BREAKING NEWS

Manchester United coach, Erik ten Hag has confirmed Cristiano Ronaldo will return to the squad for their UEFA Europa League game against Sheriff Tiraspol on Thursday night, October 27.    The Portuguese star was dropped from the United squad for Saturday's 1-1 draw at Chelsea after walking down the tunnel before the end of their win over Tottenham at Old Trafford having refused to come on as a substitute. Ronaldo and Ten Hag held talks before he rejoined training with the squad at Carrington on Tuesday having been forced to do fitness work alone.   On Wednesday, Ten Hag confirmed at a press conference that Ronaldo would be in the squad for Thursday night. 'Yes, Cristiano will be in the squad tomorrow,' Ten Hag said.   'It is not difficult. I think we said everything, we answered all the questions. He was out for one game and now he is back in the squad.'

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced plans to redesign some naira notes.   The CBN boss, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this at a press conference on Wednesday, October 26.   According to Emefiele, the Naira notes to be redesigned include N200, N500 and N1000.    He stated that the new design and issues will be effective from December 2022 and advised Nigerians to go to the bank when the time comes to exchange the old notes for the newly designed ones.

  Footwear retailer Foot Locker has become the latest company to sever ties with Kanye West over his anti-Semitic remarks.   A spokesperson for Foot Locker said that while the company remains 'a partner with Adidas and carry a wide assortment of their collections – we will not be supporting any future Yeezy product drops, and we have instructed our retail operators to pull any existing product from our shelves and digital sites.'   The rapper has also lost several lucrative partnerships including Adidas. The German sportswear giant ended a partnership estimated to be worth more than $1.5bn in total, including royalty payments and other fees on Tuesday. Universal Music's Def Jam label, which owns the copyright to West's recordings from 2002 through 2016, and continued distributing his releases until last year, issued a statement condemning Ye's remarks, saying: 'There is no place for antisemitism in our society'.   But the label has not asked for the removal ...