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Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho says he cannot wish Mikel Arteta success this season despite his affection for the Arsenal boss. 
 
Mourinho comes up against a man who was with him at Barcelona way back in the 1990s in Sunday’s north London derby at Tottenham’s new stadium. 
 
It is a game that will go a long way to deciding who will achieve Europa League qualification, so Mourinho is tempering the niceties. 
 
“I met Mikel when he was a kid in Barcelona. I was there with Mr (Louis) Van Gaal. He was really, really a kid,” Mourinho said. 
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“When you know this kid at this age, time flies, but in the end, you always look at them as the kid you have a great feeling for. 
 
“When he became Pep’s (Guardiola) assistant I started calling him every time I met him ‘Mister’, not Mikel. 
 
“I like him very, very much. I hope everything goes well for him in his career but in this moment he is in a rival club, a club that fights for the same thing we fight – a European position – and I cannot wish him good in this position.” 
 
The pair may be at opposite ends of their managerial careers, but their current tasks across north London are pretty similar. 
 
Both men took their job mid-season and are expected to build the club back into Champions League challengers after tough spells. 
 
“The nature of his job is similar to mine, to Carlo (Ancelotti, Everton boss). You arrive in the middle of the season with a double focus, which is not easy,” added Mourinho. 
 
“On one side you want to get results immediately, but on the other side, you have an eye on the future. 
 
“What you want is to build your own team, what you want is to start your next season. When you are in a relegation fight, for example, Neil Warnock going there (Middlesbrough), he knows that he needs a certain number of points, he knows what he has to do. 
 
“In our case, it is different, because we are speaking about very important clubs, clubs that want to do better in the future. It’s half now, half in the future. 
 
“We all are desperate to have the end of the season, holiday, preparation, pre-season and start a new season. The reality is we have to fight for points, which means Europa qualification and a special rival feeling between Arsenal and Tottenham.”

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I had an affair with rapper, August Alsina— Jada Pinkett Smith

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Jada Pinkett Smith has admitted she did have an affair with singer August Alsina while married to Will Smith. 
 
The 48-year-old sat down with her husband for an intimate conversation on her Facebook show, Red Table Talk, and revealed she developed a friendship with August around four years ago. 
 
She said around the same time, the married couple was going through a ‘difficult time’ and they had ‘basically broken up’. 
 
The bombshell tell-all comes after both actors denied August’s claims that Will gave him his blessing to have a relationship with Jada. 
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In Friday’s episode of Jada’s web series, the Hollywood couple sat opposite each other as they set the record straight and reaffirmed their commitment to each other. 
 
Jada began explaining that the couple met August through their son Jaden and recalled that the Louisiana-born singer, who would have been 23 at the time, was ‘really sick’. 
 
‘And it all started with him just needing some help, me wanting to help his health, his mental state. 
 
‘The outpouring for him from our family was initially about his health,’ she said. ‘We found all those different resources to help pull him through and from there you and I were going through a very difficult time.’ 
 
Will admitted, ‘I was done with you,’ while Jada added that they decided to separate for a ‘period of time’. 
 
‘And then what did you do, Jada?’ Will asked, urging his wife to keep talking. 
 
‘As time went on, I got into a different type of entanglement with August,’ Jada explained. 
 
The mother-of-two went on to respond to August’s claim that Will gave her ‘permission’ to have an affair. 
 
‘The only person that can give permission in that circumstance is me,’ she insisted. 
 
‘But what August was probably trying to communicate because I could see how he could see it as permission because we were separated amicably, and I think he wanted to make it clear he’s not a homewrecker because he’s not.’ 
 
When Will pushed Jada to clarify what she meant by ‘entanglement’ she responded, ‘It was a relationship, absolutely.’ 
 
Jada continued: ‘I was in a lot of pain, and I was very broken. In the process of that relationship, I definitely realized that you can’t find happiness outside yourself.’ 
 
She explained the couple was going through a process of healing. 
 
‘I just wanted to feel good, It had been so long since I felt good… and it was really a joy to just help heal somebody.’ 
 
The Set It Off star pondered whether her actions were down to her codependency issues and needing to ‘fix people’ due to her past traumas. 
 
As Will made light of the fact that he’s being the dutiful husband and standing by his wife after her ‘transgressions’ amid intense media scrutiny, Jada admitted that she doesn’t see her relationship with August ‘as a transgression at all’. 
 
