Author: David Great

Manchester United are holding talks with Portuguese coach Ruben Amorim to become their new manager after sacking Erik ten Hag on Monday, according to multiple reports. Ten Hag was released after a disastrous start to the season, with former Red Devils striker Ruud van Nistelrooy named interim boss. Amorim, who is currently in charge of Sporting Lisbon, is close to agreeing a deal to take over at Old Trafford, according to Sky Sports, The Sun, the Daily Mail and the Athletic among other media outlets. Amorim is considered one of Europe’s leading young coaches. Man United sack Ten Hag after…

Italian striker Mario Balotelli has been signed by Genoa as a free agent, the Serie A club said on Monday, marking a return to the Italian top-tier after more than four years for the 34-year-old who has been without a club since the end of last season. Genoa, third from bottom in the standings, have scored just seven goals in nine league games, and manager Alberto Gilardino will hope that Balotelli can add to the 52 goals he netted in 141 Serie A games. Balotelli’s previous club was Turkish side Adana Demirspor, where in his second spell hampered by a…

The National Orientation Agency in Akwa Ibom State has commenced a sensitisation exercise to educate the people on the prevalence and prevention of Mpox disease in the state. This is coming as a report from the Ministry of Health indicated that Akwa Ibom State has recorded eight cases of the Mpox outbreak. The Agency’s Coordinator in the state, Mkpoutom Mkpoutom, stated this while interacting with newsmen on activities of the agency in Uyo, the state capital on Monday. Mkpoutom stated that the agency’s staff have been dispatched to the affected councils since last week after receiving instructions from the ministry…

Honorable Alex Mascot Ikwechegh, a member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives representing Aba North & South Federal Constituency, is at the centre of controversy following a viral video that appears to capture him assaulting an Uber driver at his residence in Maitama, Abuja. According to the Uber driver, the dispute began when he requested that the lawmaker personally come outside to receive a delivery. The video shows Hon. Ikwechegh, visibly upset, berating and cursing the driver, expressing anger over the perceived disrespect in being asked to step out. Abia Federal House of Rep member Alex Ikwechegh ass@ults delivery driver, thre@tens…

Britain’s ruling Labour party has suspended one of its MPs, Mike Amesbury, after footage emerged appearing to show him punching a man to the ground and then continuing to attack him. The party said late on Sunday that Mike Amesbury, had been suspended “pending an investigation” after the Mail Online published a video of the violent incident. It appeared to show the 55-year-old MP, who represents a parliamentary seat in northwest England, repeatedly hitting another man as others nearby shout: “Stop it”. Police have confirmed a 55-year-old man was voluntarily interviewed under caution in relation to the incident, which occurred…

Lebanon’s health ministry said Israel struck the southern city of Tyre on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding 10 others. An “Israeli enemy strike this morning on a building” in the centre of the coastal city “led to a provisional toll of five dead and 10 wounded”, a health ministry statement said. It added that “work is ongoing to remove the rubble”. An AFP video journalist saw emergency personnel rush a survivor to an ambulance on a stretcher, while other rescuers worked to put out a heavily smouldering fire at the site, where a residential apartment block had…

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has confirmed the recovery of another body from last Thursday’s helicopter crash in the Atlantic Ocean. This announcement came barely seven hours after the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau debunked earlier reports claiming that two bodies had been found. In a statement on his X account, Keyamo revealed that the NSIB notified him on Sunday of the recovery of one more lifeless body, identified as a victim of the Eastwind Aviation helicopter crash. “An additional body was confirmed by matching the T-shirt worn to the description provided. Although it took time, photographic…

The Ogun State Government, through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has suspended a teacher alleged to have beaten and punished one Master Monday Arijo, an SS2 student of Obada Grammar School, Obada, Idi-emi, which reportedly led to his demise. The incident, which happened on Friday, also led to the immediate arrest of the teacher, as the Principal of the school, Mrs. Tamrat Onaolapo was promptly queried for allowing corporal punishment to be used on the pupil against the established rules and regulations in the state. The principal was given 24 hours to explain her actions and why disciplinary…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says the operatives intercepted 26,250,000 pills of tramadol and 508,400 bottles of codeine-based syrup at the Tincan port, Lagos and Port Harcourt, Port Onne, Rivers state. A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja said the drugs intercepted by operatives were worth N16.6 billion in street value. He said they were recovered during a 100 per cent joint examination of watch-listed containers with men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other security agencies between Tuesday, October 22, and Wednesday, October 23. “Other illicit consignments intercepted during the joint…

The Chess Innovation Hub, a center for the intellectual and social development of underprivileged children through chess education, and an initiative of Chess in Slum Africa (CISA), has been commissioned in Lagos, Nigeria. Help Alliance, the Lufthansa Group Airline’s aid organization, is pleased to have partnered with CISA in bringing this project to life. The collaboration underscores a shared commitment to transforming education and the aim to foster cognitive development in children from marginalized communities. At the launch event, Tunde Onakoya, the founder of CISA and a Guinness World Record holder, passionately recounted the organization’s journey and achievements. CISA’s efforts…