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UEFA have banned families from visiting England players at St George's Park during the European Championship. Gareth Southgate was hoping to give family members access to the team's Burton base but the England boss has now revealed UEFA is against the decision. He said: 'We're not going to be able to let people in. There's a clear edict from UEFA on what the bubbles need to look like to be as secure as we can make them. 'It's never going to be 100 per cent failsafe but we've got to comply with as much as we can.'  However, the England boss fears that may not even be possible, adding: 'It'd be a preference for us if we can, but that's constantly being assessed.  We've got to monitor not only our own situation but where we are as a country, what are the variants, what the Government guidelines are. 'So we hope to do that and we're working towards that, but it is going to be limited access, which we have to accept is goi...

Two men identified as Mr Ayodele Somorin and Mr Oladimeji Josiah have reportedly been abducted by gunmen from their houses in hilly area close to the Lottery Quarters and few metres away from Living Faith Church at Byazhin in Kubwa. Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred around 11:45pm on Friday May 21. It was learnt that the gunmen broke into the first house and took away Somorin, and then went to the second house where they shot sporadically before kidnapping Mr Josiah. They are now reportedly demanding for N10 million ransom each to free the two neighbors.  The police reportedly visited the scene after the incident was reported at Byazhin Police Station the next day, Saturday, May 22.  Spokesperson of FCT Police Command, Mariam Yusuf confirmed the incident and also said the police has launched an operation to rescue the victims.

Seun Kuti, musician and youngest son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has accused Nigerian politicians of arming bandits with guns. In a trending video posted on social media, Seun stated that if Nigerians want banditry to end, all politicians in the country should write down a' list of people they have given guns to' so that the weapons can be retrieved.   ''Politicians are the ones giving bandits guns in Nigeria. Let's not act like we don't know. If we want to end this banditry, all politicians should write down a list of people they've given guns to so we can go and collect it back. These are political thugs."

Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested nine members of Eye cult group in the Ajegunle area of Ibogun during a supremacy battle between them and members of Alora Confraternity.    A statement released by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, said the suspects identified as Sodiq Olabisi, Oluwatosin Andrew, Oladimeji Oyedele, Wasiu Raheem, Oyedokun Lekan, Yusuf Ajetunmobi, Busari Taoreed, Bolaji Raphael and Salami Toheeb were arrested on Monday, May 24.   According to Oyeyemi,  ''While the clash was going on, distress call was made to the police divisional headquarters in Ibogun, and the DPO, CSP Samuel Oladele quickly led his men to the scene. On sighting policemen,  the cultists, who had already inflicted serious injuries on the chest of one member of Alora group, ran away with their injured colleagues, while police successfully apprehended the nine suspects.'' He added that items recovered from the...

Mali's interim president, Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister, Moctar Ouane resigned on Wednesday May 26, two days after they were arrested by the military.   "The president and his prime minister have resigned. Negotiations are ongoing for their liberation and the formation of a new government," said Baba Cisse, an aide to Vice President Assimi Goita , in comments sent by the military to Reuters.   According to the report, the resignation was presented to Assimi Goïta, the transitional vice president, during an emergency meeting with former Nigerian president Jonathan Goodluck and his delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).   At the meeting, they raised the possibility of sanctions against the officers responsible for the takeover, according to a military official who was present.   Vice president Goïta is now expected to become transitional president after Bah N’Daw’s resignation. The colonel, who also orchestrat...

  Antonio Conte has left Inter Milan by mutual consent just weeks after winning the Serie A title with Simone Inzaghi likely to replace him as head coach.    Conte has agreed a deal with the club's owners which will see him paid €7m (£6m) for the final year of his contract.   The former Chelsea boss guided Inter to their first Serie A title in 11 years but was embroiled in a dispute with the club's owners after they proposed a downsizing of his squad.   Inter chairman Steven Zhang reportedly asked Conte to cut his wage bill by 15 to 20 percent and potentially sell players worth up to £70m this summer.     Zhang arrived at Inter's headquarters to continue discussions with senior staff on Wednesday morning, May 26.   A club statement read: "FC Internazionale Milano announces that it has reached an agreement for the consensual termination of the contract with the coach Antonio Conte.   "The whole club would like to thank An...

Wrestler and actor, John Cena has apologized to China, professing his love for the country after calling Taiwan a "country" during an interview that generated a backlash among fans in China, Hollywood's most important international market. The controversy erupted after Cena who plays the brother of Vin Diesel's Dom Toretto in the ninth edition of the popular "Fast & Furious" franchise gave an interview to Taiwanese broadcaster TVBS promoting the film. "Taiwan is the first country that can watch F9," Cena spoke in Mandarin to TVBS. Taiwan is a self-governed democratic island, but China claims it as its sovereign territory despite the two sides being ruled separately since the end of a civil war over 70 years ago.  China angrily frowns at any suggestion of Taiwan's independence and tries to punish whoever insinuated such by using their huge economic power to control speech on the topic around the world. In 2018, the Chines...