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The Spain international secured the left-back spot in the PFA Premier League team of the year following his performances in a struggling Chelsea FC team. Alonso has netted six times and has made two assists in 31 appearances in the Premier League this season. However, the 26-year-old has been part of a Chelsea FC team that has struggled in their defence of their title. Liverpool FC signed Robertson in an £8m deal from relegated Hull City in the 2017 summer transfer window.The Scotland international started the season as Jurgen Klopp’s second-choice left-back behind Alberto Moreno. However, the Spanish defender suffered an injury in early December to present Robertson with the chance to secure a regular starting spot. Robertson has excelled in the Liverpool team to help the Reds reach the Champions League semi-finals and challenge Manchester United for second place. Former Liverpool FC midfielder McMahon believes Robertson deserved a place in the PFA team of the yea

The  Sun  is reporting that the Red Devils are ahead of the competition in the race to bring the 20-year-old Brazilian to Old Trafford this summer as Jose  Mourinho looks to significantly bolster his squad this summer. The same story says that Manchester United retain a strong interest in the Brazilian, and that if he should indeed move to Old Trafford it could spell an end to Anthony Martial’s career at the club. According to the same story, Mourinho views Richarlison as a player who would be happy to slot into his squad and understand his position in the team. Richarlison has been in good form for Watford so far this season, scoring five goals and making four assists in 34 Premier League games for Watford. Manchester United are likely to be on the lookout for a number of new signings this summer as Mourinho looks to assemble a team capable of winning the title next season. The Red Devils are currently on course to finish as runners-up to Manchest

The Red Devils have experienced a mixed season after a year of highs and lows. They failed to keep up with Manchester City in the Premier League title race and also suffered embarrassment in the Champions League. In their second leg tie with Sevilla, they lost 2-1 at Old Trafford to crash out of Europe. They also went out of the Carabao Cup after being outplayed by Bristol City, who scored a last-gasp winner back in December. But they remain in the hunt for the FA Cup, and face Tottenham later today. United most recently beat Bournemouth 2-0 as they look to gain some form ahead of their FA Cup game. Chris Smalling and Romelu Lukaku both scored to ensure of their place in the top four.

The third edition of  African Drum Festival  has began in in Abeokuta in  Ogun state  in South West Nigeria on Thursday, with 20 states, 40 African countries, Haiti, Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago participating.  Alhaji Lai Mohammed , The Minister of Information and Culture, who spoke at the event disclosed that Nigeria was planning to incorporate the African Drum Festival into the national calendar of festivals. Muhammed, who represented  President Muhammadu Buhari   at the ceremony, noted that the festival had continued to grow better with each edition. The drum festival, which started in 2016 solely as a Nigerian affair in 2016 solely as a Nigerian affair is  an annual event organised by the Ogun government. However, the festival was expanded in its second edition in 2017 to draw participants from other African and foreign countries. The minister, who outline the economic advantages the Drum Festival would avail for the country, also pledged support of the federal governm

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Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, said two Boko Haram commanders and the insurgents’ physician have surrendered to Nigerian Army. He made the disclosure when he presented the surrendered insurgents in Maiduguri. Nicholas said a woman leader of the insurgents’ group and three children also surrendered to the troops at Kumshe in Bama Local Government Area of Borno. He added that the insurgents voluntarily surrendered, noting that the move was acceptable under the Safe Corridor Scheme initiated by Federal Government to encourage the insurgents to lay down their arms. The theatre commander explained that the military initiated contact with the insurgents to encourage them to surrender, adding that more insurgents had indicated their interest to lay down their arms. He said “we had a contact group and two insurgents’ commanders, a local doctor and their women leader and their children surrendered to the troops. “We gave the

