groups in a bid to find lasting solutions to the spiralling, multiple security threats in the country. A statement issued by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) said the move was in furtherance of Federal Government’s commitment to address multiple security threats facing Nigeria. It said the National…

Moise Kean struck the winning goal as a Paris Saint-Germain side missing the injured Neymar survived a scare to beat Nice 2-1 on Saturday and boost their Ligue 1 title hopes three days before facing Barcelona in the Champions League. Kean struck in the 76th minute for his 10th Ligue 1 goal since joining PSG on loan from Everton at the start of the season, handing Mauricio Pochettino’s side the points after Julian Draxler’s opener had been cancelled out by Rony Lopes at a freezing Parc des Princes. The result allowed the reigning champions to go provisionally top of the…

The Federal Government has stated that the meeting it held Thursday with the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non- Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions yielded fruits. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said agreements were reached by both parties with timelines, which were documented as Memorandum of Understanding. Ngige said the MoU was given to the leaders of the two unions to peruse and consult their members with a view to calling off the strike latest by Monday. “The meeting did not end in deadlock. Rather, agreements were reached on some…

Pep Guardiola wants his Manchester City stars to forget about their record-breaking run of 15 straight victories when Tottenham visit the Etihad on Saturday, aiming to halt their charge towards the Premier League title. City broke the English record for a top-flight club for consecutive wins by beating Swansea in midweek to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals and keep up their quest for an unprecedented quadruple of trophies. Guardiola’s men hold a five-point lead at the top of the table with a game in hand over second-placed Manchester United. They also face Spurs again in the League Cup final in…

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said Friday he had received threats towards his family on social media as he joined calls for internet giants to do more to stamp out abuse. The Spaniard said he no longer uses his Twitter account after flagging the incidents to the club. “I think if we would be reading everything that is written about us, probably we’d have to stay in bed a lot of days,” said Arteta. “I think we are all exposed in this industry to that and that’s why I prefer not to read because it would affect me personally much more…

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho said on Friday that Gareth Bale’s upbeat midweek Instagram post was a “contradiction” with reality, insisting that the Wales international had reported fitness concerns. Bale, on loan from Real Madrid, missed Wednesday’s 5-4 FA Cup defeat at Everton after he was absent from training on Monday and asked for a scan following some discomfort. The 31-year-old, who has struggled to make an impact since his return to Spurs, was an unused substitute in Sunday’s 2-0 win over West Brom. Despite not being available for the trip to Goodison Park, a social media update from the Welshman…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has filed a suit to challenge the extension of the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu by President Muhammadu Buhari. The suit was filed against Buhari, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Police Service Commission, and Adamu. “The NBA’s position in the Suit is that Mr Adamu ceased to be a member of the Nigeria Police Force when he attained the milestone of thirty-five years of service,” NBA president Olumide Akpata said in a statement. “Therefore, the President’s extension of Mr Adamu’s tenure by three months, in the NBA’s respectful view, is…