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Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants European football to look again at stricter limits on foreigners, saying each club should have six players in their starting lineups who are eligible for the national side. Although European Union law considers such limits as nationality discrimination, Blatter believes Russia’s recent move to have five players eligible for their national team on the pitch in league games can be copied.

If you think Nigerians have seen it all as far as good music is concerned this year, you need to have a rethink as the best part of the year in music seems yet to come. September is looking pretty much like a lively and competitive month in music as big acts will be dropping their albums then. After a long wait, Alhaji Orezi is finally set to drop his album next month joining the likes of Davido, Wizkid and Iyanya who had earlier announced their release dates for next month.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that if the current intensity of case detection and contact tracing is sustained, the Ebola virus can be soundly defeated by the end of this year. The WHO director-general, Dr. Margaret Chan, said this in New York yesterday, while briefing the United Nations Security Council on the Ebola situation in Africa.

The Federal Ministry of Interior on Thursday said it would soon install surveillance cameras in prisons to check cases of jailbreaks in the country. The ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Abubakar Magaji, disclosed this while fielding questions from State House correspondents after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the ministry.

Jose Mourinho will resist all calls to reinstate Eva Carneiro despite a huge backlash over Chelsea’s treatment of the team doctor. Sportsmail understands the incident involving Carneiro and Eden Hazard during last Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Swansea at Stamford Bridge was not the first time the two had clashed but on Wednesday the pressure mounted on Mourinho because:

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state said President Muhammadu Buhari is free to appoint former Governor Rotimi Amaechi into his cabinet. Speaking through his media aide, Opunabo Inko-Taria, Wike told reporters that he is less concern about Amaechi’s appointment but he is deeply concerned about how the former governor managed the state’s fund,

CNN has expressed deep regret for portraying Kenya as a 'hotbed of terror' ahead of a visit to Nairobi by US President Barack Obama in July. Tony Maddox, the network's Global Executive Vice President and MD, flew to Nairobi from Atlanta to personally deliver the apology to President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday.

Muhammadu Sanusi II, emir of Kano, believes fuel subsidy is a major drain on the country’s resources and wants President Muhammadu Buhari to put an end to it. According to Sanusi, what currently goes as subsidy is “hedging”, which gives rooms for manipulation. He said economic experts would understand his explanation better.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned against any attempt to truncate the ongoing fight against corruption under any guise, while also expressing total support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s determination to end the scourge of corruption in the country. In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by Lai Mohammed, its national publicity secretary, the party appealed to all Nigerians,

Former Nigeria international, Garba Lawal has advised Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh to avoid making a wholesale change to the team, as he gets set to announce the list of invited overseas based players for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tanzania.

A team of investigators is looking into what caused two massive explosions in Tianjin, northern China. Rescue workers have arrived and are continuing to try to make the area safe. Fires are still burning where two blasts happened at a warehouse used to store dangerous goods, including chemicals.

 Stoke City duo Bojan Krkic and Peter Odemwingie will not make the trip to North London to face Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, manager Mark Hughes has said. Nigeria international Odemwingie, who came off the bench against Liverpool in Stoke's Premier League opener on Sunday, is likely to miss the next couple of weeks after injuring his hamstring.

Boko Haram militants massacred six villagers in Cameroon before the overnight attack was repelled by government soldiers, who killed 12 of the Islamist fighters, a defence ministry spokesman said on Thursday. The raid was launched during the night from Wednesday to Thursday on the village of Blamé in Cameroon's Far North region, where the Nigerian Islamists have stepped up attacks in recent months.