Author: David Great

Ajax have rejected a bid of 80m euros (£67.6m) from Manchester United for Brazil winger Antony, 22. (The Athletic) Manchester United will double Casemiro’s salary by signing the 30-year-old Brazil midfielder from Real Madrid on a four-year deal worth £350,000 a week. (Sun) Real Madrid see Newcastle and Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, 24, as the ideal potential replacement for Casemiro. (AS – in Spanish) PSV Eindhoven will not entertain a bid from United for Netherlands attacker Cody Gakpo, 23, until after their Champions League play-off second leg at home to Rangers on 24 August. (MailOnline) Manchester City do not want…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state on Wednesday said the test run of the Blue Rail Line train service project will commence December 2022. Sanwo-Olu said this in Marina at the launch of the last track beam (T-beam) for the blue line rail mass transit project. He said that with the launching of the last T-beam, the blue line rail project would be formally complete before December, after which the test run would start. According to him, the government is committed to ensuring the project is completed in time, as the two trains bought in China for the project will…

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) digital currency, eNaira, has recorded 200,000 users and N4 billion value of transactions since its inauguration in October 2021. Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor stated this on Thursday, in Abuja at the grand finale of the “eNaira Hackathon” which was a collaborative initiative between CBN and African Fintec Foundry (AFF). The hackathon was aimed at bringing together teams of talented entrepreneurs, developers, designers, solution developers, problem-solvers and ‘code magicians’ from Africa to develop innovative solutions for improved adoption of the eNaira. The competition was part of efforts by the CBN to drive financial inclusion, facilitate…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has deployed Internet of Thing (IoT) and Virtual Private Network (VPN) to improve the national grid. Yusuf Bako, Lead, Advocacy Team, Nigerian Power Consumers Forum, in a statement on Thursday, in Abuja said that TCN made this known in a forum with the group. Bako said that the technology was for real time grid operations and management to National Control Centre (NCC) in Osogbo, Osun. According to him, the technology will improve real-time operations of the national grid, pending the deployment of a long-term network automation system. He quoted the managing director of TCN,…

The registered trustees of Gospel Apostolic Church through their counsel, Barrister Kehinde Fadayiro has dismissed claims that one of its pastors was owed his compensation dues. Reacting to a news report titled, “Pastor who was shot, blinded by church security officer calls out church over unpaid compensation” the Gospel Apostolic Church said it was not true. According to the news report, the General Overseer of the Registered Trustee of Gospel Apostolic Church, was alleged to have instructed the Chief Security Officer of the church to shoot Pastor Garuba Obabueki at the church’s armoury loaded with guns and that the church…

Mike Dean has admitted an error in not asking referee Anthony Taylor to check his pitchside monitor after Cristian Romero’s hair-pull on Marc Cucurella. Spurs defender Romero grabbed Chelsea wing-back Cucurella near the end of Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge. Dean, the video assistant referee, allowed the incident to go and Harry Kane equalised for Spurs seconds later. “In the few seconds I had to study Romero pulling Cucurella’s hair, I didn’t deem it a violent act,” he said. Speaking to MailPlus, Dean added: “I’ve since studied the footage, spoken to other referees and, upon reflection, I should have…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advanced reasons why its meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led committee of the Federal Government on August 16 ended in deadlock. The union explained that the deadlock came into being because of a certain award of Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) said to have been prepared by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission to it. The union, in a press statement signed by its President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, on Thursday expressed anger that the “award”, presented by the Nimi Briggs-led team came in a manner of “take-it-or-leave-it’’ , in ordinarily…

Brendan Rodgers expects Wesley Fofana to still be a Leicester player when the transfer window closes on 1 September. The France Under-21 defender has been the subject of interest from Chelsea, who have had two bids rejected. Rodgers said: “The idea is that he is a Leicester City player. “He is not for sale, the club have made that clear, unless anything changes he will still be here. At this moment there is nothing new and nothing has changed from when we last spoke.” Fofana signed a new deal with the Foxes in March, committing him to the club until…

Manchester United have made an approach to sign Real Madrid’s Brazil midfielder Casemiro in a deal that would be worth about £60m. The 30-year-old would become one of the club’s top earners if he decided to join the side currently bottom of the Premier League after two matches. After talks to sign Juventus’ Adrien Rabiot collapsed over the player’s demands, United have turned their attention to Casemiro as they look to address weaknesses in Erik ten Hag’s midfield. Casemiro has been with Real since 2013, winning three La Liga titles and five Champions Leagues. Although Casemiro has a contract that…

By Michael Jimoh It boggles the mind when you consider how much this 19-year-old indigenous institution has been able to achieve in a country where the prevailing sentiment is that things never work. From the moment it commenced operation in 2003, Globacom has never looked any way but up. It is still rising. It is not only glowing with pride, as one of the company’s copies boast, it has become a popular brand and assumed something of an iconic status to Nigerians very much like Coca Cola to Americans. We’re not saying it has the same international clout and reach…