Author: David Great

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has been charged by the Football Association for his comments about referee Anthony Taylor following his side’s controversial draw with Tottenham. The German suggested Taylor should not referee Chelsea matches in future. The Chelsea manager had previously received a one-match touchline ban and a £35,000 fine for his confrontation with Spurs boss Antonio Conte at the end of the game. The 48-year-old has until Thursday, 25 August to respond to the charge. A statement by the FA said Tuchel’s comments “questioned the integrity of the match referee”. “It is alleged that the manager’s comments in his…

Casemiro said his impending move to Manchester United is not motivated by money as he bid an emotional farewell to Real Madrid on Monday. The Brazil midfielder, 30, said he is joining “the biggest team in the world” after a nine-year spell with Real. United have agreed to pay up to £70m to sign Casemiro on a four-year deal which would make him one of the top earners at the three-time European champions. “If it was about money I would have left four or five years ago,” he said. “Those people who think that are wrong, they don’t know me…

Kenya’s veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga filed a challenge to the results of this month’s presidential election in the Supreme Court on Monday, his legal team said, sharpening a political clash that has gripped East Africa’s powerhouse. “What we did this morning is to file the online copy,” lawyer Daniel Maanzo told Kenyan television channel. “After today there will be four days for the other parties to reply.” A source at the judiciary confirmed they had received a copy of the file. Last week the election commissioner declared Deputy President William Ruto had won the election by a slim margin,…

Gunmen have abducted four Catholic nuns on a highway in Imo state, a local convent said on Monday, in the latest sign of widespread insecurity making road travel unsafe. Armed gangs have been kidnapping people, including priests, for ransom from villages and on highways mainly in the northwest and the practice has spread to other parts of the country, increasing insecurity in Africa’s most populous nation. Zita Ihedoro, secretary general of Sisters of Jesus, the Saviour Generalate, said the four were abducted while travelling from Rivers state to Imo for a thanksgiving mass on Sunday. “We implore for intense prayer…

The Lagos State Transport Management Agency (LASTMA) has issued a travel advisory to help commuters on the Lagos Island as NBA conference reaches its crescendo. In a statement on Sunday, LASTMA urged travellers to use alternate routes to ease traffic around the Eko Atlantic City/Eko Hotel axis. “The NBA conference has kick started since Saturday, August 20th. However, the main activities will be between Monday, August 22nd to Friday, August 26th, 2022,” the statement said. Adding that, “The venue for the event is the Eko Atlantic city/ Eko Hotel on Ahmadu Bello way and Adetokunbo Ademola respectively. LASTMA shuts VGC…

Manchester United will block any move for 29-year-old England defender Harry Maguire after Chelsea made an enquiry. (Sun) Ajax’s Brazil winger Antony, 22, is pushing to join Manchester United before the transfer window closes. (Goal) Manchester United remain in the hunt for PSV Eindhoven’s 23-year-old Dutch winger Cody Gakpo, but are only likely to sign one of him or Antony before the window closes. (Telegraph – subscription) Manchester United are gearing up for one last push to sign Barcelona’s 25-year-old Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong. (Marcel van der Kraan via Express) Brazil midfielder Casemiro, 30, is set to sign for Manchester United from Real Madrid but will not be at the game against Liverpool on Monday as his visa has…

English champions Manchester City produced a brilliant fightback as they came from 3-1 down to draw at Newcastle in a pulsating match featuring six goals and an overturned red card. Newcastle were two goals ahead after 54 minutes but Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva scored within four minutes of each other to preserve City’s unbeaten start to their Premier League title defence. City took a fifth-minute lead as Ilkay Gundogan was left unmarked from Silva’s pass and was able to take a touch before slotting past Nick Pope. The England goalkeeper made a number of saves before the hosts equalised…

The Director General of Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), Alex Okoh, says the take-over of 4 electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) namely; Kaduna, Kano, Ibadan and Port Harcourt DISCOs have been concluded successfully. Mr. Okoh, who disclosed this in a presentation made at a virtual meeting of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) held earlier last week Tuesday, added that the challenge in the takeover of the Benin DISCO is being addressed. The NCP is chaired by the Vice President who was represented at the meeting by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, who is the…

VP mandates board composed of Ministers of Finance, Power, others: Protect interests of our society, particularly ordinary citizens National Council on Privatisation gets update on takeover of Port Harcourt, Kano, Kaduna, Ibadan, Benin DISCOs Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the inauguration of a board for the Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO) will enhance ongoing efforts to resolve liabilities relating to tariff shortfalls for distribution companies, among other challenges plaguing Nigeria’s power sector. Prof. Osinbajo gave the assurance in his remarks delivered virtually on Friday at the inauguration of the new board of NELMCO. The company has been running without…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has provide clarification on the procedure of the electronic transmission of results in 2023. INEC noted that some of the interpretations given to the electoral body’s explanation were skewed and that there was a need to clarify the issue. In a statement by Festus Okoye, national commissioner and chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC assured Nigerians that results will be transmitted same way it was done in Ekiti and Osun states. “The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) attention has been drawn to a misunderstanding arising from a recent short interview granted to a…