Lionel Messi Returns To Argentina’s National Team

 Lionel Messi of Argentina and Marc Wilmots, headcoach of Belgium during a FIFA 2014 World Cup Quarter-Final match between Argentina and Belgium at the Estadio Nacional stadium in Brasilia, Brazil.

Star footballer Lionel Messi in a statement has confirmed his intention to return to the Argentina national team.

Messi said that his love for Argentina convinced him to return for the next World Cup qualifiers.

According to GOAL.com, the 5-time FIFA Ballon d’Or winner said:

I see there are lots of problems in Argentine football and I do not want to create another.

I do not want to cause any harm, I have always tried to do the opposite and help wherever I could.

We have to fix a lot of things in Argentine football, but I’d rather do that from the inside and not criticising from the outside.

A lot of things went through my head the day of the last final and I seriously thought about quitting, but I love this country and this shirt too much.

I thank all the people who want me to keep playing with Argentina, I hope we can soon deliver them some joy.

The Barcelona star made the decision to retire from international football after another heartbreaking loss in the final of the 2016 Copa America.

6 Killed In Clash Between Indigenes And Hausa Residents In Imo State

No fewer than six people have been feared dead in a clash between indigenes of Akokwa community in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State and some Hausa residents in the community.

According to Channels TV, the State Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu said that preliminary investigations revealed that the clash was triggered by an alleged murder of a woman and her friend by a Hausa man.

Lakanu said that the Hausa man, a security guard in the area had an altercation with a woman which escalated, and he murdered her with a shovel.

Lakanu also said that the Hausa went on to kill the lady’s friend who tried to intervene, adding that “on seeing the level of crime committed, the Hausa man went ahead and committed suicide”.

Lakanu said that there was a reprisal attack by indigenes against the Northerners, leading to the death of three other people.

He said that policemen have been deployed to the area to prevent further breakdown of law and order.

The state government has also called on the indigenes to remain calm and as security agents fully restore peace to the area.