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  The Tottenham Hotspur striker has been heavily linked with Man Utd in the past but Solskjaer now has an answer. There is a fair amount of symmetry in the plights of Anthony Martial and Harry Kane right now and it doesn't reflect overly well on Jose Mourinho. In fact, a simple exchange between two former  Manchester United  players in the BT Sport studio, following  the 1-0 win  over FC Copenhagen, summed up the situation succinctly. Robin Van Persie,  asked about Martial and how far he has come  under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, turned to  Paul Scholes  and remarked innocently: "He was struggling under Mourinho right?" Scholes' reply was typically deadpan: "Who wasn't?" The transformation of Martial under Solskjaer is simply incredible. This is a player who announced himself to Old Trafford with an outrageous solo effort against Liverpool as a 19-year-old; someone whose talent has never in doubt, but who stagnated during two-and-a-half crucial ye...

  As Nigeria’s  COVID-19 death toll nears 1000, the Federal Government has asked Nigerians to prepare for societal changes that will arise due to the reopening of the economy. This is in view of increased transportation, trade and human interaction, including the possible reopening of international air travelling. Speaking during the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja, the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said the situation requires efforts in order to perfectly balance the benefits of a reactivated economy with the need to keep citizens safe. Ehanire said that Nigeria joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Mask Week since Friday, August 7, and emphasised the importance of wearing face masks to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread in the absence of a vaccine. Our focus is still to reduce fatality to less than 1%, not only with preventive measures but also with a strategy that encourages citizens to report...