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Former Chelsea first choice goal keeper Petr Cech has completed his long awaited move to North London to join Premier League giants Arsenal. The Gunners on Monday through their official website confirmed the capture of the vastly experienced 33-year-old goalkeeper who made over 400 appearances during his 11 years at Stamford Bridge, winning multiple club and personal honours.

Bukola Saraki Senate President, Bukola Saraki has described as malicious the claim by his party man, Bisi Akande that he was financed by some corrupt oil thieves to emerge as the Senate President. Saraki said there was no single truth in all the claims made by the former Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress.

Former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan’s aide, Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP Tamuno Igbomie was last weekend murdered in Abuja and information has emerged as to why this happened. Security sources who talked about the unfortunate incident which occurred along the Airport Road said the killing was linked with his role as the former first lady’s aide.

Southampton manager Ronald Koeman, has claimed that the club have not received a “serious bid” for Morgan Schneiderlin from Manchester United. Last week, speculations were rife that the France midfielder was very close to a move to Old Trafford and that a fee had been agreed.

William Carvalho might be the ideal man for Arsenal's midfield, but will the two sides make a deal? The rumours are gaining momentum and, in many instances, credibility. Transfer Talk has the latest news as the summer window nears. Arsenal to go for William Carvalho?

Students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, have held a protest at the scene of the fatal road accident which claimed the lives of 11 students of the institution. The students, dressed in black attires, also held prayers for the repose of their former colleagues killed last week in a ghastly motor accident at the Ilisan area of Ogun State, along the Benin/Ore express road.

Boxers Manny Pacquiao, left, and Floyd Mayweather Jr., have out earned Katy Perry, centre, on the Forbes richest celebrity list. Source: Supplied Katy Perry pulled in $US135 million ($A177 million) in the past year to be the world’s top-grossing musician. However, the singer was not the highest paid celebrity — Perry came in third behind boxers Floyd Mayweather Jr. ($US300m) and Manny Pacquiao ($US160m) who made a fortune from their Las Vegas “fight of the century’’ in May.

Inter Milan are considering bidding for Chelsea's John Obi Mikel should they miss out on Felipe Melo, according to reports. Inter Milan have reportedly identified Chelsea's John Obi Mikel as a potential target as they continue their search for a defensive midfielder.

Danladi Kifasi President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent sack of the 9-man board for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), is being viewed by many as the beginning of his move to clean the oil sector. DAILY POST gathered that other Nigerians who in one way or the other were involved in corrupt practices in the corporation and still in government will soon be shown the way out.

Contrary to the claims by Deposit Money Banks (DMB) that there would be total restriction on accounts without Bank Verification Number (BVN), after the deadline today, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has clarified that account holders can still have access to cash transactions while the e-banking transactions would be restricted.

Whilst appreciating the tenterhooks of political ventriloquists,carpetbaggers,economic chichidodos and a vaudeville of pundits as to what they perceive as the phlegmatic predilection of President Buhari in the constitution of his cabinet,

The Kogi High Court Judge abducted on May 25 has regained his freedom after 34 days in the kidnappers den. The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Samuel Ogunjemilusi, who confirmed the release of the judge yesterday in Lokoja, said the judge was set free on Saturday night between 10:00p.m. and 11:30 pm.

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to inaugurate his administration’s National Economic Council (NEC) today in Abuja. The council is expected to draw up a roadmap that will actualise the economic policies of the new administration, Leadership reports.

Rihanna duct-taped Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s mouth shut at the BET Awards, and the boxer didn’t put up much of a fight. According to MTV News, no one seems to know why Rihanna felt the need to put a piece of duct tape over Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s mouth. Maybe she was sick of hearing him brag about beating Manny Pacquiao during their much-hyped match-up,

PHOTO: Activists said the boat had a few dozen Europeans, including politicians, on board and was headed for Gaza.(Reuters: Stefanos Rapanis) Israel says it has blocked a boat leading a four-vessel protest flotilla of foreign activists from reaching the Gaza Strip and forced the vessel to sail to an Israeli port.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, South-East geopolitical zone, has described as,"blatant falsehood" the alleged plan by Federal Government to transfer suspected Boko Haram detainees to Ekwulobia Prison in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has disclosed that he could not read the list of principal officers from All Progressives Congress (APC) because the North Central of the APC House caucus had served him a court process challenging the party list of principal officers.

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - ‎Security forces in Chad have arrested 60 suspected militants and dismantled a cell responsible for two suicide bomb attacks in its capital on June 15, the chief prosecutor of the central African nation said on Sunday. Blasts in two police offices in N'Djamena that appeared to have been coordinated killed 34 people including four suspected Boko Haram militants and injured dozens. It was the largest attack of its kind in Chad.

Getty Images/AP Stripes on! We're head-over-heels for this edgy multi-hued design by Philipp Plein. The 2015 BET Awards are in full motion but we're, well, still stuck on that red carpet. Turns out that our favorite style stars tonight all had one thing in common: Simplicity. Like Ciara, who crushed the carpet in a plunging, beaded-all-over Wes Gordon confection featuring a sexy thigh-high slit.

