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Every Italian paper out this morning is focused on the big week-end in Serie A. Juventus lost at home against Lazio on Saturday, Napoli beat Roma away and Inter managed a late 3-2 win against AC Milan. Napoli are now the Serie A table leaders with a two-point lead over Inter with the two clubs that will face each other this coming Saturday. Italian papers, however, are also focused on the incoming Champions League clashes with Roma and Napoli that will face Chelsea and Man City respectively. As for Chelsea-Roma, the giallorossi fear Alvaro Morata will manage to make return to action in time for tomorrow’s Champions League clash. According to ort, the Spaniard will be eligible to play against the Italian tomorrow whilst Gab Marcotti on Il Co La Gazzetta dello Sport, writes that Morata is still a doubt although Conte hopes to recover for tomorrow’s showdown.  Meantime in Spain, Marca reports the interest of Real Madrid for Harry Kane. The England striker is one o...

Liverpool vs Manchester United LIVE: Latest scores, news, updates and highlights from Anfield Liverpool vs Manchester United LIVE: Express Sport brings you the latest scores, news, updates and analysis from Anfield.   HT: No great surprise that its goal-less at the interval although Liverpool have been the more dangerous team.  United though fashioned their best move of the half seconds before the break with Mkhitaryan, Lukaku and Martial exchanging passes before Lukaku's shot was parried by Mignolet - his first save - with Moreno clearing before Young could pounce on the rebound. Needs to be a bit more of that from United and Rashford - despite a knock on international duty - is likely to be introduced before the end. Brendon: Joel Matip probably in the dressing room still shaking his head at that David De Gea save. Perfect example of a save that's as good as a goal. Ben: Manchester United are actually so poor without Marouane Fellaini, joke about him all yo...

Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman in Abuja yesterday said the terrorists on sighting the troops, withdrew their attacks as the troops overpowered them with a heavy fire . Troops of 202 Battalion, 21 Brigade of the Nigerian Army on Operation Lafiya Dole said it has killed 3 Boko Haram terrorists and rescued a child in an enclave at Abaram, Churuchuru and Aulajiri villages in Bama Local Government Area of Borno state. A statement signed by Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman in Abuja yesterday said the terrorists on sighting the troops, withdrew their attacks as the troops overpowered them with a heavy fire. “The Troops of 202 Battalion, 21 Brigade Nigerian Army, on Operations LAFIYA DOLE, in furtherance of clearance and blockade Operation DEEP PUNCH 2, on Thursday 12th October 2017, cleared Boko Haram terrorists’ enclaves in Abaram, Churuchuru and Aulajiri villages in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. “The terrorists...

Mozogo - Nearly 60 men who said they were captured by the Boko Haram Islamist group and forced to fight for them in Nigeria have surrendered to authorities in northern Cameroon. After spending two years with Boko Haram, the men decided to flee with their families and hand themselves in, according to several men who had surrendered and spoke to journalists at a ceremony in the town of Mozogo on Friday. A total of nearly 400 people originally from Cameroon - 58 men, 86 women and 244 children - said they had been taken hostage by Boko Haram fighters during attacks on their villages and taken to Nigeria, where they were forced to join the jihadist group. The men told reporters they had fought for Boko Haram and were laying down their arms of their own will. They surrendered at the border with Nigeria to a village vigilante group formed to combat the jihadists. The vigilantes then handed them over to the authorities. Ousmane Kouila, head of the group, said they h...

A wild elephant has killed four Rohingyas, including children, at a refugee camp in Bangladesh, in a second incident in a month.  Hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas have fled violence in Myanmar's Rakhine since a military crackdown began on Aug 25. The incident was reported Saturday morning from the makeshift Rohingya camp on the Balukhali hills in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya, said local police. The victims include a woman, estimated to be in her 30s, and three minors, Ukhiya police's Inspector Md Kay Kislu told bdnews24.com. He said a wild elephant from the forest near the refugee camp barged in around 12:45pm, leaving the Rohingyas fleeing in panic. "Two persons died on the spot leaving several others injured, who were taken to the medical camp run by MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières). Two others succumbed to their injuries around 1:30pm," said Inspector Kislu. A similar incident left two refugees killed about a month ago. International agencies say...

Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has spoken on his reported ambition for the 2019 general election. The Vice President is currently in London where he delivered a keynote address at the FT Africa Summit, themed ‘What Makes Africa Work’.   Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has spoken on his reported ambition for the 2019 general election. The Vice President is currently in London where he delivered a keynote address at the FT Africa Summit, themed ‘What Makes Africa Work’. According to Reuters, Osinbajo responded to a question if he considered running for the presidency scheduled for February 2019. Osinbajo said he had not thought about it. “None of that is on the cards”, he said. Osinbajo further explained that militants in the oil producing Niger Delta region no longer pose a significant threat to oil production anymore.   Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has spoken on his reported ambition for the 2019 general election. The Vic...

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru, has finally responded to allegations of corruption and violation of contract laws raised by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibeh Kachikwu. In a memo to President Muhammadu Buhari, leaked last week to the media, Mr. Kachikwu detailed several alleged misdeeds of Mr. Baru, including the unilateral award of hefty oil and gas contracts totaling about N9 trillion. He also accused Mr. Baru of insubordination. Mr. Kachikwu met with President Buhari on Friday, but despite the weight of the allegations, no government official reacted publicly until now. Read Mr. Baru’s statement released on Monday: PRESS RELEASE RE: ALLEGATIONS OF LACK OF ADHERENCE TO DUE PROCESS IN NNPC CONTRACT AWARDS Following the publication of alleged lack of adherence to due process in the award of NNPC contracts, the President ordered the Group Managing Director (GMD) and Management of the Nigerian Nati...

 A young boy is flogged in a public square. Onlookers shout “God is great.” Boko Haram militants shoot civilians in the heart and head, ignoring pleas of innocence and prayers. The report below contains graphic images from secret Boko Haram videos obtained by VOA. The harsh violence may offend some viewers. It shows the reality and cruelty of life under Boko Haram’s rule. In the northern Nigerian village of Kumshe, the terror group Boko Haram administered a violent and distorted version of Islamic law. Transgressions like wearing western-style clothing or getting a secular education carried extreme punishments. Purported drug dealers – such as the offenders shown in these videos – were sentenced to beatings and death. Raw, unedited video of Boko Haram operating inside its territory in Nigeria is rare. The group is known for secrecy and carefully hides the identities of members and their whereabouts. But VOA News obtained 18 hours of uncut videos in which the grou...