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Everton’s English defender Phil Jagielka (4L) celebrates scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Arsenal at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north west England on April 7, 2019. Oli SCARFF / AFP  Arsenal were haunted by their dismal away form yet again as Phil Jagielka gave Everton a 1-0 victory that dented the Gunners’ Premier League top-four bid on Sunday. Jagielka was only drafted into Everton’s starting line-up at the last minute due to an illness suffered by Michael Keane. The Everton defender made the most of his call-up with the game’s only goal in the early stages at Goodison Park. It was another away-day flop for Arsenal, who maintained their wretched record as the only club in the top four divisions of English football not to have kept a clean sheet on their travels this season. Unai Emery’s side remain fourth in the Premier League, but they are ahead of fifth-placed Chelsea only on goal difference as the race ...

The Kaduna state police command has confirmed the death of two of its men during an attack by armed bandits in Katangi village in  Birnin Gwari local government area of the state on Saturday. The command’s public relations officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo who confirmed the attack in a statement he issued on Sunday, says the armed bandits who were in large numbers invaded the Katangi village, a border town with Niger state at about 6pm on Saturday, shooting sporadically at the villagers and burning down houses. He says that a  Combined team of police mobile force personnel, conventional police and vigilantes were quickly mobilized to the village who engaged the bandits in a fierce gun duel and successfully repelled the attack. He disclosed that three of the bandits and two policemen lost their lives during the gun battle, while the remaining criminals escaped into the bush with bullet wounds. The police spokesman further explained that six civilians were injured and later ta...

Travelers have besieged rail stations in Abuja and Kaduna, despite the move by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu who inaugurated “Operation Puff Adder” to tackle kidnapping, banditry and other crimes along the expressway on Friday. The travelers besieged the Abuja end of Idu rail station and Kaduna end of Rigasa station to get tickets early Saturday morning. The queue was a surprise to many travelers who chose Saturday, with the hope that the stations would be less congested. A traveler who simply identified himself as Abdullahi said: “I decided to travel today (Saturday) because the crowd is usually much on Friday, now it’s becoming more crowded even on weekends. This is to show that people can’t trust their lives with the Abuja-Kaduna road.” READ ALSO: PHOTOS: Storm Wreaks Havoc In Abuja Community The first train to Kaduna from Abuja was scheduled to leave at 7:00 am. However, the ticket for the first trip was already sold out, passengers were left with n...

Nigerians are a complex and complicated people where corruption is the norm of the day. It is not only in government circles but in the private and even in our family units. It’s so embedded in the fabric of our psyche. Buhari In order to eradicate it or bring it to the barest minimum level, it needs a total turn round in the way we see, do and perceive things. Imagine this scenario. A house wife goes to the market to purchase foodstuffs and she makes something for herself. Have you ever imagined why our roads are in a sorry state? Because the contractors cut corners, by using sub-standard materials and also settling those awarding the contracts. Why are trailers and tankers still parked on the Apapa axis of Lagos state, despite the control measures put in place by the military. Because of compromise on the part of the personnel. What all these boil down to, is that the President, Muhammadu Buhari in all his wisdom cannot do it alone. Don’t get me wrong. I am neither an APC or...

Manchester City’s Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus (R) is tackled by Brighton’s Spanish defender Martin Montoya during the English FA Cup semi-final football match between Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion at Wembley Stadium in London, on April 6, 2019. Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP Manchester City’s quest for a quadruple of trophies remains intact after Gabriel Jesus’s solitary early goal was enough to see off Brighton 1-0 and reach the FA Cup final on Saturday. Pep Guardiola’s men will return to Wembley to face either Watford or Wolves on May 18 for what they hope will be the chance to clinch the first ever domestic treble in English football history. City looked set for an easy afternoon when Jesus opened the scoring after just four minutes, but never hit top gear with one eye on their Champions League quarter-final, first leg at Tottenham on Tuesday. And Brighton were left to rue a controversial decision not to send-off Kyle Walker just after the half hour mark for ...

EMTS   has re-assured it customers to remain calmed, stating that the   news reports claiming that  Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has nullified the sale of EMTS to Teleology Nigeria Limited. were misleading. 9Mobile According to the company in a statement at the weekend,   the Federal High Court in   Abuja did not nullify the sale of EMTS, adding that   the court on 1st  April 2019   had made an order for parties to maintain status quo as at April 25, 2018. “As at the said date, 9mobile was not a party to the suit before the court. The action before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court is not about the sale of EMTS (9mobile) but rather, the transfer of the license even without locus standi. “EMTS has however appealed the order and also sought an injunction pending appeal at the Court of Appeal”, EMTS said in the statement. Clarifying the recent reports, Company Secretary/Legal A...

The children of Jamal Khashoggi have received millions of dollars’ worth of property, one-off payments and large monthly allowances as compensation for the killing of the Saudi journalist, a source familiar with the matter told CNN last week. Jamal Khashoggi The family could also receive tens of millions of dollars in “blood money” payments following the trial of Khashoggi’s alleged killers in Riyadh. All told, the family could stand to collect more than $70 million in cash and assets, the source estimated. The Saudi government would contend that these payments are intended to make amends, but the expectation is that in exchange for the money, they won’t publicly criticize the royal family over Khashoggi’s death, the source said. Khashoggi’s four children have each been gifted homes worth as much as 15 million Saudi riyals (around $4 million), the source said. Salah, who as the eldest son handles the family’s relations with the government, has been given a large home in Je...

Babachir Lawal, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has said he can be president of Nigeria. Speaking with The Sun, Lawal said the constitution did not limit the presidency to any part of the country. He was addressing the issue of zoning the 2023 presidency outside the north. “Every part of Nigeria can produce a president, a competent one. “I know so many. Being a cosmopolitan man, I know Igbos not less than ten that can successfully run this country; I know Yorubas that can do, I know Ijaws that can do, I know Hausas that can do, I know even Kilba. “Hey myself, my friend, I can be president of this country. I consider myself quite competent to do so from a small tribe of 300,000 people. There are so many such tribes that can produce good, competent leaders all over Nigeria. “Even if it is in the north, if we say the north-west has produced a presidential candidate, the south-west had produced one, I don’t see why the north-central cannot produ...