Hip-hop superstar   Drake   has hinted that he would be releasing a new album in June. The hint came as the Canadian star dethroned himself on top of the singles chart. The Toronto artist posted on Instagram a picture of himself with his back to the camera sporting a jacket that read “Scorpion” and “June 2018.” Drake , though did not reveal an exact release date or other details, separately put out a picture of a necklace with a scorpion pendant. He has often played with the traditional album format, instead putting out sprawling song collections marketed as mixtapes. there is no doubt however that his albums do well in the market. His latest song was streamed in the  United States   more than 60 million times and downloaded 88,000 times in the week through Thursday, tracking service Nielsen Music said. His song  “God’s Plan”  topped the US singles chart for 11 weeks — until being dethroned Monday by another of his songs,  “Nice for What.”  (NAN)

Edo State Policemen Nab Notorious Kidnapper in Benin A notorious kidnapper,  Muritala Umaru  in  Edo   was paraded yesterday by the  Edo state police command. Umaru, who also is a herdsman, was reportedly apprehended with an  AK-47 rifle , breech number KO340119 and 10 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. Muritala Umaru, confessed to have made over N100 million from kidnapping. The suspect disclosed that he began kidnapping four years ago in  Okenne ,  Kogi States , and had participated in several other kidnappings across Edo State. Muritala admitted to own some cattle and that his gang has 10 AK47 rifles with which they carry out kidnapping. “One big man we call Chief in one community is the one that always gave us identities of victims before we strike.”

Nigeria Award winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, shared the story of her sexual assault at age 17, taking a cue from the #MeToo movement. While delivering the closing keynote address at the just concluded Stockholm Forum for Gender Equality, Adichie told the story of how she had written a book of poems and taken it to a “big man in the media” who she felt would support her quest to have it introduced to the public. According to Punch, she said that the so-called big man slipped his hand under her clothes and then into her bra to squeeze her breasts within minutes of praising her for writing a book. “I was so shocked that I did nothing for seconds but then, I pushed his hand away, gently, nicely, because I didn’t want to offend him. “Later that day, I broke out in a rash on my face, neck and chest, as though my body was recoiling, as though my body was saying what my lips had not said,” she shared. See Video:

The management of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has said that it loses N180m every month due to activities ot vandals. The Managing Director of the company, Alhaji Jamilu Isyaku Gwamna made the disclosure yesterday at an engagement meeting with Traditional and Religious in Kano state. Gwamna explained that the company is spending N4bn monthly on purchase of Energy but only generating between N1.8bn and N1.9bn. He said the company had engaged the District Heads and Chief Imams of Juma'at mosques across the 44 local government in order to tackle the problem of vandals in the state. He added that next to the issue of vandalism, was energy theft, lamenting that the company had only 500,000 registered customers in the whole of its three franchise states of Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States. "With these huge problems and less credible customer's paying their bills, it' has become imperative to engage traditional and religious leade

Manchester City   has been confirmed Premier League Champion without playing a match on Sunday as  West Brom  which is languishing at the bottom of the surprised  Manchester United  with a 1-0 home defeat of the Reds. Manchester United failed to keep the league competitive as a late header from Jay Rodriguez  gave  West Brom  a hugely surprising three points and finally gave their fans something to cheer this season. The lose for United means that City team cannot be displace from the top of the table, thereby given  Pep Guardiola   his first Premier League title in his second years as that Manager of Manchester United team. But, just a week after spoiling City’s title party by beating their local rivals 3-2 at the  Etihad , the way United abjectly gifted the title to their neighbours will sting. Although, observers know that it was a matter of time before City is crown the champion of the lead. This title won by the City would be the fifth in the history of the team. With f

Youths Reject Imposed King In Ekiti State There was mild drama at the  Agbado Community  of  Ekiti State   as the youths of the community, have dethroned  and sent out an allegedly imposed traditional ruler named  Bolaji Okunbobabe   from the Owa oro town. Following the irregular appointment of the traditional ruler, youths had taken to the streets to protest, armed with stones , clubs and other weapons, chanting a war cry and blocking the Ado- Ikare road. The Public Relations Officer of the Agbado youths,  Mr. Sanya Adeoti,  popularly known as Napoli,  who provided this information clearly stated   “we just woke up to learn that a Regent has been appointed for our town and this is against the tradition of Agbado.” The imposed leader was alleged to have been a decision by incomplete members of the king makers of the community. Furthermore, Olori Omo Owa (head of princess and princesses),  Prince Sunday Adelusi,  said he was not carried along in the choice of the regent a

