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Paris Saint-Germain outclassed RB Leipzig 3-0 in a one-sided semi-final in Lisbon on Tuesday  to reach the final of the Champions League for the first time. PSG beat Atalanta 2-1 to reach Champions League last 4 while Leipzig beat Atletico. It was 2-0 at half-time, with the first two goals set up by Neymar, the Brazilian again outstanding at the Estadio da Luz, just as he had been in last week’s quarter-final against Atalanta. Bernat’s goal came in the 55th minute and snuffed out any hopes Leipzig had of a comeback. They could not handle the world’s most expensive player,…

By: Israel Umoh The Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom has cleared 70 persons for chairmanship and 684 for councillorship positions giving the prospective helmsmen another political rope to untie in heading to the October 31 local government poll. Before now, 142 chairmanship aspirants jostled for nomination to fill 31 chairmanship positions, while 789 aspirants gunned for councillorship positions in 368 electoral wards in the state, an authoritative source in PDP told Straightnews. Of the number, 70 got the initial chairmanship clearance leaving behind 72 and  684 got councillorship qualification leaving 105 aspirants in the cold. Each chairmanship candidate is…

After three months, Akwa Ibom Government has reopened livestock markets in the state for commercial activities. The government shut down the markets on May 11 following allegations that some livestock dealers were bringing strange people into the state and placed a ban on cattle, goats and rams from being moved into the state to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, the Secretary to State Government (SSG) who made the announcement in a statement in Uyo on Tuesday, said the reopening took effect from 6 a.m. on Tuesday. Ekuwem, who is also the Chairperson of the state’s COVID-19 Management…

Following the sack of Barcelona Manager, Quique Setien after the club’s woeful humiliation of 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals, Ronald Koeman is tipped as the next Barca manager. Barca officials are in talks with the Dutch FA over compensation, having made the Netherlands head coach the frontrunner to succeed Setien. Ronald Koeman is the preferred choice of president Josep Maria Bartome. A Barcelona statement after Setien’s dismissal read: “This is the first decision within a wider restructuring of the first team which will be agreed between the current technical secretary and the new coach, who…

The Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari has generated unusual controversy. Buhari had on August 7 signed the Act into law after it was passed by the National Assembly. The newly signed Act replaced the 1990 CAMA. The General Overseer of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, said the Federal Government should expunge the part of the Act that gives the supervising minister powers to remove the board of trustees of churches without recourse to the court. On its part, the Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) has described the signing…

Economic activities are paralysed in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital on Tuesday following protest by mini-bus drivers over sale of tickets by National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Major roads such as Ikot Ekpene and Oron Roads and Wellington Bassey Way and Ikpa Road  and adjoining streets leading to the plaza were cordoned off to prevent escalation of the protest. Consequently, pasengers heading to the Uyo Plaza, seen as the nucleaus to the major roads were seen trekking long distances as the drivers have withdrawn their services pending resolution of the problem and release of their members allegedly arrested.…

The award-winning Sinach has joined a long list of international nominees at 51st Annual GMA Dove Music Awards. Other nominess are Hillsong Worship, Kirk Franklin, Jonathan McReynolds, Kanye West, Tasha Cobbs Leonard and more Sinach’s song “Way Maker,“ has been nominated in three categories by the Gospel Music Association for the awards. The “Waymaker” has more than 155 Million views on YouTube. Her unique sound and back-to-back hit songs, led her to become the first African to top the Billboard Christian Songwriters Chart. Speaking on the inspiration behind the song, she said: “It is encouraging to see how my songs…

Former Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel, has signed for Championship side Stoke City. The former Chelsea midfielder spent the 2018-19 season in England’s second tier with Middlesbrough before joining Turkish Super Lig side Trabzonspor. However, Mikel left the club in March after expressing concerns about the league’s decision to continue playing matches as the coronavirus pandemic took hold in Europe. He is Stoke’s fourth signing during the off-season, following Morgan Fox, James Chester and Steven Fletcher to the bet365 Stadium. “We’re delighted to bring John to the club. His playing career speaks for itself and underlines his calibre as…

As the Big Brother Naija reality show enters the fifth week, Kiddwaya has won the head of house challenge which took place Monday, August 17. Kiddwaya who competed with 13 other housemates excluding Erica who won the challenge last week has picked Tolanibaj as his deputy. Both would enjoy immunity from eviction on Sunday. Kiddwaya was, however, given a task from Big Brother who said he will be going on “vacation” for some time. He is expected to coordinate other housemates with his Deputy in line with directives from Biggie who will be contacting him via phone call.

Nigeria is to resume the international flight operations on August 29, the Federal Government has announced. The flight was suspended due to the ravaging COVID-19 that decimated thousands globally. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the announcement Monday in Abuja at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. “We are very glad today to announce that international flights will resume from August 29, 2020,” he said. Sirika remarked, “However, what we have become used to – physical distancing, wearing of masks, washing of hands, temperature taking, etc will continue.” The minister explained that the process for the…