Yellow jersey wearer Chris Froome revealed he had urine thrown over him by a spectator during the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday.

There has been a recent spate of Boko Haram attacks in Niger’s southeast Diffa region following weeks of relative calm. The upsurge in attacks on civilians comes after the four-nation coalition pushed the militants out of territory they had seized in northeast Nigeria.

A former Police Commissioner, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, to intervene to end the spate of killings in Benue state.

The future direction of European champions Barcelona will be decided on Saturday as almost 110,000 ‘socios’ vote whether to retain confidence in incumbent Josep Maria Bartomeu or a previous president, Joan Laporta

“When I was in Barcelona a few years ago, I met Messi who had told me that he would come to visit me in Libreville,” said the Gabon president. “It’s a promise he made me. He is a man of honour who just kept his word.”.