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The 25-year-old submitted a transfer request last week and the Catalans made a third offer for the Brazilian, but the Reds will not sanction his exit Liverpool have immediately rebuffed a €125 million offer from Barcelona for Philippe Coutinho, reiterating their “definitive stance” that the player is not on the market this summer. It was the third formal proposal the Catalan club have tabled for the Brazil international, who  submitted a transfer request  that was rejected last week Friday. As with the previous bids of £72m and £90m, the Reds made clear their unwillingness to do business by refusing to consider the approaches as  spelled out in a statement  from Fenway Sports Group. The Merseysiders insist, as per that strong message from the owners, that the 25-year-old will “remain a member of Liverpool Football Club when the summer window closes.”

Liverpool’s Brazilian midfielder Roberto Firmino scores from the penalty spot during the pre-season friendly football match between Athletic Bilbao and Liverpool at Aviva stadium in Dublin, Ireland on August 5, 2017. Liverpool ended their globetrotting pre-season unbeaten after easing to a 3-1 win over Spanish side Athletic Bilbao at Lansdowne Road in Dublin on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp’s side warmed up for next Saturday’s Premier League opener at Watford with an emphatic friendly victory, leaving them unbeaten inside 90 minutes over eight games that included a 3-0 win over German champions Bayern Munich. The Reds went into an early lead through Roberto Firmino, before Inaki Williams levelled before half time. Klopp made 10 changes at the break, and teenage duo Ben Woodburn and Dominic Solanke added two more goals to seal victory. The Premier League side were up against a weakened opposition, with the Spaniards ma...

The Archbishop and President Buhari, according to a statement, are friends, who share deep respect for each other.Welby said he was delighted to see the rapid recovery President Buhari has made from his health challenges…… The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, yesterday paid a personal visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at Abuja House, London where he expressed satisfaction at his recovery level. The Archbishop and President Buhari, according to a statement, are friends, who share deep respect for each other.Welby said he was delighted to see the rapid recovery President Buhari has made from his health challenges, noting that it was a testimony to the healing powers of God, and answer to prayers of millions of people around the world. The statement signed by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, yesterday said the cleric pledged to continue praying for both President ...

  There's a silent war brewing in the music industry. It began last week when PMAN petitioned the Minster of Information, Lai Mohammed accusing him of ' stealing ' an idea they presented to him. (READ HERE ). On Thursday, Copyright Society of Nigeria ( COSON ) chairman, Tony Okoroji  hit out at the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) for petitioning the Information and Culture minister, Lai Mohammed. Okoroji said, ‘I am shocked by the efforts being made by some of my colleagues and friends in the name of PMAN to discredit the historic Creative Industry Summit and to drag the minister’s name into the mud ,’ Ruggedman , a rpper and member of PMAN didn't take Okoroji's comments lightly and immediately took to twitter to call him out saying, 'Mr Tony Okoroji u are an elder in every ramification.Going on social media to rant on an issue u know nothing abt is not elder like'.

The spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr Bisi Kazeem, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. Three persons, a male and two females, died in an auto accident on the Auchi-Okene axis of the Benin-Lokoja road on Saturday morning. The spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr Bisi Kazeem, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Kazeem said that 50 others, including a child, were injured and had been taken to the hospital for treatment. He said a white Mercedez Benz Chisco Paradiso luxurious bus conveying 82 passengers was involved in the lone accident. “The crash occurred at about 4 a.m. at the Sharp Corner Checkpoint on the Okene end of the road. “It was caused by brake failure. A FRSC rescue team arrived at the scene 20 minutes later and took the injured and corpses to the General Hospital in Okene (Kogi),” he said. Kazeem reiterated FRSC’s advice...

  y AFP   |   05 August 2017   |   11:39 am This file photo taken on June 28, 2017 shows Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo walking during the 2017 Confederations Cup semi-final football match between Portugal and Chile at the Kazan Arena in Kazan on June 28, 2017. Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo heads to court on July 30, 2017 accused of evading 14.7 million euros in tax through offshore companies in a country only just emerging from a damaging economic crisis. Cristiano Ronaldo told a Spanish court he “would like to return to England” due to his tax troubles in Spain, Spanish radio station Cadena Ser reported on Saturday. The Real Madrid star was called to testify in court on Monday over accusations he evaded 14.7 million euros ($17.3 million) in tax on his image rights via a complicated web of shell companies based in the British Virgin Islands and Ir...

Nigeria could earn billions in foreign currency from its 47 million tonnes of cassava tubers produced annually, a university don, Prof. Aloy Ezirim has said. Ezirim, a lecturer in the Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Friday. Ezirim said that Nigeria rather than producing cassava for food consumption alone should produce it for both industrial purpose and for consumption. “Diversification of the nation’s economy can take the country to the Promised Land, and this can be achieved by producing cassava for industrialised purposes, which is presently in global demand. “Nigeria is the largest producer of cassava tubers in the world but cassava produced in the country is processed and consumed locally in various forms with little set aside for export. “Today, cassava has over 2,000 uses i...

Bonang Matheba might be friends with Toke Makinwa, but she sure did not take proper tips on how to write a best seller. The popular South African TV girl and Radio personality recently released her first book ‘Bonang from A to B’ and although the sales have reportedly been good, according to her, South African people who paid and have read the book - came for her wig, dragging her on twitter. Why? The grammer in the book has been described as mediocre and style of writing; amateurish. See some excerpts from the book and more tweets below.

