Messi to personally choose starting XI against Super Eagles as coach is rendered 'useless'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xhnT3qyWJi8/Wy_z4ys1NrI/AAAAAAADHLQ/iZKFTj-C4s0HZ5u14JL3LkQrpK6GiMO7ACLcBGAs/s640/messi%2Bargentina.jpg" width="640"></div> <br> <br> <b>Argentina coach, Jorge Sampaoli has stripped of his powers, ahead of their final Group D fixture against Nigeria, even though he will be on the sidelines.</b><br> <br> Captain Lionel Messi and other senior players, have taken their concerns to AFA general manager, Jorge Burruchaga, following their 1-1 draw with Iceland and their 3-0 loss to Croatia.<br> <div id='ad-content'> <div style='margin:20px 0;text-align:center;clear:both;'> <script asyncsrc='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'></script> <ins class='adsbygoogle' data-ad-client='ca-pub-0036607390134104' data-ad-format='fluid' data-ad-layout='in-article' data-ad-slot='6795592422' style='display:block; text-align:center;'></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </div>

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Plateau imposes curfew as Fulani herdsmen attack several villages, kill scores

<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MYrHZCHtv3Y/Wy_la1BmjkI/AAAAAAADHK4/laCYHA0j9Z0pX8RBQbtN48_QdHnbGWopACLcBGAs/s1600/herdsmen%2Bfulani.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1600" height="296" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MYrHZCHtv3Y/Wy_la1BmjkI/AAAAAAADHK4/laCYHA0j9Z0pX8RBQbtN48_QdHnbGWopACLcBGAs/s640/herdsmen%2Bfulani.jpg" width="640"></a></div> <br> Several people were allegedly killed in Gashish and Ropp Districts of Plateau State on Sunday, during attacks that were carried out on about 11 communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen.<br> <br> <div id='ad-content'> <div style='margin:20px 0;text-align:center;clear:both;'> <script asyncsrc='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'></script> <ins class='adsbygoogle' data-ad-client='ca-pub-0036607390134104' data-ad-format='fluid' data-ad-layout='in-article' data-ad-slot='6795592422' style='display:block; text-align:center;'></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </div>

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Fayose warns FG - 'Prepare for APC’s defeat in Ekiti'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Eu-ygjWu45Q/Wy_s-h24Z6I/AAAAAAADHLE/P5FTUDpad5wHn7aKW0EDtqWAPKxyfmdBQCLcBGAs/s400/fAYOSE%2BWE.jpg" width="400"></div> <br> Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said the Presidency should be ready for the defeat of the All Progressives Congress and its candidate, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in the July 14 governorship election in the state.<br> <br> <div id='ad-content'> <div style='margin:20px 0;text-align:center;clear:both;'> <script asyncsrc='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'></script> <ins class='adsbygoogle' data-ad-client='ca-pub-0036607390134104' data-ad-format='fluid' data-ad-layout='in-article' data-ad-slot='6795592422' style='display:block; text-align:center;'></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </div>

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We arrest 880 motorists daily over breach of traffic rules - LASTMA

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-URa9S0dSCYs/Wy-xqZbj1CI/AAAAAAADHKs/3Dx8aIanwDQ276kRr_TVqQUFmSNLIYJjQCLcBGAs/s1600/LASTMA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="600" height="290" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-URa9S0dSCYs/Wy-xqZbj1CI/AAAAAAADHKs/3Dx8aIanwDQ276kRr_TVqQUFmSNLIYJjQCLcBGAs/s320/LASTMA.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <br> The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) arrests no fewer than 880 motorists daily over breach of traffic rules, Mr Chris Olakpe, LASTMA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has said. Olakpe said in Lagos that each of the 44 zones of LASTMA made no fewer than 20 arrests daily.<br> <br> <br> <div id='ad-content'> <div style='margin:20px 0;text-align:center;clear:both;'> <script asyncsrc='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'></script> <ins class='adsbygoogle' data-ad-client='ca-pub-0036607390134104' data-ad-format='fluid' data-ad-layout='in-article' data-ad-slot='6795592422' style='display:block; text-align:center;'></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </div>

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Saudi Arabian Women Are Now Legally Allowed To Drive

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="700" height="262" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bt2CXGUP0Tw/Wy-w70mbiKI/AAAAAAADHKk/1WesCX5ui2Ym_WTAJpzmR5oYyoZqn1NpwCLcBGAs/s400/Saudi-Arabian-woman-can-now-drive.jpg" width="400"></div> <br> Saudi Arabia has announced that it would allow women to drive for the first time in decades, ending a longstanding policy that has become a global symbol of the oppression of women in Saudi Arabia.<br> <br> <div id='ad-content'> <div style='margin:20px 0;text-align:center;clear:both;'> <script asyncsrc='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'></script> <ins class='adsbygoogle' data-ad-client='ca-pub-0036607390134104' data-ad-format='fluid' data-ad-layout='in-article' data-ad-slot='6795592422' style='display:block; text-align:center;'></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </div>

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Delta delegates in free for all at APC convention

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ewDY94Ythz0/Wy-varQYbNI/AAAAAAADHKY/PuOeogj4cCgdzJvd41_mDNHeu4UU2a8oQCLcBGAs/s1600/APC-LOGO-17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ewDY94Ythz0/Wy-varQYbNI/AAAAAAADHKY/PuOeogj4cCgdzJvd41_mDNHeu4UU2a8oQCLcBGAs/s400/APC-LOGO-17.jpg" width="400"></a></div> <br> <br> Fresh fight broke out early Sunday morning at the Delta state stand at the Eagle Square, venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention.<br> <div id='ad-content'> <div style='margin:20px 0;text-align:center;clear:both;'> <script asyncsrc='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'></script> <ins class='adsbygoogle' data-ad-client='ca-pub-0036607390134104' data-ad-format='fluid' data-ad-layout='in-article' data-ad-slot='6795592422' style='display:block; text-align:center;'></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </div>

