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Jamie Carragher admits he would relish watching Lionel Messi playing in the Premier League, but he does not believe the signing would make Manchester City unbeatable. City are in the strongest position to sign Messi – if the Argentina forward can get out of Barcelona this summer. Sky Sports News has been told both Messi and City boss Pep Guardiola want to renew their partnership at the Etihad – putting the Premier League runners-up in a commanding lead over other suitors. “I’d love to see Messi in the Premier League,” Jamie Carragher told Sky Sports. “I want to to watch…

BY DELE MOMODU Fellow Nigerians, please permit to offer a quick apology. I had planned to conclude Chief Bode Akindele’s serialised tributes this week, but man proposes, and God disposes. A matter of urgent national importance necessitated this sudden change of plans. Let’s now go quickly to the latest bad news from Ghana on how Nigerian traders are being maltreated. I will rely heavily on the well-scripted release by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information, and dissect the numerous issues and thorny problems that we’ve been faced with and continue to endure, as Nigerian citizens, as if we are orphans.…

A non-governmental advocacy group, National Council for Democratic Development (NCDD), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to rejig his cabinet and offload those mired in quest for 2023 political contest as they had allegedly abandoned his agenda for personal ambitions. The group said it observed with dismay that the cardinal programmes of the president were being sacrificed on the altar of personal ambitions leading to strides made especially in agriculture and anti-corruption crusade to stall. The advocacy group in a statement by its Executive Director, Prince Nweze Onu, said since 2023 was still far, such political distraction could tell poorly on…

•825 Nigerians deported from Ghana in 12 months The federal government has warned the Ghanaian authorities that it would no longer tolerate the incessant harassment and acts of hostility towards Nigerian citizens in Ghana. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, issued the warning in a statement yesterday. It also emerged yesterday that 825 Nigerians were deported from Ghana between January 2018 and February 2019. The minister said the federal government was deeply concerned by the hostile act and would no longer condone such. Mohammed added that the federal government was urgently considering a number of options aimed…

Chadwick Boseman, the 43-year-old actor who became the star of the 2018 Marvel Studios movie ‘Black Panther’ is dead. A statement on the the deceased Instagram account revealed that the actor had been suffering from Stage III colon cancer since 2016 which had progressed to stage IV. The actor was said to have died in his home with his wife and family by his side. “A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much. From ‘Marshall’ to ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ August Wilson’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ and…

•Unhappy engagements with junta yet to achieve desired results President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Abuja demanded for an acceptable timetable from the military junta in Mali for a return to democracy, warning that the country could not afford to stand alone in the sub-region. This came as ECOWAS’ leaders restated their resolutions, demanding for the composition of a transition government in Mali, led by civilians, as well as the return of the country to constitutional government within the next 12 months. The demands of both Buhari and ECOWAS were made at a virtual Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS Heads of States…

Mikel Arteta is feeling optimistic about Arsenal’s transfer dealings, with Gabriel Magalhaes seemingly set to join the Gunners. Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta is confident the club will achieve all of their transfer goals before the October 6 deadline. The Gunners could only finish as high as eighth in the Premier League last season, their worst finish since coming 12th in 1994-95. Arsenal always looked likely to be busy in the transfer market following that disappointment, as they look to rebuild under Arteta, who replaced Unai Emery late last year. Defence appeared to be the area of the squad in most…

Lionel Messi has been strongly linked with Manchester City, but Jurgen Klopp is “not sure” the Barcelona icon will move to England. Jurgen Klopp said there is “no chance” Liverpool could afford to sign Lionel Messi and cast doubt over whether the Barcelona captain will join Manchester City. Messi has told Barca he wants to leave the Catalan giants, sparking frenzied speculation over who the mercurial forward will be playing for next season. Klopp on Friday stated that any manager in the world would welcome the signing of Messi but ruled out the possibility of the Premier League champions landing…

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the Federal Government will support the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC), to meet international standards in researches into the development of a vaccine for the Coronavirus. Ehanire said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 joint briefing on Thursday in Abuja. He said the government would support NAFDAC to reach international maturity level and encourage researchers to work towards the development of vaccines for the virus. Ehanire said Nigeria participated in a World Health Organisation (WHO), African Regional Conference, held virtually and chaired by the Minister of…

Former U.S. Open champion, Boris Becker, said he fully respected the decision of Naomi Osaka to pull out of her semi-final at the Western & Southern Open in a protest against racial injustice, reports REUTERS. American-based Japanese Osaka, who won the U.S. Open two years ago against Serena Williams, joined similar protests by athletes in the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, on Sunday in Wisconsin. The 22-year-old’s move prompted the WTA Tour and ATP Tour to pause the tournament for a day as a show of support. “We…