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Getty Images 0 Another evening on the bench at Manchester United has put “the final nail in the coffin” for Wayne Rooney at Old Trafford, says Roy Keane. The Red Devils’ club captain was included in Jose Mourinho’s matchday squad for a Europa League clash with Anderlecht on Thursday. He was, however, to see no minutes as Anthony Martial was thrown on in place of Zlatan Ibrahimovic once the talismanic Swede picked up an injury. With Rooney now seemingly little more than a squad player, United legend Keane expects him to move on at the end of the season. He told  ITV : "In terms of the bigger picture I’d have thought that’s the end of Wayne at Manchester United. "He will obviously contribute until the end of the season because of injuries. "But he must be fuming not to be brought on. I think that’s the final nail in the coffin for him,  definitely. "Leading scorer at the club, I’d expect him to be fuming, if he’s not fuming then he...

Everything you need to know ahead of Saturday's FA Cup match at Wembley as the Blues face their rivals in a semi-final Chelsea come up against fierce rivals Tottenham in the FA Cup on Saturday evening in a match could have wider implications for Premier League success as the two clubs compete for glory on two different fronts. Spurs recently closed the gap on league-leaders Chelsea to just four points following their recent 4-0 win over Bournemouth, as Manchester United beat Chelsea at Old Trafford. For now, though, Antonio Conte and Mauricio Pochettino will turn their attention to cup success as they travel to Wembley on Saturday. CHELSEA INJURIES Thibaut Courtois is the biggest doubt to face Tottenham at the weekend after injuring his ankle during a commercial video shoot for the NBA. Asmir Begovic started against Manchester United with Courtois out of the match-day squad last week and is likely to do so a...

Getty Images 0 The Swede's injury appeared to be severe, but the left-back is optimistic his team-mate won't be out long Alarm bells were ringing when Zlatan Ibrahimovic went down with a gruesome-looking knee injury Thursday, but his team-mate Luke Shaw says the Swede was walking around the changing room after the match. Manchester United's top scorer on the season landed awkwardly near the end of regulation in the Europa League quarter-final second leg against Anderlecht. The 35-year-old limped off the pitch and manager Jose Mourinho said after the game that he thought the news was "  fairly negative  ." However, Luke Shaw was much more optimistic, telling reporters: "He's fine. He was walking around in the changing room." Marcus Rashford went on to score an extra-time winner for United, who advanced to the semi-final with a 3-2 aggregate success. Ibrahimovic has scored 28 goals in all competitions this season...

Osborne Towers: EFCC Invites Ex-Governor, Others (Read) NAIJ Detectives are to question a former governor and some high-profile owners of apartments in Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos where $43.4million was recovered last Wednesday. Besides, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has identified how the controversial apartment 7B, where the $43.4m was kept, was acquired. Also recovered were £27,000 and N23m cash. The EFCC has intensified investigation into the roles played by some apartment owners and tenants on how the cash was brought into the Towers, The Nation has learnt. The anti-graft agency is said to be suspecting that some owners or tenants may have been complicit in the matter. A source said: “The more we investigate this $43.4m haul, the more we get fresh facts. It has become imperative to interact with some owners or tenants of apartments in the Towers. “We have invited a former governor and other high-profile owners and tenants for interaction...

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has approved an increase in the maternity leave period for women in its public service from 12 to 16 weeks. Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Information, Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Kola Ajumobi, said this on Monday at a public enlightenment forum in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. He said that the gesture was part of Fayose’s “display of love and special regard for the womenfolk in the state. “It is also aimed at encouraging exclusive breast feeding for newly born children in the first six months of birth”. Ajumobi said that nursing mothers would, in addition to the four months, be granted two hours’ off duty every day for a period of six months from the date they resumed from maternity leave. According to him, the commitment of the Fayose-led administration to the reduction in mothers and children’s mortality and morbidity rate to the barest minimum remains sacrosanct. Ajumobi said the crèche at the state secretari...

Getty Image The lead at the top of the table has been cut to just four points with six games left as Chelsea were outplayed and out-thought at Old Trafford COMMENT Chelsea risk throwing away the Premier League title after their former manager Jose Mourinho exposed their weaknesses in a disastrous afternoon for Antonio Conte at Old Trafford. Conte's side put in their worst performance since they were beaten 3-0 by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium at the start of the campaign - as Marcus Rashford and Ander Herrera gave United a 2-0 win. Chelsea remain four points clear of Tottenham at the top of the table and they are the envy of the rest of the league but Conte is now faced with a host of problems to resolve. Diego Costa is badly out of form and looking like a liability once again as he was lucky not be red carded. Hazard was nullified, having been man-marked by Herrera, prompting the following question; if you stop Hazard, do you stop Chelsea? I...

