UEFA Champions League Round 16 draw: The Gunners meet Luis Enrique's side again after being knocked out by the Catalan club at the same stage in 2011, while Juventus meet Bayern and Real Madrid take on Roma

Arsenal’s prize for completing the great escape is a daunting Champions League last-16 clash with Barcelona - the third time they’ve met in six years.

UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino hosted the Champions League last-16 draw on Monday

The Gunners won their final two group games against Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiacos to squeeze out of Group F but will now play Luis Enrique’s Barca for a place in the quarter-finals.

Jose Mourinho could not have wished for a worse possible draw after

Man, wife, two children roasted in Kontagora fire

Kontagora in Niger State was thrown into mourning after a  family of four was consumed by fire in their residence.
Malam Mohammed Sani Abdulrahaman, his wife, Shefinat, and  two children were said to have been trapped in their one bed-room apartment after  power surge in their apartment around 2.30 a.m on the fateful day.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, in a condolence message, described the incident as unfortunate,  

Boxing: Nigeria-born Joshua takes British heavyweight crown

Olympic champion Anthony Joshua defeated former kick-boxer Dillian Whyte to take the British heavyweight title on Saturday with a bruising seventh-round knockout and edge closer to a possible shot at the world crown.

The 26-year-old took his stunning record to 15
knockouts from 15 fights since

Bournemouth 2-1 Manchester United PLAYER RATINGS: Former Red Devil Josh King impresses with Cherries winner

A week after defeating Premier League champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Bournemouth achieved another memorable victory with a hard-fought win over Manchester United.
                 Here, Sportsmail's Oliver Todd gives his ratings from the Vitality Stadium.

BOURNEMOUTH (4-5-1)

Artur Boruc 7.5

Fantastic double-save from Fellaini and then McNair early on set the tone for a break display. Could do nothing to stop the Belgian midfielder’s scrambled equaliser.

Adam Smith 6

Solid presence on the right flank and kept Depay quiet for the most part, although goal came down his side.

Steve Cook 7

After keeping out Chelsea last week, was central to another great defensive display in latest heroic effort at the back

Simon Francis 7

Put under plenty of pressure with Bournemouth struggling for

Conor McGregor beats Jose Aldo in 13 SECONDS at UFC 194 to claim featherweight title

Conor McGregor had waited 12 years for his chance to challenge for a UFC title.

He needed just 13 seconds to win it.

The Irishman landed his left hand - the shot he calls the most feared in combat sports - to leave long-reigning champion Jose Aldo out cold.

He pounced to finish the job but referee John McCarthy got there first and dived in to spare Aldo from further punishment. 

Immediately the MGM Grand in Las Vegas erupted as thousands of Irish fans saluted their hero.

'No power, just precision,' said McGregor. 'No speed, just timing. That's all it takes, especially when you have my left hand. Nothing can take that left hand.' 

The closing of the cage door brought an end

Boy, 15, who fell off his hoverboard and was hit by a bus 'was dragged 200 yards down the street to his death as horrified witnesses tried to alert the driver'

A mechanic said he saw a 15-year-old boy dragged 200 yards down the street after being hit by a bus when he fell off his hoverboard.

Jeffery Mingle, 33, said that he screamed 'there's a bus coming' after seeing Nawaf Al-Tuwayan was fall off the £250 gadget but he was unable to get up before being hit by the London bus.

Mr Mingle then saw him dragged 200 yards down the road while stuck underneath the bus as the driver was totally unaware he had hit the boy on Thursday evening, he claimed.

Mr Mingle said he desperately tried to chase the driver down to tell him what had happened, but by the time he got there, the boy could not be saved.

'I chased the bus, banged on the side and told the driver what had happened. We looked under the bus but it was too late. The boy was dead,' he told The Sun.

Mr Mingle told The Times that it took 15 minutes to raise the bus and then another 20 to get the boy out from under the bus in Glacier Way, north west London.

He also said that Nawaf didn't look confident on the board and was lunging forward and backward before it threw him 'face-first into the road', sending the board flying towards

Nigeria beat Algeria, lift U-23 trophy

Dream Team

Nigeria defeated Algeria 2-1 for the 2015 U23 AFCON crown at the Leopold Sedar Senghor in Dakar.
Both teams have already qualified for next year’s Rio Olympics by virtue of reaching the championship game. They were joined by South Africa, who defeated host, Senegal 3-1 via penalty in the Third Place..









