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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.