Author: David Great

Arsenal are confident of completing the £80m signing of Mykhailo Mudryk, 22, from Shakhtar Donetsk in time for the Ukraine winger to make his debut against Manchester United next weekend. (Times – subscription required) Newcastle are interested in signing 25-year-old Portugal midfielder Ruben Neves, who has 18 months left on his contract at Wolves. (Mail) Chelsea are fully behind manager Graham Potter and are planning a mass clear-out of players if results do not improve. (Telegraph – subscription required) Chelsea could sign France forward Marcus Thuram for as little as €10m (£8.86m) this month with 25-year-old’s Borussia Monchengladbach contract expiring…

The Aso Villa Chaplain, Pastor Seyi Malomo, On Wednesday presented President Muhammadu Buhari with a Christmas and New Year card and gift, an annual tradition. President Buhari’s New Year speech to Nigerians

An Ibadan-based woman, Igbinosun Sandra Esther, has been convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment, for receiving 5.5 kilograms of banned drugs, cannabis sativa, also known as marijuana, from her South Africa-based daughter. Esther, a resident of Adunkole Agbofieti Street, Apata, Ibadan, Oyo State, was given the jail-term by Justice Daniel Osiagor of a Lagos Federal High Court, after she pleaded guilty to a count charge of unlawful importation of the said banned substance, made against her by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NDLEA’s prosecutor, Mr. Abu Ibrahim told the court that the convicted woman, was arrested…

Donald Trump on Friday will learn how the company that bears the former US president’s name will be punished after being found guilty of scheming to defraud tax authorities for 15 years. A New York state judge will impose the sentence after jurors in Manhattan found two Trump Organization affiliates guilty of 17 criminal charges last month. The sentencing comes three days after Justice Juan Merchan of the Manhattan criminal court ordered Allen Weisselberg, who worked for Trump’s family for a half-century and was the company’s former chief financial officer, to jail for five months after he testified as the…

Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. Jurors could not reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape, following a six-month trial at Chester Crown Court. The prosecution sought a retrial on those counts and it has been scheduled for 26 June. Louis Saha Matturie, 41, was also found not guilty of three counts of rape. Jurors failed to reach verdicts on three counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault against him. Mr Mendy and his friend Mr Matturie had…

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha has denied meeting with the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, who is wanted for terrorism financing by the Department of State Services. Speaking for Mustapha, a group known as APC Mandate Defenders dismissed reports that the duo met at the CBN headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. “The attention of APC Mandate Defenders has been drawn to the fake news report making round on the social media which alleged that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha (CFR) was among the high ranking government officials that met…

Singer Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Elvis Presley, died on Thursday at the age of 54 after being rushed to a Los Angeles-area hospital, her mother said. “It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” her mother, Priscilla Presley, said in a statement. “She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known. We ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss,” the statement added. Lisa Marie Presley suffered cardiac arrest…

The Gunners have submitted a new bid for Shakhtar Donetsk’s Ukrainian winger Mykhaylo Mudryk, 22, with a deal moving closer. (Fabrizio Romano) Chelsea are considering making a bid for Brighton and Ecuador midfielder Moises Caicedo, 21, following their frustrations in trying to sign Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez, 21, from Benfica. (Guardian) Tottenham are interested in signing Belgium winger Leandro Trossard, 28, from Brighton. (Evening Standard) Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal, rivals of Cristiano Ronaldo’s new club Al Nassr, are targeting 35-year-old Argentina and Paris St-Germain forward Lionel Messi in a $300m-per-year (£245.9m) deal. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish) Arsenal are back in for Juventus and Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic, 22, who is valued at 110m euros (£97.7m) (La Repubblica…

Joao Felix was sent off on his Chelsea debut as his new side lost a west London derby at Fulham to increase the pressure on Blues boss Graham Potter. Joao Felix, who only joined Chelsea on Wednesday in a £9.7m loan deal until the end of the season from Atletico Madrid, was shown a straight red card for a horrible lunge on defender Kenny Tete after 58 minutes. It was 1-1 at the time, with Willian putting the hosts ahead against his former side in the first half, before Kalidou Koulibaly equalised early in the second. But the 10 men…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of the Permanent Voters Card ahead of the 2023 general election. INEC noted that more Nigerians are preparing to exercise their civic duties and have turned out in their thousands to collect their PVC. The electoral agency added that at it’s regular meeting held today, Thursday 12th January 2023, the Commission deliberated on a number of issues, including the ongoing collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) nationwide. “The Commission is encouraged by the turnout of registered voters and the surge in the number of collected PVCs across…