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Buhari- We’ll publish names of looters soon

President   Moham-   madu Buhari said yesterday that his government will soon publish names of those who have returned portions of their loot from public coffers. This was as one of his spokesmen, Garba Shehu,

President Buhari, according to The Cable News, said that the Central Bank of Nigeria will soon publicly name those who looted Nigeria and who have returned part of they wrongly appropriated.

He said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was holding on from publishing the list in order to avoid jeopardising investigations and further recoveries.

He was speaking  at the 15th session of the Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation lecture at the International Conference Centre, in Abuja yesterday. In his lecture, Buhari said during electioneering, the issue that gained “higher currency” in the psyche of the people was that Nigerians needed leadership that could be relied upon to tackle the orgy of corruption in the country.

“We have taken steps towards recovering a reasonable amount of the money that was looted or misappropriated from public coffers. Investigations are

He doesn’t want to have sex

 My boyfriend does not seem interested in having sex with me. We  met eight months ago, dated for three months before he left for work to another state. The last time he came back to visit, he stayed with me for three weeks. We slept in the same bed, but he did not initiate any sex.


The few times I tried to initiate it myself, he told me that he was not in the mood.  We had sex only twice during all this time we have been

She is a Cheat

I was friends with a girl last year and then it turned into a relationship. We only went out for a month but I really liked this girl.  I thought she was the  one – until one day, she told me she had cheated on me with three guys in one weekend.  She said she  just kissed them but I still broke up with her.  Ever since I have quit dating and I have a somewhat of a dislike for women and I really hate her.
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I always think that all women are sluts and I know all aren’t but every one I come in contact with turns out bad.  Everyone tells me I’m too young

Union condemns killing of Nigerian housewife in South Africa

Nigeria Union in South Africa has condemned the killing of a 34 year old housewife, Mrs Christiana Onyeka, by unknown gunmen on Dec. 3.

Onyeka, a mother of four and native of Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra, was killed in her husband`s office in Midrand, near Johannesburg.

Mr Ikechukwu Ayene, the President of the union, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Midrand, South Africa, on Saturday that it had reported the incident to the South African police and Nigerian mission.

“The unjust killing of Nigerians in South Africa is becoming alarming.

“We are worried that after reporting such killings to the police, we do not get the desired results. Most cases of Nigerian victims of murder are either

How I serially duped policemen of thousands of Naira – Boy, 16

A 16-year-old boy, Mohammed Isah,  claims he  duped  policemen of thousands of Naira by raising false alarm.

Nigerian-PoliceIt was gathered that  Isah, of no fixed address, penultimate Tuesday, went to the Office of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State and alleged that police metro patrol teams  4 and 5 took N180,000  from him after he was arrested.  Consequently,  the teams were  invited and interrogated and it was discovered that they had no contact with him.

Further investigation revealed that the suspect  had made similar allegation against some policemen in Anambra and Ondo states.

Lagos State Commissioner of Police,  Fatai Owoseni, said Isah came to the state police command to allege that some policemen in  patrol vehicles  arrested

Kelechi Iheanacho’s fortuitous stoppage-time goal gave Manchester City a 2-1 home win over managerless Swansea City on Saturday that provisionally sent Manuel Pellegrini’s side top in the Premier League.

Kelechi Iheanacho’s fortuitous stoppage-time goal gave Manchester City a 2-1 home win over managerless Swansea City on Saturday that provisionally sent Manuel Pellegrini’s side top in the Premier League.

Swansea, who sacked Garry Monk on Wednesday, looked to have earned a point when Bafetimbi Gomis scored a 90th-minute equaliser, only for Yaya Toure’s shot to hit team-mate Iheanacho and loop in two minutes later.
City move top on goal difference, above previous leaders Leicester City — who host champions Chelsea on Monday — but could be joined on

Euro 2016 draw

Group A

France, Romania, Albania, Switzerland

Group B

England, Russia, Wales, Slovakia

Group C

Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Northern Ireland

Group D

Spain, Czech Republic, Turkey, Croatia

Group E

Arnold Peralta: Former Rangers footballer is gunned down in front of his wife after buying clothes for their newborn daughter: Video shows partner weeping over player's body after he is shot 18 times in Honduras car park

A former Rangers footballer has been gunned down in front of his wife after buying clothes for their newborn daughter, it has been reported.

Arnold Peralta was shot 18 times in a drive-by attack in the car park of a shopping mall in his native Honduras yesterday.

Horrific video shows his devastated wife, Vanessa Oliva, weeping over his body which is covered with a white sheet on the floor next to his car.

Police investigating the shooting in