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Former Watford star Odion Ighalo has been selected in the Chinese Super League Team of the Week for game week four by Whoscored.com. The Nigeria international netted his first ever brace for Shanghai Shenhua as they registered a 5-1 rout of Sone Aluko’s Beijing Renhe at the Hongkou Stadium (Shanghai) on Sunday.In a 4-4-2 formation, Ighalo was partnered in attack by Shanghai Shenhua teammate Giovanni Moreno, who opened the scoring in the comprehensive win against Beijing Renhe.With a rating of 9.84, the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers top scorer was there best rated player in the Team of the Week and was named Player of the Week as a result. Ighalo had a game-high six shots against Beijing Renhe, of which three were on target; made two key passes and had a passing accuracy of 77.8. The 29-year-old completed four take-ons, a joint game-high, the same number as compatriot Sone Aluko and Fredy Guarín.

Today, President Buhari met with six different groups of investors at the sidelines of the Annual Investment Meeting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He had a message for them all: Come to Nigeria and prosper. Come and have handsome returns on your investments, within the shortest possible time. Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum is a member of the Dubai ruling family. He is also a private investor and member of several boards of companies, both state-owned and private. He is interested in establishing a power plant in Lagos, and studies have already been completed. Lulu Group operates a chain of supermarkets in the Middle East and Asia. Mr Yusuff Alli, Chairman of the group, told President Buhari that the outfit, with headquarters in Abu Dhabi, has over 164 supermarkets and shopping malls. It employs over 50,000 people. The interest is to work with Nigerian farmers, using local produce to ensure food security. Quality, affordability and hygiene are the watchwords of the company. Also in bilate...

CR7 is one of the best players in the history of football. He started playing football for sporting CP, later on he went Manchester United where he won many trophies, he then move to Real Madrid and won many trophies too. He is currently in Juventus and he is doing great.  The President of sporting CP Frederico Varandas is reported to have held talks with members of the board who are said to have agreed concerning the plan which will see the club attract huge sponsors due to the global brand which CR7 is. Ronaldo moved from Sporting CP to Manchester United where he emerged world best player. He proceeded to Real Madrid and repeated the feat three times before signing with Juventus last summer. 

Barcelona missed out on signing Paul Pogba from Juventus in 2016 due to Manchester United’s £89m bid, club president Josep Maria Bartomeu has revealed.The Spanish giants enquired about the midfielder's availability when he was playing for the Serie A side in Turin, but were undone by a then-world-record transfer fee as Pogba returned to Old Trafford.Pogba is expected to be pivotal to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's plans ahead of the two clubs meeting in the Champions League quarter-final, first-leg tie in Manchester on Wednesday, after he missed the incredible last-16 comeback win against Paris Saint-Germain through suspension."In the summer of 2015, Paul Pogba was playing in Turin and we simply told Juve that, if one day they decide to sell the player, we would be interested," Bartomeu told ESPN FC."When they sold the player, they told us what the offer would have to be and we couldn't afford that amount of money at the time."So he went to United, and he...

JAMB has urged candidates for the 2019 UTME to adhere strictly to the printing guidelines with regards to their examination slips. This is contained in the board’s weekly bulletin tagged ‘JAMBULLETIN’, by the Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, and issued in Lagos on Sunday. According to the bulletin, printing of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) notification slip is on-going, as the board has since made it ready for all candidates who registered for the examination. “The notification is to allow candidates know their examination schedules, which includes time, date and venue of the examination. "Candidates are therefore advised to take the printing order seriously in order for them to have an idea of the location of their centres, well ahead of the examination. "It is also to enable them prepare for all necessary logistics of being at their respective centres on time,” the bulletin stated. Itadded that the e-slips of the candidates h...

Several states, including Zamfara and Kaduna, have come under repeated attacks by suspected hoodlums.The attacks have left many dead with many properties destroyed. On Saturday, some protesters marched to the presidential villa in Abuja over the persistent killings in Zamfara. In a statement by Garba Shehu, his spokesman, Buhari said his mind is constantly preoccupied with the insecurity challenges in the country. The president described as “ridiculous”, claims that he is indifferent to the incidents. He explained that as human, he understands the pains of the victims of the attacks. “How can I be happy and indifferent to the senseless killings of my fellow citizens by bandits?,” Buhari asked. "I am human and I understand the pains of the victims and their families who have been traumatized and impoverished by constant ransom demands by bandits. "The politicization of tragedy reveals the darkest sides of our primitive politics. Almost every week, I summon my security chie...