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NEWSGov El-Rufai confirms five new cases of COVID-19 in Kaduna

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has confirmed that the State recorded five new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.

This was confirmed by the Governor on his Twitter page.

He also disclosed that the State has so far tested 142 persons.

DAILY POST had reported that NCDC on Sunday confirmed 91 new cases in Nigeria, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 1,273.

“Five new cases of Coronavirus as at April 26, 2020.

“142 tested, 15 confirmed cases, 6 discharged, 9 active cases, 0 deaths.

“Stay home and stop the spread.”

The rapper popularly known as Lil Wayne reveals he is 53% Nigerian

Dwayne Michael Carter professionally known as Lil Wayne has revealed in a new video going viral that a DNA test carried out by a reputation website has revealed his identity as 53% Nigerian.

He disclosed that he discovered his real identity after a genealogy search was conducted on him recently.

The renown rapper expressed his shock as he jokingly said in the video below " I'm fifty three percent a Nigerian,me and my mom needs to come.

He further share his desire to visit his Homeland soon in order to have a feel of how Nigeria looks like.

Remember numerous American artists are beginning to sing praises of how good Nigeria as a place is contrary to what the international community think after their visits to the country.

South African celebrities you follow feel comfortable about xenophobic attacks, Hushpuppi tells Nigerians as Tuface disagrees

Dubai big boy, Hushpuppi has lend his voice to the ongoing Xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Nigerians in South Africa have been continuously attacked, burnt and their businesses destroyed. Hushpuppi who felt a need to speak up told Nigerians that South Africans don't love us including South African celebrities Nigerians follow online. Hush asked, as any of South African celebrity you follow spoken about the attacks?

He then called out Nigerian celebrities too for keeping quiet, while their brothers and sisters are being killed in South Africa.

Famous singer, Tuface then replied him saying he feels otherwise. What Hush said and Tuface's response all below...

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NEWSXenophobia: MTN, DSTV offices shutdown in Ogun, staff laid off

Telecommunication giant, MTN, on Wednesday withdrew the services of its staff in Abeokuta after information reached the management that MTN offices in nearby Lagos were being set on fire by angry Nigerians who were protesting the killing of Nigerians in South Africa.

The affected staff are MTN agents working on part-time basis in its outlets across the Ogun State capital.

One of the agents, who spoke with DAILY POST, said their contract with the telecommunication company has not ended, adding that they have not been paid their wages.

“Our contract with them has not ended. We started in August. They have not even paid us. They said they will get back to us. They told us to close down when they got information that MTN offices in Lagos were being burnt. They said we should not worry that our money is safe,” he spoke anonymously.

Our correspondent, who went round Abeokuta reports that all businesses owned by South Africans like MTN, DSTV, GOTV, Stanbic Bank have been shut down for fear of attacks from Nigerian students.

EPL: Chelsea star banned for 20 months

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Maurizio Sarri has admitted midfielder Danny Drinkwater is not best suited to his new style of football at Chelsea and may have to leave the club.
Drinkwater hasn’t played a single minute of Premier League football this season, and he only managed 520 in his debut Chelsea campaign last year under
Antonio Conte .
Now, Sarri has addressed the issue and stated the Englishman doesn’t suit his preferred formation at the Blues.
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‘Danny is in the list for the Premier League but not for Europe,’ Sarri said. ‘He’s a very good midfielder but he’s suitable for a midfield with two central midfielders.
‘In a three he’s not suitable to play centre-right or centre-left, so his problem is my football.’
Drinkwater signed for Chelsea from Leicester City back in September 2017 for £35 million and has struggled to make an impact under two different managers.
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When asked about 28-year-old’s future at Chelsea, Sarri said: ‘I don’t know. It depends on the club, it’s up to him.’
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A Stockport Magistrates’ Court in England, on Monday, banned Chelsea star, Danny Drinkwater, from driving for 20 months, Mirror UK reports.

The Judge, Mark Hadfield also ordered that Drinkwater should be given 70 hours community service after the midfielder pleaded guilty to drink driving.

DAILY POST recalls that the 29-year-old was arrested by 12.30am on April 8 after the Range Rover vehicle he was driving hit a Skoda

Confirming the incident to reporters, Cheshire Police said: “A 29-year-old man from Nether Alderley was arrested on suspicion of drink driving. He is currently in custody assisting officers with their inquiries.”

Drinkwater crashed his Range Rover into a Skoda car at approximately 12.30am, hours before Chelsea’s Premier League 2-0 victory over West Ham United at Stamford Bridge.

The player and solicitor, Beth Mantel had attended a charity event in an upmarket bar called Victors in Hale, Greater Manchester, approximately six miles away from his house.

The crash left debris scattered across the country road while a fence was also flattened.

Drinkwater joined Chelsea in a £35million deal last summer from Leicester City.

The England star has fallen out of favour at Chelsea since manager, Maurizio Sarri, took over from fellow Italian, Antonio Conte.

