Author: David Great

Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema will leave Real Madrid as a free agent this summer after 14 trophy-laden years, the LaLiga club said on Sunday, with the striker set to move to Saudi Arabian side Al Ittihad. Saudi Arabia’s state-run Al Ekhbariya television station reported that Al Ittihad had reached an agreement with Benzema on a two-year contract, with club officials in Madrid to hammer out a “record deal” with the striker. The 35-year-old Frenchman had looked set to stay at the Spanish club for one more year after a 2022-23 season in which he struggled with injuries and missed…

Manager Carlo Ancelotti has told Real Madrid’s board he wants to sign Tottenham and England striker Harry Kane, 29. (The Athletic) Tottenham will sign Celtic striker Kyogo Furuhashi, if Ange Postecoglu leaves his role as manager of the Bhoys to become Spurs’ new boss and Kane leaves the club. (Sun) Australian Postecoglou has remained tight-lipped over his future at Celtic despite strong links with a move to Tottenham. (Evening Standard) Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal hope to announce the signing of Paris St-Germain and Argentina forward Lionel Messi, 35, on 6 June. (Sport) Chelsea are confident of completing a deal to sign 22-year-old Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte from Sporting Lisbon. (Fabrizio…

Nigeria ranked eighth on an ‘Average age people lose their virginity’ ranking published by the World of Statistics on social media. According to the ranking of 45 countries, Nigeria placed number one in Africa based on data collected on when people lose their virginity. The data which was not sex-specific put Malaysia at the top spot with 23 percent followed by India (22.9), Singapore (22.8), China (22.1) and Thailand (20.5), all top five countries are from Asia. Hong Kong (20.2), Vietnam (19.7), Nigeria (19.7), Japan (19.4) and Spain (19.2) make up the top ten. Indonesia (19.1), Poland (19), Italy (18.9),…

Arsenal have agreed personal terms with West Ham’s England midfielder Declan Rice, 24. (FootballTransfers) But Bayern Munich have not given up hope of signing Declan Rice from the Hammers after a positive meeting with him in London, with the German champions set to prepare an official offer. (Sky Sport Germany) West Ham could sack manager David Moyes if they do not win the Europa Conference League final against Fiorentina on Wednesday. (Guardian) Manchester United will offer England defender Harry Maguire, 30, to Chelsea as part of a deal for England midfielder Mason Mount, 24. (Mirror) Manchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan is on the verge of joining Barcelona when his contract expires…

Troops from Operation Forest Sanity on Thursday, June 1 killed three terrorists and recovered rifles and ammunition in Kaduna State. According to Major General Musa Danmadami, director of Defence Media Operations, the terrorists were gunned down during an ambush operation to bandits’ hideout along Road Tsohon Kabai-Kubusu Forest in Chikun local government area of the State. He stated that during the gunfight, the troops killed three terrorists and recovered two AK 47 rifles, four magazines, 16 rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition, hard drugs, various charms, and one motorcycle. Gunmen kill nine, injure others in Kaduna The military high command praised…

Names Senator Ibrahim Hadejia as Deputy Chief of Staff President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as Chief of Staff. He also named George Akume, a former governor of Benue state as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. In a press statement on Friday by Abiodun Oladunjoye, director of information in the Presidency, Tinubu also appointed Senator Ibrahim Hadejia as the Deputy Chief of Staff. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Friday in Abuja announced the appointment of Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as Chief of…

Mexican authorities have found 45 bags containing human remains in a ravine outside the western city of Guadalajara. Officials were searching for seven young call centre workers, who had been reported missing last week when they found the human remains. The human remains include men and women, and the number of bodies is not yet known. The search is expected to continue for several days because of difficult terrain and poor lighting. The state prosecutor’s office for the western state of Jalisco said in a statement that, following a tip-off in the search for the seven people, they had begun…

Nigeria’s state-owned oil company NNPC will soon end its monopoly on petrol supplies, its chief executive told local television on Thursday, a day after it nearly tripled prices at its fuel stations countrywide. Newly inaugurated President Bola Tinubu pledged to remove fuel subsidies, a popular but costly benefit that has drained billions annually from government coffers. Mele Kyari told Arise TV that prices were expected to come down once new companies started supplying petrol, bringing more competition. “All we did was to set variable prices depending on our costs by location and knowing full well that NNPC is the single…

President Joe Biden tripped and fell while handing out diplomas at a graduation ceremony for the US Air Force Academy in Colorado. Biden, who is the nation’s oldest serving president at 80, was helped back up to his feet and appeared to be unhurt. The president had been standing for about an hour and a half to shake hands with each of the 921 graduating cadets. The White House communications director said earlier “he’s fine”. “There was a sandbag on stage while he was shaking hands,” Ben LaBolt wrote on Twitter after Thursday’s fall. “I got sandbagged,” the smiling president…

The US Senate on Thursday passed bipartisan legislation backed by President Joe Biden that lifts the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been a first-ever default. The Senate voted 63-36 to approve the bill that had been passed on Wednesday by the House of Representatives, as lawmakers raced against the clock following months of partisan bickering between Democrats and Republicans. The Treasury Department had warned it would be unable to pay all its bills on June 5 if Congress failed to act by then. “We are avoiding default tonight,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday…