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Seven tournaments have passed since Argentina last made it to the final of the Copa América . Indeed the last time the ‘albiceleste’ claimed an international trophy was in the South American tournament some 22 years ago, when they defeated Mexico in the 1993 final played in Guayaquil, Ecuador. With Barça’s Leo Messi and Javier Mascherano amongst their squad, the team coached by ‘Tata’ Martino first have to overcome Tuesday’s semi-final in the Ester Roa Stadium in Concepción at 8.30pm local time/1.30am Wednesday morning CET. The prize is a place in Saturday’s final against Claudio Bravo’s Chile team and the chance to claim their 15 th Copa América title, which would draw them level with all time leaders Uruguay. However, standing in their away are a Paraguay side, coached by Argentinian Ramón Díaz, who have hopes of repeating their performance of 2011 when they reached the final only to lose 3-0 to Uruguay. Previous meetings bode well Argentina can take comfort i...

  Abuja— President Muhammadu Buhari explained, yesterday, that he was yet to appoint his ministers because his predecessor’s transition committee submitted its report on the previous administration to him late. Buhari, who spoke to newsmen at the Summit of the African Union in Johannesburg, South Africa, said he was being careful in order not to make mistakes in appointing individuals especially to key positions such as in the finance and petroleum ministries. His words: “I don’t know why people are so anxious about ministers. But eventually we will have (them). But the main reason is that I have an interim committee which I agreed with the former President Jonathan that the ministers of the outgoing government should hand over their notes or their documents to this interim committee so that a position can be prepared for the new government to start from with clear records from ministers. “But the ministers knew that they were going while the technocrats, the permanen...

According to a report by PM News , President Muhammadu Buhari stated today at the African Union (AU) summit, that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has too many bank accounts, and as a result, either the Ministry of Finance or the corporation have lost track of them. Buhari is said to have expressed shock about the development, describing it as “improper.” The report further states: As petroleum minister during the Olusegun Obasanjo military regime,(1976-1979) Buhari said NNPC had only three accounts, in contrast to what the Jonathan government bequeathed: “too many accounts such that the NNPC and the ministry of finance did not know how many accounts they had.”  

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Monday reviewed his tenure as the boss of the electoral body and concluded that his only regret was that he was unable to create a separate salary structure for INEC workers. Jega spoke in Abuja during a retreat titled, “2015 general elections: Lessons and the way forward.” which was organised for the electoral officers of the commission where the report of the 2015 elections was reviewed. He said apart from the special salary issue, the commission under his leadership performed well. He said, “We have done our best as a commission under very difficult circumstances and the major regret as I have always acknowledged is that a major undertaking we made when we first resumed at the commission is to have a separate salary structure for the members of staff of the commission but we have not been able to achieve this “And obviously this is one area where we still have to do a lot of work...

FC BARCELONA v APOEL (1–0). Which players made their debut that day?   PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN v FC BARCELONA (3–2). Which player just missed the tying goal near the end of the match with a shot off the post?    FC BARCELONA v AJAX (3–1). S andro’s goal clinched the win, but how many had he already scored up to that point in the season? AJAX v FC BARCELONA (0–2). Two goals from Messi at the Amsterdam Arena moved him past Raúl as the all-time leading scorer in Champions League history. How many did the ex-Real Madrid star score in his career?   APOEL v FC BARCELONA (0–4). Luis Suárez scored his first Barça goal at Nicosia in the Champions League. Who were his line mates that day?     FC BARCELONA v PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (3–1). The victory gave Barça first place in Group G and a spot in t...