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MourinhoPetr Cech insists shell-shocked Arsenal will make amends for their Champions League meltdown by winning this weekend’s north London derby, while troubled Jose Mourinho has received a welcome boost from midweek hero Willian ahead of Chelsea’s tricky trip to Stoke. Arsene Wenger’s side suffered a potentially fatal blow to their chances of making the last 16 in Europe’s elite club competition after crashing to a dismal 5-1 loss against Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

Power Plant NIGERIA is set to join the league of countries in the world with state-of-the-art transformer producing plants, as the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) in collaboration with the China Great Wall are planning a transformer producing plant in the country that could gulp N4 billion.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generates over N1 billion revenue daily through import duty charges. The disclosure was made Thursday in Abuja by the Comptroller-General of Customs Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd), during a visit to the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas.

Bernardino Leon caught in row over move to take up lucrative job in UAE, which backs Tripoli-based government's rivals. Leon last month announced a proposed national unity government, after months of talks [Abdeljalil Bounhar/AP] The UN's outgoing chief negotiator for Libya has defended himself against claims of bias as he prepares to leave his position to go work in the United Arab Emirates. Bernardino Leon, a Spanish diplomat, spent just over a year trying to bring about a power-sharing agreement between Libya's two rival governments.

Senator Bukola Saraki The trial of Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for alleged false declaration of assets turned dramatic, yesterday, as Saraki’s lawyers, comprising three Senior Advocates of Nigeria and 24 other lawyers walked out of the court abandoning the Senate president in the dock. The defence lawyers staged a walk-out following the refusal of the tribunal chairman, Justice Danladi Umar to suspend the trial until Saraki’s appeal before the Supreme Court is determined.

Golden Eaglets’ striker Victor Osimhen on Thursday at Concepcion in Chile equaled the long-standing FIFA U-17 World Cup scoring record of nine goals in a tournament. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that he achieved the feat after his goal in the 4-2 defeat of Mexico at the Estadio Municipal. The record was previously jointly held by Frenchman Florent Sinama Pongolle and Ivorian Souleymane Coulibaly. They were top scorers at the global cadet championship at Trinidad and Tobago in 2001 and Mexico in 2011 respectively.

First rescue flights leave Sharm El-Sheikh today, as Obama says a bomb was "certainly possible" - yet Russia and Egypt insist it is too early to say British holidaymakers have told how they have been offered the chance to pay up to £20 to skip queues and bag checks at Sharm el-Sheikh airport. Dale Parkyn, who visited the Red Sea resort with his wife earlier this year, told Sky News they were approached by a man in military uniform and asked if they would like to avoid the long queues. The 47 year old, from Harrogate, said: "What we did is we discussed it and he then produced a £20 note and said, 'Have you one of these' and you can avoid the queue.

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria are now through to the final at the on-going FIFA U17 world championship in Chile. The Nigerians came from behind to beat a well organized Mexican side 4 – 2. It was an epic encounter as the Eaglets fought so hard to earn Nigeria a chance to defend their title. Read our live minute by minute coverage of the terrific encounter. Action returns at the on-going FIFA U17 world championship in Chile as the competition gets to its final stage.