Author: David Great

Seventeen-year-old Rico Lewis scored on his full Manchester City debut as the Blues came from behind to beat Sevilla in their final Champions League group game. City were trailing to a first-half header from former Wolves and Nottingham Forest striker Rafa Mir when Rico Lewis strode on to Julian Alvarez’s pass seven minutes after the break and drove a powerful shot past Yassine Bounou. It was a moment Lewis will remember for the rest of his life and the joy on his face as he celebrated was something to behold. But if the young full-back needed a reminder of the…

Denis Zakaria scored on his Chelsea debut as the Blues came from behind to round off their successful Champions League Group E campaign with victory against Dinamo Zagreb at Stamford Bridge. The hosts had already wrapped up top spot with a game to spare but were looking to respond after they were stunned 4-1 in the Premier League by Brighton on Saturday. They made the worst possible start as they fell behind in the sixth minute when the Blues defence reacted poorly to a cross and Bruno Petkovic was able to head in from close range. Chelsea initially struggled to…

RB Leipzig secured their place in the last-16 of the Champions League by beating Shakhtar Donetsk, who drop into the Europa League. Ukrainians Shakhtar needed a win for a top-two finish in Group F but fell behind early on when Christopher Nkunku capitalised on a mistake to score. Andre Silva got a second from close range before Dominik Szoboszlai rounded the goalkeeper for a third. Substitute Dani Olmo scored a fourth with almost his first touch. Werner scores as Leipzig beat Real Madrid The Spain international received the ball from a free kick before lifting a shot into the top…

Celtic ended a frustrating Champions League campaign in grim fashion as Real Madrid handed out a rough lesson to claim victory and top Group F. The Scottish champions were 2-0 down after 21 minutes as Luka Modric and Rodrygo converted penalties awarded for handball in a brutal opening. Josip Juranovic then missed a spot-kick for Celtic, and that seemed a distant memory when Marco Asensio, Vinicius Junior, and Federico Valverde made it a rout for the defending champions, even though Jota netted a late free-kick. Carlo Ancelotti’s side turned on the style in the second half against an increasingly tired…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has mocked his All Progressives Congress counterpart, Bola Tinubu, by saying Nigerians won’t elect a ghost president in 2023. Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima had criticised Atiku and other presidential candidates during a town hall meeting at Eko Hotel, Lagos, on Tuesday. Atiku responded responded in a statement through a media aide, Phrank Shaibu. Atiku played down the chances of Tinubu, declaring that Nigerians won’t elect a ghost president. He accused Tinubu of shying away from public scrutiny and using proxies to answer questions reserved exclusively for would-be…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has approved the setting up of a space museum and planetarium in Abuja. Minister of Science and Technology and Innovation, Mr Adeleke Mamora said this while briefing newsmen at the end of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting. Planetarium is a theatre built for the presentation of education and entertainment on space science. He said the space museum project would cost N3.5 billion, but at no cost to the Nigerian government. Mamora said that the project being handled under Public-Private Partnership would be sited at the premises of National Space Research and Development…

Benjamin Netanyahu concluded his recent autobiography “Bibi: My Story” with a declaration that his time on the opposition benches, after an election loss in 2021, was a “hiatus” and that great tasks lay ahead. Published just before the fifth Israeli election in four years and on wide display outside voting stations on election day, the book is imbued with Netanyahu’s confidence that he would retake top office soon. If preliminary counts hold, the longest-serving Israeli prime minister, who has dominated national politics for more than a decade, is back and set to form what looks like being one of the…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), on Wednesday, arraigned Prof. Alex Akpa, former acting Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) and others over alleged N400 million fraud. Prof. Akpan, Famous Daunemigha, ex-member, Governing Board of NABDA and Wesley Ebi Siasia, ex-Director, Finance and Accounts of the agency, were arraigned on a four-count amended charge before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja. The three of them who are 1st to 3rd defendants respectively, however pleaded not guilty to the charges. Counsel to the anti-corruption commission, O.G. Iwuagwu, informed that seven witnesses had been lined…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo approved the variation order for the East-West road project sections 1-4 from N246 billion to N506 billion to curb flooding. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, briefed State House correspondents after the FEC meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Akande said that the Minister for works and Housing presented a memo in line with Federal Government’s continued engagement in bringing succour and resolving issues around the recent flooding. “He got approval for the variation order…

Nigeria’s NNPC Ltd said on Tuesday Sinopec’s Addax Petroleum Development (Nigeria) Ltd had exited from its four major oil mining blocks in Nigeria and transferred them to the state-owned oil company. The Chinese oil company began operations in Nigeria in 1998 by signing Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) with NNPC. “NNPC Ltd and Addax Petroleum Development (Nigeria) Ltd signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the Transfer, Settlement and Exit Agreement for Oil Mining Leases (OML) 123/124 and OMLs 126/137,” NNPC said on its official Twitter account. Bala Wunti, the chief investment officer of NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services said “with this…