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Akwa United, Sunday, March 17 extended their unbeaten run to six games after a 2-1 defeat of Heartland FC of Owerri in Group B of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). In the match played at Okigwe Township Stadium, Ndifreke Effiong Udo scored for Akwa United in the 4th minute while Chidiebere Ajoku equalised for Heartland FC in the 57th minute. However, Mfon Udoh netted at 72nd for Akwa United to bring the tally to 2-1. Udoh, the Akwa Ibom-born son, has so far scored eight goals in the NPFL this season to remain one of the top scorers chasing…

Manchester United’s FA Cup quarter-final defeat by Wolves is a “big step backwards”, says interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Wolves dominated a lacklustre United in a convincing 2-1 victory at Molineux. It is the first time United have lost back-to-back games since Solskjaer replaced Jose Mourinho in December, having also been beaten by Arsenal in the Premier League last Sunday. “This was the poorest we’ve played,” Solskjaer told BBC Sport. “We started too slowly and played into their hands. Our possession wasn’t bright enough and quick enough, so it’s disappointing.” The visitors created little of note until Marcus Rashford’s 95th-minute…

Suspected killers of four police operatives in Afuze Divisional Police Headquarters, Edo State Police Command arrested by operatives of the command will be paraded on Monday. Recall that a gang of criminals attacked the Afuze Divisional Police Headquarters, Owan East local government area of Edo, and massacred four operatives: the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), a pregnant police sergeant and two other officers on duty. A statement issued on Sunday in Benin by Mr. Crusoe Osagie, the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, said their arrest followed an order to the State Police Command by Governor…

Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped from 11.37 percent recorded in January to 11.31 percent in February 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported. The decline represents 0.06 percent points against the rate recorded in January, the second consecutive drop in 2019. In its “CPI and Inflation Report’’ for February 2019 released in Abuja on Friday, the Bureau said the figure was 0.74 percent points lower than the rate recorded in January 2019. Increases were recorded, according to NBS, in all consumption that yielded the headline index. “On a month-on-month basis, the Headline index increased by 0.73% in February 2019, this is…

The United Nations held a memorial ceremony honouring the lives of 21 UN staff members who died Sunday when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after leaving Addis Ababa. The ceremonies were held at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva, to remember the staff members who were among the 157 passengers and crew members on board the ill-fated Ethiopian airplane Flight 302. “We come together in sadness and solidarity to pay tribute to our fellow UN family members who perished,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said after laying a wreath in remembrance of the workers. “In doing so, we also…

Forty-nine people have been killed at two Christchurch mosques in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is calling “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.” Among the dead are Atta Elayyan, goalkeeper for the NZ Futsal team, retired engineer Ali Elmadani, and recent refugee from Syria, Khaled Mustafa. A 71-year-old Haji-Daoud Nabi died trying to shield another person from the gunman. Forty-eight patients, including children, are being treated in Christchurch Hospital for gunshot wounds ranging from minor to critical. Many others remain missing. Accused shooter Brenton Harrison Tarrant appeared in Christchurch District Court on Saturday. Tarrant in his 20s was charged with…

The award-winning musician, David Adeleke, also known as  Davido, has hit 10 million followers on Instagram. Instagram is a social networking application that enables users to capture, share and edit photos, videos and messages with friends in a creative way. The ”FIA” crooner has become the first Nigerian artist to achieve such feat. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the DMW boss took to his official Instagram account to celebrate this achievement and said that he would ”post every win for everyone to see.” The 26-year-old artist had set such record of firsts previously. He was the first…

Fifa has approved a revised 24-team Club World Cup starting in 2021 despite top European clubs saying they would boycott the tournament. The new competition is expected to include eight teams from Europe. It will run every four years and take place from June to July in the slot currently used for the World Cup warm-up event, the Confederations Cup. Fifa president Gianni Infantino said he was “extremely happy” after the Fifa Council backed his plan on Friday. “Now the world will see a real Club World Cup where fans will see the best teams in the world compete to…

Following the collapse of a three-storey building on Lagos Island, killing 20 persons and injuring dozens, the Lagos State Government, Friday, demolished six out of 80 defective buildings meant for demolition this month. This marked the beginning of defective buildings on Lagos Island as directed by the state Governor, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode. Already, the government has issued a 15-day ultimatum to occupants of the marked buildings to quit or risk losing their belongings in the demolition exercise. So far, officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, began demolition of distressed buildings on Friday beginning with a three-storey building…

Four English teams will find out their potential route to the final of the Champions League when the quarter-final and semi-final draw takes place on Friday at 11:00 GMT. Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham could face each other in the knockout stages. Arsenal and Chelsea are in the Europa League quarter-final draw at 12:00 GMT. It is the first time in 48 years that England has had six quarter-finalists in major European competitions. The other four teams in the Champions League draw are Spanish champions Barcelona, Dutch four-time winners Ajax, Italian champions Juventus and Portuguese champions Porto. It…