Author: David Great

German coach Thomas Tuchel has agreed a deal to become the next permanent England men’s senior team manager, according to reports. England have been without a permanent manager following Gareth Southgate’s exit after the Euro 2024 final defeat against Spain. Under-21s coach Lee Carsley had been appointed as interim boss, with speculation intensifying this week regarding the FA speaking with numerous candidates, including Tuchel and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola. However, it appears the former Chelsea, Dortmund, PSG and Bayern Munich manager has won the race to be the next Three Lions boss, and their third foreign hire. Thomas Tuchel…

More than 23 Kano North support groups have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), marking a dramatic shift in politics in the northern Nigerian state. One of these organisations is Kano North Askarawan Gandujiyya, whose members have joined the NNPP from 11 of the senatorial district’s 13 local government areas. Sale Musa Romo, the group’s leader, announced the defection, noting that the group that consists of 11,111 members has collapsed its structure to join Kwankwaso’s NNPP. Romo asserts that feelings of betrayal from former Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who is…

Yemi Cardoso, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria was guest of the Harvard Club of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday October 4th, 2024. In speaking to the topic – “Leadership in Challenging Times: Restoring Credibility, Building Trust, and Containing Inflation”, Cardoso referenced the raising of the MPR from 18.45% in February 2024 a few months after he assumed office to the current level of 27.25% on September 24th, 2024. According to a report, Cardoso told his audience that “Our decision to raise the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 27.25% was a bold move. Higher interest rates, while painful for…

Former Presidential adviser Laolu Akande has urged the immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, to “surrender” the state and acknowledge that he is no longer the governor. Akande stated this during Sunday’s segment of “My Take” on Channels Television’s Inside Sources, when he discussed the political tension between Wike and his appointed successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, who has become a political foe. “One undeniable duty of a leader is to lift people up. All our elected and appointed leaders owe it to us as a people,” Akande said. “But in Rivers State, what we’re seeing instead is the…

Former US President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency platform had a rocky sales launch Tuesday, with only a quarter of the digital tokens offered to public sold. The Republican candidate announced in mid-September that he, his sons, and entrepreneurs will create a platform named World Liberty Financial. The startup offered 20 billion digital tokens, each valued at 1.5 cents, for a total of $300 million, but only three percent had been purchased by Tuesday evening. Many analysts attributed the low sales to technological issues, as the company’s website had disruptions earlier in the day. World Liberty Financial will allow users to lend or borrow bitcoins from one another, a service already available on many platforms, like Aave. During his administration, Trump referred to cryptocurrencies as a hoax, but he…

The Lagos State High Court has ordered controversial social media critic, Martin Otse, a.k,a. VeryDarkMan, to remove defamatory comments and videos concerning lawyer and human rights activist Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin (Falz). The court also ordered him to pay N500 million to them for libel, as stated in the pre-action bundle of the judgment. Justice M. O. Idowu delivered the ruling in suit no: ID/8584/GCM/2024 today. According to him, the publications made by VeryDarkMan on his social media accounts on September 24, 2024, linking Bobrisky to Falz and his father were defamatory and injurious to their public…

Thomas Tuchel is in talks with the Football Association about becoming England’s next manager, according to reports on Tuesday. It follows reports that Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, who is out of contract at the end of the season, has been asked about his interest in the role. Tuchel led Chelsea to Champions League glory in 2021 but was sacked the following year. He has been among the bookmakers’ favourites for the England job since Gareth Southgate stood down after England lost to Spain in the EURO 2024 final in July. Sky Sports said the Tuchel, who left Bayern Munich…

Nigeria’s national grid has once again collapsed, less than 24 hours after its previous failure. The collapse occurred around 9:17am on Tuesday, plunging many parts of the country into another round of power outages. Confirming the system collaspse, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), in a post via X said: “Dear Valued Customer, Kindly be informed there was a system collapse at 09:17hrs which has resulted to a loss of power supply across our network. “We are currently working with our partners as we hope for speedy restoration of the grid. We will keep you updated as soon as power…

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate for September 2024 rose to 32.70 per cent after slowing consecutively in the previous two months of July and August. This was according to the latest Consumer Price Index report from the National Bureau of Statistics. It is a marginal increase of 0.55 per cent from the August 2024 figure of 32.15 per cent, reflecting ongoing price pressures across the country. Year-on-year, inflation has surged by 5.98 percentage points compared to the 26.72 per cent recorded in September 2023. The report read, “In September 2024, the Headline inflation rate was 32.70% relative to the August 2024…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has delisted the Group D second-leg fixture of the ongoing 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifier between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Mediterranean Knights of Libya. The game was earlier scheduled to take place in Libya by 8 pm after the first leg took place in Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo on Friday. The Super Eagles beat the Mediterranean Knights by a lone goal in the dying minute of the game. However, the return leg has been greeted with controversy after the Super Eagles players and officials narrated their over 14 hours…