BREAKING! Van Dijk named UEFA player of the year

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The UEFA Champions league draw for the 2019/20 season has been concluded as European giants get to know their opponents for the most prestigious football competition in the world. The draw was held in Monaco at the Grimaldi Forum on Thursday.

Cristiano Ronaldo will make a return to the city of Madrid as Juventus are drawn with Atletico after both teams faced each other in the second round last season with the Portuguese star scoring a hat-trick in the second leg after losing the first leg 2-0 at Wanda Metropolitano.

Awards were also dished out at the event with Alisson Becker winning the Best goalkeeper, Virgil Van Dijk was given the Best defender award, the best midfielder was given to Frenkie de Jong, while the best forward was given to who else but Lionel Messi.

Virgil Van Dijk also won the UEFA player of the year award.

The defending champions Liverpool are in Group E and will face Napoli, Salzburg and Genk.

The tagged ‘group of death’ for this year is group F having Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Slavia Prague

GROUP A: Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Galatasaray

GROUP B: Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, Olympiakos, Crvena zvezda

GROUP C: Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb, Atalanta

GROUP D: Juventus, Atlético Madrid, Bayern Leverkusen, Locomotiv Moscow

GROUP E: Liverpool, Napoli, Salzburg, Genk

GROUP F: Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Slavia Prague

GROUP G: Zenit Saint-Petersburg, Benfica, Olympique Lyonnais, RB Leipzig

GROUP H: Chelsea, AFC Ajax, Valencia, Lille OSC

Season calendar

17/18 September: group stage, matchday one
1/2 October: group stage, matchday two
22/23 October: group stage, matchday three
5/6 November: group stage, matchday four
26/27 November: group stage, matchday five
10/11 December: group stage, matchday six

16 December: round of 16 draw

18/19/25/26 February: round of 16, first leg
10/11/17/18 March: round of 16, second leg

20 March: quarter-final & semi-final draw

7/8 April: quarter-finals, first leg
14/15 April: quarter-finals, second leg
28/29 April: semi-finals, first leg
5/6 May: semi-finals, second leg

Saturday 30 May: final – Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadı, Istanbul

World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2019: Virat Kohli Sole Indian in Forbes List

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Indian skipper Virat Kohli has become the sole Indian athlete to be in the Forbes 2019 list of world's highest-paid athletes. Incidentally, according to Forbes, the cutoff to crack the world’s 100 highest-paid athletes was $25 million this year, compared with $17.3 million five years ago. While Virat Kohli, who was ranked 83rd on last year's list slipped down to the 100th spot, this is also the first year that footballers have clinched the top three spots since Forbes began tracking athlete earnings in 1990.

Here are the athletes who have made it to the top ten in Forbes’ list of highest-paid athletes. (Image: Instagram)

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Lionel Messi (Football): With total earnings of USD 127 million, the soccer star earns USD 92 million from salary and winnings and an additional USD 35m from endorsements. Notably, Lionel Messi was at number 2 position last year with USD 111 million in earnings. (Image: Instagram)

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Cristiano Ronaldo (Football): Ronaldo has total estimated earnings of $109m over the last 12 months with $65m coming from salary and winnings and $44 coming from endorsements. He climbed up from his last year's 3rd position with USD 108 million in earnings. (Image: Instagram)

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Neymar Jr (Football): Another soccer star, the Brazilian footballer Neymar was at the fifth position last year with USD 90 million in earnings. He managed to climb to number 3 with USD 75 million in salary and winnings and endorsements worth USD 30 million. His net worth is USD 105 million. (Image: Instagram)

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Canelo Alvarez (Boxing): The Mexican Boxer is at number four with a net worth of USD 94 million. He has a salary/ winnings of USD 92 million and endorsements worth USD 2 million. (Image: Instagram)

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Roger Federer (Tennis): Tennis great Roger Federer is fifth on the list with a whopping $86m coming from endorsements and $7.4m coming from salary and earnings. He climbed up from the number 7 spot. (Image: Instagram)

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Russell Wilson (American Football): With salary and winnings worth USD 80 million and endorsements worth USD 9 million, the American footballer holds the number six spot with USD 89.5 million in earnings. (Image: Instagram)

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Aaron Rodgers (American Football): Another American footballer, Rodgers has a net worth of USD 89.3 million that includes salary/ winnings of USD 80.3 million and endorsements worth USD 9 million. (Image: Instagram)

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Lebron James (Basketball): Lakers' basketball star James has a total earning of USD 89 million that includes USD 36 million in salary and winnings and USD 53 million in endorsements. (Image: Instagram)

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Stephen Curry (Basketball): Stephen Curry who was in number 8 last year has slipped a spot to 9 with total earnings worth USD 79.8 million. This includes USD 37.8 million in salary/winnings and USD 42 million in endorsements. (Image: Instagram)

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Kevin Durant (Basketball): Rounding off the top 10 list is basketball star Kevin Durant with total earnings of USD 65.4 million that includes USD 30.4 million in salary and winnings and endorsements worth USD 35 million. (Image: Instagram)

