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Ilorin – The Kwara State Government has received a total of N2.48 billion as federal allocation for June The State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Banu made this known in a statement made available on Saturday in Ilorin.

Two aides of President Muhammadu Buhari last night said the ailing Nigerian leader might head home within a week, subject to clearance by his doctors. In an interview with Saharareporters and on the condition of anonymity, one of the two sources also claimed that some of the president’s latest health symptoms revealed in our recent reports arose as adverse reactions to drugs prescribed for Mr. Buhari since he arrived in the UK. The symptoms include memory loss and speech impairment.

The Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has dismissed a lecturer (names withheld), for altering students’ results. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdullahi Zuru, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Saturday, but declined to mention the affected lecturer’s full details.

Nigeria’s Super Eagles returned to the country on Friday afternoon after spending a week training and playing friendly matches against Corsica and Togo. Seven players and some back-room staff arrived in Abuja from Paris after yesterday’s 3-0 win over the Hawks . The other players didn’t join up for the trip to Nigeria as they had already made their flight arrangements to head back to their bases before linking up with the rest of the squad in Abuja.

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos says an "appointment with history" awaits his side and Juventus in Saturday's glamour Champions League final at Cardiff's Principality Stadium. Ramos is hoping to lift the trophy for the third time in four years, which would make Zinedine Zidane's team the first to have successfully defended it in the Champions League era.

Nigeria kick off their quest for a berth in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday in Uyo after failing to make it to the last two editions, in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Sacrilege for the west Africans considering how football crazy the country is and that they have appeared in 17 previous competitions and five World Cups.

Head coach of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) FC Mike Mutebi is confident that his charges will get a positive result against Nigerian side Rivers United in the Caf Confederation Cup on Saturday. Mutebi believes United will play defensively in the Group A game which will be decided at the Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala. The ‘Kasosiro Boys’ trainer however believes he has the perfect antidote to stop the ‘Pride of Rivers’ in their tracks.

Gabon have announced a date and venue change for the internationally friendly match with Zambia. The match was initially scheduled to be played on Saturday, 3 June 2017 in Franceville but will now be played in Libreville on Sunday, 4 June 2017. The match was rescheduled to Sunday because the venue, the Stade de l'Amitié, will host a Caf Confederation Cup match between C.F. Mounana and Horoya AC on Saturday.

Lusaka Dynamos will be without their talismanic captain, Clatous Chama, when they take on Nchanga Rangers in a week 10 fixture at Nchanga Stadium on Saturday. Chama suffered an ankle injury in the goalless draw with Konkola Blades last weekend and was unable to recover ahead of the trip to Chingola. The midfielder was also left out of Zambia's squad for tomorrow's friendly match with Gabon due to the injury.

Wikki Tourists captain and right back Mustapha Ibrahim has rightly tagged as payback the northern derby against El Kanemi Warriors. The Bauchi Elephants will host the Maiduguri Warriors in Sunday’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) matchday 22 clash at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium (ATBS) in Buachi. The first fixture clash between both sides at the Maiduguri Township Stadium ended 2-1 in favour of the Maiduguri landlords.

Rivers United technical manager, Stanley Eguma says the Caf Confederation Cup game between his team and Kampala Capital City Authority is decisive and insists his side must avoid defeat on Saturday if they are to reach the quarterfinals of the competition. United go into Saturday’s game knowing a draw will see them move one place up in Group A following FUS Rabat’s 2-1 win over Club Africain in the other game in the section on Friday.

Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) head coach, Fatai Amoo has said any further poor result in the top-flight is simply a confirmation of relegation. The Oluyole Warriors are hosts of Southwest neighbours, Sunshine Stars in Sunday’s top-flight matchday 22 clash at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Adamasingba, Ibadan. Amoo said intense tension is brewing in the Ibadan landlords’ camp and only a good result against the Owena Waves will help greatly to douse the uncomfortably situation.

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The son of a mafia boss’ is facing life in jail for gunning down his best pal who simply ‘liked’ a Facebook picture of his girlfriend. Victim Francesco Prestia, 19, was left dead in an olive field in Mileto, Italy, with three bullets in his chest. His killer has been named in Italian media as 15-year-old Alex Pititto, the son of ‘Ndrangheta mafia boss Salvatore Pititto, known as ‘El Tio’, or the Uncle.

When Emmanuel   Macron was sworn in as the Prime Minister of France, two things immediately stood him out; the age of his spouse, which became a joke, and then passé because the joke was mostly on the jokers. Then there was the fact that he was only 39 years old. Nigerian ‘youths’ went on rampage, praising the French to high heavens for giving a voice to the young, and generally going on about the marginalization of the Nigerian youth, whom, according to them, has been prevented from taking on positions of power.

The Commissioner of Police in Adamawa, Mr Moses Jitoboh, has confirmed the arrest of five suspects for beating a pregnant woman to death for alleged witchcraft. Jitoboh told newsmen in Yola on Saturday that the 32 year old woman, Ayina Afraimu of Falu village in Guyuk Local Government Area of the state was killed by the suspects who used sticks and rope. “She was attacked with sticks, rope and killed by five suspects on allegation that the deceased was a witch, who was responsible for the deaths and sickness of persons in the town of Falu.

The Board of Continental Broadcasting Services Ltd (CBS), owners of Television Continental (TVC), and Radio Continental, on Friday laid off 145 staff. A statement issued by the management of the media outfit said the decision was part of its effort to restructure the enterprises. According to the statement, the restructuring is geared towards repositioning the business for better and greater delivery of its services to its audiences and advertisers.

A case of attack v defence for some and a game of chess for others, with one former winner saying “the problem for Juve is a player named Cristiano”. We round up the big-name views. Luís Figo, a winner with Real Madrid in 2002 Everything is possible in football. Juventus’s defensive structure is strong, but Real Madrid’s attack is also very dangerous which is why I think the duels will be interesting, and whoever wins more individually will come out on top. I think that it will be an interesting duel pitting two different styles against each other, with two very strong football cultures and great players.

Police in Enugu have advised drivers and passengers to shun offers of drinks and suya meat from unknown persons at motor parks and other public areas. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Ebere Amaraizu, gave the advice in a statement issued in Enugu on Saturday.

The fact is we all waste money at some point. But as adults, it is necessary to identify some of these ways we virtually throw money away and be responsible enough to learn to avoid it. It is better this way as it will help to avoid stressful money problems in the future. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 4 ways you’re throwing money away.

No fewer than 15 children have died in war torn South Sudan from a botched attempt to immunise them against measles, officials say. They were vaccinated with the same unsterilized syringe, and the vaccine was not stored properly, according to an investigation into the deaths.

The 93-year-old Zimbabwean President, Mr. Robert Mugabe, has launched a nationwide 10-venue speaking tour aimed at drumming up support ahead of elections next year when he plans to seek office again. Mugabe, who appeared in better health than at some recent public appearances, spoke for an hour and a half at a rally outside Harare attended by several thousand ZANU-PF supporters.