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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 Ireland. However, Ronaldo has