Author: David Great

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja as he continues to concentrate on governance as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Osinbajo who presided over the first FEC meeting of 2023 last week is deputizing for President Buhari who departed Nigeria on Tuesday for the second edition of the International Conference on Agriculture (ICA) in Dakar, Senegal. The meeting which is holding at the Council Chambers is attended by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade…

Tottenham Hotspur have signed winger Arnaut Danjuma on loan from Spanish club Villarreal until the end of the season, the Premier League team said on Wednesday, making him their first signing of the January transfer window. He scored six goals in 17 matches in all competitions for Villarreal this season, taking his overall total for the LaLiga side to 22 goals in 51 games. The 25-year-old has experience of playing in England, having been with Bournemouth for two years before he moved to Villarreal. Let’s go, @Danjuma ???? pic.twitter.com/l2sCCnXMU9 — Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 25, 2023 Danjuma was first called…

Prof. Uchenna Ikonne, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Abia state is dead, a family statement says. Ikonne died in the early hours of Wednesday at the National Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital at about 4:00 a.m. “I regret to announce the death of my dear father, Prof Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne, who died at the National Hospital Abuja today, 25th January 2023 by 4am after a brief illness,” Dr Uche-Ikonne Chikezie said in a terse statement. “He was recovering after taking proper treatment in the United Kingdom but relapsed a few days ago leading to multiple cardiac arrests…

Arsenal could rival Chelsea for Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo, 21, in the summer. (Evening Standard) The Seagulls have put a £100m price tag on the Ecuador international. (Times) Everton will continue talks with Marcelo Bielsa about becoming their new manager but will also consider appointing their former boss Sam Allardyce. (Independent) Former Leeds boss Bielsa is unsure about taking the job while West Brom’s Carlos Corberan is another option. (Times) Everton have been put up for sale with an asking price of £500m. (Guardian) However owner Farhad Moshiri has denied reports of a potential sale, insisting he is committed to the struggling club. (Liverpool Echo) Leeds winger Jack Harrison, 26, is a…

RB Leipzig fired four first-half goals past bottom club Schalke 04 en route to a 6-1 demolition on Tuesday to climb into second place in the Bundesliga behind leaders Bayern Munich and stretch their unbeaten run to 15 matches across all competitions. The hosts, who face Manchester City in the Champions League Round of 16 next month, overran Schalke in the opening minutes and had already scored twice after a quarter of an hour. Andre Silva opened their account in the seventh minute and Benjamin Henrichs rifled in their second goal eight minutes later. There was more misery to come…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) on Tuesday claimed its former Head of Civil Society Organisations Directorate, Naja’atu Mohammed, was sacked due to incompetence and for leaking vital information. Mahmud Jega, Adviser Public Affairs Tinubu Media Office, said this in a statement in Abuja despite the fact that Muhammad resigned. Jega described Naja’atu Mohammed’s resignation as hasty and preemptive after the campaign council had discovered her leakage of sensitive information to opposition political parties. He charged APC supporters to ignore the antics of political jobbers like Mohammed and concentrate on delivering the Tinubu-Shettima presidential ticket in…

Chelsea are set to offer Thiago Silva a contract extension that would keep the Brazil defender at Stamford Bridge beyond his 39th birthday. (Times – subscription required) Chelsea have not given up hope of signing Benfica and Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez, 22, in the January transfer window after having bids rejected at the start of the month. (Record – in Portuguese) Graham Potter’s side may also return with an improved bid for Brighton and Ecuador midfielder Moises Caicedo, 21, with the Seagulls looking for potential replacements. (Guardian) Everton have held talks with former Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa to replace Frank Lampard as manager. (Athletic – subscription required) Former Everton…

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane scored against Fulham in the Premier League on Monday to equal the club’s all-time scoring record of 266 goals held by the late Jimmy Greaves. The England forward fired a right-foot shot on the turn to give his side the lead on the stroke of halftime. Greaves played for Spurs from 1961 until 1970, while Kane made his debut for the north London club in August 2011. Kane’s 266 goals have arrived in 415 appearances while Greaves scored 266 in 379 games for the north London club. Fulham had plenty of chances to score before…

Frank Lampard has been sacked as manager of Premier League club Everton, the club announced on Monday, after a poor run of form that has left the team in a relegation battle. Lampard’s last game in charge was Saturday’s 2-0 league defeat at West Ham United, which kept Everton second-bottom of the table on 15 points after 20 games, above Southampton on goal difference, and two points adrift of the safety zone. “Frank and his team’s commitment and dedication have been exemplary throughout their time at the Club, but recent results and the current league position meant this difficult decision…

Naja’atu Muhammad, the former director of the Civil Society to Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate who resigned on 19 January has quizzed Yorubas’ for backing Tinubu over Vice President Yemi Osinbajo during the party presidential primaries. In an explosive interview, the former APC chieftain said Tinubu was not mentally and physically fit to hold the office of president and that her conscience could no longer go with the deceit. Muhammad, who is also a national commissioner at the Police Service Commission, PSC, said that her dream for a better Nigeria is a bigger motivating factor than party politics. Speaking…