Author: David Great

Newcastle United qualified for Champions League next season after a 20-year absence following a 0-0 draw at home to struggling Leicester City which guaranteed a top-four finish in the Premier League on Monday. It was not quite the glorious home sign-off the fans were expecting as Newcastle dominated from start to finish without finding the net, but they did not really care as the dream of Champions League football came to fruition. Newcastle had 23 goal attempts to Leicester’s one and were denied by the woodwork three times as the visitors dug deep for a point that keeps their survival…

Manchester City celebrated their Premier League title success on Sunday, beating Chelsea 1-0 with an early goal by Julian Alvarez in the team’s home finale at a sun-drenched Etihad Stadium. Treble-chasing Manchester City, who wrapped up the title when second-placed Arsenal were beaten at Nottingham Forest on Saturday, have won 12 successive games in the top flight. Forward Jack Grealish was asked if Manchester City, who were eight points behind Arsenal in late March, have felt invincible over the past few weeks. “Yeah, we have. It’s mad because I spoke to some of the lads and said imagine if someone…

By Deyemi Saka The media have been busy in the last three days over the the actions of Governor Bello Muhammed Matawalle of Zamfara State which is the hallmark of bravery and statesmanship against Abdulrasheed Bawa, the EFCC boss. I have never hidden my admiration and relationship with him. I remember my short visit to Zamfara almost a year ago, I saw a man filled with compassion and selflessness in his service to his people. This is not about his sterling leadership qualities, but about a cause he is pursuing. This is putting Abdulrasheed Bawa who is the chair of…

Laolu Akande, the spokesman to Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has stated that his principal has an unflinching passion for the Nigerian people and that he demonstrated it as the number two citizen. Akande in an interview on “Daily Politics,” on Daily Trust TV, on May 19, 2023, where he reflected on his journey serving as a spokesman and the person of Prof. Osinbajo. Speaking to Prof. Osinbajo’s passion for Nigerians and his job, he said, “What you see is what you get. He has the passion not only for the job and any task that he is given but…

A leaked audio between Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and Ibrahim Masari, a vice presidential placeholder of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has revealed how Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu has embraced Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) over Ganduje who worked for him to emerge president. Tinubu met Kwankwaso in France to discuss a variety of issues including appointing the latter into his administration. Confirming the meeting, Ganduje in the leaked audio expressed disappointment at Tinubu’s decision to embrace his local political rival in Kano State. “I can’t do anything since Kwankwaso has become an alternative…

Tottenham could make a surprise move for Chelsea’s Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, 31, as they look to replace French shot-stopper Hugo Lloris, 36, who is out of contract at the end of the season. (Sun) Manchester United and England defender Harry Maguire could move to West Ham or Tottenham with the 30-year-old out of favour with boss Erik ten Hag. (Football Transfers) Manchester United could sign two strikers in the summer with Atalanta’s Denmark striker Rasmus Hojlund, 20, joining Tottenham and England forward Harry Kane, 29, on the club’s shortlist of targets. (Times – subscription required) Interim Chelsea manager Frank Lampard says he tried to sign Norwegian forward Erling Haaland during his first stint at Stamford…

Manchester United centre back Phil Jones said on Friday that he will leave the club after 12 years when his contract expires at the end of the season, ending an injury-plagued stay at Old Trafford. Jones, 31, has played more than 200 games for United but has endured a torrid time with injuries over the past four seasons, managing only 13 appearances since the start of the 2019-20 campaign. “My time at Manchester United has been nothing short of incredible,” Phil Jones wrote in an open letter to United fans. “To wear this shirt just once, to wear this badge…

Needle-free vaccination technology has the potential to revolutionise immunisation and make it available to everyone, everywhere, a new report has shown. Micron Biomedical revealed earlier this week that a measles and rubella vaccination patch has passed a Phase 1/2 clinical trial. These are fascinating findings that demonstrate, for the first time, the ability of vaccine patches to safely and effectively administer immunisations to children. This is especially crucial in the case of measles and rubella, because high vaccine coverage is required internationally to avoid measles outbreaks, and coverage has declined dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccine microarray patches (vaccine-MAPs), also…

The Appeal Court, Abuja Division, has set aside the injunction granted by the High Court of Kogi State restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from the investigation and prosecution of Governor Yahaya Bello and other State officials. The EFCC had, on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, filed a motion before the Appellate Court, asking for a stay of execution of the judgment of the Kogi State High Court in Suit No: HCL/696/2022 between Kogi State Government and the Commission, and Others delivered on December 12, 2022 as well as the consequential order made on the February 6, 2023. In…

The House of Representatives has denied receiving a $15 million bribe to approve the request of President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the N22.7 trillion Ways and Means advances taken from the Central Bank of Nigeria. In denying reports of the bribe, the House of Reps claimed that their decisions and actions are always taken in the public interest. Nigeria is a country rife in corruption and the promises of Buhari to nip corruption in the bud has largely failed with many reports of corruption under his eight-year administration. Buhari completes his two-term tenure on May 29 but is seeking to…