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Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has criticised the timing of Inter Milan’s bid for wantaway midfielder Christian Eriksen. The Danish midfielder is set to travel to Italy next week to finalise a move. Inter have been linked with Eriksen throughout January, but have not moved until late in the transfer window. “Tottenham is the last one to blame for this situation,” said Mourinho, who also revealed that the club will make Giovani lo Celso’s loan move from Real Betis permanent this month. Continuing on the subject of Eriksen, the Portuguese added: “I just want to say that this situation shouldn’t happen on…

The spread of a deadly coronavirus is accelerating, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned, after holding a special government meeting on the Lunar New Year public holiday. The country is facing a “grave situation” Mr Xi told senior officials. The coronavirus has killed at least 56 people and infected almost 2,000 since its discovery in the city of Wuhan. The US has announced that staff at the Wuhan consulate will be evacuated on a special flight on Tuesday. The State Department said that private Americans most at risk will also be able to board the flight to San Francisco. Meanwhile, UK-based…

Mr Nathan Sharibu, the father of Leah Sharibu, the Christian girl kidnapped by Islamist sect, Boko Haram for over one year has dismissed reports that she has given birth to a baby boy. His reaction comes after an online news platform, SaharaReporters had claimed that she had put to bed. According to SaharaReporters, Leah was delivered of the baby a few weeks ago following her forceful marriage to a top Boko Haram commander, according to a reliable source close to the terror group. The source said Leah, who refused to renounce her Christian faith, was forced to accept Islam before…

Street Project Foundation (SPF), an intervention platform for the alleviation of the country’s youth unemployment crisis, has called on employer-partners to participate in the third edition of its Creative Youth Boot Camp. The six-week boot camp, which begins in Abuja on the 9th of March, with the theme: “Art for Social Transformation”. The initiative provides opportunities for singers, musicians, poets, creative writers, presenters, comedians, spoken word artists, actors, visual artists, fashion enthusiasts and performance artists across all genres to develop their skills under the guidance and mentorship of industry experts. At the end of the Creative Youth Boot Camp, participants will be…

VP lists notable marks of progress, key projects to be completed in next few years Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says having instituted reforms covering critical sectors of the economy over the last four years, Nigeria under the Buhari administration is making steady progress on the path of prosperity. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Saturday in Lagos in a keynote address he delivered at the Redeemer’s Men Fellowship Conference themed “Galvanized for Geometric Growth”. The Vice President, while noting that much still needs to be done in the different sectors of the economy, restated that the country had enormous potential which would be realised.…

Thailand’s anti-drugs authority has apologised after it accidentally auctioned off a car hiding tens of thousands of amphetamine tablets. A buyer paid 586,000 baht ($19,000; £14,500) for the Honda CR-V car, which was put up for auction this month after being seized in a drugs case last year. But when it was sent to a garage for alterations, a mechanic discovered 94,000 pills stashed in its bumper. Officials said they would conduct more thorough searches in future. “According to protocols, we search every vehicle we have received and this case was no exception. However, we couldn’t find anything at the…

Nigeria has a reported case of 2.8 million abortions and 760,000 self-induced abortions annually, according to reproductive health expert, Mrs. Hauwa Shekarau. Shekarau who is also the Executive Director Women, Law and Development Initiative, disclosed this during a lecture in Owerri, Imo state at a media capacity building workshop on Women’s Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (WSRHR) for journalists drawn from Abia, Imo and Anambra states. Shekarau, in her paper on Values Clarification and Attitude Transformation (VCAT), a reproductive health expert, said the existing statistics had become obsolete and incapable of addressing the reproductive health challenges. She argued that the…

Popular trado-medical practitioner, Alhaji Fatai Yusuf popularly known as Oko Oloyun was possibly killed because of a fraud he detected in his Lagos office, the Police stated on Friday. He was killed on Thursday when his convoy was attacked on the Igbo-Ora-Eruwa road by gunmen. The attackers reportedly shot at his convoy from thick forest, resulting to his death from injuries sustained from the bullet. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, informed the fraud was possibly responsible for the fire incident in the office during which some account records were destroyed. The…

Michy Batshuayi and Fikayo Tomori scored in either half as Chelsea beat Championship side Hull to reach the FA Cup fifth round. The Blues took an early lead when Batshuayi’s strike deflected off Hull’s Ryan Tafazolli and the ball flew beyond wrong-footed goalkeeper George Long. Chelsea dominated the rest of the half with Long required to make a series of good saves, but after the break the Championship side enjoyed a spell of domination where they threatened an equaliser. Herbie Kane failed to make the most of a free-kick while Jarrod Bowen had the Chelsea defence scrambling with a piercing…

Quique Setien suffered his first defeat as Barcelona manager as Valencia claimed their first home win over the Spanish champions since 2007. The hosts broke the deadlock when Jordi Alba deflected Maxi Gomez’s powerful strike past Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Gomez, who had a first-half penalty saved by Ter Stegen, completed the scoring in the second half. There were unsavoury scenes before the game as rival fans clashed outside the Mestalla Stadium. Setien had enjoyed a good start to his Barca reign, guiding the club to victories over Granada in La Liga and UD Ibiza in the Copa del Rey round of…