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Juventus star, Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly purchased the world’s most expensive car, the Bugatti La Voiture Noire which costs a ridiculous sum of over £9million (N4.2billion) The wicked looking Bugatti was first presented to the world at the Geneva Motor Show 2019. The French luxury company built only one of this prototype supercar and it is a tribute to the 110th anniversary of the founding of the company. The Bugatti La Voiture Noire is powered by an 8.0-litre turbocharged W16 engine and can reach 260mph. RELATED:A new Puma kit for the Russia Fifa World Cup has just been revealed and it looks so stunning! Bugatti have confirmed the one-off model now has an owner, but have refused to officially identify them. Spanish sports paper Marca reports that the new owner is the legendary footballer, despite previous claims that it was bought by Ferdinand Piech, former chairman of the Volkswagen Group. However, here is the kicker: The owner will not be able to drive th

The phrase “a game of inches” is usually associated with the other type of football, but it is particularly relevant to the 2018-19 Premier League, which may quite literally be decided by the tiniest of physical measurements. The lead at the top of the table changed hands for a record 30th time this past weekend, as Manchester City edged a point ahead of Liverpool via a tense 1-0 win at Burnley. Sergio Aguero’s winning goal crossed the line by a mere 29.51 millimeters — a hair over an inch — in the 64th minute of a tie in which the reigning champions were far from their best. In an age before goal-line technology, it’s likely that Matthew Lowton’s attempted clearance would have been deemed successful. In that instance, we may have seen City draw, leaving them a point behind Liverpool in the table. This isn’t the only moment in which an inch or less may have tipped the scales of the title race. During City’s 2-1 win over the Reds in January — a game that remains Jurgen Klopp’s on

The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of two caterers and three children during an attack on Government Girls Secondary School, Moriki, Zurmi Local Government Area, on Wednesday night. The state Police Command PPRO, SP Mohammed Shehu, in a press release stated that, “On 1st May 2019 at about 21;30hrs, DPO Zurmi received a distress call that unidentified number of armed men entered into Government Girls Secondary School Moriki in Zurmi LGA through the back fence of the school with intent to attack the school and abduct students. On the spur of the moment, a combined team of PMF/CTU/ and Civilian JTF personnel headed by the DPO mobilised to the school, confronted the armed men and stopped them from gaining access to the students’ hostels. The bandits took a retreat back to the bush. “No student was abducted as earlier reported by some media. However, two caterers and three of their children were later discovered missing. The Police is collaborating with

Nigeria unemployment rate to reach 33.5 per cent by 2020, says the Federal Government. Chris Ngige, Wage  Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said this while declaring open a two-day workshop on “Breaking the Resilience of High Unemployment Rate in the Country”, on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the incessant increase of unemployment in the country was alarming. According to him, the high unemployment rate of 23.1 per cent, and underemployment of 16.6 per cent by the National Bureau Statistics (NBS) of 2019 report was alarming. “It is a worrisome status as the global poverty capital (World Bank, 2018); and concomitant high prevalence rate of crimes and criminality, including mass murders, insurgency, militancy, armed robbery, kidnappings and drug abuse, among others. “As if this situation is not scary enough, it is projected that the unemployment rate for this country will reach 33.5 per cent by 2020, with consequences that are better imagined, if the trend is not

British PM, Theresa-May British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives are expected to lose hundreds of seats in local elections on Thursday, a report has said. According recent reports, there is pressure on May as she tries to resolve a political crisis over her plan for Britain to leave the European Union. According to forecasts, the Conservatives are expected to lose up to 800 seats in voting for over 8,000 members of 260 councils in most of England, excluding London and Northern Ireland. Some 60 per cent of those seats are currently held by Conservatives, a report said. May has agreed to step down as Conservative leader and prime minister once she has won parliamentary approval of a Brexit deal. She is likely to face more calls to resign earlier if Thursday’s elections prove disastrous for the party. Local governments will declare the election results later on Thursday and early Friday. May told lawmakers on Wednesday that she still hopes to reach a compromis

Ajaokuta Steel Company Prof. Benjamin Adewuyi, the former President, Nigerian Metallurgical Society (NMS), says Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd. cannot function even if completed. Adewuyi made this assertion to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development was only keen on completing the steel company, not considering  how the raw materials required for the production of steel would be sourced. According to him, National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO), which is one of the sources of local raw materials for steel production has remained dormant. He said that another critical facility that should be completed for the production of steel was the handling facility. “The handling facility that is an internal infrastructure very critical to the production of steel is yet to be completed. “Even the raw materials that can be used for steel production, if eventually Ajaokuta steel is completed are also yet to be deve

One of the churches bombed in the Sri Lanka blasts (credit: BBC) Service in Catholic churches across Sri Lanka will be cancelled for the second consecutive week on Sunday due to the prevailing security situation, the Catholic Archbishop’s House said on Thursday. Media Spokesperson for Archbishop Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Rev. Fr. Edmund Tillekeratne, told Xinhua that the Archbishop had decided to cancel all Sunday services for the second week, requesting people to pray at home. He said that the decision was taken amid the latest security concerns in Sri Lanka. Church services have come to a halt since the terror attacks on Easter Sunday, which targeted churches and luxury hotels, killing over 250 people and injuring over 500. “Security has remained beefed up across the country since the attacks on April 21, with additional security deployed outside places of worship due to threats of fresh attacks,’’ the police said. (Xinhua/NAN)