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Arsenal are set to offload four defenders in order to complete their pursuit of Gabriel Magalhaes. Rob Holding and Calum Chambers are two Arsenal players not considered to be in Arteta’s plans. Arsenal are reportedly set to trim their squad in order to fund the transfer of LOSC Lille’s Gabriel Magalhaes. If reports from the Express are to be believed, Mikel Arteta has decided to offload as many as four defenders to build on the team’s quality and facilitate the potential signing of Magalhaes. The Gunners have an array of centre-halves in their ranks, but not all have lived up to the expectations in…

His choice as the Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council (NCC) for the October 10 governorship poll in Ondo State took few party faithful by surprise. But for party bigwigs, it was not out of place. For them, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is a workaholic who puts up no airs, hence his choice. Determined to keep Ondo State within its fold, the leadership of APC saddled the Sanwo-Olu-led Campaign Council with the onerous task of rallying all stakeholders and leading the party to a resounding victory. Shortly after its inauguration in Abuja, Sanwo-Olu told supporters that it…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates eligible to participate in the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State. The list, which names of – 16 males and one female indicated that incumbent governor, Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Eyitayo Jegede will slug it out with 15 others. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, in a statement on Friday, stated that withdrawal and substitution of candidates for the election ended on August 18, 2020. He,…

The Catholic Bishops of Kaduna Ecclesiastical Province, have said that “the people of Southern Kaduna feel abandoned by their governor in their grief”. The province is made up of Kaduna, Kano, Kontagora Minna, Sokoto and Zaria dioceses of the Catholic Church. The bishops also lamented the general insecurity across the country, saying Nigeria “is in the firm grip of the grim reaper.” In a statement issued at the end of their meeting on Tuesday in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, the bishops urged the Governor Nasir El-Rufai to show more empathy to the victims of the crisis. The statement signed by the…

•He neither has a history of renal problems nor does he have any breathing difficulties Mohammed, son of elder statesman, Mamman Daura, has said his father is hale and hearty, contrary to stories about his demise, describing it as wicked and reminded those behind the story of their own mortality. There were reports early in the week that, Daura, a nephew and confidant of President Muhammadu Buhari was allegedly flown abroad for urgent medical treatment. But his son, in an exclusive engagement with THISDAY yesterday, dismissed this, saying the stories were fabricated. In a statement sent to THISDAY, Mohammed said:…

The Contractors Association of Niger Delta Development Commission (CA-NDDC) has endorsed the forensic auditing of the NDDC by the Interim Management Committee (IMC), ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari. This is as a group, Transparency Advocacy for Development Initiative, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to dissolve the board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and also suspend the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, over alleged corruption and mismanagement rocking the commission. The association stated this in a communique issued after an extraordinary meeting of the president and the executive members in Port Harcourt, yesterday. The communiqué, made available…

President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Paul Usoro yesterday stated that the decision of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NBA to withdraw its invite to Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai was not based on ethnic or religious considerations. Governor el-Rufai was billed as a guest speaker in the first-ever virtual Annual General Conference of the NBA slated for August 26 to 29, 2020. The inclusion of el-Rufai among other speakers at the event drew the ire of some members of the association, who threatened to boycott the conference if he was not dropped. The pressure…

•ECOWAS insists on release of President Keita, restoration of constitutional government •UN gains access to deposed president; junta denies him TV, radio, phone Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, will lead other West African leaders to coup-torn Mali today in fresh attempt for solution to the political crisis in the West African country. Mali’s elected President, Ibrahim Keita, was overthrown on Tuesday by mutinying soldiers, who took him, and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse, as well as other senior officials into custody. In a related development, the United Nations said yesterday that it had gained access to ousted President Keita while rebel troops…

Gary Lineker feels Lionel Messi would turn Manchester City into a global brand. Messi has been linked with a shock reunion with former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola at Manchester City. Lionel Messi’s situation at Barcelona during one of the club’s most difficult periods both on and off the pitch is a sorrowful one, but Gary Lineker believes he would light up the Premier League if he ever leaves the Spanish giants. Messi cut a frustrated figure when his Barcelona team were embarrassingly knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals, a game where they were on the wrong side of a historic 8-2…

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, called for stiffer sanctions against the military administration in Mali, describing the events that led to their forceful takeover as a great setback for regional diplomacy with grave consequences for the peace and security of West Africa. “The action of the military in Mali has, regrettably, foisted on us as a sub-region, the need to decide the options that will be consistent with the provisions of the Protocol on Good Governance and Democracy, which ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), AU (African Union), and the UN (United Nations) subscribe to,” he stated. The Nigerian leader,…