Author: David Great

Olympique de Marseille has fired manager Gennaro Gattuso following a drop in form, and Frenchman Jean-Louis Gasset has been appointed as his replacement, the Ligue 1 club said on Tuesday. Marseille signed Gattuso, 46, as Marcelino’s replacement in September last year. He has previously coached Valencia, Napoli, and AC Milan. Marseille are tenth in the top division after five games without a win, losing two and drawing three. “Olympique de Marseille announces the end of its collaboration with Gennaro Gattuso,” the club said in a statement. “Marseille would like to extend its special thanks to Gennaro and his entire staff…

The Ilorin Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two Chinese: Yang Chao, 39, and Xiao Jiang 38 for suspected illegal mining activities. They were arrested alongside Chidi Joseph Osuji, 48, suspected to be an accomplice in the illegal mining business. Acting on intelligence, the suspects were trailed to their mining sites located at Ogunmakin and Ogere, Ogun State, where they were arrested after days of surveillance. Preliminary investigations showed that Chao and Chidi are working as factory manager and machine operator respectively with Cruis Chemical Nigeria Limited located at Ogunmakin in Ogun State, while Jiang…

The Ibadan Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a businesswoman, Oluwabiyi Peace before Justice O.A. Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, in Ibadan for issuing a dud cheque worth N13,000,000 (Thirteen Million Naira) to a customer. She was arraigned on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, alongside her company, Just Series Nigeria Limited on a one-count charge bordering on the issuance of the dishonoured cheque. The lone-count charge reads: The One Count Charge Reads: “That you Oluwabiyi Peace and Just Series Nigeria Limited, on or about the 29th of June, 2021 at Ibadan within the jurisdiction…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mele Kolo Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to “promptly account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing $2.04 billion and N164 billion oil revenues.” SERAP said the allegations are documented in the latest annual report recently published by the Auditor-General of the Federation. SERAP urged Mr Kyari “to name and shame those responsible for the disappeared oil money, surcharge them for the full amount involved, and hand them over to appropriate anticorruption agencies, as provided for under paragraph 3112(ii) of the Financial…

Steph Curry of the Golden States Warriors defeated Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty in the three-point challenge to win the 3-point champion belt 29 to 26 points. The charity contest between two of the best shooters in the NBA and WNBA raised money for kids across the United States. Sabrina took the big leap by going first. On the first rack, she completed a clean sweep by scoring all six points. She missed one on the second and then missed the moneyballs. She still looked good as she finished with 26 points putting pressure on Curry. Steph Curry…

Rodri scored a late leveller as Manchester City stuttered against Chelsea to maintain their unbeaten home record at the Etihad Stadium. City lost ground in the title race after Liverpool and Arsenal both won their matches earlier on Saturday, but this has to go down as a point gained as they were so close to a defeat. Former Manchester City star Raheem Sterling gave Chelsea the lead before half-time, finishing off a brilliant counter-attack by meeting Nicolas Jackson’s cross, cutting inside Kyle Walker and curling his shot home. The visitors looked threatening on the break all game, with Jackson earlier…

Arsenal blasted second-bottom Burnley 5-0 at Turf Moor on Saturday, moving to second place and keeping pressure on Premier League leaders Liverpool. Captain Martin Odegaard scored in the fourth minute with a left-footed shot from the edge of the box into the bottom right corner, and Saka made it 2-0 in the 41st after a foul on Leandro Trossard. Saka scored his second two minutes after the break, his 12th league goal of the season, Trossard clipped one in for 4-0, and Kai Havertz added a fifth as Arsenal won their fifth consecutive game in 2024. After 25 games, the…

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has called on members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW and Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN to resist being used as accomplices by illegal miners across the country. He gave the charge in Ilorin, Kwara State on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at a meeting with the executive members of the two transport unions at the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC. Olukoyede, who spoke through the Ilorin Zonal Commander, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE1 Michael Nzekwe noted that the meeting became necessary…

The Defence Headquarters has said troops in the last one week eliminated 254 terrorists and apprehended 368 others in different theatres of operation across the country. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while giving an update on the operations of the armed forces, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Buba said the ongoing counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations had prevented terrorist elements from accomplishing their strategic objectives. According to him, the armed forces will continue to degrade the ability of the criminals to carry out small-scale attacks which are intended to create panic in localities…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it arrested 26 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. The commission’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The suspects according to Oyewale were arrested at Kurudu, Jahi, Kubwa and Gwarimpa areas of Abuja. He said that the arrest was sequel to credible information on their suspected involvement in internet-related offences. He added, “Items recovered from them include a Toyota Tacoma, a CLS Mercedes 450 and three Lexus cars, in addition to 40 phones and seven laptops. They will be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.’’