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British Woman Detained In Indonesia

A British woman named on a list of global terror suspects has been detained by the Indonesian police and plans to deport her for visa violations.  The woman by name Tazneen Miriam Sailar, a Manchester-born convert to Islam once married to a now-deceased Indonesian fighter, is not charged with terror offences.  But she and her late husband are also on an Indonesian police list of suspected domestic and foreign fighters, which includes a Frenchman who appeared in the ISIL (ISIS) group’s beheading videos and another close to the brothers who massacred staff at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The 47 year-old woman and her 10year-old

Meet The 5th Most Expensive African Footballer, Victor Osimhen

The Nigerian born international and Lille striker Victor Osimhen, is the most expensive Nigerian player with a price tag of 64.3 million euros - approximately N29.9 billion in Nigerian currency, according to a new study conducted by CIES Football Observatory. The lille forward is the 5th most valuable player in the French Ligue 1 behind PSG's Kylian Mbappe (€259.2m), Marquinhos Aoás(€89.2m), Neymar (€82.7m) and Houssem Aouar (€69.2m). Osimhen, 21, moved to Lille in August 2019 for a fee of 12 million euros and has a contract with the club until 2024. Victor Osimhen and Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi are the two most ranked Nigerian players. While the former is ranked 66th most expensive player in the world, the later is ranked 94 overall.  Wilfred Ndidi has an estimated value of 49.5 million euros.   Meanwhile, Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah is Africa's highest ranked player with a price tag of €144.9m, followed by liverpool- Senegal winger Sadio Mane (€139.2m), Real...

Former UEFA President Michel Platini Arrested - see details

Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.  French legend Platini was elected in 2007 and served as president until 2015 when he was banned by the FIFA Ethics Committee. French publication Mediapart claim Platini