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Arsenal will have to pay Crystal Palace £100m to sign Ivory Coast forward Wilfried Zaha, 26, this summer. (Mail on Sunday) But Eagles chairman Steve Parish fears selling Zaha could jeopardise his plans of finding new owners. (Sun) Borussia Dortmund forward Jacob Bruun Larsen has attracted the attention of Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal. The 20-year-old made 30 appearances for Dortmund, featuring 17 starts and three goals in a breakthrough 2018-19 season. (Mail) Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has phoned Real Madrid to offer them 27-year-old Denmark playmaker Christian Eriksen, who is refusing to extend his Spurs contract beyond summer 2020. (Marca)  France striker Kylian Mbappe, 20, has three years left on his deal with Paris…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned that arrest of protesters at the The Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Guzape Hills, Asokoro Extension, Guzape, Abuja. Protesters who are calling on Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo to step down after he was accused of rape by Busola Dakolo, wife of musician Timi Dakolo stormed his church on Sunday morning. Shortly before the protest billed for 8:30 a.m. officially began unidentified security agents arrested two men who were subsequently driven away in a black Mercedes Benz C200 saloon. Reacting to the arrest, SERAP said the use of excessive force by security agents…

A woman who was stabbed to death while she was about eight months pregnant has been named as Kelly Mary Fauvrelle. The 26-year-old was pronounced dead at a house in Croydon, south London, in the early hours of Saturday. Her baby was delivered at the scene by paramedics and taken to hospital where it remains critical. A 29-year-old man was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of murder and a 37-year-old man also arrested has been released under investigation. Scotland Yard has said it was keeping an “open mind as to motive”. READ: SERAP urges Orji Kalu, Goje, Okorocha, others…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged all former governors now in the ninth Senate to “publicly commit to stop collecting pensions from their states while they serve as senators, return ‘pensions’ already collected to the public treasury, and push for the abolition of double emoluments laws for former governors and deputies in their states.” Several of the 36 states have enacted pension-for-life laws for former governors and deputies. Among former governors in the ninth Senate that will enjoy such pensions are two ex-governors Abia State, Orji Kalu, and his successor, Theodore Orji; former governor Ebonyi State Sam…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Saturday says it does not have details of the rape accusation leveled against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo. The Christian association however condemned any case of rape in strong terms, saying it doesn’t matter who is involved. Rev Samson Ayokunle, President, CAN, who gave the condemnation via a text message to the News Agency of Nigeria stressed that justice must prevail in all rape cases. Ayokunle described rape as ungodly, wicked and reprehensible. He,however, noted that CAN had no details on the trending allegations against the founder of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Pastor…

The Nigerian Army will showcase Africa’s first ever Army Vehicle Manufacturing Company (NAVMC) in a national broadcast on Sunday as it steps up effort to combat insecurity in the country. NAVMC was officially commissioned in January and was expected to take-off with the production of the prototype of the light and heavy infantry vehicles at Rigachikun, Kaduna State. The commissioning of NAVMC in January featured a facility tour of NAVMC’s production line, which include NAC-V production line, B vehicles assembly plant, fitter machine plant, engine overhaul shop, engine testing bay, fabrication, painting and spray shop as well as foundry…

Security agents believed to be officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) have stormed the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Abuja and have arrested two persons. The security agents arrested two unidentified men after they turned up at a planned protest outside the church. The church has come under nationwide scrutiny after Busola Dakolo, wife of musician Timi Dakolo accused the founder of COZA Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of rape. Mrs Dakolo in an interview claimed that Pastor Fatoyinbo raped her when she was just 16 in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. Pastor Fatoyinbo has since denied the allegations in…

Defending champions Cameroon remain top of Group F after a goalless draw with Ghana at the Africa Cup of Nations. The five-time winners, who beat Ghana 2-0 in the 2017 semi-finals, went closest in the first half as Christian Bassogog was denied by Richard Ofori. But Ghana almost won it late on when substitute Owusu Kwabena struck the crossbar and Andrew Yiadom went close. Clarence Seedorf’s side are two points clear at the top of the group before Benin play Guinea-Bissau (21:00 BST). With four of the six third-placed teams qualifying for the knockout stage, Cameroon are well placed…

The Gombe State Government has begun the sales of 68, 400 bags of assorted fertiliser at subsidised price of N5,000 per bag for the 2019 wet season to boost food security in the state. Gov. Inuwa Yahaya, who announced this in Gombe on Saturday, said the inputs would be sold to farmers at subsidised rates to improve agricultural productivity, increase farmer’s income and boost food security in the country. Yahaya stated that the development of the agricultural sector would remain the policy thrust of his administration in line with his campaign promises to the good people of the state.…

An Indian woman and her daughter were beaten and hacked to death in eastern India for allegedly practising witchcraft, police said on Saturday. The killings took place in Jharkhand state’s West Singhbhum district on Thursday, senior police officer Anand Mohan Singh said. The 56-year-old woman, Malti Devi, was attacked by her neighbour, also a distant relative, who accused her of witchcraft and blamed her for deaths in his family, Singh said. “The woman recently performed some rituals at her place after which the suspect’s wife fell ill. He, along with two others brutally beat the women with wooden sticks…