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Manchester United goalkeeper, David de Gea, has said that he is expecting a tough match when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men tackle Paris Saint-Germain, PSG, in the Champions league round of 16 clash on Tuesday night at Old Trafford. De Gea also said that it is a shame for PSG forward, Neymar not to feature in his side’s Champions League tie with Manchester United. Neymar is currently injured but De Gea believes the Brazilian is a very special player, adding that there are many other players who can replace the former Barcelona star. Manchester United head to the game following a 3-0 victory over Fulham on Saturday in the Premier League encounter. “We will fight to go all the way to Champions League final but first we must eliminate PSG. Then, we will see,” De Gea told Telefoot. “It will be an intense Round of 16 match, a great match to play, very special, against a very good team that has exceptional individuals, amongst some of the best at the moment. “They are the favouri...

Jamie Carragher and Graeme Souness blasted Marcos Alonso and Kepa Arrizabalaga, for their roles in Chelsea’s 6-0 drubbing at Manchester City on Sunday. A first-half brace from Sergio Aguero and goals from Raheem Sterling and Ilkay Gundogan saw City race into a 4-0 lead by half-time. Aguero completed his hat-trick in the second half, before Sterling added City’s sixth. Speaking at half-time of the embarrassing defeat, Carragher and Souness slammed the performances of defender Alonso and goalkeeper Kepa. They blamed Alonso for City’s first goal, while Kepa did little to justify his world-record transfer fee for a goalkeeper, by failing to prevent two strikes from Aguero. “It’s criminal from Alonso. So casual, four minutes into a big away game. You do not leave your post until [Eden] Hazard is back. “Players of the quality of De Bruyne and Silva will punish them all day. He’s not switched on at all,” Carragher said on Sky Sports. Souness said: “Looking at a few of those ...

(File) Paul ELLIS / AFP Sergio Aguero grabbed a hat-trick as Manchester City scored four times inside 25 minutes to thrash Chelsea 6-0 and leapfrog Liverpool again to top spot in the Premier League on goal difference on Sunday. Aguero should have had even more than three as the Argentine missed a glorious early chance and hit the bar in the second-half in a humiliating afternoon for Maurizio Sarri’s men. Raheem Sterling started and ended the scoring and Ilkay Gundogan also netted in the first quarter of the game as City ended what could have been a testing week with a trip to Everton in between the visits of Arsenal and Chelsea with maximum points. Jurgen Klopp’s men maintain the advantage of a game in hand, but handed a reprieve by Liverpool’s draws against Leicester and West Ham in recent weeks, City look determined to become the first side in a decade to retain the Premier League. Chelsea on the other hand slip to sixth with the scale of the defeat sure to raise furth...

By Joseph Erunke THE National Peace Committee, has hinted that special guest at its 2nd peace signing accord and former United States President,Bill Clinton, would present a keynote address at the event slated for Wednesday,at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Bill Clinton The Committee, led by former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, organized the 2nd signing of the National Peace Accord. Fr. Atta Barkindo, Head of Secretariat, National Peace Committee, in a statement, yesterday. “Mindful of the importance of peaceful elections and non-violent transfer of power has engaged various stakeholders in preparation for the 2019 General Elections. “To this end, it is pleased to announce that it has invited Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of America and Baroness Patricia Scotland, Secretary General of the Commonwealth, to visit Nigeria from 12 to 13 February 2019 ahead of the Nigerian presidential elections,” the stat...

A woman, Juliet Phillips and her mother as well as a retired director in the Community Development Department of the Ministry of Women Affairs in Delta State, Collins Ogbor have been arrested over alleged stealing and sale of a two year old, Testimony, in Delta State. It was gathered that the trio were arrested at Idogbo in Ikpoba-Okah Local Government Area of Edo State by officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force from the “A” Division in Warri. The prime suspect, Juliet Phillips, who operate an illegal orphanage, Godswill Ophanage at Ekpan community near Newton Agbofodo’s compound allegedly stole baby Testimony, a twin from the mother, believed to be close to imbecility, on November 28,2018. Phillips, it was learnt, took the two-year-old baby to Deliverance Orphanage operated by her mother in Ozoro community in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State. It was from the Deliverance Orphanage, which is registered with the Delta State Government, that the little boy...

Some members of Leah Sharibu’s family brief reporters in Abuja on February 10, 2019. The family of abducted Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to secure the release of their daughter from the captivity of Boko Haram terrorists. They made the call while addressing a press conference on Sunday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The briefing held ahead of the one year anniversary of Leah’s abduction by a faction of the Boko Haram sect – Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). Leah’s mother, Rebecca Sharibu, who spoke in Hausa broke down in tears as she called for her daughter’s release. She appealed to the President to make good his promise of ensuring that her daughter was freed from the custody of her abductors. Another member of the family, Gloria Puldu, explained that the press briefing was called to remind Nigerians and the entire world that their daughter has not been released by her abductors. Gloria said, “We as a f...

Leah Sharibu (file) The Federal Government has condemned the report that the abducted Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, has died in captivity of Boko Haram terrorists. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated that there was nothing of such while addressing reporters on Sunday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. “It’s absolutely fake news. There is nothing like that,” he was quoted as saying in a statement by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi. Mr Mohammed queried why such a report would emerge at a time when the nation and its people were preparing for the presidential election. He said that the report was an alleged plot by the political opposition to tarnish the image of the Muhammadu Buhari administration and exploit primordial sentiments ahead of the polls. “I think it’s part of the opposition’s strategies to throw everything at the administration and at the President. I think every day, they are realising the hopelessness of their position,” the mi...