Griezmann heads back to Atletico in crunch tie for Barca (ThisDay)

Antoine Griezmann has had a tough start to life at Barcelona but is finally showing signs of settling in as he prepares for Sunday’s crunch clash at title rivals Atletico Madrid, his first game back at his old club since…

*62,000 orphans, caregivers, benefit from project (Nation) *Lagos creates enforcement committee for traffic laws (Punch)

62,000 orphans, caregivers, benefit from project (Nation) Over 62,000 vulnerable children and their caregivers across eight local government areas in Lagos State have benefited from a five-year project by Local Partners For Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Nigeria (LOPIN Region…

€120M Barca switch: Block Griezmann’s registration, Atletico tell La Liga (Punch)

Atletico Madrid have asked La Liga to block Antoine Griezmann’s registration at Barcelona, according to a report from Sky Sports. The Blaugrana completed the signing of the French forward when they triggered his €120m release clause this month, but Kaveh…

*PDP, Atiku miss chance to present 400 witnesses in 10 days (Guardian) * It’s sentimental, laughable to call me Executive’s rubber stamp —Lawan (Punch)

PDP, Atiku miss chance to present 400 witnesses in 10 days (Guardian) The chance of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the Feb.23 presidential election to present 400 witnesses listed in their petition against President…

Griezmann close to Barca move – Reports (Punch)

Atletico Madrid’s World Cup winner Antoine Griezmann is nearing a transfer to Barcelona, according to reports on Thursday in his native France and in Spain. Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo says the Catalans will pay Griezmann’s release clause of 120m euros…

*More victims reporting domestic, sexual violence (Guardian)* Falana faults INEC’s ban on campaigns before rescheduled election (Independent)

Sunday, February 17, 2019 More victims reporting domestic, sexual violence (Guardian) A quarterly report of the Lagos Criminal Information System (LCIS) for the months of June to September 2018 disclosed that 56 miscellaneous cases (stealing-related offences), 95 sex offences, 79…

Antoine Griezmann reveals torment of trying to decide whether to join Barca (Metro)

Antoine Griezmann claims he lost sleep agonising over whether to join Barcelona in the summer. The forward has been the subject of intense transfer speculation in the last two years, with Manchester United failing in attempts to persuade Griezmann to…

Griezmann to overshadow Lukaku in entertaining World Cup semi-final (Goal)

Having found the net in both of the knockout stage matches so far, Al Hain-Cole expects the Atletico Madrid man to maintain his strong form here With some of the game’s best attacking talent taking to the field at both…

Suarez slams Griezmann over Uruguay comments (Vanguard)

Luis Suarez has reject-ed Antoine Griezmann’s supposed love for Uruguay after losing to France in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Griezmann scored France’s second goal after Raphael Varane had given Didier Deschamps’ side the lead on Friday in Nizhny Novgorod.…

Pique in hot water with Barcelona over Griezmann documentary (Guardian)

Barcelona star Gerard Pique has landed himself in hot water with the club’s managers over his involvement in a documentary which saw Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann announce his decision to snub the Catalan giants. Pique owns the production company that…

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