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Pep Guardiola has stated he will maim any one of his players that ever got complacent, after their fiery start to the season. City continued their good run with a 2-0 win over Leicester, as Jesus and De Bruyne got on the score sheet. Manchester City have now won 11 out of 12 EPL matches and have scored 40 goals, conceding just seven and lead the pack with eight points. The Spaniard said there was no chance of his team becoming complacent despite their stunning form. “That is not going to happen because I am their manager,” Guardiola said. “The team, that is not going to happen. I’ll kill them. Complacency doesn’t happen in my teams. “They can play bad, teams are going to beat us, that happens. “But if you see the team, they have the desire to have the ball and play. We are not a team that speculates about absolutely anything. That’s not going to happen.”

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has claimed success in checking Internet fraudsters in the banking sector through various measures to prevent hacking into customers’ accounts. The deputy governor of the apex bank in charge of operations, Mr. Bayo Adelabu, who spoke at the 2017 retreat of the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum (NeFF) held in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, said the bank would continue to sanitise the financial sector. The event was attended by top officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), U.S Consulate, Lagos, Consumers Protection Council (CPC) and some commercial banks. Chairman, Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum, Dipo Fatokun said with the bank verification number in place, biometrics would soon be used for transactions. “That means if you want to transact with your ATM, you will need to use your biometrics. There is no way you can give your finger to a third party. If that is enabled, it will make our system to be more secure and make all ou

From Left, Akuoma Omeoga, Seun Adigun (Centre), Ngozi Onwumere (Right) For the very first time ever, Nigeria and indeed the African continent will be participating in the Winter Olympics courtesy of three determined Nigerian ladies, who make up the nation’s Bobsled team. The Nigeria Women’s Bobsled team qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games which will take place at PyeongChang. Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere, and Akuoma Omeoga, who make up the team wrote their names in the sands of time by becoming the first African team to qualify for the bobsled category, after completing the required five races. Their first qualifying race was in the North America Cup in Park City, Utah where Seun and her brakeman Akuoma completed two races in January. They went on to Whistler, Canada for their second track where Adigun and brakeman, Onwumere were the only team to complete the first race. Their hard work paid off in Calgary when they completed their fourth and fifth races for a place

The United Arab Emirate has opened new visa centers in Abuja to fastract good services for Nigerians who wishes to travel to united Arab Emirate. The Assistant Undersecretary for Consular Affairs,Amb. Ahmed Alham Al Dhaheri said during the ceremony that the opening of the visa centre in Abuja will contribute to the development of bilateral relations between the UAE and the Republic of Nigeria. According to him, the new visa centers has already accredited three medical examination centres to ascertain the medical conditions of intended travellers. He however said that the new procedures to be performed by the visa issuing centre will be in line with the leading global visa issuing practices, aiming at improving the quality of customer service. Adding that the Nigerians wishing to work. study, tourism visits and businesses in the UAE will provide the required documents and medical examination from the accredited medical centre in Nigrria. It is expected that this will keep up with

Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) in South West Region has called on the federal government to enact laws that regulate the activities of developers in the industry. They said that the industry needs financing from the government just as every other sector to boost the economy. Executive members of REDAN made this call during a courtesy visit, to the managing Director of Nedcomaks properties Dr. Kennedy Okonkwo recently. Acknowledging their presence, Dr. Okonkwo said that it is quite saddening that the government sees developers as wealthy people, hence little attention is paid to the sector. “Real estate needs to start getting financing from the government like some other industries too. This collaborative effort will go a long way to ease the burden of sole developing. We should also engage more stakeholders and get them involved in policy making. “REDAN is managed by qualified and capable people, yet we need to bring more people on board as big things can

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has declared that he would not work against Otunba Gbenga Daniel’s bid for the chairmanship of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, referring to him as one of the best in the party. Governor Fayose made this assertion in Ekiti on Saturday while receiving Otunba Daniel’s campaign team in continuation of the team’s nationwide tour ahead of the PDP National Convention coming up on the 9th of December, 2017. “You are one of our best in the PDP and having shown desire to lead the party, we would commit it into the hands of God because with him, all things are possible. It also involves the decision of all the stakeholders and I want to assure you that I won’t work against you because it will not be in the best interest”, he said. Continuing, he stressed that Otunba Daniel’s age and political experience are much needed in today’s politics to be able to face the rigours of administering and coordinating the affairs of a party as big as the PDP. H

Son Heung-min has been filmed being racially abused by a West Ham United supporter while signing autographs for fans. In a clip posted on social media site Twitter, the South Korea international is asked by a man if he “does DVDs” – a reference that carries racial undertones. Son Heung-Min attempts to laugh off the comment before driving away, but the actions of the person in question – who identifies himself as a Hammers fan – has been condemned by both rival clubs. A Tottenham statement read: “Racist behaviour is completely unacceptable and we hope that the individual is identified to the authorities and the necessary action taken.” West Ham also hit out, with a spokesperson saying: “West Ham United have a zero-tolerance approach to any form of discrimination and unreservedly condemn the actions of the individual in this video. “Anyone behaving in this manner is not representative of our club and its values, and anybody who witnesses discrimination or abuse such as this

Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata has embraced the thought of a strike partnership between Romelu Lukaku and Zlatan Ibrahimovic and said that the duo would provide "guaranteed goals". Ibrahimovic returned to action against Newcastle United on Saturday following knee ligament damage that kept him out since April, while Romelu Lukaku scored his first Premier League goal since the end of September. Spaniard Mata has been key for Jose Mourinho's men this season and would be keen to see the two strikers combine. "Can you imagine Zlatan and Lukaku in the team, both scoring goals?," Mata told The Mirror. "It would be a strike force of the highest level and a constant danger against anyone. "There would be guaranteed goals for United in attack. I think other teams will be worried. Having Ibra back is a very big moment. "If he comes back with his usual style then United have a sensational reinforcement for the second half of the season.

Former Tennis World Number 1, Serena Williams and her husband, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian were seen with their two-month-old daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, on Saturday entering a private jet to fly out of New Orleans for their honeymoon. Alexis had his hands full with their two-month-old daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian, a backpack and wife Serena’s purse. See Photos below….

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has released the apex bank’s economic forecast for 2018, even as he announced that the country’s external reserves would hit $40bn next year from $34.3bn as of November 3, 2017. Mr Emefiele made this known on Friday in the apex bank’s economic forecast for 2018, while also announcing that inflation rate might drop from the current 15.98 per cent to a single digit. The Punch reports that he hinged his forecasts on the foreign exchange and exchange rate management policies of the apex bank in recent months, which has led to a drop of 65 per cent in the monthly food import bill of the country from an average of $5.5bn to $1.9bn as of June 2017. The CBN governor released the forecasts at the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria Annual Bankers Dinner in Lagos in a speech tagged ‘Policy Options for Sustaining Nigeria’s Economic Upturn.’ According to the CBN governor, the economy has recorded some remarkab

German regulators have banned certain types of smartwatches marketed to children, saying the devices have been used to listen in on school classrooms and run afoul of Germany’s surveillance restrictions. The Bundesnetzagentur, or Federal Network Agency, said in a statement issued Friday that watches that would allow parents to “listen unnoticed to a child’s environment” constitute an unauthorized transmitting system. The agency said parents have been using watches marketed to children between the ages of 5 and 12 to monitor teachers. It didn’t name specific brands, but advised schools to be on the lookout for such devices. The agency also says that if buyers of the products become known to authorities, they will be told to destroy the watches. The Bundesnetzagentur regulates telecommunications, power and other networks.