Author: David Great

Cristiano Ronaldo turned down £211m-a-year in wages to play for an unnamed club in Saudi Arabia, but Manchester United’s 37-year-old Portugal striker is now reconsidering the offer. (Athletic via Mirror – subscription required) Harry Kane, 29, is tempted by the idea of playing for Bayern Munich, with contact made by the German champions to gauge the England and Tottenham striker’s interest. (Express) N’Golo Kante has refused a new two-year deal from Chelsea – the 31-year-old French midfielder’s current contract runs out in 2023. (Athletic – subscription required) England pair, forward Marcus Rashford, 24, and left-back Luke Shaw, 27, plus Spain goalkeeper David de Gea, 31, Portugal full-back Diogo…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has deregistered over one million fresh registrants, noting that, their records were found to be invalid. In a statement on Monday, by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, the electoral body noted that it is still cleaning up the register of votes. “As Nigerians are aware, the cleaning up of the register of voters using the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) is ongoing since the suspension of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) on 31st July 2022. “Earlier, the Commission informed Nigerians that out of the 2, 523,458 (Two million,…

Wolves have signed former Chelsea striker Diego Costa on a free transfer until the end of the season. The 33-year-old has been without a club since leaving Brazilian side Atletico Mineiro in January. Costa completed his medical on Thursday last week as cover for new signing Sasa Kalajdzic, who suffered a cruciate injury on his debut. “It [my signing] wasn’t in the best terms possible on accounts of a player’s injury,” Costa said. Wait for it… ????#DiegoIsAWolf pic.twitter.com/7rhIZBl7C1 — Wolves (@Wolves) September 12, 2022 Wolves appeal after Diego Costa denied work permit The former Spain international added: “I can only…

Six men have been arraigned before an Igboosere Chief Magistrate Court, Lagos, on charges bordering on conspiracy, conduct likely to cause breach of public peace and cutting off fingers of a woman. The six men arraigned for the above alleged offences before Chief Magistrate T. O. Babalola are: Kazeem Waheed, Sanni Lasiru Adegoroye, Adenipebi Adegoroye, Amunikoro Owolabi, Olayinka Adenipebi, and Hakeem Olamiji Musiliu. They were arraigned before the court by the men of Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Alagbon-Ikoyi Lagos Arraigning the defendants, the prosecutor, Barrister Morufu Animashaun, informed the court that the defendants and others now at large, sometimes…

Festus Keyamo, the director of Media and Public Affairs and official spokesperson, APC Presidential Campaign Council and Honourable Minister of State, Ministry of Labour and Employment has reacted to a video that was purportedly shared by Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate. Keyamo in a press statement on Tuesday labelled the video shared by Mr Obi as offensive and hate-filled. “Our attention has been drawn to an offensive, hate-filled video made and circulated by the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, in which he accused an amorphous and non-existent “Tinubu’s Group” of spreading a Whatsapp message…

New king visits parliament for message of condolence Charles then flies to Edinburgh, to keep vigil Queen Elizabeth’s coffin to move from palace to cathedral Prince Harry pays personal tribute Details announced of lying in state of late queen King Charles called Britain’s parliament the “living and breathing instrument of our democracy” and pledged to follow his late mother Queen Elizabeth’s example in maintaining its independence in an address to both chambers on Monday. Charles arrived at Westminster Hall in London to a fanfare of trumpets with his wife Camilla, Queen Consort, for the address – part of a series…

By Orisha Recently, Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the ripe old age of 96 having been the head of one of the globally most popular monarchies for 70 years. God rest the Queen. Sadly, as storied and accomplished as her life was, that isn’t the focus of this article. In her last hours, the world was advised of her fading light, a tweet from a little known individual of Nigerian extraction shook the world. A female lecturer of Mellon Carnegie University, Uju Anya, tweeted that she wished the Queen excruciating pain in her dying hours and her justification is…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says operationalising crowdfunding will accelerate financial inclusion agenda of the country and boost Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). This is contained in a statement by the SEC Executive Commissioner, Operations, Mr Dayo Obisan, on Sunday in Abuja. Obisan said that crowdfunding could also increase the quantum of investible funds by unlocking the untapped capital in the economy. According to him, crowd funding platforms are websites that enable interaction between fundraisers and the crowd. He said that crowdfunding had garnered a lot of attention from regulators across jurisdictions because of its potentials to further…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has partnered with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), to tackle criminal activities bedeviling the telecoms industry in the country. NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr Reuben Muoka, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said that senior management staff of NSCDC in the South West Zone had at an exclusive workshop organised by the commission hailed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), sealed between the two government agencies. Muoka said criminal activities such as telecom equipment vandalism and fraudulent registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards, among others, were…

Chelsea’s chances of landing summer transfer target Rafael Leao have been boosted by the 23-year-old Portugal winger’s contract talks with AC Milan stalling over his £6m-a-year wage demands. (Corriere dello Sport via Mail) Manchester United turned down the chance to re-sign Netherlands striker Memphis Depay, 28, from Barcelona and bring in Chelsea’s United States forward Christian Pulisic, 23, during the summer transfer window. (Fabrizio Romano – YouTube) Bayern Munich sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic has denied holding talks with Tottenham about signing 29-year-old England striker Harry Kane. (Sport1 via Goal) Barcelona will try again to sell Netherlands midfielder Frenkie de Jong,…