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The meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) will not hold on Wednesday, the presidency has said. This is contained In a statement by the special adviser media to the President, Femi Adesina.  He said “this is due to the participation of President Muhammadu Buhari and a significant number of ministers at the High-Level Meeting of the International Conference on Lake Chad Basin, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, for the better part of that day.

City put a ruthless display on Sunday as they crushed Arsenal 3-0 to lift what is their official first domestic cup this season. Nigeria international Victor Moses has sent out a congratulatory message to his former Manchester City teammates following their triumph in the Carabao Cup on Sunday. City put a ruthless display on Sunday as they crushed Arsenal 3-0 to lift what is their official first domestic cup this season. Congrats to the  #sharkboys ????  @ManCity   #sharkteam @aguerosergiokun ??  @VincentKompany ??  @21LVA  ??  pic.twitter.com/pMZ68alRfd — Kelechi Iheanacho (@67Kelechi)  February 25, 2018 City got off to a bright start with Sergio Aguero giving them the lead in the 18th minute. While no more goals were scored in the first half, the Cityzens continued from where they stopped as Vincent Kompany doubled the lead just before the hour-mark. Any hopes of Arsenal mounting a fightback was extinguished when David Silva made ...

he national leader of the All Progressives Congress , Bola Tinubu has been accused of colluding with the PDP in order to scuttle the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, was on Sunday accused of colluding with the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Tinubu is accused of colluding with the PDP in order to scuttle the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. The accusation was made by a group within the APC under the aegis of the APC National Vanguard in a communique issued after its emergency meeting held in Abuja. The communique was signed by its zonal coordinators – Abdulrazaq Tewogbade (South West); Clarence Temple (South South); Frederick Nwabueze (South East); Stephen Onche (North Central); Mustapha Ngotho (North West); and Mohammed Dambazzau (North East). It reads: “Tinubu is acting out a pre-planned agenda to sack Chief Oyegun as APC National Chairman befor...

The goalkeeper starred against Sevilla on Wednesday but one former team-mate had initial doubts regarding the goalkeeper Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand revealed he and his team-mates doubted whether David de Gea would go on to become a world-class goalkeeper following his arrival in 2011. De Gea  produced a wonderful performance to earn United a goalless draw at Sevilla  in the opening leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, pawing away Luis Muriel's point-blank header in a moment of brilliance on Wednesday. It further strengthened De Gea's case as the best goalkeeper in the world amid constant speculation of a possible move to Real Madrid, however, it has not been all smooth sailing for the Spain international at Old Trafford. De Gea initially struggled with the physicality of the Premier League after being lured from boyhood club Atletico Madrid as a baby-faced Spaniard seven years ago. "We were talking before, when he first came, e...

The Greek scout who first spotted the defender talks about the 20-year-old's past, present and very bright future While Arsenal’s January transfer window will be remembered by the wider football world for the signings of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the arrival of a 20-year-old Greek defender in north London sent shockwaves through his homeland. Konstantinos Mavropanos had only made two appearances for Greek Super League side PAS Giannina going into the 2017-18 season but his impressive performances saw the likes of Olympiakos and Udinese scramble over his signature, before Arsenal’s new head of recruitment, Sven Mislintat, rang the player’s agent to seal a deal in late December. Mislintat may have made the final, decisive move but the man who first identified Mavropanos as a potential star was Vasilis Stachtiaris.

The French striker once again drew a blank in a 3-1 win at Leganes, but his manager has pointed towards the under-fire forward's all-round play Zinedine Zidane has again voiced his support for much-maligned Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema. Benzema was unable to add to his paltry return of three La Liga goals this season as Madrid beat Leganes 3-1 on Wednesday to edge up to third in the table. The Frenchman was involved in the build-up to goals from Lucas Vazquez and Casemiro before half-time and selflessly led the line as Leganes put their illustrious opponents under sustained pressure after the break. Zidane has been a consistent champion of Benzema during a difficult campaign and talked up these qualities afterwards. "No, I'm not worried," he replied when asked about his countryman's goalscoring return on beIN Sports. "It is the situation we have now. We would like him to score. "The other day against Betis he scored. Here he cou...

The Frenchman had an early introduction in Seville but it made no difference as United turned in a forgettable performance Before Manchester United even stepped onto the pitch at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, there was a barrel-load of intrigue thanks to Jose Mourinho’s decision to omit Paul Pogba from the starting line-up. But even an unexpectedly early introduction for the French midfielder couldn’t inspire United  to victory over Sevilla, with the 0-0 result flattering them. They had six shots to the home side's 25. On any other night against any other Champions League team, you get the feeling this kind of display would have seen them well beaten. The first twist in the tale came just 16 minutes in as Ander Herrera went to ground under a challenge and immediately threw his right boot to the floor in clear frustration at an injury which signalled an early end to his evening. Pogba was off the bench and stripped for action almost before Herrera’s bo...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency has no honour left after reports emerged that it allegedly concealed a N10 billion theft perpetrated by its officials at the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to back off on his administration’s legal battles against the principal actors in the controversial Malabu Oil deal. The raging scandal over the OPL 245 oil block began in 2011 when the President Goodluck Jonathan administration approved its purchase by Shell and Agip-Eni from Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd., a firm with ties to Dan Etete, a Minister of Petroleum from 1995 to 1998. The Jonathan administration officials who participated in the negotiation preceding the controversial sale of the massive oil block included Mohammed Bello Adoke, Attorney-General at the time; and Diezani Alison-Madueke, who was petroleum minister. Mr. Jonathan himself was named by investigators as being involved in the alleged fraud, but the former president strongly denies the charges. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been pursuing fraud and crimi...

Signs that the discord in President Muhammadu Buhari’s war against corruption has deepened emerged on Monday as news broke of a query by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, to the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, asking him to explain his decision to file corruption charges against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr. Danladi Umar. In the query, signed by Mr. Dayo Apata, the Solicitor General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Magu is to explain what informed the filing of corruption charges against the tribunal chairman having been cleared of corruption allegations twice by the EFCC.Also queried was a private legal practitioner, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), who filed the charges on behalf of the EFCC. He is to explain to the AGF by whose authority he filed the case.

After nearly a decade of protracted crisis over the leadership of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara, Pope Francis I Monday appointed the Bishop of Umuahia Diocese, Most Rev Lucius Ugorji as the new Apostolic Administrator of Ahiara Diocese. In a statement issued by the Director of Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), Rev Fr. Chris Anyanwu, he explained that the appointment came on the heels of the resignation by Most Rev Peter Okpaleke.

Fleeing members of Boko Haram last night attacked Dapchi town in Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State. Details of the attack were still sketchy as at the time of filing this report, but THISDAY confirmed that the insurgents carted away foodstuffs. However, the rumoured abduction of scores of schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) in the town could not be confirmed. Some of the residents of the town who fled into surrounding bushes told THISDAY on phone that their town was attacked but that the abduction of the schoolgirls could not be ascertained.