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West Ham boss David Moyes has urged people not to “pick on” footballers over breaches of coronavirus protocols as case numbers spiral in Britain. Hammers midfielder Manuel Lanzini has apologised and made a donation to an east London foodbank after breaching the rules over the Christmas period. Britain on Friday reported a record 1,325 deaths over a 24-hour period from people testing positive for Covid-19 as overstretched health services struggled to cope. Moyes acknowledged Argentina’s Lanzini made a “mistake” but insisted the vast majority of players were abiding by the game’s strict protocols. Asked if sterner action needed to be…

Lionel Messi is back in form and Barcelona is finding their feet after a 4-0 demolition of Granada on Saturday put them within four points of the top of La Liga. Messi scored twice to make it four goals in three matches since the turn of the year and his resurgence has coincided with an upturn for the team too, this victory Barca’s third on the bounce. It puts them in sight of league leaders Atletico Madrid, even if Diego Simeone’s side now have three games in hand. Atletico’s match against Athletic Bilbao earlier on Saturday was postponed due to…

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Saturday dismissed the alleged certificate forgery case filed against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State by the All Progressives Congress and one of its members, Edobor Williams. Delivering his judgment, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, held that the plaintiffs failed to prove their claim that Obaseki forged his academic certificates that he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission before the September 19 2019 governorship election in the state. The judge found as lazy, the attitude of the plaintiffs, who did no make any efforts to cross-check from the University of Ibadan and the West…

Giving is a virtue children should imbibe. However, this virtue can only become a part of them if they see their parents practice and are constantly taught to about giving. It is a New Year and a good time to help children understand why giving should be a part of them. For Parenting and family life coach, Elizabeth Ajetunmobi, children should be made to understand that giving is a priceless virtue and is better than receiving. The feeling of satisfaction and happiness of knowing that we have genuinely met a need is unmatched. “That gifts they had received from people…

• To Vaccinate Only 50,000 Frontline Health Workers • FG Plans To Reach 40% Of Population By End Of 2021, 70% By December 2022 • ‘We’ll Ensure Vaccines Are Safe For Nigerians’ • UK Copies What Nigeria Has Been Doing For Five Months, NCDC Claims Contrary to earlier projection that Nigeria might receive COVID-19 vaccines late in the year, the Federal Government has said the country would actually get about 100,000 doses of vaccines in two weeks or latest between end of this month and first week of February. As Nigerians dropped their guards and paid less attention to safety protocols…

PENDULUM BY DELE MOMODU Fellow Africans, I’m sure many of us have been following the ongoing events and melodrama in the United States of America. It is simply unbelievable. I remember, once upon a time, the refrain in Nigeria was “this can never happen in civilized countries” and America was our model country. But since the invasion of The Capitol in Washington DC by the rampaging domestic terrorists calling themselves Trump supporters, many Africans have been casting aspersions on America and calling it “a shit-hole”, mimicking how Trump had described us. While it is true that President Donald Trump truly…

•Fayemi: There is nothing as good as having the ability to manufacture our own vaccines locally •US records 4000 deaths in one day Nigerian state governors want the federal government to expedite actions on local production of COVID-19 vaccine instead of relying on foreign pharmaceutical firms. The governors are also not comfortable with the lack of clarity on when the vaccines will arrive Nigeria, and told President Muhammadu Buhari to accelerate the delivery. The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this yesterday after a meeting he had with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Nigeria…

Federal Government has said that 50,000 persons would be administered with COVID-19 vaccines in the first phase of the rollout. National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) said the country is expecting to take delivery of 100,000 doses of vaccines by the end of this month. The agency said the federal government had put in place a technical working group for COVID-19 vaccine headed by the Executive Director of the NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib that would coordinate the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination in the country. The technical group is made up of all relevant ministries, parastatals and partners. Director of…

Zinedine Zidane has tested negative for Covid-19 and has been given the green light to oversee Real Madrid’s game at Osasuna on Saturday, a source at the club said. The Frenchman had been self-isolating since Thursday after contact with a person infected with the virus. “He’s negative and the league have given him their okay,” the source told AFP. Real Madrid is second in La Liga after a run of seven wins in eight games, including a crucial win over leaders Atletico Madrid who are two points ahead with two games in hand. [GuardianNG]

Frank Lampard said on Friday that Chelsea’s poor run of form makes his Stamford Bridge job “more exciting” as he seeks to pull his side out of their slump. Lampard, whose team have suffered four defeats in six Premier League matches, said he expected pressure when he became Chelsea boss in 2019. “I have to say my personality means that I’m weirdly quite strange, probably, you probably have to be to do this job at times,” he said. “But when things are going well I put more pressure on myself because I don’t like things going well because I’ll worry…