Several Somali soldiers were killed overnight Sunday when Shebab fighters attacked a base in the southern Kismayo region, officials and witnesses said Monday. The attack is the latest in a string of assaults by the Al-Qaeda-affiliated insurgents, who last week stormed a base manned by the African Union forces in Somalia (AMISOM), killing dozens.

We all know it, and talk about it every year. The fact that BET International Award winners are given their awards backstage, and don’t have a chance to receive their award live or give a live thank you message (usually pre-recorded).

FC Taraba’s Chinedu Ohanechom (right) and Moses James of 3SC battling for ball during their Match Day 14 clash in the Glo Premier League at the weekend, Photo: Courtesy LMC Media GLO PREMIER LEAGUE Wikki Tourists continued their fine run of form stunning fellow top four sides, FC IfeanyiUbah 1-0 on their home ground at Rojenny Stadium in Oba to go top of the log on 27 points from 14 matches and easily claim the headline news for Match Day 14 of the Glo Premier League sunday.

After the lingering family crises,Emmanuel Adebayor’s mother Alice and younger brother, Rotimi have apologised to the Tottenham Hotspur’s star following the visit of the delegation from Nigeria. According to a member of the delegation, Emmanuel Folorunsho, who confirmed this to Sunday Sunsorts in a phone chat, Adebayor’s mother was remorseful and even prayed for his son but the football star is yet to accept their plea owing to some reasons which he wouldn’t like to reveal.

Serena Williams Serena Williams has revealed that she has been studying for a pre-med degree as she plans to possibly go into medical school when she retires. The 33-year-old is bidding for the third leg of a calendar Grand Slam at Wimbledon and opens her campaign today against Russian Margarita Gasparyan.

The Principal Security Officer (PSO) to former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, Tamuno Jacob Igbomie, was shot dead last Friday on Airport Road, Abuja. Igbomie, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) was discovered in his Honda Accord car, after he was shot at a close range.

Singer and writer Etcetera writes on Pres. Buhari and the few weeks he's spent in office as president. If there is any group of individuals who can manufacture shock, political punditry out of nothing, it is the All Progressives Congress. They cried out that Jonathan was doing a terrible job as President of Nigeria. They said his inability to run the Federal Government is the reason our country has lapsed into wholesale chaos.

Even as the dreaded Boko Haram sect keeps tormenting the North-Eastern part of the country, no fewer than 700 officers and men of the Nigerian Army would depart the country for a peacekeeping operation in Monrovia, Liberia on Monday.

Liverpool have made an improved £12.5m offer for Southampton’s right-back Nathaniel Clyne. Last month, the Saints rejected a £10m bid from the Merseyside outfit for the England international. Southampton are understood to be holding out for a £15m bid for the 24-year-old defender, who scored one of his two Premier League goals at Anfield this season and made 35 appearances for Ronald Koeman’s men.

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) with immediate effect. The directive to this effect was conveyed in a letter signed today, 26th June, 2015 by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi. In it, the President thanked members of the dissolved board for their services to the nation.

The latest on the attack in southeastern France (all times local): ___ 5 p.m. French President Francois Hollande says he is raising the security alert to the highest level for three days in the southeastern region where a suspect attacked an American gas factory.

epa04819976 Members of the Tunisian security forces escort a man through a street in al-Sousse, 150 kilometers fromTunisia, 26 June 2015. According to local reports unknown assailants detonated at least one bomb then opened fire on tourists at two hotels, killing at least 27, mostly foreigners, and wounding several others, some while they were sunbathing, at least one of the attackers was killed by Tunisian security services, while a second has been arrested. EPA/STR (Str/EPA)

Taye Taiwo has claimed that some Nigerian players offer coaches gifts, so they can be selected for the national team. “Unlike others, I didn’t offer gifts to the Nigeria coach to be selected,” he told Football Africa 365. “Unfortunately, it’s still happening.” Now 30 years of age, the former Queens Park Rangers and AC Milan man, says he will never give anyone gifts to feature for the Super Eagles.

Nollywood actor, Richard Mofe Damijo, is gradually returning to his number one spot in the Nigerian movie industry since he finished his political tenure. Since returning back to his first love which has been acting, the actor has been moving from one location to the other gracing various scripts that truly tell the African story the African way.

One of seven soccer officials arrested in Zurich last month on suspicion of racketeering following a U.S. extradition request has had a request for bail rejected, with a Swiss court saying on Friday he posed a “risk of flight”. The officials were detained in a dawn raid on May 27 on a luxury Zurich hotel two days before FIFA’s annual Congress, throwing soccer’s governing body into turmoil. They have since been held in prisons around the Zurich region.

…as Wabba disagrees with Aremu Joe Ajaero, factional president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described the failure of governments in 18 states of the federation to pay thou- sands of workers salaries running into eight months in some states as “stripping of the workers” humanity”.