‘Through that particular journey, I learned so much about myself and was able to really confront a lot of emotional immaturities, emotional insecurity and I was really able to do some really deep healing,’ Jada said. 
 
‘And as I came through and started to realize certain things about you and me, he decided to break all communication with me which was totally understandable. And I let that be and hadn’t talked to him since so it is a little weird that all this stuff is coming out now since this was several [years ago].’ 
 
Will chimed in, ‘For me, this was years ago,’ as Jada reflected on how far they’ve come in their relationship, ‘We have really gotten to that new place of unconditional love.’ 
 
At one point in the conversation, they echoed each other, saying: ‘We ride together. We die together. Bad marriage for life,’ a reference to a catchphrase in Will’s Bad Boys franchise. 
 
August told The Breakfast Club’s Angela Yee on June 30 that he was in love with Jada and said: ‘I sat down with Will [Smith] and had a conversation due to the transformation from their marriage to life partnership… he gave me his blessing.’ 
 
August said the two became very close and holidayed together with the family in Hawaii a year later and they even attended the 2017 BET Awards together. 
 
He said: ‘I totally gave myself to that relationship for years of my life, and I truly and really, really deeply love and have a ton of love for her. 
 
‘I devoted myself to it, I gave my full self to it, so much so to the point that I can die right now and be okay with knowing that I truly gave myself to somebody. 
 
‘And I really loved a person, I experienced that and I know what that feels like, and some people never get that in this lifetime. 
 
‘I know that I am completely blessed and this conversation is difficult because it is so much, that it would be hard for people to understand but, once it starts to affect me and my livelihood, I have to speak up about my truth.’ 
 
Shortly after Will’s representative branded the reports as ‘wrong’, while a spokesperson for Jada denied the claims to Page Six, calling them ‘absolutely not true’. 
 
But a day later on July 2, Jada tweeted: ‘There’s some healing that needs to happen… so I’m bringing myself to The Red Table.’ 
 
Jada has been married to Will since 1997, they are parents to Jaden and daughter Willow, 19. Will has a son Trey, 27, from his marriage to Sheree Zampino, 53. 
 
In 2019 August had denied an affair with Jada had taken place after his track ‘Nunya’ was released. 
 
Rumors were sparked by the lyrics: ‘You got me feeling like it was an act, you’re just an actress / Putting on a show ’cause you don’t want the world to know.’ 
 
The singer now says he is not speaking out to cause trouble. 
 
He said: ‘Contrary to what people may believe, I am not a troublemaker. I don’t like drama. The drama actually makes me nauseous. 
 
‘And I also don’t think that it is ever important for people to know what I do, who I sleep with, who I date … but in this instance it is very different because as I said, there are so many people that are side-eyeing me, looking at me questionably.

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States back FG’s suspension of school resumption ‌

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The Commissioners of Education in 19 Northern States have supported the suspension of school reopening amid the pandemic by the Federal Government. 
 
The commissioners made this known in a communique issued in Kaduna State on Saturday, after a virtual meeting to consider school reopening and other issues to strengthen the education sector. 
 
The communique was signed by the Commissioner of Education, Kaduna, Dr Shehu Makarfi, who is also the Chairman of the Northern States School Exchange Programme. 
 
The meeting was attended by commissioners of 13 of the 19 northern states namely, Kaduna, Bauchi, Gombe, Niger, Nasarawa, Adamawa, Taraba, Kogi, Kwara, Katsina, Kano, Borno and Jigawa. 
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The commissioners applauded the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, for taking a decisive stand against school reopening and pledged their full support. 
 
According to them, keeping schools closed considering the spike in cases of COVID-19 across the country is a sure step in ensuring that children remain safe. 
 
“We have, therefore, resolved that schools should be reopened only when it is safe to do so and when states have complied with the minimum COVID-19 safety protocols as outlined by the NCDC. 
 
“We will also participate in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and other examinations only when it is safe to reopen schools and when coordinated by the Federal Ministry of Education,” they said. 
 
The commissioners also resolved to carry out a holistic assessment of schools to determine safety status for reopening and submit reports to their respective governors for consideration. 
 
“Schools’ infrastructure, such as dilapidated classrooms, students’ hostels, source of safe water, sanitary facilities, including hand washing equipment and security are critical and should be improved. 
 
“We will equally clear schools of bushes and grasses, as well as fumigate school’s surroundings to support learning and ensure safety when schools resume,” they said. 
 
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They, however, appealed to the Federal Government to support states in putting safety measures in place for school reopening.

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