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Hazard's fine performances reportedly attracted the attention of Real Madrid who were reportedly willing to make a world-record £100 million bid for the 26-year-old. Hazard said: "I'm good here. I'm at one of the best clubs in the world and I think I'm gonna stay for a couple of years. I'm very happy. You can see (from my performances) on the pitch that I'm happy. "Next season, we will have the Champions League to play but we want to keep the Premier League trophy in Chelsea. It's going to be hard but we know (people) expect a lot from Chelsea now. "We won the league and if we want to achieve more, we have to improve and work more. And if we bring in some new players, why not?"

The German forward spend three years working with the Portuguese superstar at Santiago Bernabeu and admits to having learned some important lessons Mesut Ozil says working with Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid showed him what is required to be the best in the world. The Germany international moved to Santiago Bernabeu in 2010, 12 months after Ronaldo made a record-breaking switch to the Spanish capital from Manchester United. The pair enjoyed three productive seasons together in Madrid, with Ozil a regular contributor of assists for his Portuguese colleague. After leaving Madrid, the World Cup winner has become a star at Arsenal and says he is a better player for having seen what it takes to be consistent over a prolonged period of time. Ozil told  Arsenal Player  on what he learned from Ronaldo: "His ambition, how hungry for success he is, as a player, you’re always quite similar. "You want to be successful, you want to b...

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier Sulaiman Zakari Kazaure, has made it clear that any increase in the allowance of Corps members will be determined by the introduction of a new minimum wage for workers. Kazaure stated this in Minna, the Niger State capital, while answering questions from newsmen on Thursday, following the swearing-in of Batch A Stream 1 of the 2017 orientation programme. He said the scheme was aware that the allowance received by corps members was small, especially with the current economic downturn in the country. “The NYSC allowance is determined by the national minimum wage. We are waiting on the government to take a decision on the new wage structure before we know what to do,” he said. Kazaure explained that that was why state governments were urged to augment the stipend with N5,000 monthly for each youth corps member.

An Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s Court has discharged Mrs Taiwo Momoh, 58, who tried kill herself by jumping into the Lagos lagoon. After the court announced that the state Directorate of Public Prosecutions was no longer interested in prosecuting her, Momoh, a textile dealer, stepped out of the dock, knelt and started chanting praises to God. As she left the court she covered her face with two sets of clothes and escaped through the back gate of the court, the Punch reports. Momoh had accumulated debts of over N18m after a bureau de change operator allegedly fled with money belonging to her Swiss creditor. She became depressed after her shop was burgled around the same period. Momoh had left her house late March, and was about jumping into the lagoon before was rescued and handed over to operatives of the Rapid Response Squad. She was subsequently detained for three days and later charged to court. Momoh had told the court that she could not explain why she tried ...

Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has set up a five-man committee ahead of the commemoration of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election which was won by the late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. This announcement was contained in a letter signed on behalf of the governor by Secretary to the State Government Ifedayo Abegunde and dispatched to the members of the committee in Akure. SaharaReporters exclusively obtained an electronic copy of the letter.  Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, widely known as “MKO,” won the June 12, 1993 presidential election only to have the results annulled by General Ibrahim Babangida before he was forced out office.  According to the letter, the five-man committee is chaired by Mr. Alaba Isijola, while Mr. Michael Oshodi serves as its secretary.  Other members of the committee include Doyin Odebowale, Margaret Atere, and Omo’ba Abayomi Adesanya.  A section of the letter ...

The 36 Governors last night resolved to offset the backlog of salaries and pension arrears owed civil servants in the country as soon as the next tranche of payment from the Paris-London Club loan refunds are made.  This decision was arrived at in Abuja at a meeting hosted on Thursday night by the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar at his Maitama Residence. The governors met in anticipation of the release of the other half of the Paris-London Club refund which has been gratuitously approved for payment by the Vice-President Professor Yemi Osibanjo.  The funds are expected to hit the states accounts within the month. The governors who are not oblivious of the hue and cry over the non-payment of the backlog of salaries and pension arrears and the precarious predicament of the Nigerian worker deliberated on the matter and concluded that in order to set the country on the path of growth, something immediate ...

The Senate on Tuesday passed the bill on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between Nigeria and other foreign countries in the fight against corruption and other cross-border crimes. The bill seeks to enhance collaboration and mutual assistance between the Nigerian government and its foreign counterparts. It will also facilitate identification, tracing, freezing, restraining, recovery, forfeiture and confiscation of proceeds of crime wherever they are located. The bill was presented by the Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, Senator David Umaru. Senator Umaru said when passed, the bill promotes mutual assistance in criminal matters between Nigeria and other foreign countries. The bill was a joint effort among the Judiciary, Human Rights, Anti-Corruption, Financial Crimes, and Foreign Affairs committees of the upper legislative chamber. One of the highlights of the bill is the removal of territorial jurisdictional constraints to the fight against corruption. “The ...