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The Kremlin warned France on Thursday not to turn a criminal case against Telegram founder Pavel Durov into “political persecution.” Russia, which has led an unprecedented crackdown on political opponents during its Ukraine offensive, has painted Durov’s surprise arrest in Paris earlier this week as politically motivated. France has charged …

Earlier this week, reports emerged claiming that Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong could finally make his comeback from injury after the next month’s international break. The Catalan derby against Girona, set to be played on the weekend of September 14-15, was pencilled in for the Netherlands international’s return after more than five …

Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara, is dead. Ayilara, it was gathered, died in the early hours of Thursday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, The Nation reported. Sources close to the family told The Nation he underwent prostate cancer surgery on Wednesday before he died …