African Land Forces Summit Holds In Abuja Military Commanders from across Africa on Monday, kicked off a conference been hosted by the  Nigerian Army  and co-hosted by the  United States Army Africa (USARAF) aimed at boosting cooperation between countries fighting extremist groups. Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff,  Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai , gave the keynote address at the event holding at the conference hall of the Transcorp Hilton hotel in Abuja, Nigeria.Naij a News  learnt  that the conference known as The African Land Forces Summit, is targeted at bringing  together land force chiefs from across Africa for candid dialogue to improve security. Naija News  also   understands that military leaders from almost every country on the African continent, including   Angola ,   Cameroon ,   Egypt,   Kenya   and   Rwanda   are in Abuja with the aim of discussing on how to curb security threats in Africa, from Al-Shabaab in the east to   Boko Haram   in the west. The last edition of the Af

Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo's injury-time penalty put holders Real Madrid through to the Champions League semi-finals after holding off a stunning Juventus comeback. Ronaldo's coolly-taken 97th-minute penalty into the top corner came after Medhi Benatia brought down Lucas Vazquez in the box. Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was sent off by English referee Michael Oliver after awarding the spot-kick, for foul and abusive language. Real, Champions League winners in three of the past four seasons, came into the second leg leading 3-0, helped by Ronaldo's stunning bicycle kick. But the Serie A leaders got off to a dream start when Mario Mandzukic headed in from Sami Khedira's cross after just two minutes and Mandzukic got a second before half-time. Blaise Matuidi pounced to capitalise on Keylor Navas' fumble to level the tie on aggregate, before the dramatic ending. SOURCE FROM DAILYTRUST.COM

The 40-year-old goalkeeper was sent off for the first time in European competition in what may prove his last match Gianluigi Buffon's Champions League career has potentially come to a sad end, having been dismissed during  Juventus' exit at the hands of Real Madrid 4-3 on aggregate. The goalkeeper saw red for his reaction to a penalty decision given against his side in stoppage time, approaching referee Michael Oliver in an aggressive manner after Lucas Vasquez had been deemed to be fouled in the box. It proved to be the decisive moment of a tie that had looked like it was destined to be Madrid's by a comfortable margin after the Spaniards won 3-0 in Italy last week. Juventus, though, staged a rousing comeback at the Bernabeu, with two first-half goals from Mario Mandzukic setting the stage for them to draw level through Blaise Matuidi in the second half, albeit only after  a terrible goalkeeping error from Keylor Navas. The two-time defending champions,

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested three suspected illegal oil dealers conveying the petroleum products in a Dangote truck. Spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Uwujaren said the suspects were arrested by the Army in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. According to him, men of the 2 Brigade of the Nigerian Army stationed in Uyo nabbed the trio with the Dangote truck conveying  “illegally refined petroleum products”. “The suspects were arrested by soldiers during a routine check. It was later discovered that instead of cement the Dangote truck with Kano State registration number KNC 145 XA, was conveying illegally refined petroleum product. ”The products were concealed in huge cellophane bags numbering about 190  and were being conveyed to an unknown destination. “At the time of their arrest, the suspects could not produce any licence that authorised them to deal in petroleum products.

A military aircraft which crashed outside Algiers, the Algerian capital has claimed the lives of No fewer than 257 people. Naija News   learnt that the plane which was said to be headed to Tindouf in Algeria’s south, home to camps for refugees and was said to be carrying mainly soldiers crashed just some time after it took off. According to the country’s defence ministry, the victims consisted of 10 crew members and 247 passengers who were mainly soldiers and their families. The ministry added that Investigations are still been carried out as the reason for the crash is yet to be ascertained Naija News  learnt that 14 Ambulance immediately gravitated towards the scene to rescue injured people. The crash is the worst in Algeria since 2003 when an Air Algerie jet crashed, killing 102 people.