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Manchester City were, Saturday, confirmed as Premier League champions for the fifth time in six seasons without even having to kick a ball. This was after second-placed Arsenal’s challenge ended in defeat away at Nottingham Forest. Arsenal, who enjoyed an eight-point lead over City as recently as mid-March, needed at least a point to stay mathematically in the hunt, but went down 1-0. Also read: EPL: Man City Frustrate Arsenal’s title chase City, who host Chelsea on Sunday after which they will be presented with the trophy, have 85 points with three games to play, while Arsenal are on 81…

Ahead of June 9 inauguration, Senators Godswill Akpabio and Jibrin Barau, have continued to receive more endorsements to clinch the position of Senate President and Deputy Senate President in the 10th National Assembly, the latest coming from Zamfara Governor-elect, Dauda Lawal.  Addressing members of the Stability Group, a group rooting for the emergence of Akpabio as the next Senate President, Lawal expressed satisfaction with the choices of Akpabio and Barau for the Senate leadership because of their antecedents in public offices. According to him,” the ambitions of Senators Akpabio and Barau is what I have bought into and I have…

Senegal are once again champions of Africa after winning the Africa U17 Cup of Nations in Algeria following dramatic victory over Morocco in the final. The West Africans continue to dominate the continent, having already won the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations at senior level, the CHAN championship, the U20 AFCON and the Beach Soccer Championship within a year. On Friday night, the U17 side produced a strong finish to come back from a goal down to beat the Atlas Cubs and win the tournament for the first time in their history. Abdelhamid Boudlal’s first half header opened the scoring…

The Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils (LGCs) in the country shared N655.932 billion in April, the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) announced. The federal government received N248.809 billion, state governments got N218.307 billion, while the LGs collected N160.600 billion. Bawa Mokwa, Director of Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant of the Federation (OAGF), issued a communiqué on Thursday at the end of a FAAC meeting. The statement said the distributable revenue comprised statutory revenue of N364.654 billion and contained Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N202.762 billion. Others are Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) of N14.516…

Iran, Friday, executed three men implicated in the deaths of three members of its security forces during last year’s anti-government demonstrations, drawing protests at home and abroad. Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi were executed in the central city of Isfahan, the judiciary said in a statement on Twitter, adding they had “martyred” two members of the Basij paramilitary force and a police officer on November 16. Amnesty International said the men’s fast-tracked trial was flawed and used “torture-tainted ‘confessions.'” Iran denies that confessions are extracted under torture. Friday’s executions brought to at least seven the number of protesters…

Two human rights lawyers have allegedly dragged to mud the judgement of Federal High Court, Kano nullifying the candidature of Alex Otti, Abia State Governor-elect and other Labour Party candidates.   The Court presided over by Justice M N Yunusa, had also nullified the candidature of Labour Party (LP) members in Abia and Kano States. The court ruled that their emergence was not in compliance with the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act. Reacting to the judgement, Inibehe Effiong, human rights lawyer wrote ‘‘Originating Summons in the Kano case was filed on May 11. Judgement delivered May 18. Under the Federal…

A Federal High Court in Kano State nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti on Friday. The court presided over by Justice M N Yunusa also nullified the candidatures of all those who contested the 2023 general elections under the Labour Party (LP) in Abia and Kano States. The court ruled that the emergence of the candidates was not in compliance with the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act. A copy of the judgement delivered by the court was made public on Friday morning. The Court in Suit No FHC/KN/CS/107/2023 was filed by Mr Ibrahim Haruna…

Italian and Spanish soccer giants – Jose Mourinho’s AS Roma and Jose Luis Mendilibar’s Sevilla  –  are in battle royale to grab the prestigious Europa league cup to be played in Puskás Aréna in Budapest on 31 May, 2023.  On the other hand, Erik Lamela propelled Europa League specialists Sevilla into the final once again with a 2-1 victory over Juventus on Thursday, sealing a 3-2 aggregate triumph in a gripping clash. It is now back-to-back European finals for Roma who beat Feyenoord to win the inaugural Europa Conference League last season. In Spain, Sevilla would be hoping for a…

After a 4-0 mauling of holders Real Madrid in the second leg of their semi-final, Manchester City secured a 5-1 aggregate win to play against Inter Milan in the Champions League final at Istanbul. City have lost two previous semi-finals to Real but they made no mistake here at a joyous Etihad Stadium to now stand one step away from claiming the trophy that has always stayed tantalisingly out of reach for Pep Guardiola’s team. It maintained a seemingly unstoppable march towards a treble of Champions League, Premier League – which can be won with victory at home to Chelsea…

Ten more bodies were exhumed on Tuesday from Shakahola Forest land linked to Pastor Paul Mackenzie, bringing the death toll to 211. Police officers continue to comb through the forest in Kilifi County where victims of a suspected starvation cult are believed to have been buried. Coast Regional boss Rhoda Onyancha while briefing journalists on May 16, 2023 on exhumation of bodies from Shakahola Forest land said three male adults were rescued from the forest in critical conditions and they were rushed to Malindi Sub-County hospital. Ms Onyancha said four people were arrested on Tuesday and the number of those reported missing…