Author: David Great

Michael Olise scored a 94th-minute goal as Crystal Palace earned a first away win of the season with a 2-1 Premier League victory over a sloppy West Ham United on Sunday, but the home side were aggrieved that they did not get a late penalty. Olise netted the decisive goal when his shot from the edge of the box took a big deflection and looped into the back of the net to secure Palace’s first away success since April. They climbed to ninth in the table with 19 points from 13 games, while West Ham are 15th with 14 points…

Unai Emery enjoyed a dream Premier League debut as Aston Villa manager with an impressive and deserved victory against Manchester United at Villa Park. The hosts had not beaten United on home soil in the league since 1995, but were 2-0 up after 11 minutes in this game following an incredible start. Leon Bailey opened the scoring in the seventh minute when he broke clear of the defence before arrowing a low shot beyond David de Gea. Things got even better for Villa just three minutes later when Lucas Digne curled in a brilliant free-kick from 25 yards. Manchester United’s…

Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League table as Gabriel’s close-range finish gave them victory away to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Gabriel pounced to steer the ball over the line in the 63rd minute, after the hosts failed to deal with Bukayo Sako’s corner from the right wing, to give the Gunners a deserved lead. They had created the best chances when it was goalless but Gabriel Martinelli curled a shot over the crossbar and Gabriel Jesus failed to hit the target with a diving header when unmarked. Chelsea, with ex-Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang failing to make an…

A long piece appeared in the Financial Times on Friday, November 4, 2022. Captioned “The Benin Bronzes and the road to restitution,” it tried to put in context the importance of the Digital Benin initiative, which, according to the FT report, has “tracked down 5,240 bronzes to 131 separate collections, mainly in the global north.” The Digital Benin initiative was launched in 2020 with a take-off grant of 1.2m euros. It was managed by Anne Luther, an expert in digital humanities working alongside colleagues like art historian Felicity Bodenstein, Professor Barbara Plankensteiner, director of the Museum am Rothenbaum-World Cultures and…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the acting Accountant General of the Federation, Sylva Okolieaboh to immediately reverse the apparently illegal deductions from the salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for October 2022.” SERAP is also urging him to “direct Mr Ngige and Mr Okolieaboh to pay ASUU members full salaries for the duration of their strike action.” The Federal Government recently allegedly paid half-salaries to members of ASUU for the month of October, 2022. Some professors reportedly received…

Twitter on Saturday updated its app in Apple’s App Store to begin charging $8 for sought-after blue check verification marks, in Elon Musk’s first major revision of the social media platform. The change comes a week after Musk took over the social media company in a $44 billion deal. The billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of electric car maker Tesla cut half the staff at Twitter and has vowed to start charging users more. In an update to Apple iOS devices, the social media platform said those who “sign up now” for $7.99 a month can receive the blue checkmark next…

Italy midfielder Jorginho wants £12m-a-year – double his current salary – to stay at Chelsea. His current contract runs out in the summer. (Sport – in Spanish) Chelsea and Manchester City will compete for the signing of AC Milan’s Portugal striker Rafael Leao, 23, with bids expected to be in the region of £105m. (Tuttomercato, via Mail on Sunday) But AC Milan are eager to reopen contract talks with Leao, whose current deal runs until the summer of 2024. (Calciomercato – in Italian) Real Madrid are concerned that Liverpool’s approach to Borussia Dortmund’s England midfielder Jude Bellingham, 19, has “complicated” their bid to make him their main summer signing. (Marca – in Spanish) Paris St-Germain, Chelsea and Real Madrid have…

The National Population Commission (NPC) in Kogi, has opened the portal for the recruitment of ad hoc staff for the 2023 national census. The Federal Commissioner in charge of Kogi, Prof. Jimoh Isah, said this at a news conference in Lokoja on Saturday. Isah said prospective applicants as ad hoc staff for the census could now access the recruitment website. He urged the applicants to diligently and faithfully fill out the online form and requirements genuinely. He gave an assurance that the recruitment exercise would be done transparently with international best practices, devoid of political and human manipulation toward achieving…

Aaron Carter, who won early fame as a child pop star and toured with his brother’s hit band Backstreet Boys before pursuing careers in rap and acting, was found dead in his home near Los Angeles on Saturday, according to media reports. A Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department spokesperson on Saturday afternoon confirmed to Reuters that deputies had found a deceased person at Aaron Carter’s residence, and that homicide investigators were on their way to the scene, but said they could not provide further details. There were no reports that foul play was suspected in Aaron Carter’s death. Carter, 34, released…

Twitter co-founder and ex-CEO Jack Dorsey has addressed the mass sackings at his former firm, apologising for growing Twitter “too quickly”. Half of the social media giant’s staff are being fired, a week after Elon Musk bought it in a $44bn deal. Billionaire Mr Musk has said he had “no choice” but to slash the company’s workforce as the firm is losing more than $4m (£3.5m) a day. Twitter staff took to the platform to express their anger at the firings. In a statement posted on the microblogging site, Mr Dorsey – who quit as CEO in November 2021 and…