Author: David Great

Napoli extended their Serie A winning streak to nine games when first-half goals from Victor Osimhen and Eljif Elmas secured a 2-1 comeback victory at second-placed Atalanta on Saturday that saw them stretch their lead at the top to eight points. Luciano Spalletti’s men played without their exciting young winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who was out due to acute lower back pain that he felt in training on Friday. “It was a difficult match, everyone said they were three huge points if we managed to win, but what we want to achieve means every three points are important,” Napoli coach Luciano…

Manchester City substitute Erling Haaland converted a 95th-minute penalty to earn the 10-man hosts a dramatic 2-1 win over Fulham on Saturday, a victory that sent the champions back to the top of the Premier League. Haaland was only deemed fit enough to start on the bench after missing City’s two previous matches through injury, but there was no stopping the Norwegian scoring phenomenon who came on just past the hour to drag his depleted side to victory. He had one goal ruled offside before netting the last-gasp penalty, his 23rd goal of the season in all competitions sending City…

The biggest names in Democratic and Republican politics — Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and, Donald Trump — head to Pennsylvania on Saturday hoping to tip the balance in a closely contested midterm race that could determine control of the US Senate. Former President Obama caps a five-state tour aimed at stemming his party’s losses in Tuesday’s congressional elections with appearances in Pittsburgh alongside Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman before heading to Philadelphia, where he will take the stage at Temple University with President Biden. Former President Trump, meanwhile, will be ginning up support for his hand-picked Republican Senate nominee, celebrity…

At least 13 people died after a fire broke out in a busy nightclub in the Russian city of Kostroma, officials said on Saturday. Kostroma is a city of around 270,000 people, 300 km (190 miles) north-east of Moscow on the banks of the river Volga. The fire took place in the early hours of the morning at Polygon, a multi-purpose recreation venue used as a cafe, nightclub and bar. Rescuers said 250 people were evacuated from the building. State media cited investigators as saying the fire started after a man fired a flare gun indoors, setting the ceiling alight.…

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has advised all eligible voters in the country to create time and read his blueprint which seeks to ensure good governance. Kwankwaso gave the advice on Friday in Abuja shortly after the two-raka’at Jumma’at prayers at the Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society’s Mosque. The former two-term governor of Kano State said that most of what he intended to do if elected president of Nigeria in 2023 were captured in the blueprint. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kwankwaso, in his 160-page manifesto and policy document entitled “My Pledges To You:…

The government of Canada has dismissed news reports that it has reached an agreement with the Nigerian government to welcome over one million Nigerian immigrants. In a fraud alert issued on Friday, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) noted that the information was false. The IRCC urged citizens seeking accurate information on how to immigrate to visit the official Canadian immigration website. “Disinformation is circulating which suggests that Canada is welcoming one million immigrants from Nigeria. “This is false, and the immigration program referenced does not exist,” IRCC said in a tweet. 10 things Nigerians shouldn’t expect when they…

Wolves are set to appoint former Spain, Real Madrid and Sevilla manager Julen Lopetegui as their new head coach within the next 24-48 hours. (Express & Star) Leicester City and Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans, who has been heavily linked with Arsenal and Newcastle, is unlikely to be allowed to leave the Foxes in January despite the 25-year-old being able to depart on a free when his contract expires at the end of the season. (Leicester Mercury) Liverpool are favourites to beat Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Real Madrid to the signing of Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund after forging a close relationship with the 19-year-old England midfielder. (ESPN) Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira says…

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has been cleared of misconduct after video in August showed her partying. The 36-year-old defended herself after being seen dancing with friends and celebrities in the leaked footage. Dozens of complaints are understood to have been filed, alleging Ms Marin’s behaviour undermined Finland’s “reputation and security”. But Chancellor of Justice Tuomas Poysti concluded that Ms Marin had not neglected her duties as prime minister. There was “no reason to suspect the prime minister of unlawful conduct in the performance of her duties or of neglect of her official duties”, he said after an official inquiry.…

Commends BOWEN, partners for “amazing achievement” How technology will impact commerce, and other aspects of life – VP Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has commended the feat attained by Bowen University in the deployment of the first and currently the only equatorial low-latitude SuperDARN – a network of High Frequency radars in the world. “Today is one of those days when I am extra proud to be a Nigerian,” he said at the commissioning on Friday. He called the atmospheric observatory situated in Iwo, Osun State, an “amazing achievement,” which will impact many aspects of life and commerce in Nigeria and…

A former professional footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior, who was arrested for drug trafficking in 1.4 kilograms of cocaine, has been convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment, by a Lagos Federal High Court. Junior was handed the jail-term by Justice Nicholas Oweibo, on Thursday, after he pleaded guilty to the charge of trafficking in the banned substance. The drug trafficking charge was brought made him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The former footballer, according to the prosecutor, Mr. Augustine Nwagu, was arrested with the banned substance on arrival from Brazil, on September 26, at the arrival hall…