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Newcastle manager, Eddie Howe has reacted to claims of the Magpies having a clause allowing them to potentially sign Cristiano Ronaldo. Earlier reports had claimed that Ronaldo has a clause in his mega-money contract with the Saudi side, which allows him to move to Newcastle.  When asked about the report during his team's meeting with Premier League leaders Arsenal on Tuesday, January 3, Howe said;   "We wish Cristiano all the best in his new venture but there's no truth in that from our perspective."

  A transgender woman convicted of murder was put to death late Tuesday January 3, in the first such execution in the United States, officials said. Amber McLaughlin, 49, was pronounced dead shortly before 7 p.m. local time at the Diagnostic and Correctional Center in the town of Bonne Terre, Missouri, according to a statement from the State prison department.   Local news station Fox2now reported that McLaughlin died by lethal injection.   McLaughlin was the first transgender person of either sex to be executed in the country, and also the first person to die by capital punishment this year in America. She was convicted of murdering a former girlfriend in 2003 in a suburb of St. Louis, before she transitioned.   McLaughlin stalked the victim to the point where the ex-partner sought a restraining order. On the day of the killing, McLaughlin waited for the woman— named Beverly Guenther as she left work.   Guenther was raped and stabbed to death with ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, recovered approximately N13bn as proceeds from illegal payments made under the subsidy regime between 2017 and 2021.   This was detailed in a report published on the website of the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU).   The report partly reads: "The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the agency responsible for the investigation and prosecution of fraudulent subsidies in the oil and gas in Nigeria recovered N12,998,963,178.29 as proceeds of illegal payment made under the subsidy regime between 2017 and 2021."   A breakdown showed that approximately N4.67bn was recovered in 2017, N4.29bn in 2018, N2.41bn in 2019, N416.51m in 2020 and N1.22bn in 2021.   The report added: "Opportunities for fraudulent activities exist in the oil and gas sector from extraction to sales of refined products to consumers. The absence of reliable equipment to measure the volume of crude oil being ext...

A mother and her three children have been declared missing in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State.   The woman identified as Chinyere, from Umuokpara Amagu Nachi, and her kids were last seen at about 6:00 am on Monday, January 2, 2023.   According to reports, family and friends have been going round the whole village in search of them with no success.    Anyone with a useful information on their whereabouts should please call these phone numbers: 08039297726 or 07060708482.   

The Cesar Awards, France's version of the Oscars, has barred anyone being investigated for sexual misconduct from its glitzy Paris ceremony. The decision by the organisers comes after protests broke out at the event on February 25 over the latest #MeToo furore involving newcomer Sofiane Bennacer, who is being investigated by police on two allegations of rape and one of violence against a partner. Bennacer, 25, who denies any wrongdoing, had been seen as an awards frontrunner for his part in 'Les Amandiers' (titled 'Forever Young' abroad) about a sexually promiscuous group of drama students in the 1980s. It also follows protests at the 2020 ceremony when Roman Polanski, convicted of raping a child in the 1970s, won best director - which triggered a major reorganisation of the Cesar Academy.     In a statement, the Academy said anyone facing a potential prison sentence for 'violence, notably of (a) sexual or sexist nature' would be excluded from...

738 Peruvian children have reportedly been named after Brazilian football legend, Pele following his death.  According to the list published by the Peruvian National Civil Registry at the end of 2022, a total of 738 babies were registered as Pelé, Rey Pelé, Edson Arantes or Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the real name of the triple world cup champion. On Monday January 2, thousands of football fans and dignitaries gathered at the stadium of Brazilian club Santos, where he played from 1956 to 1974, to bid a final farewell to the Brazilian player who died on December 29 at the age of 82. Among Peruvian girls, 551 were baptized as either Queen Elizabeth, Elizabeth the Second or Elizabeth II, after the British monarch who died in September after 70 years on the throne.  Despite Pele’s passing, the most popular famous name used by Peruvian parents was that of Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, with Ronaldo or his full name chosen 31,583 times.

Footballer, Lionel Messi is reportedly set to sign a one-year contract extension with Paris Saint-Germain this week. The Argentine's current deal expires at the end of the season and there had been speculation linking him with a return to former club Barcelona, while there was some suggestions that David Beckham's Inter Miami could sign him.   But Messi gave PSG an assurance that he would sign a new deal with them last month.   Spanish publication, Marca now says the 35-year-old will put pen to paper on a new one-year deal "until June 30 2024 as early as this week."   Messi had scored 12 times in 19 games for the French champions before the World Cup break Messi joined PSG in an emotional move from Barcelona in 2021. In his first season he scored 11 times in 34 games and although the French side regained their Ligue 1 championship, it took time for Messi to settle at the club.  But this season, the World Cup winner already surpassed his performances a...