Author: David Great

Chelsea’s players are excited by the prospect of former Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino becoming their new manager. (Telegraph – subscription required) Former Spain boss Luis Enrique is out of the running to become the new Chelsea manager. (Fabrizio Romano) Paris St-Germain are considering selling Neymar this summer – with Chelsea and at least one other Premier League club pondering a move for the 31-year-old Brazil striker. (Mirror) PSG striker Lionel Messi wants to return to Barcelona but the Spanish club need to raise £88m through player sales and activate another ‘economic lever’ in order to re-sign the 35-year-old Argentina captain. (Mail) Tottenham striker Harry Kane is on Bayern Munich’s shortlist this summer, although…

Manchester United beat Brighton & Hove Albion in a thrilling penalty shootout in their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Sunday after the game finished 0-0 after extra time to set up the first-ever all-Manchester clash in the final. Solly March, Brighton’s seventh player to step up to the spot in the shootout, launched the ball over the bar, before Victor Lindelof found the net to secure a 7-6 shootout victory for United. The nail-biting finale was a fitting ending after 120 goalless minutes of wild swings in a game that careened from end to end all night. Treble-chasing Manchester…

As IGP urges the investigative team to expedite action The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has disclosed that the police is investigating the conduct of Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari who without following due process announced Aisha Dahiru Ahmed of the All Progressives Congress winner of the Adamawa governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had written the police chief demanding that Yunusa-Ari be arrested and prosecuted for his actions. In response, the police on Sunday in a statement noted that it would investigate the matter before deciding on whether to arrest the suspended INEC Residential Electoral Commissioner. The statement…

A five-story building under construction collapsed on Sunday at Ladipo Oluwole Street, GRA, Apapa, Lagos state. According to reports, the structure caved in due to a thunder strike during an early morning downpour in Lagos. According to this media, a five-story skyscraper under construction collapsed on Sunday, April 23, 2023. Meanwhile, men from the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, and other emergency responders have rushed to the spot to help. Magret Adeseye, Director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, acknowledged the occurrence and stated that no casualties were reported. Seven-storey building…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he was “happy and really satisfied” after his side eased past second-tier Sheffield United on Saturday to snap their losing streak in FA Cup semi-finals. Guardiola made six changes from the team, which drew at Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday, with a Riyad Mahrez hat-trick securing City a 3-0 win and a spot in the final, where they will face either Manchester United or Brighton & Hove Albion. “It’s the fourth time in a row we are here, and the last three against Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool we could not do…

Tottenham Hotspur captain Hugo Lloris labelled his side’s collapse at Newcastle United in the Premier League ’embarrassing’ on Sunday as the North London club’s top-four hopes suffered a huge blow. Tottenham could have moved level on points with Newcastle with a win but conceded five goals in the opening 21 minutes, eventually losing 6-1 at St James’ Park. Many of the Tottenham fans who had made the long trip to Tyneside were seen leaving before halftime. “It’s very embarrassing. We should apologise to the fans. We didn’t show a good face and we could not match the performance of the…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) dissolved its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) after it retained power at the center in the February 25 election. The APC PCC was inaugurated last year to execute the 2023 presidential election. In a statement on Saturday night signed by the Director General of the APC PCC, Governor Simon Lalong, and the Secretary of the council, James Faleke, the party thanked all those that acted in the PCC. “The party on behalf of the chairman of the Presidential Campaign Council, President Muhammadu Buhari; the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, and other leaders, thanked all council members, leaders, and…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “set up a presidential panel of inquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that over 149 million barrels of crude oil are missing, as documented in the 2019 audited reports by the Auditor General of the Federation and Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).” SERAP also urged him to “ensure the effective prosecution of anyone suspected to be responsible for the plundering of the country’s oil wealth and the full recovery of any proceeds of crime.” According to the 2019 audited report by the Auditor General over 107…

Julian Nagelsmann, who pulled out of the running to be Blues boss last week, is interested in joining Tottenham. (Bild – in German) Manchester United are stepping up their interest in Victor Osimhen after sending scouts to watch the 24-year-old Nigeria striker play for Napoli in the Champions League last week. (Star Sunday) Bayer Leverkusen boss and former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso, 41, has emerged as a strong candidate to be the next West Ham manager if David Moyes leaves this summer. (Sun on Sunday) Paris St-Germain will let Argentina forward Lionel Messi, 35, leave on a free transfer when his contract expires this summer as the club plans a more sustainable future…

Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) on Friday served squatters at Adewale Kolwale Street, Lekki coastal road and its environs a five–day removal notice of all illegal structures and shanties erected in the area. The chairman of the agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, advised the owners of the illegal structures, makeshift buildings, and shanties to immediately remove them as well as vacate the area within the stipulated date given to them by the state government. CSP Jejeloye while appealing to traders, food vendors, and other squatters living unhygienically in clusters noted that Government would enforce the five-day removal notice…