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Chelsea legend, Chris Sutton has urged Tottenham Hotspur to appoint former Spain and Barcelona manager, Luis Enrique as Antonio Conte’s replacement. Sutton believes Enrique is the best manager to succeed Conte at Tottenham, adding that the Spaniard ticks the box. According to him, Conte, who recently parted ways with Tottenham, deployed a ‘negative’ brand of football during his time in charge as Spurs manager. “I think what’s really important for Spurs, this was always a criticism… Read the full article here

Like many black Tunisians, 26-year-old Nebras Magnnah has been fearful since waves of racist attacks targeting sub-Saharan African migrants were unleashed after incendiary remarks by President Kais Saied. Ever since Saied last month ordered “urgent measures” against sub-Saharan migrants over a purported “criminal plot” to change the North African country’s demographic make-up, Magnnah said she has been insulted on the street. Magnnah, a… Read the full article here

Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, has become the most capped Nigerian player after his appearance in the second leg of Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Guinea-Bissau. The Nigerian national team defeated the Djurtus of Guinea-Bissau 1-0 at the Estadio 24 de Setembro. However, Musa, who made his Eagles debut in 2010, and was also part of the 2013 Nations Cup-winning side, earned 108 caps – setting a new record for Nigeria. With his feat, he… Read the full article here

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday arraigned a 52-year-old man, Kamarudeen Adeniyi, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged forgery and stealing in the state. The defendant is facing four-count bordering on forgery, stealing, malicious damage, and a breach of public peace. The police prosecutor, ASP Clement Okuoimose, told the court that the defendant committed the offences sometime in 2015, at Ajibade Oil Nigeria Limited, at Morogbo, in the… Read the full article here

The Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at the National Identity Management Commission, Hadiza Dagabana, has called for the amendment of the Public Procurement Act. According to a statement jointly signed by the Communications Manager of the Nigeria Digital Identification Project, Dr Walter Duru and NIMC’s Head of Corporate Communications, Kayode Adegoke, she stated this at a three-day interactive workshop with the theme ‘Procurement and understanding of the… Read the full article here

• Peseiro’s men top AFCON qualifying group Moses Simon’s first half well-taken penalty made the difference between Nigeria and Guinea-Bissau in the second game of their double-header Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers at the Estadio 24 de Setembro on Monday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Super Eagles fought hard to claim the 1-0 win over the Wild Dogs away from home to return to winning ways and end their four-match consecutive defeats. Underfire Portuguese… Read the full article here

Publishers and lecturers have lamented the inability of the National Library to issue the International Standard Serial Number since last year. A lecturer at Anchor University, Lagos, Prof. Olusola Oyero told our correspondent that he couldn’t publish his journal for the past two years due to the unavailability of ISSN. He said, “For almost two years now, the National Library has not been able to issue the International Standard Serial Number to publishers. This… Read the full article here

The Head of Engineering, OnePipe, Victor Irechukwu, has stated that the rise in the rate of fraud has been limiting the acceptance of e-payments. According to him, bad experiences caused by fraud has affected the country’s ability to go cashless. He said, “As much as the country and even individuals would like to go cashless, these bad experiences leave a sour taste in the mouth, and they have continued to rain on the parade as Nigeria marches towards a cashless… Read the full article here

Ding Junhui comprehensively beat an underwhelming Mark Allen 10-5 at the Bonus Arena in Hull to reach the Tour Championship semi-finals.In the first session, top seed Allen had done well to keep the deficit to just two frames, with two-half centuries scored.Ding meanwhile was much more fluent, with a century break of 116 in the third frame, and five more half-centuries, including a 92 with no reply in the seventh.Tour ChampionshipHendry: Allen’s form has deserted him at worst part of the… Read the full article here

Uber Eats is delisting some of the delivery-only restaurants on its app to help weed out low-quality listings, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The company has confirmed to The Verge that it’s introducing a new set of standards for virtual restaurants that should help cut down on listings that sometimes contain the same menu.Virtual restaurants, which are also known as ghost kitchens, don’t have a physical location where you can actually sit down and eat. Instead, they’re… Read the full article here