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Kane topples Ronaldo as World Cup leading scorer

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--KYv5jcr4PU/Wy-un7gjbQI/AAAAAAADHKQ/H8Lp_WwmrS4AS0etdowE7KgtTZm8m2vYwCLcBGAs/s1600/England-1-e1529850839465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="700" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--KYv5jcr4PU/Wy-un7gjbQI/AAAAAAADHKQ/H8Lp_WwmrS4AS0etdowE7KgtTZm8m2vYwCLcBGAs/s320/England-1-e1529850839465.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <br> Harry Kane is now atop the leading scorers chart in the Russia FIFA World Cup after recording a hat trick as England thumped Panama 6-1 today.<br> <br> <div id='ad-content'> <div style='margin:20px 0;text-align:center;clear:both;'> <script asyncsrc='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'></script> <ins class='adsbygoogle' data-ad-client='ca-pub-0036607390134104' data-ad-format='fluid' data-ad-layout='in-article' data-ad-slot='6795592422' style='display:block; text-align:center;'></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </div>

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Onigbinde warns Super Eagles - 'Argentina will be very tough'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="639" height="227" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uyj6E-XArKU/Wy-tguns2tI/AAAAAAADHKE/hyXnMSJ4pggUIZDqH6Jxa0PDEYx1dmLrACLcBGAs/s400/Onigbinde.jpg" width="400"></div> <br> A former CAF/FIFA Coaching Instructor and ex-Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Adegboye Onigbinde, has warned the team to be wary of Argentina in their final Group D match on Tuesday.<br> <br> The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the match slated for St. Petersburg will determine the Eagles’ progress at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.<br> <div id='ad-content'> <div style='margin:20px 0;text-align:center;clear:both;'> <script asyncsrc='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'></script> <ins class='adsbygoogle' data-ad-client='ca-pub-0036607390134104' data-ad-format='fluid' data-ad-layout='in-article' data-ad-slot='6795592422' style='display:block; text-align:center;'></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </div>

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Harry Kane hits hat-trick as England trash Panama 6-1

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1300" height="356" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FNlbSgJUi30/Wy-tGWCITCI/AAAAAAADHJ8/4vfKEx2yVIch9lSibG5XwqZHnoXcdd75gCLcBGAs/s640/kane%2Bengland.jpg" width="640"></div> <br> <br> England achieved their most emphatic World Cup result as Harry Kane’s hat-trick helped them thrash a poor Panama side 6-1 and reach the last 16.<br> <div id='ad-content'> <div style='margin:20px 0;text-align:center;clear:both;'> <script asyncsrc='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'></script> <ins class='adsbygoogle' data-ad-client='ca-pub-0036607390134104' data-ad-format='fluid' data-ad-layout='in-article' data-ad-slot='6795592422' style='display:block; text-align:center;'></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </div>

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World Cup: FIFA goes tough, fines Poland, investigates Argentina, Croatia

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="320" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2tHnPcPvHjc/Wy-i2amn3-I/AAAAAAADHJw/AVDGuIMTVyoQchuUnmicd1nx4jSl681YgCLcBGAs/s400/russia%2B2018%2Bworld%2Bcup.jpg" width="400"></div> <br> The FIFA Disciplinary Committee on Sunday in Moscow said it has sanctioned the Polish Football Association with a fine of 10,000 Swiss Francs and a warning.<br> <div id='ad-content'> <div style='margin:20px 0;text-align:center;clear:both;'> <script asyncsrc='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'></script> <ins class='adsbygoogle' data-ad-client='ca-pub-0036607390134104' data-ad-format='fluid' data-ad-layout='in-article' data-ad-slot='6795592422' style='display:block; text-align:center;'></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </div>

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US cuts Nigerian crude oil imports by 62%

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="620" height="231" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1cMkCWGXXVQ/Wy-h_O-_QsI/AAAAAAADHJo/Pa4sQ99GU_MnYhatCuC54g08eT0KXIGOwCLcBGAs/s400/crude-oil.jpg" width="400"></div> <br> The United States cut its crude oil imports from Nigeria by 62.08 per cent to 3.92 million barrels in March, the lowest monthly level since February 2016.<br> <div id='ad-content'> <div style='margin:20px 0;text-align:center;clear:both;'> <script asyncsrc='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'></script> <ins class='adsbygoogle' data-ad-client='ca-pub-0036607390134104' data-ad-format='fluid' data-ad-layout='in-article' data-ad-slot='6795592422' style='display:block; text-align:center;'></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </div>

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FG kick-start repatriation of stolen funds

<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="750" height="225" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O1xz5yPzd7U/Wy-dLPCfGVI/AAAAAAADHJc/IExmaVZu1N4MWhsDsykaXyx8TNRvMS6VQCLcBGAs/s400/dollars%2Bd.jpeg" width="400"></div> <br> Nigeria is set to partner foreign consultants, comprising legal practitioners and other experts in Switzerland on a voluntary offshore asset repatriation scheme.<br> <div id='ad-content'> <div style='margin:20px 0;text-align:center;clear:both;'> <script asyncsrc='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'></script> <ins class='adsbygoogle' data-ad-client='ca-pub-0036607390134104' data-ad-format='fluid' data-ad-layout='in-article' data-ad-slot='6795592422' style='display:block; text-align:center;'></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </div>

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