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COSTA REPORTED TO FA OVER STEWARD INCIDENT By Tom Maston at the Britannia Stadium 21:30 PREMIER LEAGUE SHARE 0 Getty Images The Spain international was pictured stamping on the foot of a security official as he looked to retrieve the ball at the Britannia Stadium and could face disciplinary action Chelsea  striker  Diego Costa  may find himself in trouble with the Football Association after being reported to referee Anthony Taylor for an altercation with a steward during the Blues' defeat to  Stoke City . The Spain international was pictured clashing with the security official as he retrieved the ball by the tunnel at the Britannia Stadium, with reports suggesting Costa stood on his foot before being shoved back onto the pitch. Goal  understands the incident has been reported to Taylor, with the FA set to receive details in the referee's report while Chelsea are aware that a complaint has been made. A club spokesman dubbed the allegations "nonsense&

TALENTED YOUNGSTER OSIMHEN WILL RULE HIS GENERATION – ODION IGHALO.... 21:41 EXCLUSIVES SHARE 0 ANFP Chile The Watford striker has praised the impact of the Nigeria starlet ahead of Sunday’s Fifa U17 World Cup final with Mali As Victor Osimhen gets set to lead Nigeria's attack against Mali in Sunday’s Fifa U17 World Cup final, praise has come from Watford striker Odion Ighalo who believes the youngster has every quality to make history. Osimhen has scored nine goals to equal the tournament’s all-time record held by Florent Sinama Pongolle and Souleymane Coulibaly. One more goal against the young Eagles of Mali and the 16-year-old would rise above all his peers. Ighalo, a former Nigeria youth international and now an important member of the Super Eagles, believes we are witnessing the birth of a new football star. “He’s a good striker, he’s young, he’s sharp, he has speed, he’s a good finisher and I hope he makes history,” Ighalo, who has scored seven

Aisha Alhassan has been declared the winner of the April 11 governorship election in Taraba state, thus making her Nigeria’s first female governor-elect. This was after a Taraba state governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja nullified the election of Governor Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). APC’s Aisha Jummai Alhassan has emerged as Nigeria’s first female governor ‎According to Vanguard, the tribunal headed by Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar declared Alhassan, popularly referred to as Mama Taraba, as the bonafide winner of the election.

PDP urges members in Taraba to remain undaunted 5:58 pm 0 1674 The Peoples Democratic Party has urged its members across the country, especially in Taraba, to remain undaunted as the appellate court would restore its well-deserved victory. The call is contained in a statement signed by Chief Olisa Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of the party on Saturday in Abuja. The party, however, kicked against the judgment by Taraba Gubernatorial Election Tribunal judgment in favour of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Hajiya Aisha Alhassan. PDP described the judgment as “another evidence of executive interference in the judiciary.” The party said the reason given by the tribunal for arriving at the ‘bizarre decision’ was intriguing. It stated that the judgment further exposed the contradictions and double standards inherent in most tribunal rulings against PDP’s interest recently. “It is rather curious and an irony that the Taraba tribunal sitting in Ab

Saraki, NASS members attend Wamakko’s daughter’s wedding 6:23 pm 1 306 Senate President Bukola Saraki on Saturday led several other senators and members of the House of Representatives to witness the solemnisation of two weddings in Sokoto, including that of the daughter of Senator Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto). The  News Agency of Nigeria  reports that the wedding of Dr Jalaludden Bashir and Hindatu Aliyu-Wamakko was solemnised after the payment of N50,000 bride price. The second wedding was that of Abdulmalik Gidan-Kanawa and Sajida Sanusi, also solemnised after the payment of N50,000 bride price. NAN reports that the Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, as well as Senator Ahmad Sani and Senator Abdullahi Adamu were among those who witnessed the ceremony. In the same vein, Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal and his Deputy, Ahmed Aliyu, were among personalities who graced the occasion. The ceremony, which was conducted