Author: David Great

Former Netherlands international goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has been hospitalised while on holiday in Croatia with bleeding on the brain but is in stable condition, his former club Ajax Amsterdam confirmed on Friday. Van der Sar, 52, who spent six years at Manchester United before leaving in 2011, was most recently a director at Ajax but quit before the end of last season after the club finished third in the Dutch league and missed out on Champions League football for the first time since 2009. “Edwin van der Sar has had a bleeding around his brain. He’s currently in…

The Lagos State Police Command have arrested Kennedy Amarah, a man accused of sharing the nude pictures of his ex-girlfriend, a widow on WhatsApp groups. “The suspect, Kennedy Amarah, has been arrested. An investigation is ongoing,” police spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin said in a tweet. On Wednesday, Amarah was invited by the police for questioning after he sent the nude pictures to a WhatsApp group. Chronicle NG reported that his ex-girlfriend, simply identified as Kester, confirmed that Kennedy Amarah sent her nude pictures to at least 48 persons. Reacting to the incident on July 5, the Lagos Police noted that it…

A Swiss Company, FOODIN SA headquartered in Geneva Switzerland has filed a winding-up petition against a Nigerian company, Advanced International Merchants Limited (AIML) at Okoya Estate, 6 Fathai Doherty Close, Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja, Lagos. FOODIN SA (the petitioner) is praying the court wind up AIML (the respondent) for being insolvent and unable to pay its debt to the petitioner, it is therefore just and equitable that the company should be wound up so its assets can be used to satisfy its creditors including the petitioner. The nature of the business relationship between FOODIN SA and AIML dates back to 2010 and…

Twitter has threatened to sue Meta Platforms over its new Threads platform in a letter sent to the Facebook parent’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg by Twitter’s lawyer Alex Spiro. Meta, which launched Threads on Wednesday and has logged more than 30 million sign ups, looks to take on Elon Musk’s Twitter by leveraging Instagram’s billions of users. Spiro, in his letter, accused Meta of hiring former Twitter employees who “had and continue to have access to Twitter’s trade secrets and other highly confidential information,” News website Semafor first reported. “Twitter intends to strictly enforce its intellectual property rights, and demands that…

Manchester United are lining up a £50m move for Atalanta and Denmark striker Rasmus Hojlund, 20, after their first bid was rejected. (Telegraph) Manchester United are edging closer to signing Inter goalkeeper Andre Onana, 27, after agreeing personal terms with the Cameroon international. (Fabrizio Romano) United continue to do due diligence on other goalkeepers including Feyenoord’s Netherlands international Justin Bijlow, 25 and Spaniard David Raya, 27, of Brentford in case they cannot agree a fee with Inter for Onana. (Sky Sports) Erik ten Hag is looking to offload Brazilian full-back Alex Telles, 30, Ivory Coast centre-back Eric Bailly, 29, 22-year-old defender Brandon Williams, club captain Harry Maguire, 30,…

Real Madrid on Thursday signed 18-year-old midfielder Arda Guler from Turkish team Fenerbahçe. Guler, who also plays for Turkey’s national squad, signed with the Spanish club for six years, Real Madrid said on its website. The 18-year-old won the Turkish Cup with Fenerbahçe last season and was voted man of the match in the final. He is a full international and the youngest player ever to score for the Turkish national side – he opened his account at just 18 years and 114 days old. The new Real Madrid signing made his first-team debut for Fenerbahçe in August 2021, in…

Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta has left the Premier League club after 11 seasons, the West London outfit announced on Thursday. Azpilicueta had been a mainstay at Chelsea since he arrived from Ligue 1 side Olympique de Marseille in 2012, making more than 500 appearances in all competitions, scoring 17 goals, providing 56 assists, and winning every major title with the club. “Cesar leaves an everlasting mark at Chelsea, as a warrior, as a champion, and as loyal Chelsea legend,” Chelsea co-chairmen Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali said in a joint statement. “He has set the standards at the club for…

Nigeria’s average daily petrol consumption has dropped by 28% since President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of the costly fuel subsidy at the end of May, industry regulator data shows. The average daily petrol consumption fell to 48.43 million litres in June, down from the previous average of 66.9 million, according to figures released to Reuters by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). A subsidy had kept prices cheap for decades in Africa’s biggest economy but it became increasingly expensive for the country – the government spent $10 billion last year – leading to wider deficits and…

Paris St Germain signed Milan Skriniar on a free transfer on Thursday, with the Slovakia defender agreeing a five-year deal with the Ligue 1 champions after his contract with Inter Milan expired in June. Skriniar joined Inter from Sampdoria in 2017 and made nearly 250 appearances in Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the Italian Super Cup during his time at the club. He also has 60 caps for Slovakia. The 28-year-old was linked with a move to PSG in January but the two clubs did not work out a deal before the transfer window closed. Inter had reportedly rejected…

Amarah Kennedy, a Lagos-based businessman, has been invited by the Lagos State Police Command to testify on the distribution of nude pictures of his ex-girlfriends. According to reports, Kennedy has kept spreading the naked pictures of two single mothers with whom he once had ties. He was accused of sending the explicit images of one of the women, just known as Kester, to a church WhatsApp group. Additionally, he forwarded the pictures to her late husband’s office and relatives. It is believed that he has sent the pictures to no less than 48 persons. “By the time I am done,…