Author: David Great

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has alerted Nigerians to fraudsters posing as the parastatal with fake contracts and a forged website to take advantage of unsuspecting individuals. In a statement on Sunday, the commission’s Director, Corporate Affairs, Ibitoye Abosede, said a new scam circulating online is “another communication between fraudsters and a US-based company purporting to indicate that a ‘Contract Award Committee’ within the Commission is processing tenders for jobs”. The letter is said to have the name of a former Chairman of the NDDC Governing Board as the claimed Chairman of this Committee. Police advise against fraudulent vehicle…

Cristiano  Ronaldo scored the opening goal in Al Nassr’s 3-1 victory over Morocco’s Raja Club Athletic in the Quarterfinals of the Arab Club Champions Cup on Sunday. The 38-year-old opened the scoring in the 19th minute from the edge of the box after a pass from teammate Anderson Talisca. Sultan Al-Ghannam extended Al Nassr’s lead in the 29th minute with a fine low finish inside the box after a brilliant lofted pass from Al-Khaibari. Messi overtakes Ronaldo as Footballer with most Guinness World Records Minutes before the end of the first half, Ivory Coast international Seko Fofana scored the third…

Men of the Nigeria Police Force, Kano state command on Sunday arrested a female drug lord, Ladi Peter and members of her cartel. This  was confirmed in a statement released by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna. SP Haruna stated officers of the command at the iitial stage succeeded in intercepting and arresting the driver of the gang and subsequently after a follow-up to the supply chain, arrested Ladi, the principal suspect and later two other of her accomplice. According to him, “Recall that on the 18th July 2023 at about 2000hrs (8pm), a team of Policemen while on…

Harry Kane scored four goals in Tottenham Hotspur’s 5-1 pre-season friendly win at home to Shakhtar Donetsk on Sunday as speculation over the England captain’s future intensified. Kane has entered the final 12 months of his six-year Spurs contract and has been courted aggressively by Bayern Munich, with the German giants reported to have lodged their latest bid for the forward on Friday. But with Spurs holding firm so far during the pre-season transfer window the 30-year-old Kane showed no sign of being distracted while scoring a hat-trick in 55 minutes against Shakhtar in what was new manager Ange Postecoglou’s…

Sweden goalkeeper Zecira Musovic emerged as the hero as her team beat the United States 5-4 on penalties to knock the defending champions out of the Women’s World Cup on Sunday. The 27-year-old kept the Scandinavians in the match, making 11 saves before the shootout to deny the Americans and ensure the game ended 0-0 after extra time. “I’m at a loss for words. I don’t know what to say except that I am extremely proud that we persevered against an extremely strong US that pressed for 120 minutes,” Musovic told reporters. “We’re not going home yet.” Sweden’s Magdalena Eriksson…

A former Australian childcare worker has been charged with more than 1,600 offences after allegedly sexually abusing 91 children, filming it, then distributing the content online. Police allege the man preyed on young girls over a 15-year period at a dozen centres in Australia and abroad. The childcare worker was arrested in August 2022, but it has taken police a year to investigate and identify alleged victims. Authorities say it is one of the most “horrific” cases they have ever seen. The 45-year-old man is facing 246 counts of rape and 673 counts of indecent assault against children – many…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over “the failure to publish spending details of about N400bn so far saved as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol.” The suit followed reports that the Federal Government has saved N400bn within the four weeks following the implementation of the removal of subsidy on petrol policy.” In the suit number FHC/L/CS/1514/2023 filed last week at the Federal High Court in Lagos, SERAP is seeking: “an order of mandamus to direct and compel President Tinubu to publish…

Nigeria breezed through what was dubbed the “group of death” at the Women’s World Cup, but a victory over England on Monday and a berth in the quarter-finals would be one of most significant accomplishments in his team’s history, coach Randy Waldrum said. “It would be a huge win,” Waldrum told reporters on Sunday, a day ahead of Nigeria’s last-16 match with the Lionesses. “Obviously, with what we’ve accomplished, Nigeria is buzzing again from what I understand, and I don’t think people expected us to get out of the group and to get the results that we’ve gotten. So, I…

Chelsea have agreed personal terms with French winger Michael Olise, 21, after offering Crystal Palace £26m. (Metro) Brighton have agreed a deal in principle for Ajax’s Ghana midfielder Mohammed Kudus, 23, for a fee in the region of £34.5m. (Athletic – subscription required) Manchester City are looking to cash in on Spain defender Aymeric Laporte, 29, after signing 21-year-old Croatia centre-back Josko Gvardiol from RB Leipzig. (Mirror) Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has ignored Bayern Munich’s deadline to make a decision on their £86m bid for England striker Harry Kane, 30. (Bild – in German) Aston Villa’s English winger Jaden Philogene, 21, has emerged as a target for Liverpool. (Liverpool Echo) Newcastle have been in contact with the…

Police authorities in Lagos State have arrested a suspect carjacker and recovered the vehicle. This was revealed in a statement released to the press by the spokesperson of the Zone 2 Command Headquarters in Onikan, Lagos, Hauwa Idris Adamu. She explained that the arrest followed intel the zone got on July 22, 2023. Police arrest nine robbery suspects in Niger “On the 22nd of July 2023 at about 12:50 am, intel was received by the AIG Zone 2, Muhammed Ali Ari, that along Fagba Abule Egba Area, one suspect, Olamide Tailor, and his friend Habeeb, now at large, stopped a…