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Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan says that six televisions and three refrigerators were stolen from his home in Abuja – not 36 televisions and 25 refrigerators as some media outlets had reported. Six policemen guarding the house have since been arrested, his spokesman added. An investigation into the theft is now under way. Mr Jonathan lived in the home when ...

Grandmaster Flash’s Kidd Creole has been arrested and charged with murder. A New York Police Department spokesman confirmed to Variety that the 57-year-old rapper was taken into custody in the Bronx and charged on Wednesday. According to ABC7, Kidd Creole – whose real name is Nathaniel Glover – allegedly stabbed a 55-year-old homeless man to death in Manhattan on Tuesday, ...

Brazil and Barcelona star, Neymar, has agreed a five-year deal with Paris Saint-Germain and is due in Paris within the next 24 hours to finalize the most expensive transfer in world football history, according to Sky sources. Sky Sports News learnt that Neymar decided to leave Barcelona following talks on holiday near Rio de Janeiro in early July, before he ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said Wednesday he does not believe the record-shattering 222 million euro ($260 million) transfer fee Paris St Germain are willing to pay for Neymar is expensive. But the Reds boss, speaking after his side beat Sampdoria 2-1 in Dublin in a pre-season friendly, is concerned how the staggering figure will affect future transfers. Mourinho shelled ...

Rabat – Human rights groups have raised fears for a detained Moroccan activist who was hospitalised a month into a hunger strike over his arrest following protests in the troubled Rif region. Detained in the northern town of Al-Hoceima in late June and held in Casablanca’s Oukacha prison, 34-year-old Rabii Elablaq immediately began refusing food to demand his release. “His ...

Kano – Boko Haram jihadists have killed three loggers near a remote village in Nigeria’s restive northeast Borno state, local militia assisting the military to fight the Islamist group told AFP on Wednesday. “The decapitated bodies of the three loggers were found by the roadside,” on Monday, said local vigilante Ibrahim Liman in Maiduguri, the state capital. “Decapitation is a ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho has decided to keep Andreas Pereira and include him in their Champions League and Premier League squad lists. Pereira spent last season on loan at La Liga side Granada and despite their relegation, the Brazilian playmaker was one of the few positives with five goals and three assists in 34 appearances. Manchester United monitored the ...

MANCHESTER CITY are considering offering Sergio Aguero to Arsenal in a bid to convince them to sell Alexis Sanchez. The Arsenal forward’s future remains uncertain in north London with his contract expiring at the end of next season. Arsene Wenger is adamant he won’t be sold but that has not put City off trying to prise him away. Guardiola has ...

PHILIPPE COUTINHO is trying to persuade Jurgen Klopp to let him join Barcelona, it has sensationally been claimed in Spain this afternoon. Barca have today conceded Neymar is on his way and they want Coutinho to replace him. Respected Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo are reporting that Barcelona have already agreed personal terms with the player. Klopp doesn’t want Coutinho to ...

LIONEL MESSI has penned a public tribute to PSG-bound Neymar. The Brazil superstar is set to seal a world-record £199million transfer from Barcelona to PSG in the coming hours. Neymar made a brief visit to Barca’s training ground today to inform them of his wish to leave the club, departing before their training session began. And Barcelona team-mate Messi has ...