Germany and Manchester City winger Leroy Sane has been left out of Germany's final 23-man World Cup squad.

Sane, Bayer Leverkusen pair Bernd Leno and Jonathan Tah and Freiburg striker Nils Petersen were all dropped as Joachim Low cut the defending champions' 27-man provisional squad on Monday..

Meanwhile, Goal Keeper Manuel Neuer, who came back after nine months out in Saturday's 2-1 defeat by Austria, is in the squad.

Germany's 23-man squad in full

Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona), Kevin Trapp (Paris St-Germain)

Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Matthias Ginter (Borussia Monchengladbach), Jonas Hector (Cologne), Mats Hummels (Bayern Munich), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha Berlin), Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea), Niklas Sule (Bayern Munich)

Midfielders: Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Paris St-Germain), Leon Goretska (Schalke), Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City), Sami Khedira (Juventus), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Sebastian Rudy (Bayern Munich)

Strikers: Mario Gomez (Stuttgart), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Timo Werner (RB Leipzig)

Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been named in Egypt's World Cup squad despite being injured in the Champions League final.

It is understood Salah will not meet up with his team-mates until 9 June as he continues his recovery from a shoulder injury, his national team said.

Egypt's opening World Cup fixture is against Uruguay on 15 June.

They meet hosts Russia on 19 June and conclude their campaign in Group A against Saudi Arabia on 25 June.

Defender Vincent Kompany has been named in Belgium's 23-man squad for the World Cup despite being an injury doubt but  Palace striker Christian Benteke misses out.

32 year old Vincent Kompany, suffered a groin injury during Saturday's goalless draw with Portugal.

Manager Roberto Martinez said he would make a decision on the centre-back's fitness closer to their opening match against Panama on 18 June.

Belgium's final 23-man squad

Goalkeepers: Koen Casteels (Wolfsburg), Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool).

Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur), Dedryck Boyata (Celtic), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Thomas Meunier (Paris St-Germain), Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur).

Midfielders: Yannick Carrasco (Dalian Yifang), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Mousa Dembele (Tottenham Hotspur), Leander Dendoncker (Anderlecht), Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Monchengladbach), Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Youri Tielemans (Monaco), Axel Witsel (Tianjin Quanjian).

Forwards: Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea), Nacer Chadli (West Brom), Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United).

The money laundering trial of the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Sir Kenneth Kobani, has been stalled at the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt.

Kobani is standing trial alongside another chieftain of the PDP, Samuel Okpoko , over a seven hundred and fifty million naira fraud.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission accused both men of receiving the money from the multimillion dollars that was allegedly looted from the government treasury during the past PDP Administration.

The EFCC claims the money was shared among chieftains of the party and electoral officers through former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani  Allison-Madueke, with a view to influence the 2015 elections.

The matter was expected to resume yesterday but it suffered another adjournment because of the absence of Justice Balkisu  Aliyu.

No reason was given for the absence of the trial judge, and our correspondent Victor Ezeama reports that other courts within the Federal High Court complex also did not sit today.

The money laundering trial of Sir Kenneth Kobani and , Samuel Okpoko was subsequently adjourned to 24th of September.

You will recall that Sir Kenneth Kobani and , Samuel Okpoko had pleaded not guilty to the charges against them and were granted bail to tune of fifty million naira each.

The people of Omuoko-Aluu in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State have cried out for help over the spate of attacks by criminals in the area.

Some concerned residents of Omuoko-Aluu yesterday took their complaint to the office of the IGP Monitoring Unit of the Nigeria Police Force to seek police intervention.

Some of the respondents said the area has been recording increasing number of attacks by armed robbers who snatch tricycles, motorcycles, mobile phones and other personal belongings of residents.

In his response; a senior officer of the IGP Monitoring Unit, assured residents of Omuoko-Aluu of the commitment of the elite police unit to ensure the safety of lives and properties.

The police officer in turn requested the cooperation of the residents, just as he confirmed the arrest of one Joshua, also known as Seven Star General, in connection with robbery attacks around Omuoko-Aluu.