Mount Zion Ministries, Pastor Mike Bamiloye has bared his mind on the just concluded Big Brother Naija show. According to the Christian movie maker, he hopes Nigerian pastors won’t use Efe’s victory to make reference as work of God’s grace because the Big Brother Naija glamorized and glorified immorality. It was shared on the Mount Zion Ministries Facebook page. See what he had to say below

Getty Images 0 The Spain striker would be keen to link up with the Blues boss in London if he were to leave Madrid at the end of the season Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata believes it is inevitable he will play for Antonio Conte one day amid reports Chelsea are keen to lure him to Stamford Bridge. Conte attempted to sign the Spain international ahead of the 2016-17 campaign, but Madrid refused to sell the attacker having only just re-signed him from Juventus. The 24-year-old has been struggling to break into the starting XI at the Santiago Bernabeu, though, with head coach Zinedine Zidane preferring Karim Benzema up front. Morata's situation at Madrid has not gone unnoticed elsewhere and recent reports suggest Chelsea are ready to make another move for the striker come June and he is relishing the prospect of potentially linking up with Conte. Real Madrid C.F.   ✔ @realmadriden   # RMCity Next up:  @ FCBayern...

The Chilean's frustrations have boiled over this season and it can no longer be a surprise that he wants to join a team who can win major trophies SPECIAL REPORT This summer could be the most turbulent period at Arsenal since the departures of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri in 2011. Those months in the club’s history hold deep significance at Emirates Stadium due to the circumstances in which both players left north London, with Fabregas returning to his boyhood team Barcelona and Nasri allowed to leave for Manchester City due to “financial and psychological reasons”. “Football rules are made like that, that the player can be worth a lot of money today and nothing in six months so it doesn’t look completely logical but, at the end of the day, of course, we are forced into a decision like that for psychological and financial reasons,” said Wenger after the exits of both players were confirmed. “I am a realist so I have no ill...

The Peoples Democratic Party has been described as a party on the death row while the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is struggling for life. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made the descriptions yesterday, April 10 while speaking at the National Conference on Political Party Supremacy and the Dynamics of Parliamentary Autonomy put together by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, in Abuja. Osinbajo was represented by the Special Adviser to the President on Political matters, Babafemi Ojudu. He tasked the institute to go into research and see how Nigeria can begin to build very strong political parties. The VP said, “Today, we cannot talk of strong parties in Nigeria. The PDP is on death row, the APC is gasping for breath, therefore, it is very important that in building our party we must also look out for leaders that can work assiduously to mobilize people, leaders with conviction, leaders who are independent, leaders who are courageous, leaders ...

Gettyimages Any additions are intended to complement Cavani, though, rather than replace him. Discussions regarding a new deal with their star striker will, however, require a certain degree of compromise from both sides. Cavani is looking for any fresh terms to remove any punishment for a late return from holiday breaks, while also allowing him to manage certain sections of his image rights. The former Napoli frontman is also looking for PSG to pay the taxes he is now eligible to pay after losing expat staus and for finances to be made available to help projects near his hometown of Salto in Uruguay. There is a desire from all parties to get a deal done, with club chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi having taken charge of negotiations following previous discussions with director of football Patrick Kluivert.

Jonathan Alleged To Have Received $200m In Malabu Oil Deal Scam A former Russia Ambassador and Intelligence Officer, Ednan Agaev has alleged that former President Goodluck Jonathan may have pocketed $200m from the $1.3bn paid by oil giants Shell and Eni, into a Federal Government escrow account. Agaev, was quoted as saying this while speaking with officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States as well as Italian prosecutors.

‘Despite Being The First State To Start Sharia Law, Zamfara Still Has Highest Poverty Rate’ – Emir Sanusi Even with the implementation of Sharia law in Zamfara State in 1999, it still has the highest poverty rate according to the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II. The Emir said this while speaking at the Mo Ibrahim Forum Marrakesh, Morocco over the weekend. Sanusi said many of those who seized religion as tool of getting power were not necessarily better than the rest of the people. According to him, such people should, however, be given a chance to participate in a democracy, so that they don’t go on pushing a myth that they were not given a chance. “Give them four years, after sometime people find out that they have not improved education, they have not put food on the table, they’ve not provided healthcare, they vote them out. “So long as you don’t give them a chance to try and succeed or fail, you have a myth of people being denied an alternative that would make ...

‘Obasanjo Is The Father Of Corruption In Nigeria, He Has No Moral Right To Accuse Anyone Of It’ – Fayose Reacting to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s claim that some church leaders are not only encouraging corruption but also celebrating people with questionable character, Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has advised the former president to stop accusing people of corruption. Obasanjo made the accusation in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Saturday, April 8 at the 2017 Convention Lecture of Victory Life Bible Church International while speaking on the theme, “The role of the church in the fight against corruption in Nigeria.” In a statement issued, on Sunday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said that if anyone must accuse the church in Nigeria of promoting corruption, that person should not be Obasanjo, adding that the former president presided over the most corrupt government in the history of Nigeria. “Where did...