Andrew Okoth Calvin Phillip, the suspected killer of his girlfriend was nabbed along the Uganda-Kenya boarder last night trying to escape to Nairobi. Police had launched a manhunt for the suspect after they discovered the body of his girlfriend Fahima Natoolo, an employee of Tropical Bank of Africa, Kampala, Uganda. According to Police sources, Natoolo was murdered on Sunday morning. Okoth had asked her to spend a night with him at his home in Mbalwa Nabwojjo, a Kampala suburb. At the time of arrest, he had injuries on his right arm and left leg. Fahima and Okoth have a child together and had separated, but kept in touch for the sake of the child. See previous report here More photos below...

  Brazilian striker, Neymar has just been unveiled by Paris Saint-Germain following his £198million move from Barcelona. The striker who sealed a five-year contract deal with the French club, will earn a weekly pay of  £500,000 (£26 million a year). At the press conference held this afternoon, Neymar said: ‘The club has a very similar ambition to mine, I want a bigger challenge. My heart made this decision, that is why I am in front of you today to help this team. ‘Being a star did not impact my decision, it is down to me wanting to find a new challenge. I am looking for something new. This is what PSG want, and they deserve it. ‘I leave a lot of very good friends behind, but that’s football. You make friends wherever you go, and that’s the main thing. It was the right time to leave and look for something different. Being the most expensive player is not a burden, I am happy. 'I spoke with Brazilian players here at PSG, and they were happ...

Amy Colle Dieng A popular Senegalese singer is in police detention over “offensive” remarks widely shared online attacking President Macky Sall and the organisation of recent elections, police and local media said Friday. Amy Colle Dieng, a popular “Mbalax” artist, was arrested on Thursday, a police source confirmed to AFP without specifying why. But audio of her lashing out at the president has been creating a social media storm in recent days. Dieng is also heard declaring her support for ex-president Abdoulaye Wade, who stood as an opposition candidate in last Sunday’s legislative elections, and she criticises administrative errors that marred the vote. Prosecutors instructed police to arrest the artist after becoming aware of the recording, Le Soleil newspaper reported, describing her diatribe as “disrespectful” and “offensive”. Dieng’s case comes after four people were charged in June with “offending...

A massive fire has broken out at Dubai's 1,105ft tall Torch Tower. According to reports, the fire is said to have started at around 1am local time, before shooting up one side of the 86-storey building. Video captured from the scene and circulating on social media shows the flames illuminating the night's sky with debris falling down onto the streets below. Dubai authorities however say the building has been evacuated, no casualty recorded yet. The same skyscraper was devastated by fire in 2015 and the building's flammable cladding, which was similar to that used in Grenfell Tower, was blamed for fuelling the flames. The Torch Tower is the fifth tallest residential building in the world and stands at more than 330 metres (1,105 ft).

Allen was arrested for partially strangling his ex-girlfriend on April 13 last year, and two months later, while facing prosecution over the attack, chased her into a coffee shop as she was trying to get away from him. A winner of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” was jailed for a year Thursday for attacking his girlfriend and throwing a glass vase at another woman, prosecutors said. Joshua Allen, 28, of North Hollywood, pleaded no contest to felony counts of willfully injuring his girlfriend after a prior conviction and assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said in a statement which did not name the victims. The 28-year-old dancer, who lives in North Hollywood, was sentenced to 12 months in a county jail with five years of formal probation. He was ordered to undergo a year of domestic violence counseling and to stay away from the victims for 10 years. Allen was ...

The decomposing, beheaded body of a youth in the Gbamaramatu kingdom in Delta state, Solomon Ikoto, who has been missing for some weeks, was reportedly discovered inside the Warri river in Delta state yesterday August 3rd. According to Gbaramatu Voice, a cousin of the deceased, Peter Ebime, identified the beheaded body as that of 37 year old Solomon Ikoto who went missing since July 13th. Peter said that the outfit that was seen on the body of the deceased was the same outfit his deceased cousin wore when he left their house the night he went missing. He said the deceased and himself lived in the same house. 38-year-old Solomon and 37-year-old Samuel Monday were declared missing on July 13th after they were reportedly abducted while going about their businesses along the Ovwian/Aladja river in Delta State. One of the leaders in Gbaramatu kingdom, Sheriff Mulade, accused the youths in a neighboring community, Aladja, of mastermin...

Blac Chyna who is said to be making more money than her 2nd baby Daddy, Rob Kardashian, stepped out in a white outfit that showed off her unerboob. The mom of two is close to ending her custody battle with Rob K. seemed carefree as she posed for photos.

The Nigeria Police force have arrested gangs of vicious and notorious suspected kidnappers terrorizing Abuja-Kaduna Highway. Not only was large caches of arms and ammunition recovered, but a whole lot of properties forcefully taken from their victims were found.   The kidnappers' dens, hideouts, camps and other black spots in the forest along Abuja-Kaduna Highway were stormed and raided by the Police within the last few days and in the process three (3) victims were rescued unhurt from the gangs without payment of any ransom, and they have been reunited with their families.    Some of the victims have identified most of the suspects as the people that kidnapped them. Also, all the suspects were said to have confessed and admitted to the various criminal roles they played in the commission of the crimes. They will be arraigned in court after investigation is over.