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Fikayo Tomori joins AC Milan on loan from Chelsea (photos)

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Serie A side, AC Milan have signed defender Fikayo Tomori on loan from Chelsea FC until the end of the season.   The deal for the 23-year-old English defender includes an option to buy, which would cost the Italian side £26.6m (€30m.)   “AC Milan is delighted to announce the signing of Oluwafikayomi Oluwadamilola Tomori on loan from Chelsea FC until the end of the season,” the Italian club said in an official statement.     “The defender has signed a contract until June 30, 2021, but AC Milan have an option to make the deal permanent,” it added.   The defender will wear the No 23 shirt while playing for Stefano Pioli's side     Born in Canada to Nigerian parents and raised in England, Tomori joined Chelsea’s academy at the age of eight and made his Premier League debut with the London-based club in 2016.   During his time with Chelsea’s senior team, he has been loaned out to Brighton & Hove Albion, Hull City, and Derb...

Man found dead in his car in Lagos State (photos)

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  A yet-to-be-identified man was found dead in his car along the CMD Magodo road in Lagos state on Friday, January 22. A statement from the Director-General of Lagos State Emergency Management Authority LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the agency received an emergency call and when the staff arrived at the scene, they found a lone driver who had apparently "slumped at the wheel." The vital signs of the man was checked and he was confirmed dead.     The @followlasema paramedic team responded to a distress call and upon arrival met a lone driver who had apparently slumped at the wheel. The patient’s vital signs were checked, pulse was absent, pupils were fixed and dilated, patient was dead already.   Victim's relatives who were already present on scene agreed to transport him to the nearest morgue. The agency paramedics and the @PoliceNG  were on the scene. The vehicle has been moved from the thorough...

Trump’s impeachment trial to start Feb 8 - Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer announces

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Former U.S. President, Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial will begin Feb 8 on charges that he incited the “awful” attack on the U.S. Capitol that left a police officer and four others dead earlier this month, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has announced. According to Schumer, who replaced Mitch McConnell as Senate leader this week after the Democratic party gained majority seats following the Georgia Senate runoffs early this month,  the House will formally transmit the article of impeachment against Trump next week Monday. Senators will then be sworn in for the trial on Tuesday before the chamber puts the high-stakes matter on hold until the week of Feb. 8, Schumer said.  In the main time, the Senate will work to confirm President Biden’s various cabinet nominees and pass the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package proposed by the new commander-in-chief, Schumer added. “The Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol incited by Donald J...