Author: David Great

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is in line to be given an extension to his three-year contract, despite ongoing negotiations over the possible sale of the club. (Mirror) Chelsea want to sign Leeds United’s French goalkeeper Illan Meslier, 23, in the summer. (Football Insider) Newcastle United have rekindled their interest in Bayer Leverkusen’s France winger Moussa Diaby, 23, and Dutch left-back Mitchel Bakker, 22. (90min – in German) Diaby has long been a target of Arsenal, but the Premier League leaders may struggle to compete with Newcastle in their pursuit of the £62m-rated forward. (Express) Departing Liverpool and Brazil forward Roberto Firmino, 31, wants to stay in Europe when he leaves Anfield at…

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu lost his polling unit to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the governorship and state house of assembly elections. In results announced by Independent National Electoral Commission’s presiding officer, Okoh Everest, at his GRA (A1) Polling Unit 010, in Keffi, the headquarters of Keffi Local Government Area in Nasarawa state, the PDP garnered 159 votes with APC getting 129 votes. Social Democratic Party (SDP) polled just one vote while the Labour Party (LP) had zero. Despite winning Nasarawa state in the February 25 presidential election, the LP had…

Sixty-five persons were arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, March 18, 2023, across the 28 states for vote buying during the governorship, and state assembly elections conducted, for alleged voter inducement. Twenty of the vote buying suspects were arrested by operatives from the Ilorin Zonal Command while 13 suspects were nabbed by operatives on election monitoring duty at the Kaduna Zonal Command. The teams monitoring the polls in the Port Harcourt Zone arrested a total of 12 people for various offences bordering on inducing voters with money to vote their preferred candidates, while the Uyo…

An 89th-minute strike from substitute Ellis Simms, his first Premier League goal for the club, earned relegation-threatened Everton a point at Chelsea on Saturday in a lively 2-2 draw. Chelsea, who were feeling confident on the back of two wins in the Premier League and a Champions League victory over Borussia Dortmund, looked to have secured all three points until Simms muscled past Kalidou Koulibaly and kept his cool with a shot that Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga got his hand to but could not stop. Chelsea’s on-loan Portuguese forward Joao Felix, whose trickery and silky skills had promised much in…

Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu has delivered his polling unit for Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate seeking re-election in Lagos state. APC garnered 43 votes to win the polling in an election that was greeted by low turnout of voters. The Labour Party candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour polled five votes, while the National Rescue Movement got one vote. 2023: Bola Tinubu wins his polling unit in Lagos There were 324 registered voters in the polling unit but only 50 persons voted in March 18 governorship and state assembly elections. “I just joined other Nigerians in exercising my civic duty…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on election monitoring duty in Kaduna State today, March 18, 2023 came under attack at School Road, Unguwan Rimi, Kaduna while attempting to arrest a suspected vote buyer. The team, working on intelligence on the alleged activities of one Kabiru Musa who was seen in an amateur video allegedly inducing eligible voters by using his phone to transfer money into their accounts as they cast their votes, had mobilized to the scene to arrest the suspect. However, immediately he was accosted by the operatives, Musa became unruly and screamed to attract…

VP, wife cast their votes in Ogun Guber, State Assembly polls Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo Osinbajo have voted at the Egunrege Polling Unit 14, Ward 1 in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, expressing satisfaction with the conduct of the election. The Vice President and his wife arrived the polling unit, got accredited and proceeded to cast their votes at exactly 10:34 am. Osinbajo arrives Ikenne, meets party leaders ahead of governorship election Speaking afterwards with journalists, he said “from here at my own polling unit, it is excellent. The whole process has been conducted…

Electronic petitions are being submitted to federal lawmakers by Nigerians who were scammed by OBA Global in Canada in a bid to bring perpetrators to book. The electronic petition which is a feedback channel for the Parliament of Canada is believed to have been signed by hundreds of Nigerians who fell victim to the OBA Global scam. According to the parliament, a “petition is used to draw attention to an issue of public interest or concern and to request that the House of Commons, the Government of Canada, a Minister of the Crown, or a Member of the House of…

Arsenal are preparing a new bid for Brighton and Ecuador midfielder Moises Caicedo despite the 21-year-old signing a new contract recently. (Football Insider) Real Madrid are monitoring developments with Tottenham’s England striker Harry Kane, 29, whose contract runs out in 2024 and has been linked with a possible move to Manchester United or Bayern Munich. (Mail) A 200m euros (£175m) release clause written into Erling Haaland’s contract with Manchester City is no longer valid and the club will be able to set their own price should they wish to sell the 22-year-old Norway striker, who is under contract until 2027. (Goal) Chelsea and England midfielder Mason Mount, 24, has appointed a new agent to…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo accompanied by his wife, Dolapo Osinbajo on Friday arrived in his hometown, Ikenne in Ogun State, ahead of the gubernatorial and state assembly elections tomorrow. On arrival, the VP held consultations with leaders and some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikenne Local Government at the Legacy Centre in the town. APC leaders who met with the Vice President included Member of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Adewunmi Onanuga representing Remo Federal Constituency and some Ward Chairmen and Local Government Councillors. Osinbajo votes in Ikenne, commends process The Ward Chairmen include Hon. Kunle Orelaja,…