Second-half goals from Jamaal Lascelles, Joelinton and Anthony Gordon helped Newcastle return to winning ways in the Premier League with an emphatic victory over Chelsea at St James’ Park. Lascelles’ free header from Gordon’s cross gave the Magpies a 2-1 lead on the hour mark, before Joelinton capitalised on a Thiago Silva error to double […]
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Substitute Kai Havertz’s late header took Arsenal to the top of the Premier League with a dramatic late win at Brentford. After Manchester City and Liverpool drew earlier on Saturday, this win moves the Gunners one point clear at the summit. Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard had a goal ruled out in the first half by the […]
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There are proposals in place that could see Anthony Joshua revisit the “Rumble in the Jungle” duel as part of an “iconic” bout around the 50th anniversary of the legendary fight. Boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn, has announced that talks have taken place over the heavyweight contender fighting in an African country and that government backing […]
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Minneapolis ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in the death of George Floyd, has been stabbed at an Arizona prison, US media reports say, the BBC reports. A source told AP the 47-year-old was seriously injured by another inmate. The New York Times, citing two people with knowledge of the situation, also reported that he was […]
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Olayemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has blamed his predecessor, Godwin Emefiele, for policies which tarnished the image of the country’s apex bank in the past few years. Cardoso disclosed this in his speech on Friday at the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria’s (CIBN) 50th-anniversary event. Previous governors have used […]
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A panel of the Court of Appeal has dismissed the petition by the PDP and its candidate in the last governorship election in Kebbi state. Justice Uzo Ndukwe-Anyannwu, who read the lead judgment, resolved all the five issues, identified for determination, against the appellants. Justice Ndukwe-Anyannwu, who held that the appellants failed to prove their […]
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the September 28 judgment of the election petition tribunal which declared the last governorship election in Kaduna state inconclusive. In a unanimous decision given on Friday, a three-member panel of the court held that, as against the finding of the tribunal, the election was conclusive and […]
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Contestants on Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge are seeking compensation for injuries they allegedly suffered on the show, their lawyers said. Express Solicitors is representing two players who it says “suffered injuries such as hypothermia and nerve damage”. Players competed for a $4.56m (£3.63m) prize on the spin-off show, based on the hit South Korean […]
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An undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Rhema Ahonsi, is aiming to break the longest singing marathon record. The current record holder, Waghmare, sang non-stop for 105 hours in Nagpur, India, from March 3 to 7, 2012, singing a variety of popular Indian songs. On Waghmare’s record, Guinness said, “No song was repeated within a […]
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Thirteen Israeli hostages have been released by Hamas after being held for almost seven weeks. Their handover coincides with the release of 39 prisoners by Israel after a ceasefire deal between the two sides. The 39 Palestinian detainees included 24 women and 15 teenage boys. Also, ten Thai hostages and one Filipino have been released […]
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