Manchester United vow to deliver £179m superstar transfer to Zinedine Zidane as club step up talks with Champions League winner

Manchester United have begun talks with former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane over becoming their long-term replacement for Jose Mourinho.

Following reports from AS today that Zidane is mulling over an offer from United, with sources close to him suggesting he’d like his next job for next season to be in the Premier League, CaughtOffside understands potential transfers have already been discussed between the club and the Frenchman.

Although there was plenty of tension between Mourinho and United over player recruitment, it’s understood that Ed Woodward and other key figures are more willing to back Zidane in the market.

Mourinho was dismissed from his job this week and CaughtOffside understands this decision has been met with almost unanimous relief among players and staff.

There seems to be the feeling that a different manager would be more worth investing in than the Portuguese, who had been given plenty to spend already but failed to get anything like acceptable levels out of many star names like Alexis Sanchez, Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku.

Interpol Issues Arrest Warrant For Allison-madueke As FG Commences Extradition - Politics -

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja
The International Police have issued an arrest warrant for former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke following a request by the Federal Government to the agency.

An impeccable source stated that the necessary charges had been filed and attached to the extradition request by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation.

By this request, all Interpol member countries were obliged to arrest the former minister anywhere she is seen on their territories.

Madueke had been holed up in London, United Kingdom for over three years.

Attached to the extradition request, our correspondent gathered, was the November 4, 2018 order for her arrest by Justice Valentine Ashi of the FCT High Court.

The court had directed the Inspector-General of Police; the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Director-General of the State Security Service and all heads of other agencies to apprehend the ex-petroleum minister.

The judge further directed that the order which was signed by the court registrar, E. Balami, should be attached to a warrant for execution on Madueke.

President Buhari Commissions The New Airport Terminal In Abuja (Photos) - Politics -

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The crude and senseless manner of the attack leading to Alex Badeh's death must be investigated - EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu

Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has expressed his condolence and shock over the death of former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, which sad event occurred on Tuesday, December 18, 2018.

"On behalf of the entire officers and men of the EFCC, I hereby offer our heartfelt condolences over the sudden and untimely death of the former CDS”, Magu said, in a letter of condolence, dated December 19, 2018 and addressed to the Chief of Defence Staff, General A. G. Olanisakin.

Tragedy As Cattle Rearer Kills Man On Suspicion Of Having Affair With His Wife

A man who suspected that another man was having an affair with his wife, has landed himself in serious trouble after he allegedly committed murder over jealousy. 

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday, remanded a 30-year-old cattle rearer, Kabiru Hassan, accused of allegedly killing a man on suspicion that he was having an affair with his wife, pending legal advice from the Office of the Niger  State Director of Public Prosecutions.

 

The police charged Hassan with culpable homicide.

 

Magistrate Nasiru Muazu, declined to take the plea of Hassan, on the grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.

 

Muazu directed the police to forward a duplicate copy of the case file to the DPP for legal advice.

 

He thereafter adjourned the matter until January 30, 2019 for further mention.

'Special One' Pochettino Will Join Man Utd In 2019 - Redknapp. Best deal ever. Glory Manutd

Jamie Redknapp believes the Red Devils will land what appears their preferred option to succeed Jose Mourinho at the end of the 2018-19 campaign. 

Mauricio Pochettino is “the special one” and will be the man to replace Jose Mourinho at Manchester United, says Jamie Redknapp.

 

The current Tottenham boss is considered to be a leading contender to fill the managerial void at Old Trafford .

 

Various other options are said to be in the frame , but United would seemingly welcome the opportunity to bring in another coach with considerable Premier League experience.

 

No deal will be done any time soon, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer having taken the reins until the end of the season, but the situation will be reassessed before the summer.

 

Redknapp believes that is when Pochettino’s services will be secured, with the former Spurs midfielder telling Sky Sports : "I think Manchester United will get him. I think they will go for it and I think they will get him.

"Of course [Spurs fans should be worried] because he's the special one, he's a great manager that everyone would want at their club.

Senate pays Dariye N85.5m allowances in prison..Uncle Dariye

six months after his conviction by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Senator Joshua Dariye is still receiving the N750, 000 salary and N13.5m monthly running cost from the National Assembly, The PUNCH can report.

Investigations by The PUNCH revealed that Dariye, who represents Plateau-Central Senatorial District, was still receiving the allowances because his seat had yet to be declared vacant by the leadership of the National Assembly.

Dariye, who was governor of Plateau State from 1999 to 2007, was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and convicted by Justice Adebukola Banjoko of an FCT High Court for embezzling N1.162bn.

5,000 Unpaid N-Power Beneficiaries From Kano State Write To Mr. President - Politics -

It is of no doubt Mr. President, your hard work and strategies to reduce unemployment rate in the country is being jeopardised by some few individuals. Surely, you tried all you could to get relief to the poor citizens but it seems either the drivers of this emergency ambulance or the mechanics who repair every damage engine had failed to deliver. Mr. President, I urge you to seriously look into Npower program especially with respect to batch B 2017 beneficiaries.

Most of us have finally given up hope as our endurance, patience, and continuing day and night struggle seems to have no hope and no shoulder to lean on. We applied for Npower program in June 2017, it took us more than six months before the shortlisted names were released. Lucky ones among us get to the NEXT LEVEL which was described by Npower as verification stage.


We got verified and qualified into the program which took us six months again by December 2017. Imagine a graduate celebrating one complete year waiting for just a 2year program of N30,000 monthly earning. As we were jubilating, we had no idea the journey has just started. From December 2017 to August 2018, we waited for eight months again just awaiting deployment.