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La Liga To Appeal Against New Date For Postponed Clasico

La Liga To Appeal Against New Date For Postponed Clasico

October 24, 2019 11:40 am

La Liga confirmed on Thursday it will appeal the decision to play Saturday’s postponed Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid on December 18.

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced the new date on Wednesday after the two clubs came to an agreement following the postponement of the original fixture at Camp Nou due to violent, pro-independence protests in Catalonia.

La Liga proposed the postponement last week but want the match to be rescheduled for December 4.

“La Liga does not share the Competition Committee’s decision to set December 18 as the date of the Clasico match and will appeal,” La …

Batshuayi Secured The Winning Goal For Chelsea Against Ajax

Batshuayi Secured The Winning Goal For Chelsea Against Ajax

October 23, 2019 3:50 pm

Chelsea showed that their players were ready for the European stage on Wednesday after Michy Batshuayi’s late winner fired them to a 1-0 Champions League win at Ajax that puts them square in the fight for the knockout stages.

Batshuayi struck in the 86th minute to seal a hugely impressive win in Amsterdam that puts Chelsea level on six points with last year’s semi-finalists at the top of Group H.

Valencia will have the chance to draw alongside their group rivals with a win at Lille later on Wednesday.

Frank Lampard’s side had to ride their luck in the Johan …

Dybala Double Rescues Juventus Against Lokomotiv Moscow

Dybala Double Rescues Juventus Against Lokomotiv Moscow

October 23, 2019 6:51 am

Maurizio Sarri praised Juventus for not losing their heads as the quick-fire from Paulo Dybala in second-half rescued a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Lokomotiv Moscow in their Champions League Group D clash in Turin on Tuesday.

The Italian champions had trailed the Russians with 13 minutes to go in the Allianz Stadium after Aleksei Miranchuk had put the visitors ahead after half an hour.

But Dybala pulled the hosts level on 77 minutes and added a second two minutes later to keep Juventus on course in Group D with seven points after three games.

Sarri’s side had drawn with Atletico …

Mbappe Set For Champions League Role Against Club Brugge

Mbappe Set For Champions League Role Against Club Brugge

October 21, 2019 3:39 pm

Still fighting for full fitness France World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe will feature for Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League group game at Club Brugge on Tuesday, but will not play 90 minutes according to coach Thomas Tuchel.

The lightning-quick 20-year-old forward has been suffering from a thigh strain since early August but came off the bench to score against Nice at the weekend.

“It’s too early for him to play 90 minutes so we need to work out whether we want him to start the match or finish it,” said Tuchel on Monday.

“It’s the same with Edi,” he …

Semi Ajayi: Playing Against Brazil Boosted My Confidence

Semi Ajayi: Playing Against Brazil Boosted My Confidence

October 19, 2019 1:10 am

West Bromwich Albion defender Semi Ajayi admitted his confidence has received a boost after helping Nigeria secure a 1-1 draw against Brazil last Sunday.

The 25-year-old was handed a starting role in the encounter, partnering William Troost-Ekong at the heart of the Super Eagles defense.

The former Rotherham United defender shone in the game, keeping the star-studded attack of the South Americans at bay to help the West Africans secure a famous draw against the five-time world champions.

Ajayi, who returned to West Brom on Tuesday after the international break, is looking to carry on with the impressive showing for …

Why Recruitment Of Constables Sets PSC Against IG

Why Recruitment Of Constables Sets PSC Against IG

October 18, 2019 2:45 am

Lopsided recruitment of 9,036 constables, as part of the federal government’s strategy to promote community policing, is the source of the raging crisis between leadership of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Police Service Commission (PSC), media investigation has revealed.

President Muhammadu Buhari had recently ordered the recruitment of 10,000 constables for community policing with emphasis on local government councils.

The recruitment was supposed to be conducted based on the equality of local governments in view of the fact that it was for community policing.

It was gathered, however, that 247 candidates out of the 528 recruited from …

Opposition Party ADP Cautions Buhari Against External Debt

Opposition Party ADP Cautions Buhari Against External Debt

October 17, 2019 12:48 am

The opposition Action Democratic Party (ADP) has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against worsening the debt profile of the country.

The National Chairman of ADP, Yusuf Yabagi, told reporters in Abuja that Nigeria could suddenly become bankrupt with incessant borrowing.

Expressing concern over the alarming theft of oil revenue by private individuals who are mostly foreigners, he noted that it was unfortunate that over ₦2.3 trillion would be set aside to service debt in the ₦10.3 trillion 2020 budget.

This, he argued, does not speak well of the Buhari-led administration in view of the fact that over 30 percent of the …

Abiodun Warns Customs Against Incessant Killings In Ogun

Abiodun Warns Customs Against Incessant Killings In Ogun

October 14, 2019 5:16 am

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has warned the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), against causing unnecessary death in the discharge of its duties in the state.

The governor said the service must find a better way of managing relationships with the people in the border area.

Abiodun made this known at the inauguration of the Forward Operations Base (FOB), of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), at Oja- Odan, in Yewa North Local Government Area of the state.

The governor said that the state cannot continue to accept a situation where deaths are recorded whenever the NCS engages the people in …

Day Against Death Penalty: NGO Makes Case For Children

Day Against Death Penalty: NGO Makes Case For Children

October 10, 2019 5:33 pm

As the World marks Day Against the Death Penalty, Human Rights Law Service (HURILAWS) and Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) on Thursday drew attention to the negative impact of the death penalty on children.

October 10 has over the years been slated as World Day Against the Death Penalty. It is a day set aside every year to advocate the abolition of the death penalty and raise awareness on the conditions and the circumstances which affect prisoners on death sentence. The day was first organised by the World Coalition against the Death Penalty in 2003.

To commemorate the day, …

Atiku’s 66 grounds of appeal against tribunal verdict

Atiku’s 66 grounds of appeal against tribunal verdict

September 24, 2019 11:26 am

As exclusively reported by THISDAY on Sunday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the February 23 Presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Monday filed 66 grounds of appeal at the Supreme Court against the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal judgment delivered on September 11, 2019.

The grounds of appeal are as follows: Ground 1 – 10: Ground 1: ERROR IN LAW
The Learned Justices of the Court of Appeal erred in law when they relied on “overall interest of justice” to hold that the 2nd Respondent’s Exhibits R1 to R26, P85 and P86 were properly admitted in …

Breaking: Court rules against Atiku, PDP on INEC server

Breaking: Court rules against Atiku, PDP on INEC server

September 11, 2019 10:55 am

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Wednesday declared that there was no evidence that INEC transmitted the results of the 2019 presidential election electronically to any server.

Delivering judgement on the matter, the chairman of the tribunal Justice Mohammed Garba said that the petitioners – PDP and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar failed to prove the existence of an INEC server or that the electoral commission transmitted results electronically.

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The court held that there was no law in place in Nigeria that allows electronic transmission of results or the transmission of …

2019 Election: Court dismisses case against fake Buhari

2019 Election: Court dismisses case against fake Buhari

September 11, 2019 10:44 am

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has dismissed the argument by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to disqualify President Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for the 2019 General Election.

The court ruled that Buhari possess the West African School Certificate Examination, (WASCE), to contest the 2019 presidential election.

It said Buhari was not only qualified, but eminently qualified to contest the election, saying that the petitioners (Atiku Abubakar and PDP), could not run away from the fact that Buhari obtained WASCE which qualified him for the election.

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