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Golf legend Tiger Woods, F1 racer Lewis Hamilton, MMA fighter Conor McGregor who was at number 4 last year and Novak Djokovic are other big names in the top 25 highest paid athletes of 2019. (Images: Instagram)

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Virat Kohli: An Incredible Journey of a Stylish Cricketer

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Virat Kohli was born on November 5, 1988 to Prem Kohli, a lawyer and Saroj Kohli, a housewife in New Delhi. (Image: Getty Images)

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In his early days, Kohli trained under the guidance of coach Rajkumar Sharma, who helped hone his batting skills at a very tender age. (Image: Getty Images)

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Kohli made his first-class debut for Delhi in a Ranji Trophy match against Tamil Nadu in November 2006. (Image: Getty Images)

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Virat Kohli rose to prominence after captaining the Indian team to victory in the U-19 ICC World Cup in 2008. (Image: Getty Images)

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Virat made his ODI debut for India in August 2008 and scored his maiden international century in his 13th innings, a knock of 107 against Sri Lanka in 2009. (Image: Getty Images)

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Kohli was part of the Indian team that won the 2011 ICC World Cup. He scored a century in India's opening match of the tournament against Bangladesh. (Image: Getty Images)

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Virat Kohli made his Test debut for India against West Indies at Kingston in Jamaica in June 2011. (Image: Reuters)

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Kohli scored his maiden Test century against Australia in Adelaide in January 2012. (Image: Reuters)

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Kohli was adjudged ICC's ODI Player of the year in 2012 and also made it to ICC's ODI team of the year in the years 2012, 2014 and 2016. (Image: Reuters)

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Virat Kohli was part of the Indian team that won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. (Image: Reuters)

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Virat Kohli was bestowed with the Arjuna Award in the year 2013. (Image: Getty Images)

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Kohli was the highest run-getter in the 2014 ICC WT20 with 319 runs, and also finished as the player of the tournament. India lost in the final to Sri Lanka. (Image: Reuters)

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Kohli was part of the Indian team that reached the semi-final of the 2015 ICC World Cup and the 2016 ICC WT20. (Image: Reuters)

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Kohli took over as India's Test captain in the year 2016 and also captained India to their first ever Test series win on Sri Lankan soil in over two decades the same year. (Image: Reuters)

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Kohli also captained India to a 3-0 home series win over the world's then top Test team South Africa in November 2015. (Image: Reuters)

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Kohli scored a record four centuries in the 2016 edition of the Indian Premier League and ended the season with 973 runs. He guided his team Royal Challengers Bangalore to the final of the tournament where they lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad. (Image: Getty Images)

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Kohli scored double centuries in four consecutive Test series. His opponents included West Indies, New Zealand, England and Bangladesh. (Image: AP/PTI)

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In January 2017, Kohli succeeded MS Dhoni as India's captain in ODIs and T20Is, thus becoming the captain in all three formats. (Image: Getty Images)

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Kohli went past Sachin Tendulkar's record of most centuries in successful chases in ODI cricket in the year 2017. (Image: Reuters)

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Kohli went past Ricky Ponting's record of 30 ODI centuries in October 2017 and is now the second in the list of most ODI centuries scored by a batsman behind Sachin Tendulkar. (Image: Reuters)

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The Indian captain 'Virat Kohli' who has many batting record to his name, is now also the highest run scorer across all seasons of the IPL. (Image: AP)

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Kohli’s knock against Mumbai took him past his India teammate and Chennai Super Kings man Suresh Raina. Behind the duo is another Indian batsman – Rohit Sharma. (Image: AP)

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President Ram Nath Kovind confers Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award on cricketer Virat Kohli at the National Sports and Adventure Award 2018 function at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. (Image: PTI)

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President Ram Nath Kovind presents Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award to Virat Kohli at the National Sports and Adventure Award 2018 function at Rashtrapti Bhawan in New Delhi on Sep 25, 2018. (Image: PTI)

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Virat Kohli becomes fastest ever batsmen to score 10000 in ODIs during the second one day international (ODI) cricket match between India and West Indies in Visakhapatnam. (Image: AFP)

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India's captain Virat Kohli raises his bat to celebrate scoring 10,000 runs in one-day internationals during the second one-day international cricket match between India and West Indies in Visakhapatnam. (Image: AP)

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Virat Kohli became the fastest player to reach 11000 one-day international runs as India face Pakistan in the 2019 ICC Cricket world Cup at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester. Kohli incidentally already holds the record for fastest 10000, 9000 and 8000 ODI runs. (Image: Reuters)

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Kohli become only the third Indian and ninth overall to score 11000 ODI runs. On reaching 11,000 runs, Kohli beat Sachin Tendulkar - who previously held the record at 276 innings. (Image: AP)

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India skipper Virat Kohli added another feather to his cap as he became the fastest batsman to score 20,000 international runs when he reached 37 against the West Indies during their World Cup tie at the Old Trafford on Thursday. He also registered 9,000 runs batting at the number three spot. Kohli had started the game on 19, 963 runs to his name and was just 37 runs short of the record that legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar held along with West Indies great Brian Lara. (Image: AP)