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The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has upturned Senate President Bukola Saraki ’s acquittal by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The three-man panel led by Justice Tinuade Akomolafe-Wilson unanimously ruled that the Senate President return to the CCT to face trial on three counts out of the 18 initially slammed on him. The court dismissed the remaining 15 counts and ordered the remittance of the three back to CCT for continuation of the trial. “The court has evaluated the entire issues contained in this appeal and it is important to...

Free-scoring PSG have been drawn to face reigning champions Real Madrid in the just released draw for the round of 16 matches in the 2017/18 UEFA Champions league. Chelsea football club of England have also been paired with Barcelona in a tie that promises exciting football action. The sides last met in this competition at the 2011/2012 semi-finals which was won by Chelsea after Lionel Messi missed a second-leg penalty. Pep Guardiola's Manchester City are drawn against Basel, while their Manchester rivals will come up against Spanish side Sevilla. Last...

Manchester Derby - For the second consecutive season, Manchester City defeat United at home – coincidentally with the same score line as the preceding season. City as expected dominated proceedings, and it was no surprise as they took the lead from a set piece all thanks to a miscued clearing header from a certain £75 million signing – how unlucky can one get? United approached the match in the same fashion we’ve seen them against top sides in the Premier League this season - absorbing pressure and waiting to hit...

Bitcoin flirted with $17,000 on Thursday, triggering a warning the cryptocurrency is “like a charging train with no brakes” and prompting fresh concern about its looming launch on mainstream markets. Still under $14,000 in Asian trading hours, it smashed through $15,000 in European trading and then later surged to $16,777.08 around 1630 GMT, according to Bloomberg data. The rally came just a day after the virtual currency, which has been used to buy everything from an ice cream to a pint of beer, hit the $12,000 mark for the first...

Ballon d'Or 2017: Portuguese Captain, and Real Madrid's super star, Cristiano Ronaldo has claimed a fifth Ballon d'Or award to bring him level with Messi's record tally. Ronaldo, who was tipped to win this year's award after leading Real Madrid to a second consecutive Champions league victory last June has had an illustrious year - a year that has seen him pick up FIFA's Best Male Player as well. Ronaldo beats Messi to the Ballon d'Or award for the second year running, while world record signing, Neymar Jnr. can only...

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, says the major cause of the fuel scarcity currently being witnessed across the country is shortfall in supply of petroleum products. Kachikwu, who stated this in a news briefing on Thursday in Abuja, however, said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was making efforts to ensure that queues at filling stations disappeared in a couple of days. “Presently, queues in Lagos have reduced. We know that Lagos, Abuja, Benue, Port Harcourt were among the worst-hit areas. “Benue has been dealt...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday recognized the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital -- a historic decision that overturns decades of US policy and risks triggering a fresh spasm of violence in the Middle East. "I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," Trump said from the White House. "It's the right thing to do." The declaration calls into question seven decades of deliberate diplomatic ambiguity about the final status of a holy city vociferously claimed by both Israelis and Palestinians....

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