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Real Madrid star Dani Carvajal has revealed that the squad are fully behind Zinedine Zidane. The Blancos want to obtain their top target, Kylian Mbappe, for a cut-price fee. The international break could not have come at a better time for Real Madrid as they are currently in the midst of a terrible run of form. Despite wins over Inter Milan and Barcelona this year, the Blancos have already registered losses to Cadiz, Shakhtar Donetsk, and most recently, an embarrassing 4-1 defeat away to Valencia. To make matters worse, they are now set to be without Casemiro and Eden Hazard after testing positive for…

Arsenal are among several clubs linked with Sao Paulo forward Brenner who currently plays in the Brazilian Serie A. The Gunners have started the season poorly and are currently 11th in the league. Arsenal are among a number of clubs interested in signing young Brazilian forward Brenner. According to Calciomercato.it, the Gunners will join the likes of Ajax, Juventus, Lazio, AC Milan, and Paris Saint-Germain in the pursuit of the Sao Paulo star. The 20-year-old has blossomed in the Brazilian Serie A and has attracted interest from the top clubs in Europe due to his exploits in the league. This year, Brenner has scored…

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouk yesterday insisted that 35 state governors, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), received COVID-19 palliatives except Rivers State. Farouk stated this when she appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to defend her ministry’s 2020 budget performance and presentation of the 2021 proposal. Her response followed a question by a committee member, Hon. Abbas Adigu from Oyo State on whether the palliatives went round the country. She said: ‘’The issue raised by Hon. Abbas on COVID-19 palliatives. We distributed these palliatives to…

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Abuja launched National Young Farmers’ Scheme, an initiative of National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) to engage 1.000 youth in each of the 774 local councils area in agriculture. At the launch which took place in the Presidential Villa, Buhari urged agencies involved in agriculture to re-direct their priorities to ensure the inclusion of youth in the promotion of modern methods of farming. According to a statement by the president’s media adviser, Mr. Femi Adesina, the president assured all parties interested in the scheme that an enabling environment would be created for their full participation.…

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted immunisations against deadly diseases, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called on the federal government to increase funding for immunization in order to avert major measles and polio epidemics. The organisations have also estimated that $655 million — $400 million for polio and $255 million for measles — are needed to address dangerous immunity gaps in non-GAVI eligible countries and target age groups. They also said that failure to eradicate polio now, especially in Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as in some other…

The suspended Vice-Chancellor of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, is set to return to his seat. This followed the recommendation of the panel set up by the Federal Government to investigate allegations of abuse of office and financial recklessness levelled against him by the Governing Council, led by now resigned Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN). An official of the university, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed Ogundipe’s return, saying he has been exonerated from the charges preferred against him. Ogundipe had challenged his removal and refused to vacate office. The Babalakin-led council had named an acting vice-chancellor to take over from…

• Sanwo-Olu says pension stoppage will facilitate 2021 budget of N1.155tr • Agbaje, Ojikutu, others doubt gov’s capacity to stop pay • ‘It’s populist intention to win citizens’ • ‘Assembly members may frustrate new law’ • Ex-minister, Ogunlewe, hails decision In a trail-blazing move, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, took steps to repeal the law awarding pensions to former governors and their deputies. Presenting a budget estimate of N1.155 trillion for the 2021 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly, he announced that he would present an executive bill to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law…

A self acclaimed activist, Mr Kenechukwu Okeke, has filed a criminal charge against some notable Nigerians, including clergyman and founder of Daystar Christian Center, Pastor Sam Adeyemi; rights activist, Aisha Yesufu; Nigerian sport icon, Kanu Nwankwo; music star, David Adeleke aka ‘Davido’, and 46 others over alleged complicity in the recent nationwide #EndSARS protest in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The criminal charge instituted at the Chief Magistrate Court of the FCT, is pursuant to section 58, 109, 110 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015. In the charge, the EndSARS protesters were accused of forming an unlawful assembly…

•Northern coalition writes UN to declare demonstrations insurrection •‘N2 billion vote for insurgency fight inadequate’ Nigerian youths would do well to keep the peace, as it is in their interest ultimately, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday. Receiving in audience the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, at the State House, the Nigerian leader stated: “Our own generation is on the last lap, we are exiting.” He was responding to the recent EndSARS protest, and the mayhem that came in its wake. Buhari said the current administration inherited severe infrastructure deficits, “and that is what we are fighting…

With his defeat in the US presidential election, Donald Trump finds himself fighting against being tagged with a label he frequently applies to rivals but which runs completely counter to his own brand: “loser.” The Republican is pursuing legal action in several battleground states, though his lawyers have so far failed to substantiate claims of fraud and observers see the possibility of the courts overturning the result of the vote as vanishingly small. Yet according to scholars and mental health professionals, the same authoritarian qualities that defined Trump’s rise to power and his presidency make it almost impossible for him…