Author: David Great

Chelsea have beaten off competition from Barcelona to sign Sevilla and France centre-back Jules Kounde and will offer the 23-year-old a five-year contract at Stamford Bridge. (Telegraph – subscription required) Arsenal have offered England attacker Bukayo Saka, 20, a new long-term contract which would double his salary at the club to fight off growing interest from rival sides such as Manchester City. (Mail) Ajax manager Alfred Schreuder has said Brazil winger Antony, 22, is set to remain at the club despite interest from Manchester United this summer. (ESPN) Chelsea and Tottenham have made enquiries about Newcastle United’s French winger Allan Saint-Maximin, 25. (Athletic – subscription required) Liverpool enquired about Borussia Dortmund and England midfielder Jude Bellingham in June but the German club…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. It was gathered that the presidential candidate of the ruling party, Bola Tinubu, was absent at the meeting but his running mate, Kashim Shettima was present. Similarly, none of the APC governors in the south-west was present as of the time the President arrived at the chamber. It is unclear why Buhari held the meeting as well as why the APC flagbearer, speaker, and south-west governors were absent at the meeting. Aso Rock cabals influencing…

Arsenal have completed the signing of versatile Ukraine player Oleksandr Zinchenko from Manchester City. The 25-year-old flew back from City’s pre-season tour of the USA to complete the move after Arsenal agreed a £30m deal, which includes £2m in add-ons. He has signed a long-term contract with the London club and is their fifth signing of the summer. “This is a boyhood dream come true, because I was a massive fan when I was a kid,” said Zinchenko. “Since Thierry Henry and young Cesc Fabregas was playing here, I was just enjoying watching those games, that Arsenal. And obviously I…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said Nigeria is safe for investment in spite of the demarketing campaign being waged against the country by the political opposition. The Minister made the remarks at an Investors’ Fair, tagged “Africa Walk”, organized by the UNICORN Group in its Lagos Campus on Friday. He said the fake narrative being promoted by the de-marketers was that Nigeria is a war zone or that there is religious persecution in the country. Mohammed said the Buhari administration came into office in 2015 with the promise to revamp the economy, fight insecurity and curb…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) Tribunal in Abuja, on Thursday, adjourned ruling in the matter between an Abuja-based lawyer, Festus Onifade, Coalition of Nigerian Consumers, and pay TV service provider, MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, till Monday. This was the outcome at a sitting, which dragged till late on Thursday. At the hearing, MultiChoice asked the tribunal to decline to hear the suit challenging the increase of the subscription fees for its television services on grounds of jurisdiction. Onifade and the Coalition of Nigeria Consumers had dragged MultiChoice, the operators of DStv and GOtv platforms, to the Tribunal following…

Bingham University has dismissed news making rounds on social media and blogs about Boko Haram terrorists invasion on the institution. In a statement by Daburi Misal, the director, public affairs of the institution, in Abuja on Friday, the varsity urged the public to disregard the information. “The attention of the management of Bingham University has been drawn to an online news report by nationwidenews.ng stating that “Boko Haram writes Bingham University, parents withdraw wards in panic”. “The write up goes on to state that Boko Haram wrote the authorities of the university, informing of an imminent attack. Kuje Prison: FG…

Elder statesman and second republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, says Aso Rock cabals are preventing President Muhammadu Buhari from making right decisions for Nigeria. Amechi said he has sent a series of letters to Buhari on the state of affairs in the country, including that of Nnamdi Kanu but none was delivered. Speaking from his country home in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Thursday, he said he once made a request for proscribed IPOB leader, Kanu, to be released. Amechi said he led a delegation of Igbo elders to Buhari and requested him…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar says talks to reconcile with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state is ongoing. Atiku stated this during an interview with Arise TV on Friday, noting that, advances have been made to Wike’s camp. His submission comes one day after Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state said that Abubakar had reached out to him to reconcile Wike. Speaking on the internal crisis in the PDP, Atiku said, “We are reaching out to Governor Wike and we are talking with him and I believe very soon we will find a reconciliation. In fact,…

Promised both governors Vice President slot The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu tricked Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state and his Kebbi State counterpart, Abubakar Bagudu, to secure his place as the party’s flagbearer. According to inside sources who spoke to Chronicle NG, Tinubu promised both El-Rufai and Bagudu the vice-presidential slot weeks before the presidential primary on June 6 at the Eagle Square in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The two men then began to work seriously behind the scenes to ensure that Tinubu emerges the party candidate. According to a source close to the party hierarchy,…

The Nigerian government says it will make a N6.72 trillion provision for fuel subsidy in 2023, noting that, state-owned oil company, NNPC Ltd will cover the cost. Nigeria’s Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed made this disclosure in Abuja on Thursday during the 2023 – 2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategic Paper (MTEF and FSP) Public Consultation. She noted that the government has projected fiscal outcomes in the medium term under two scenarios based on the underlying budget parameters/assumptions. Under the first scenario, the Minister said that “the subsidy on PMS is estimated at N6.72…