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Immobile Snatches Lazio Draw As Comeback Denies Atalanta

Immobile Snatches Lazio Draw As Comeback Denies Atalanta

October 19, 2019 12:55 pm
Serie A leading scorer Ciro Immobile scored late brace of penalties that helped Lazio wipe out a three-goal deficit in a thrilling 3-3 draw with Atalanta on Saturday.

Atalanta, who travel to Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday, had led 3-0 with 21 minutes to go at the Stadio Olimpico.

But Immobile scored from the spot on 69 minutes and less than 60 seconds later set up Joaquin Correa for the second, before capping the comeback two minutes into injury time with his ninth goal in eight league games this term.

Atalanta missed the chance to usurp Juventus

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Rohr Denies Plan To Resign, focuses On AFCON Qualifiers

Rohr Denies Plan To Resign, Focuses On AFCON Qualifiers

October 13, 2019 2:06 am
  • Match Starts At 1pm Nigeria time

Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr, has refuted claims that he plans to dump the male senior national team. The German-French coach, who is in Singapore, as Eagles take on the Samba Boys in today’s friendly game, slammed the rumour circulating in the social media, as baseless.

While saying he was preparing the team for the 2021 Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Benin Republic and Lesotho, the Super Eagles sweat merchant said: “The game against Brazil will show how much we are progressing after finishing third at the Africa Cup in …

Last Minute Penalty By King Denies Spain In Norway Draw

Last Minute Penalty By King Denies Spain In Norway Draw

October 12, 2019 7:29 pm

The 94th-minute penalty by Joshua King snatched Norway a 1-1 draw with Spain in Oslo on Saturday as the three-time champions were made to wait to qualify for Euro 2020.

Victory would have booked Robert Moreno’s Spain a spot at next year’s finals, to be played at 12 venues across Europe, if Romania had failed to beat the Faroe Islands or Malta had beaten Sweden.

But Romania saw off the Faroes 3-0 and Sweden thrashed Malta 4-0, while King’s dramatic equaliser mean Spain will need to beat the Swedes in Solna on Tuesday to be sure of qualification with two …

I Have Never Raped A Woman - Luc Besson Denies

I Have Never Raped A Woman – Luc Besson Denies

October 7, 2019 2:20 pm

French film director Luc Besson on Monday denied raping or drugging a young actress — the first time the maker of The Fifth Element has spoken publicly about the sex allegations against him.

A judge reopened a rape investigation into the movie mogul on Friday, eight months after Paris prosecutors had dropped a case brought by the Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy, who claimed that Besson had repeatedly raped her over a two-year period.

She is one of nine women who have said they were assaulted or harassed by the powerful director and producer.

Van Roy, 28, had minor roles …

Shehu Sani denies coordinating Tinubu presidential campaign

Shehu Sani denies coordinating Tinubu presidential campaign

August 25, 2019 12:11 am

Former Nigerian lawmaker Senator Shehu Sani Saturday denied coordinating the purported 2023 presidential campaign for Bola Tinubu in the Northern part of Nigeria.

“Disregard the fake stories planted in some obscure online outfits that I’m appointed to coordinate the Presidential campaign of The Asiwaju in the North West,” Sani said in a Facebook post.

“I don’t coordinate anything for him or anyone.”

Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th Nigerian Senate, said “the story is planted by some pusillanimous Political gnomes and Lucifers disseminated by their associated purveyors and sprinklers of lies.”

Tinubu, national leader of the …

Tinubu denies being part of “Tinubu 2023” campaign

Tinubu denies being part of “Tinubu 2023” campaign

July 11, 2019 12:10 am

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has denied knowledge of a campaign group fronting an “unsolicited and unwarranted” campaign materials.

Tinubu in a series of tweets signed by his media office and posted on his official Twitter handle on Tuesday gave the name of the campaign group as ‘Asiwaju Reloaded Ambassadors’ Nigeria.’

“We have seen pictures of face caps, T shirts, shirts and even leaflets with Bola Tinubu 2023 embossed on them,” he tweeted.

“We hereby, through this medium, categorically deny any knowledge of the group and dissociates Asiwaju Tinubu from the group’s unsolicited and …

Nigerian Government denies plan to ban Almajiri

Nigerian Government denies plan to ban Almajiri

June 22, 2019 12:04 am

The Presidency on Friday dismissed media report that the Federal Government had concluded arrangements to ban the Almajiri system of education.

The Almajiri system of education is a form of Qur’anic learning system associated with begging on economic and religious grounds peculiar to some Northern states.

Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja, however, said that the prescription of the Almajiri system had remained an objective of the Buhari administration.

”The Presidency, therefore, calls for caution in responses to the pronouncements by President Muhammadu Buhari on free and

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Court stops Ganduje, agency’s action against Emir Sanusi

₦3.4billion: Sanusi denies allegation by Kano State Govt.

June 9, 2019 12:59 am

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II on Saturday denied allegation by the Kano State Government that he mismanaged N3.4billion public funds.

Sanusi, in his response  to the query issued him by government earlier in the week, said the total amount he met in the accounts of the Kano Emirates Council on his assumption of office was N1,893,378,927.38.

In the response signed by Abba Yusuf, Acting Secretary of the emirate council, the emir said:

“I am directed to refer to your letter No.SSG/OFF/03/V.1.dated June 6,2019 to which was attached a copy of  the report of the Kano State Public …

China denies US claim about Huawei’s government ties

China denies US claim about Huawei’s government ties

May 24, 2019 6:01 am

China ramped up a war of words with the United States over Huawei on Friday, accusing Washington of spreading “lies” about the telecom giant thrust to the centre of their trade war.

The fiery response came hours after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rejected Huawei’s denials that the Chinese company works with the Communist government.

The Trump administration has infuriated Beijing by blacklisting the smartphone and telecommunications company over worries that China uses it as a tool for espionage, and allegations of breaking sanctions on Iran.

Huawei has repeatedly denied it works with the Communist-led government.

“To say that …

CBN reveals $14.2bn capital flows to Nigeria in five Months

CBN denies trending ‘stolen, missing money’ story

May 12, 2019 5:08 pm

There is no  money  missing or stolen from the  Central Bank of Nigeria’s  coffers as reported in some section of the media, the  bank’s spokesman Isaac Okoroafor said.

Okoroafor, the Director Corporate Communications,  made the refutal in a statement on Sunday while reacting to a recent article and audio clips in which the CBN Governor and other senior officials were heard  discussing discrepancies in the bank’s accounts.

Okoroafor said that the audio was distorted in a manner which creates a different impression of the matter being discussed, which was to proffer solutions to a misunderstanding that affected the Bank’s balance

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Former Vice President Joe Biden, in his first major foreign policy address as a Democratic presidential candidate, on Thursday blasted U.S. President Donald Trump’s performance on the world stage as erratic and extreme.

Biden denies inappropriate conduct over alleged kiss

March 31, 2019 5:07 pm

“In my many years on the campaign trail and in public life, I have offered countless handshakes, hugs, expressions of affection, support and comfort. And not once – never – did I believe I acted inappropriately. If it is suggested I did so, I will listen respectfully. But it was never my intention,” Biden said.

Biden has said he does not recall the 2014 incident.

The allegation was made in an online essay published on Friday by Lucy Flores, a party activist who was running to be Nevada’s lieutenant governor. Flores said Biden also touched her shoulders and smelled her …

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