Author: David Great

Aston Villa are considering a move for Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku, 29, who is currently on loan at Inter Milan from Chelsea. (Todo Fichajes – in Spanish) Manchester United are prepared to sell club captain and England centre-back Harry Maguire, 30, and Sweden defender Victor Lindelof, 28, this summer. (Football Insider) Manager Jurgen Klopp wants Liverpool to offer veteran English midfielder James Milner, 37, a new deal. (Football Insider) Chelsea are interested in a move for Inter Milan and Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana, 26, in the summer. (InterLive, via Fichajes – in Spanish) Chelsea and Newcastle are both monitoring former Manchester City forward Brahim Diaz. The 23-year-old Spaniard is currently on loan at AC Milan…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday announced Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara state as the winner of the March 18, 2023, presidential election. The governor won the election to hold office for a second time for a total of four years on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform. According to the election results announced by Professor Isaac Itodo, Vice Chancellor of the University of Markurdi in Benue state and the INEC Returning Officer for the polls, Abdulrazaq won in every one of the state’s 16 local government districts. The governor had already cleared the three local government areas of…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Umar Namadi has been declared the victor of the Jigawa governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). On Sunday in Dutse, Prof. Umar Zaiyan of Federal University Birnin Kebbi, the election’s returning officer, announced the results. According to Zaiyan, Namadi received 618,449 votes, beating out Mr. Mustapha Sule Lamido, who received 368,726 votes. “I Prof. Umar Zaiyan hereby certify that Umar Namadi of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the Law is declared the winner of Jigawa governorship election.” He noted that 1.05 million votes were cast in the March 18 election…

LaLiga leaders Barcelona’s pursuit of a 27th Spanish title gained momentum after substitute Franck Kessie scored a stunning goal in added time to secure a 2-1 comeback win over Real Madrid on Sunday. Barca took a huge step towards winning their first league title in four years by beating the champions for a third successive time. The result left second-placed Real 12 points adrift of the leaders. Roared by almost 100,000 fans in a sold-out Camp Nou, Barca were the better side and earned a well deserved win against a Real Madrid side that at times seemed resigned to their…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two members of a drug cartel that operated between Nigeria, East Africa, and Europe. In a statement communicated by the director, media and advocacy for the NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi the duo were nabbed in Lagos. He said NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos made the arrest and foiled the attempts to traffic drugs. He said on Monday, March 13, the anti-drug agency intercepted a member of the drug syndicate, Ejezie Ifeanyi, during screening of inward passengers on an Ethiopian Airline flight from Malawi via Addis…

Six persons are missing after gunmen attacked six Hummer buses conveying Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials in Kogi state on Sunday. The attack occurred around 2 a.m. at Abajana leaving many INEC officials with gunshot wounds as well as policemen and bus drivers. The six missing persons include two serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and four ex-youth corps members who were all INEC ad-hoc staff. The injured persons have been admitted at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), now Federal University Teaching Hospital, Lokoja. Salisu Ibrahim, one of the bus drivers, who was shot in his right leg…

INEC officials say thugs snatched some ballots Commercial hub Lagos is Africa’s biggest mega city Voting postponed to Sunday in some districts Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been re-elected Lagos governor in an election marred by intimidation and low turn-out of voters. With 95 per cent of votes counted, Sanwo-Olu of the ruling All Progressive Congress had more than 736,000 votes, compared to just 292,000 for his closest rival, the Labour Party’s Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The turnout was just a small fraction of the 7 million registered voters. The Lagos election was the highest profile…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state secured a second term in office after he was declared winner of the March 18 governorship election. The governor, a member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) beat his closest rivals by over 200,000, according to results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Sunday. INEC noted that election was conducted in all 33 local government areas of Oyo state. Makinde deserves to remain in office – PDP In the announcement by Oyo state returning officer, Professor Adebayo Bamire, he noted that the incumbent governor met all the requirements as stated by the…

Reuben Abati, a former special adviser, media and publicity to former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has slammed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for its shoddy conduct of the governorship and state house of assembly polls on March 18. Abati, now a news presenter with Arise News also mocked security agencies for failure to address violence and intimidation during the vote. With reports of widespread violence especially in Lagos, where thugs snatched ballot boxes and voters were intimidated with police personnel doing nothing. In a tweet on Sunday, he described the poor showing by INEC and security agencies…

Former US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he expects to be arrested on Tuesday as New York prosecutors consider charges over a hush money payment to a porn star, and called on his supporters to protest. “Illegal leaks from a corrupt & highly political Manhattan district attorney’s office … indicate that, with no crime being able to be proven … the far & away leading Republican candidate & former president of the United States of America, will be arrested on Tuesday of next week,” he wrote on Truth Social. A spokesman for Trump said the former president had not…