After an exceptionally successful season with Barcelona, what would triumph with Argentina mean for the world's finest player? While Lionel Messi may have finally overcome his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo once and for all this season, his failure at international level is a hoodoo that lingers. For years, the debate has raged about whether Messi or Ronaldo is the world’s greatest player; the messiah or the machine.

Cristiano Ronaldo is revered at Real but might prosper with a move next summer. The ongoing Sergio Ramos "will he, won't he" watch has been filling the gossip pages this week, and as transfer sagas go it's a pretty good one, especially for Manchester United fans. Losing David de Gea would be a blow but there are other keepers of his stature knocking about.

Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) says importers of rice, cement and other products will no longer access Foreign Exchange from CBN, banks and bureau de change for such importation. Speakimg to newsmen on Wednesday, Emiefiele said the measure would prevent further depletion of the country’s foreign reserve.

The Senate has sum- moned the Nige- rian National Petro- leum Corporation (NNPC) to appear before it to give account of the state of the nation’s four refineries. The corporation is also expected to explain efforts made to ensure the func- tionality of private refiner- ies that have been granted licences to operate. It is fur- ther to explain the state of other structures under it to the relevant Senate com- mittees, as soon as they are set up.

 The inter agency rivalry between the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army came to head, yesterday, as the Aide de Camp to the President, Lt. Col Abubakar Lawal ordered personnel of the DSS out of the villa. The incidence which happened at the residence of the President at the Presidential Villa was extended to all other points that had been manned by the personnel of the DSS.

An American mother has pleaded guilty to killing her two children and dumping their bodies in a freezer. Mitchelle Blair says she killed her kids (Huggington Post) A Detroit woman, Mitchelle Blair, who was accused of killing two of her children and storing their bodies in a freezer at her home, has pleaded guilty to the crime after she was arraigned on a three-count charge of first-degree murder, torture and child abuse. Before Blair was put on trial, the court had declared her mentally competent and said she would accept a death penalty if the state of Michigan decide to hand her the death sentence.

Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama says he was not officially contacted to attend a meeting with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Disciplinary Committee. Enyeama, who was absent at a disciplinary hearing in Abuja on Tuesday, has explained to the BBC Sport that he “only found out about a disciplinary hearing in the media but I didn’t get any letter to that effect.” Enyeama had raised concerns about security in Kaduna and the suitability of the Ahmadu Bello Stadium pitch for this month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Chad.

Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan, has asked for a paternity test, which will confirm if he is actually responsible for the pregnancy of Sarah Kwabla, a 22-year-old university student. The Black Stars captain allegedly had an affair with Sarah and got her pregnant. She is now demanding for financial upkeep from the Al Ain player.

Chile bundled reigning champions Uruguay out of the Copa America with a 1-0 victory in a fast-paced quarterfinal that ended in controversy and kept alive the host nation’s dream of a maiden title on Wednesday. Uruguay were reduced to nine men by the end of the game with Edinson Cavani sent off for a second yellow card after 62 minutes and Jorge Fucile also shown red for a second booking with two minutes remaining.

The All Progressives Congress on June 25 officially nominated Ali Ndume as the majority leader of the Senate, despite the party directive prescribing the role for Ahmed Lawan. Ali Ndume Premium Times adds that Bala Ibn Na’alla, former House of Representatives member, was nominated as deputy leader; Francis Alimikhena – as deputy chief whip. The nominations are subject to approval.

Members of the House of Representatives have engaged in fisticuffs over sharing of principal offices in the green chamber. At Thursday’s plenary, the tension and divided interest among the lawmakers led to a brawl, which is still ongoing as of the time of filing this report.

Angel Di Maria Angel Di Maria , has revealed he does not want to leave Manchester United this summer despite admitting he is unhappy at not starting more games for the Red Devils. The Argentina international arrived at Old Trafford from Real Madrid for a British record transfer fee of £59.7 million last August, and initially enjoyed a promising start to life in the Premier league But after suffering injury towards the end of last year,

Reports reaching us this moment says that armed robbery is currently happening in Ikorodu Lagos state. According to eye witness, the robbery is taken place at the Zenth bank and First bank in Ebute Ipakodo just very close to Dangote Group’s office Ikorodu. There’s a Police Station adjacent the scene of the robbery. UPDATE: Latest report says police are currently at the scene and exchange of gunfire has begun. the Nigerian police have therefore advised all residence to stay off the scene.

Transfers: Latest news, rumours and gossip for Man Utd in 2015. Spanish giants want to bring unhappy Argentine back to La Liga and have started negotiations with the player Wanted: Barcelona have been linked with a move for United's unhappy forward Angel di Maria Photo: GETTY IMAGES Barcelona have made an enquiry about signing Manchester United's Angel di Maria. According to Catalan newspaper Sport, the two clubs aren't deep into negotiations yet and suggest that initial talks have been made with the player and his represenatives.