Livestock sellers in Rivers State are calling for government intervention following continued harassments of their members by hoodlums.

The meat sellers said the development has led to the reduction in the amount cows being slaughtered on daily basis which they say may lead to inflation on the prices of livestock.

Our correspondent Uchendu Ejiowhor was at the slaughters at Aluu community in Ikwerre and Choba in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state and was told by some kidnapped victims that the situation may get out of hand if nothing was done to stop it.

Our correspondent also monitored the compliance level of an order by the state government against the use of tires to roast livestock and report that the operators were adhering to the new directive.

Some of the butchers also told our correspondent that they have also been complying with the doctors sent by the government to certify all livestock before they are slaughtered.

As the World Environment Day takes the centre stage globally; the level of work done on the Ogoni Cleanup in Rivers State has been receiving critical reviews.

For instance; the Social Development Integrated Centre, otherwise known as Social Action, which is one of the group involved in environmental activities in Nigeria, has said nothing in on ground to show that the actual cleanup would begin in August.

The Social Action said it welcomes a statement credited to the Coordinator of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP; MARVIN DEKIL sometime in April that the Ogoni cleanup would start in August this year.

It said the statement was also confirmed by the Minister of State for Environment, JUBRIL USMAN, while briefing newsmen in Abuja on the 2018 World Environment Day. 

The Research and Progamme Officer of Social Action, FYNEFACE DUMNAMENE, observed in a statement that the government agencies do not appear prepared for the cleanup exercise.

FYNEFACE noted that seven years after the release of the UNEP Report on the Ogoni cleanup and two years after the formal flag-off of the implementation, it was doubtful that HYPREP could undertake a credible and successful cleanup that meets international standard.

He said field monitoring report done by Social Action shows that HYPREP would not be ready for the Ogoni cleanup programme even by December this year because some of the key recommendations in the UNEP Report were yet to be put in place.

Key among what is lacking is Contaminated Soil Treatment Centre, of which the foundation was laid in February 2017 by former Minister of Environment and current Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, AMINA MUHAMMED.

FYNEFACE DUMNAMENE noted that the centre located in Bori has been abandoned by HYPREP and overgrown with weeds since AMINA MUHAMMED left office.

This year’s World Environment Day is being observed based on the theme “Beat Plastic Pollution”, with the main event organized by the United Nations Environment Programme taking place in India.

The Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Andrew Uchendu, has asked the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to stop raising false alarms that could trigger instability in the country.

Senator Uchendu, in a statement urged Governor Wike  to rather engage the Federal Government with facts on behalf of Rivers people when the need arises.

The Rivers East Senator advised the governor to always consult with the three Senators and the thirteen Members of the Federal House of Representatives representing Rivers State in the National Assembly, to ascertain the appropriateness of the type of information that he pushes out to the public.

The senator urged Rivers people to discountenance an allegation by the Governor Wike  that the Federal Government was planning to deny Rivers State its balance of the Paris Club Debt refund describing it as baseless and untrue.

He said it is not the habit of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to deny any individual or group their constitutional entitlements.

The Minister of Interior, General Abdulrahman Danbazau, has confirmed that about one hundred and fifty inmates who escaped from the Minna Prison on Sunday are yet to be found.

General Danbazau said the remaining missing prisoners were among one hundred and eighty prisoners who escaped in the jailbreak, out of which thirty-five have been re-arrested.

The Interior Minister said the capture of the fleeing prisoners was made possible through the combined efforts of Nigerian Prison Service and other security agencies in Niger State.

Speaking after an on-the-spot assessment of the prison facility a day after the incident, the Minister also revealed that security lapses at the Minna Prison were responsible for the jailbreak.

The Minister further disclosed that the Federal Government had taken steps to address the problem of congestion of inmate in the various prisons.

He said government had taken steps to build six new prisons across the six geopolitical zones in the country; each with the capacity to hold thirty thousand inmates.

Abdulrahman Danbazau also said plans are underway to recruit additional six thousand personnel to strengthen the capacity of the Nigeria Prisons Service.