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Bayern Munich reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the seventh successive year with a thumping victory over Besiktas. The German champions led 5-0 on aggregate after the first leg, and Thiago’s early goal in Istanbul extended their advantage. A Gokhan Gonul own goal immediately after half-time doubled Bayern’s lead, before Vagner Love pulled one back. Sandro Wagner wrapped up a comfortable win for Bayern with a tap-in. Besiktas – the first Turkish side to win a Champions League group – fielded six players aged 30 or older. They started stronger than Bayern but it was the visitors who had the…

Lionel Messi scored twice and assisted another as Barcelona beat Chelsea 3-0 at the Camp Nou to progress to the quarter final of the Champions League. It took Messi three minutes to open scoring for the Catalan side after he played a quick one-two with Dembele and then Luis Suarez before slotting the ball between the legs of Thibaut Courtois in goal. Messi then turned provider after he dispossessed Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas in the midfield. The diminutive Argentine then darted past Chelsea defenders before passing to Dembele who doubled Barcelona’s lead. Chelsea almost got back into the game in…

Justice S.S Ogunsanya of the Lagos High Court today sentenced Paul Onwughalu, a former Head of Operations, Union Bank Plc, Head Office, Marina, Lagos to three years imprisonment. Onwughalu was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office on February 24 on a four-count charge bordering on failure to conduct due diligence in financial transactions. One of the counts reads: “That you, Paul Onwughalu, on or about the 9th of January, 2013, at Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division, whilst being an employee of Union Bank Plc, failed to exercise due diligence in relation to the…

The House of Representatives says it does not agree with President Muhammadu Buhari over the third clause in the Electoral Act which says they don’t have powers to amend the Act. The Reps say they will re-gazette and re-transmit the declined Electoral Act Amendment Bill for Presidential assent. The spokesman of the House, Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas, made this known on Wednesday at a press briefing in Abuja. Namdas said that the House would not override the president’s veto on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Namdas said that the lower chamber of the National Assembly had agreed with President Muhammadu Buhari…

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that there will be no rest for him, his ministers and security chiefs until the last Dapchi and Chibok schoolgirls are released. Speaking during an official visit to Yobe state, where 110 Dapchi schoolgirls were abducted by Islamist sect, Boko Haram, Buhari stressed that like all citizens, the girls must enjoy freedom. “There will be no rest till the last girl, whether from Chibok and Dapchi, is released. The girls, like all our citizens, must enjoy unhindered freedom and pursue their legitimate aspirations,” he said. Buhari promised parents of the abducted students that he has…

Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, has warned individuals and corporate entities, who refuse to take advantage of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), that the service voted a bigger sum of money for legal fees in its 2018 budget. Fowler made the disclosure in a recent interview. The FIRS boss explained that those under the impression that the government will be fazed by an avalanche of litigation that may arise at the closure of the VAIDS window on 31 March are mistaken. He also warned that the deadline will be not be…

Tottenham and England striker Harry Kane suffered damaged ankle ligaments in Sunday’s win over Bournemouth and will be out until next month. Spurs said in a statement that “preliminary assessments” confirmed the injury after a scan on Monday. Kane, who has scored 35 goals for Spurs this season, injured his right ankle in a collision with Bournemouth goalkeeper Asmir Begovic. The prognosis means he is set to be fit for England’s World Cup campaign. READ: Camp Nou: GOtv subscribers to watch Barcelona vs Chelsea live But the 24-year-old will miss Tottenham’s FA Cup quarter-final at Swansea on Saturday, as well…

GOtv subscribers will, on Wednesday, watch the highly anticipated UEFA Champions League round of 16 return match between Barcelona and Chelsea on SuperSport Select 2 (channel 32) at 8:40pm on GOtv. The second leg of the round of 16 match between Barcelona and Chelsea promises to be full of excitement for lovers of football. Chelsea travel to Camp Nou with the hope of securing a win, although Barcelona have an edge after Lionel Messi equalized at Stamford Bridge in the first leg. It was Messi’s first goal against the Blues. Both teams are determined to make it through to the…

A Democrat has declared victory after a cliffhanger Pennsylvania election for a congressional district that Donald Trump won by 20 points in 2016. There is no official result, but Conor Lamb and Republican opponent Rick Saccone were neck-and-neck in the solidly conservative 18th district. Republican sway over the district is so strong that Democrats have run no candidates in the previous two votes. The contest could set the tone for November’s US mid-term polls. With votes counted in every precinct of the working-class district, Mr Lamb has 49.8% – just ahead of Mr Saccone (49.6%). The gap between the two…

Herdsmen are believed to have killed 25 villagers in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, barely five days after President Muhammadu Buhari visited the state. The killings happened on Monday in the Bassa area of Plateau state, just a few days after at least five people were killed in the area, police said on Wednesday. “The people were returning to Zirechi (village) from Dundun when they were attacked by gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen,” state police commissioner Undie Adie told AFP. “I can confirm that 25 villagers were killed while two were injured. A number of houses were also burnt down…