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Over 1 billion dollars going ghost in a country where people are dying because they can't afford basic healthcare. Too sad to be angry.In a country where mineral recources are full in abundant but then corruption is the order of the day. A total of over 1 billion dollar stacked up in a safe at Ikoyi. According to the EFCC about $38m, N23m and £27,000 cash was uncovered in an apartment in Ikoyi during a sting operation by its operatives from the Lagos Zone

Leicester City kept Atletico Madrid within reach as they restricted the dominant Spaniards to a single goal in their Champions League quarter-final first leg. Koke had already hit the visitors' post in the first half when the referee judged Marc Albrighton's foul on Antoine Griezmann had been inside the penalty area. Replays showed contact was made outside the box but Griezmann duly stepped up to send Kasper Schmeichel the wrong way. Fernando Torres slipped as the goal beckoned in the second half but, that chance apart, Atletico struggled to carve out clear-cut openings against a stubborn Leicester defence. Robert Huth - who will be banned for the second leg after being booked - saw a shot blocked and Shinji Okazaki narrowly failed to make contact with a low cross in the best of Leicester's rare raids forward. "Do A Sevilla" Despite giving up 68% of possession and failing to register a shot on target, Leicester will take heart from their previous encoun...

Teenager Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Monaco edged the first leg of the rescheduled Champions League quarter-final tie at Borussia Dortmund. In a match delayed by 24 hours after a bomb attack on the hosts' bus, Mbappe diverted in Thomas Lemar's cross before Sven Bender's own goal made it 2-0. Ousmane Dembele slotted in from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's flick to pull one back for Dortmund, but Mbappe curled home to restore the two-goal cushion before Shinji Kagawa added a late second for the hosts. Kagawa showed great skill to dribble past Jemerson and slot in, and there was almost even more late drama when Aubameyang headed over from yards out. But Monaco survived and will take a slender advantage into a highly anticipated second leg at Stade Louis II on 19 April. Monaco's free-wheeling attack has scored 88 goals in 31 Ligue 1 games this season, and Dortmund were the latest to be disorientated by their movement and slick passing. Mbappe gave early notice of ...