Author: David Great

Manchester City have been fined more than two million pounds by the Premier League for delayed kick-offs and restarts, England’s top flight league said on Wednesday. The Premier League said the club had accepted that it had broken the rules regarding kick-offs and restarts over the past two seasons and had reached a settlement agreement with the league over 22 separate charges. “Rules relating to kick-offs and re-starts help ensure the organisation of the competition is set at the highest possible professional standard and provides certainty to fans and participating clubs,” the Premier League said in a statement. “It also…

Chelsea new signing Filip Jorgensen has linked up with the rest of the squad on their US tour after signing on Tuesday from La Liga side Villarreal, for a fee believed to be around £20 million. The 22-year-old Denmark international who last season became Villarreal’s number one goalkeeper signed a seven-year deal, Chelsea said. “This move is a dream come true,” Jorgensen told the club website. Chelsea will be ready for new season despite Celtic thrashing – Maresca “I am very excited to have signed for Chelsea, one of the biggest clubs in the world. I can’t wait to get…

The Management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, has postponed the ongoing 2023/2024 second semester examinations due to the planned nationwide protest commencing August 1 to August 10. UNILAG Head of Communication, Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. Mrs Alaga-Ibraheem said that all examinations scheduled for Thursday and Friday had been postponed till further notice. “A new schedule for all the papers initially listed for these two days will be announced in due course. Members of the university community are, hereby, advised to remain calm, safe and security conscious at all locations,” she said.…

Justice Akintayo Aluko of a Lagos Federal High Court has convicted and sentenced two businessmen, Chukwuemeka Emmanuel and Amanambu Kingsley, to a total of nine years imprisonment, for unlawful importation of 8, 200 kilograms of cough syrup containing prohibited codeine. The judge also forfeited a White Toyota Tacoma V6 with registration Number EKY 883 GK, used in transporting the prohibited drug (codeine) to the Federal government of Nigeria, for being a proceeds of crime. Justice Aluko convicted and sentenced the two businessmen on Tuesday after they both pleaded guilty to three charges of conspiracy, unlawful importation and dealing in the…

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Plateau Command, says it will treat any anyone wielding a weapon as a criminal during the planned nationwide protest. NSCDC Commandant in the state, Mr Alexander Barunde, stated this while addressing officers and men of the command on Wednesday in Jos. Barunde, who expressed the rights of citizens to protest against government policies, however, called on the organisers to not to give room for mischief makers to unleash anarchy on the society. Barunde, who expressed the rights of citizens to protest against government policies, however, called on the organisers to not to give…

Kamala Harris is bringing her newly-minted presidential campaign to Georgia, a state that some Democrats now consider up for grabs in the closely contested election. The vice-president held a star-studded campaign rally in Atlanta on Tuesday, at which she challenged her Republican rival Donald Trump to meet her on the debate stage. Pop star Megan Thee Stallion and rapper/singer Quavo performed while Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock also addressed the crowd of about 10,000 people. The possibility of Democrats winning in the battleground state was a stretch one month ago, but some analysts now believe a new face on top of the…

The federal government says it hopes to achieve the conversion of one million petrol vehicles in the country to compressed natural gas (CNG) by 2027. Michael Oluwagbemi, the programme manager of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas (Pi-CNG) Initiative, disclosed this at the ‘Park to Park’ CNG mobilisation programme and signing of MoU with some conversion centres and distribution of free CNG conversion kits in Abuja. “President Bola Tinubu has given us the mandate to convert one million commercial vehicles in the next two years. Today is just the beginning for this region that includes the Federal Capital Territory, Nasarawa, Niger…

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran early Wednesday, the Palestinian militant group said, raising concerns about further escalation in a region already unsettled by Israel’s war in Gaza and a growing conflict in Lebanon. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed Haniyeh’s death, hours after he attended the country’s new president’s swearing-in ceremony, and said they were conducting an investigation. Israel is yet to comment on the assassination. The Israeli military said it was conducting a situational assessment but had not issued any new security guidelines for civilians. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin stated that Washington will work to reduce tensions,…

Belgium forward Romelu Lukaku has already agreed to take a pay cut and sign a three-year contract with the Serie A club Napoli. (Ben Jacobs) Chelsea are in talks over Lukaku, 31, permanently joining Napoli, while 25-year-old Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen could move in the opposite direction on loan. (Athletic – subscription required) Last season Lukaku made it clear that he would not return to Chelsea and tried to force a move away from the Premier League club. (Metro) Lukaku will link up with former Chelsea manager Antonio Conte who was appointed coach of Napoli this summer. (Chronicle NG) Chelsea have agreed a…

The son of the former Sinaloa drug cartel leader El Chapo pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a raft of charges linked to one of the world’s biggest illicit narcotics operations, prosecutors said. Joaquin Guzman Lopez was arrested in a scheme allegedly orchestrated by Washington without the involvement of Mexico, in which he was detained in Texas on Thursday. The judge in the case denied bail and remanded him in custody, ordering a case management hearing for September 30, the assistant US Attorney’s office said in a statement to AFP. Many of the details of the arrest operation, in which co-founder…