Tag: newsletter
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Man Utd confirm release of nine players
Manchester United have confirmed they will release nine of their academy players when their contracts expire next week. Demetri Mitchell, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Ethan Hamilton, Dion McGhee, Largie Ramazani, George Tanner, Aidan Barlow, Kieran O’Hara and Alex Fojticek will not be given new deals so will all leave the club when their contracts end on June…
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COVID-19: Nigeria may go into severe recession – World Bank
The World Bank says collapse in oil prices coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to plunge the Nigerian economy into a severe economic recession, the worst since the 1980s. The World Bank made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday as part of its latest Nigeria Development Update (NDU). The bank said…
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Three Oyo excos test positive for COVID-19
Three members of the Oyo State Executive Council have tested positive for coronavirus. Only three turned positive after all members of the state exco went through tests. Governor Seyi Makinde, who made the disclosure on his social media handle, said two other results were inconclusive and would be retested. He assured that the affected Exco…
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Martial hits Man Utd’s first league hat-trick for seven years
Anthony Martial scored Manchester United’s first Premier League hat-trick in more than seven years as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men eased past Sheffield United at Old Trafford. Robin van Persie was the last United player to score a treble in the league. And while there was nothing to compare with the Dutchman’s brilliant volley against Aston…
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Liverpool thrash Palace to move within two points of title
Liverpool moved to within touching distance of their first title in 30 years as Crystal Palace were brutally dismissed behind closed doors at Anfield. Manchester City must now win at Chelsea on Thursday to further delay the inevitability of Liverpool’s coronation as Premier League champions. After the goalless Merseyside derby at Everton on Sunday, they…
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BREAKING: Buhari okays Giadom as APC acting National Chairman
President Muhammadu Buhari has okayed Victor Giadom as the acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), revealing he would be attending the virtual meeting of the APC convened by Giadom on Thursday. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity made this known on Wednesday. In…
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COVID-19: 500 airline staff test positive
About 500 employees of Atlanta-based Delta Airlines have tested positive for coronavirus. The CEO Ed Bastian, confirmed this during the company’s annual shareholder meeting. He added that ten employees have also died from the virus. Bastian said, “We lost ten employees to the Coronavirus, every one of them breaks my heart. “Among other 500 employees…
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$9.8m fraud: Court declines to halt Ex-NNPC GMD Yakubu’s trial
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined to halt further proceedings in the trial of former General Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu over alleged money laundering offences involving about $9.8million. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling on Wednesday, noted that although both parties have filed appeals before…
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Bayern’s Alcantara pushes for move to Liverpool
Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara is eager to set up a move to England this summer. The Spain international feels he’s run his course in Germany with Bayern and wants a new challenge. As such, he is spying a move to England and has instructed his agents to sound out Liverpool about the prospect of…
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Edo 2020: Judge gives Obaseki, contending parties offer to settle out of court
The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has given Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and those opposed to his standing for the state’s governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party three hours to agree on settling out of court. Justice E.O. Obile gave the three hours stand down following…