Author: David Great

West Ham United have signed Dutch winger Crysencio Summerville from Leeds United on a five-year deal with an option to extend for another year, the Premier League club said on Saturday. The attacker, who joined Leeds in 2020, was named the English Championship’s player of the season in 2023-24 after scoring 19 goals and providing nine assists. The transfer fee was not disclosed, though media reports put the deal in excess of 25 million pounds ($32 million). “It’s the perfect next step for my career. West Ham United is a huge club, with lots of ambition and great players,” Summerville…

Katie Ledecky cemented her place as a swimming great on Saturday in Paris 2024 by storming to victory in her signature event, the 800 metres freestyle to end her work in the French capital in great style. French torpedo Leon Marchand may be the prince of Paris, electrifying the home nation with four spectacular gold medals. But it is Ledecky writing her name in the record books after she claimed her ninth gold, equalling Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina for the most by any woman in any Olympic sport. In sharp contrast to Ledecky’s runaway win in the 1,500m the 800m…

Following the looting of the Gombe Bureau of Public Reforms, shops and main market, the Gombe State Police Command on Saturday said no fewer than 90 suspects have been arrested. Confirming the arrest to journalists, the Public Relations Officer, ASP Buhari Abdullahi, said some of the items stolen have been recovered. He disclosed that among those arrested were looters and violent protesters, adding that they were found with the items allegedly stolen. According to him, “Gombe State Police Command wishes to inform members of the general public that normalcy has been restored in the state, as the command arrested 90…

President Bola Tinubu will address the nation in a nationwide broadcast on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at 7:00 am. This was announced in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Saturday. He urged television, radio, and other electronic media outlets to join the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria for the broadcast. The statement mentioned that “the broadcast will be repeated on the network services of the NTA and the FRCN at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm on the same day.” Tinubu’s…

Goals from Gabriel Vidovic and Leon Goretzka gave new Bayern Munich manager Vincent Kompany a 2-1 win over Tottenham on his first real test since taking the reins at the Bundesliga giants. There was no reunion for Tottenham’s Son Heung-min with his former captain Harry Kane, who is still resting after leading England to the final of Euro 2024 last month and did not make the trip. The German side’s Eric Dier did get a chance to catch up with his former Spurs teammates, and was seen chatting to Son, Richarlison, James Maddison and others as the teams warmed up…

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) said it disbursed more than N2.5 billion institution fees to 12 schools across the country. NELFUND spokesman, Nasir Ayitogo, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said that 22,120 students benefited from the exercise. According to Ayitogo, the gesture aligned with President Bola Tinubu’s commitment towards enhancing educational opportunities for Nigerians. He said the strategic effort aimed to ensure that students who really need the funds could continue their education by lowering the burden of financial constraints. Ayitogo said that the disbursements were made based on each institution’s academic calendar – beginning of session.…

Chronicles, imaginings and factfulness will be “dangerous pursuits” as artists, writers, authors and wordsmiths gather at the 26th Lagos Book & Art Festival (LABAF), November 11-17, 2024. To keep the conversation mainstream, the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) Art & Cultural Foundation has listed 11 books centered on the theme: Hope is a Stubborn Thing. CORA selected the books reflecting hope, doggedness, the will to win, as theme, whether in fiction or in non-fiction, to stimulate a spirited festival conversation. The books include: Andre Brink’s Imaginings of Sand Mukoma WA Ngugi’s We, The Scarred Mark Manson’s Everything Is F*cked: A…

An Israeli drone strike killed five people in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Palestinian press agency Wafa and Palestinian sources reported, while the Israeli military said it struck a “terrorist cell” in the Tulkarem region. The director of the Thabet Thabet Hospital in Tulkarem said in a statement that “five martyrs” had arrived at the facility after “an Israeli drone strike on a Palestinian vehicle close to the village of Zeita in Tulkarem”. According to Wafa, an Israeli military drone targeted a vehicle “with two missiles” which caught fire, killing five men. At the scene of the strike…

Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee has agreed to a Fox News offer to debate Democratic US Vice President Kamala Harris on September 4. “Rules will be similar to the rules of my debate with Sleepy Joe, who has been treated horribly by his party, but with a full arena audience,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, referring to President Joe Biden, who has since dropped his reelection bid. The message was taken down just a few minutes before being reposted, with Trump removing his idea for a “major” town hall meeting on the same date if Harris…

Dr. Baba Adam, a former US leader of Pro National Conference Organisations, PRONACO and one of Nigeria’s prominent citizens in the US has written President Bola Tinubu to step up as a leader as #EndBadGovernance continues. In a letter to Tinubu on August 2, Adam noted that the Tinubu administration inherited myriads of challenges from previous administrations and that tough decisions taken by the present government on fuel subsidy and unification of exchange rates have only led to hyperinflation in Nigeria. The Borno-state politician noted that data from the state-owned National Bureau of Statistics puts food inflation at 40.87 per…