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Manchester United’s Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez has signed a three-year contract with Inter Milan, the Italian club announced on Thursday. “Alexis Sanchez has joined the Nerazzurri on a free transfer,” the Serie A side said in a statement. The 31-year-old, who had been on loan at Inter this season, signed a contract until June 30, 2023, the club added. Sanchez scored four goals for Antonio Conte’s Serie A runners-up behind Juventus. He was sidelined for nearly three months after undergoing surgery in October on tendon damage picked up while playing for Chile in a friendly against Colombia. Sanchez joined United…

Borussia Dortmund boss Hans-Joachim Watzke says the Bundesliga runners-up have had “no contact” with Manchester United over England winger Jadon Sancho. According to UK media reports, Man Utd want to sign the 20-year-old who scored 17 goals and created the same number of assists last season as Dortmund finished second behind champions Bayern Munich. Sancho is valued at around 120 million euros ($142 million) and Dortmund have said they have yet to receive an offer for their talented forward who joined in 2017 from Manchester City’s academy. “So far, there has been no contact between Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United…

Werder Bremen have been strongly linked with Tahith Chong and the Manchester United midfielder’s agent says he is keen on a Bundesliga move. Tahith Chong’s agent says his client wants to move to the Bundesliga amid reports Werder Bremen are closing in on a loan deal for the Manchester United player. Chong, 20, signed a contract extension until 2022 at Old Trafford in March, despite speculation Inter were keen on the midfielder. But first-team opportunities have been hard to come by, with a substitute outing in Wednesday’s 2-1 Europa League win over LASK his first appearance since lockdown. “Tahith would…

It is argued that the going back and forth of the Ministry of Education shows unpreparedness of the country to face the realities of COVID-19 as schools reopen. After various pronouncements on reopening, postponing and eventual agreement to reopen schools for SS3 students to write WAEC exams, Iyabo Lawal, (Lagos), Lawrence Njoku (Enugu), Kevin Ebiri (Port Harcourt), Charles Ogugbuaja (Owerri), Bukky Olajide (Abeokuta), Oluwaseun Akingboye (Akure), Rotimi Agboluaje (Ibadan), Michael Egbejule (Benin City), Alabi Abdulganiyu (Kaduna) and Agosi Todo (Calabar) looked at how ready the states are considering the COVID-19 guidelines. On July 27, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education issued…

Belated as it seems, the recommendation of the Senate asking the Federal Government to direct the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Productivity to review age barrier for graduate employment and create jobs for Nigerian graduates, is commendable and consolatory. It seems to be a genuine expression of concern for the teeming unemployed graduate population in the country. If this is the case, the concern needs to be pursued to a more appreciable end. Yet this laudable goal should not be restricted to just job creation in ministries, departments and agencies. It needs of necessity to be extended to the availability…

• Gov’s wife receives 2,000 APC women defectors, pledges more projects • Power belongs to Edo people, says incumbent as lawmakers impeach deputy speaker • ‘State chief executive’s manifesto addresses post-COVID-19 economic shocks’ In an effort to end politicians’ constant threats of violence ahead of the Edo State governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, hinted that it would summon the contenders with a view to seeking a truce. The commission disclosed that it would soon convene an emergency meeting with political parties, candidates and campaign councils to that effect. Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, dropped the hint…

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on (COVID-19) has spotlighted the failure of states to enforce extant safety protocols as a major challenge to the country’s response to the pandemic. Its chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, made the disclosure while addressing State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. He was in the Villa alongside the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, the task force’s National Coordinator, Dr. Sani Aliyu and Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, to submit their observations…

The federal government is set to communicate with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the industrial action the union embarked upon on April 9, 2020. The subject of the expected letter is to ask the striking lecturers to get ready to resume work while tabling their grievances for consideration. Unlike when the government rejected ASUU’s preference for physical meeting, the former has now accepted to fix a date for resumption of negotiations if the lecturers suspend their four-month-old strike. A reliable source, who confirmed the latest plan by the federal government to THISDAY yesterday, said…

The House of Representatives has decided to petition President Muhammad Buhari following the refusal of some agencies of the government to appear before its Committee on Public Account to answer questions over alleged financial irregularities traced to them or clarify some records provided by other agencies. The committee expressed displeasure with the refusal of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emiefele; Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Managing Director of the Nigeria Port Authority, Hajia Hadiza Usman, as well as the head of Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) to appear before it…

No repentant Boko Haram terrorist has been conscripted into the armed forces, the presidency said last night, adding that there is no plan to enlist any of them in future. The presidency made this clarification last night in a reaction to widespread condemnation of the alleged absorption of deradicalised members of the terrorist group into the military as well as the rejection of their integration into the society by victims of their heinous acts. A statement by presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, described those making the insinuations as accomplices to fake news. He emphasised that none of the 601 deradicalised…