Transfer: Chelsea decide on Willian’s move to Barcelona, Atletico Madrid

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Transfer: Chelsea decide on Willian’s move to Barcelona, Atletico Madrid

 

Chelsea have finally decided not to allow forward Willian to leave Stamford Bridge in this summer transfer window, after rejecting a £35million offer from Barcelona and Atletico Madrid for the winger, Sky Sports reports.

The report claimed that Chelsea are willing to offer Willian a new two-year deal after declining bids from Barca and Atletico.

Willian has drawn interests from both the Spanish La Liga giants in recent months.

The Brazilian joined the Blues from Anzhi Makhachkala in 2013 and has made over 250 appearances for the West London club.

His current contract at Chelsea will expire next year.

The 30-year-old has helped Chelsea win two Premier League titles, the Europa League, FA Cup and EFL Cup during his time at the club.

 

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Why we didn’t use server during 2019 elections – INEC

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Why we didn’t use server during 2019 elections – INEC

 

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that the late release of budget by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government affected the deployment of servers for the 2019 general elections.

INEC’s National Commissioner in Osun State, Solomon Soyebi, however, admitted that the commission once experimented the electronic transmission of results but it was not deployed in the 2019 general elections.

Soyebi, in a statement he issued, explained that the commission only experimented the use of a server in the Anambra, Sokoto and Osun elections.

According to Soyebi: “We piloted the use of transmission of election results electronically in Sokoto, in Anambra, even in Osun. What happened was that we were trying to pilot to see the desirability of such technology in our electoral process.

“Once in a while, you will see an experiment going on but we have to pilot it before we will deploy wholesale for election. We did not use it because of circumstances beyond the control of the Commission.

“First, our budget came out very late. There was also (an) issue (with) the Electoral Act. For these and some other reasons, the commission did not adopt that option; 2019 elections were conducted according to the law.

“We used the Constitution of the Federal Republic, we used the Electoral Act and our guidelines for 2019 elections. If you look at the three instruments carefully, the issue of the server was not highlighted.”

 

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Kano zoo speaks on ‘Gorilla swallowing’ N7m

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Kano zoo speaks on ‘Gorilla swallowing’ N7m

 

The Kano State Zoological garden has reacted to report that a huge Gorilla swallowed the sum of seven millions raised during the last Sallah celebrations in the state.

BBC Pidgin had last week reported that a finance officer claimed that “a huge Gorilla” sneaked into their office to “swallow” the money. 

However, the Managing Director of the zoo, Mallam Umar Yusif Umar dismissed the report, stressing that the money was stolen by burglars and not Gorilla.

Speaking with Guardian, Umar said: “I was called midnight on Sunday 9th, June, by the head of security that armed robbers burgled our office, including the revenue office.

“About 6.30am, I left my home for the office and immediately I arrived I met my office and that of all the directors opened.

“Instantly I called the DPO, Sharada police station and reported the case to him. As far as I’m concerned, I suspect theft and nothing close to Gorilla.”

 

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AFCON 2019: Aghahowa sends strong message to Rohr over team selection

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AFCON 2019: Aghahowa sends strong message to Rohr over team selection

 

Former Nigeria striker, Julius Aghahowa, has advised head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, to maintain a consistent selection, as the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off this weekend.

Aghahowa also urged the team to get their acts together in Egypt.

“As we head into this tournament, a lineup filled with a consistent selection from the coach will be an integral decision to posing a huge threat of winning the title.

“I know frequent changes would be made but fielding players who are familiar with playing each other would be key and will also give us the edge over any team in the African Cup of Nations,” Aghahowa told AOIfootball.

The former Wigan Athletic striker also gave a few thoughts on the Gernot Rohr’s final squad selection.

“I am happy with the final 23-man list made by the coach. He knows why he dropped others, and we must respect that.

“They were all good players but of course, some had to be dropped because you can’t go with everyone,” he concluded.

 

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2019 Women’s World Cup: All the 12 teams that have qualified for Round of 16

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2019 Women’s World Cup: All the 12 teams that have qualified for Round of 16

 

As at Tuesday morning, 12 out of the 16 spots in the knockout stage of the 2019 Women’s World Cup, have been taken.

With the group games ending on Thursday, June 20, there are four more slots left.

Here’s a rundown of Monday’s action:

Germany 4 South Africa 0

Spain 0 China 0

Norway 2 South Korea 1

France 1 Nigeria 0

The teams that are now through to the round of 16 officially are:

France
Norway
Germany
Spain
China
Italy
England
Japan
Netherlands
Canada
USA
Sweden

 

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