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Chelsea face a daunting tie of their own after being drawn against Barcelona, while fellow Premier League side, Tottenham take on Italian giants, Juventus. Defending champions, Madrid will be at home for the first-leg before traveling to France for the return fixture as one of the tournament favourites will be exiting at the first knock-out stage. SOURCE: UC News

The Gunners cruised through the group stages with just one defeat in their six matches and are amongst the favourites to go deep in the tournament. Arsenal prove the only English representatives after Everton stumbled out the group stages after managing just four points from their six games. Some of the more notable picks saw Lyon drawn against Villarreal while Italian giants Napoli will take on German counterparts RB Leipzig   UEFA Europa League Last-32 Draw The first-leg ties will take place February 15 before the return fixtures on February 22. SOURCE: Hot news

Shameful scenes burst as Manchester United and Manchester City traded fisticuffs after the derby melee in the Old Trafford tunnel, leaving Mikel Arteta, Manchester City assistant coach with “blood pouring down his face.” And Manchester United striker, Romelu Lukaku was said to have been “prominently involved” in the 20-man melee which saw punches thrown Jose Mourinho, Manchester United manager was allegedly hit on the head with water and milk as tensions boiled over following City’s 2-1 derby win. The Etihad side later downplayed these reports but respected journalist Daniel Taylor claimed witnesses said former Arsenal ace Arteta was left bloodied…

Manchester United is still targeting Ivan Perisic, the Croatian attacker who is reportedly on the market ahead of the winter transfer window opening for grabs at around £45 million. Jose Mourinho, who is a fan of Perisic, will have another chance to negotiate with the 28-year-old for his club in January, according to the report in the Sun on Sunday. Perisic penned a five-year deal with Inter Milan after his Old Trafford switch collapsed in the summer, but that deal was said to be to maintain his transfer value rather than keep him at the San Siro. The former Wolfsburg…

Two Nigerian sensational musicians emerged as winners at The Future Awards Africa 2017 held at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday. Davido and Wizkid shone as stars on the sky as they carted home more awards from the ceremony. Davido won the award for THE FUTURE AWARDS AFRICA PRIZE FOR MUSIC while Wizkid won THE FUTURE AWARDS AFRICA PRIZE FOR YOUNG PERSON OF THE YEAR. See the list below: THE FUTURE AWARDS AFRICA PRIZE FOR YOUNG PERSON OF THE YEAR Winner: Ayodeji ‘Wizkid’ Balogun (27) THE FUTURE AWARDS AFRICA PRIZE FOR MUSIC Winner: David ‘Davido’ Adeleke (25) THE FUTURE AWARDS AFRICA…

Rihanna, Pop star, was spotted in New York City last Friday strolling and flaunting her curves in figure-hugging jeans. Just days after, Rihanna had stepped out and conspicuously flaunted a big diamond ring sparking engagement rumour. On Friday too, the 29-year-old singer displayed her jeans she paired with her own FentyxPuma shawl collar faux fur coat and a pair of white high heel shoes. Rihanna, who is dating Hassan Jameel, a Saudi billionaire, completed her look with a stylish pair of purple-rimmed cat-eye sunglasses.

Spectators, relations and colleagues wept uncontrollably as the bodies of two male students from Alex Commercial Secondary School, Idua in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom reportedly drowned in Qua Iboe River were dispayed at the river bank. The victims identified as Aniekan Harry from Uruan and Uche Okoli from Eastern Obolo local government areas respectively, were in Senior Secondary School (SSS) 11 and were among eight students that allegedly sneaked out from the school compound to the beach situated closed to the residence of Senator Helen Esuene. One of the students, who was at the beach, Master Owen…

Akwa Ibom man is among the 21 executive members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) elected Saturday, December 9 at Eagles Square, Abuja by more than 3,000 delegates from the 36 states in the federation including Federal Capital Territory. PDP is a major opposition party in the country. He is Emmanuel Enoidem elected as a National Legal Adviser. Before now, Enoidem had served as Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Akwa Ibom PDP treasurer and executive Chairman of Etim Ekpo Local Government Area. The full list of elected executive members released by PDP shows: National Chairman,…

Uche Secondus has won as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the major opposition party in Nigeria after he defeated three other aspirants with more than 2000 votes. Secondus was said to be solidly backed by Nyesom Wike, Rivers state Governor and Senator Godswill Akpabio, Senate Minority Leader. His close contender, Prof. Tunde Adeniran polled 230 votes, Raymond Dokpesi scored 66 votes while Taoheed Adedoja nil vote. Meanwhile, Umar Ibrahim has won as National Secretary of the party with 1549 votes to beat Abubakar Mustapha who scored 371 votes and Nenadi Usman who got 287 votes. Also, Senator Gamawa Babawo…

In a replica of Akpabiomba, the 13th month’s salary usually paid by the then governor Godswill Akpabio to workers in Akwa Ibom State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu governor has equally approved payment of same salary as Christmas bonus for his workers. Announcing this, Ugwuanyi said despite the meager amount from the montly allocation accruable from the Federation Account, the state government decided to pay workers to encourage them to put in their best for the development of the state. Meanwhile, the State Executive Council has approved the salary for payment. It would be recalled that Gov. Ugwuanyi in his inaugural address,…