Author: David Great

Manchester United have started talks to sign 20-year-old Dutch international defender Jurrien Timber, who is valued at £43m by Ajax. (Guardian) Senegal striker Sadio Mane, 30, has not told Liverpool he wants to leave the club amid links with a £35m move to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich. (Sky Sports) Benfica striker Darwin Nunez, 22, has been meeting with some of the Premier League’s top sides about a possible summer move. Liverpool, Manchester United and Newcastle are all interested in the Uruguayan. (Football Transfers) Manchester City are looking at signing Brighton’s 23-year-old Spanish left-back Marc Cucurella and Leeds’ England midfielder Kalvin…

Peter Obi emerged winner after all other aspirants stepped down for him and in the interest of the party in a presidential primary elections held on Monday in Asaba, Delta. According to Chairman, Electoral Committee, Usman Abdullahi, five presidential aspirants were cleared to contest the election. Abdullahi disclosed that a total of 104 delegates from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), were accredited for the election. However, in the unfolding event, the presidential aspirants; Prof. Pat Utomi, Mr Joseph Faduri and Mrs Olubusola Emmanuel-Tella stepped down while Mr Charles Uchenna withdrew from the election. Obi, at the end…

GOtv has rolled its services to Lokoja using the latest generation Digital Video Broadcast standard – DVB-T2 Exciting launch price offer of N6, 900 inclusive of decoder, GOtenna and one-month subscription on GOtv Max Leading Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) service provider, GOtv Nigeria, will, on Wednesday 1 June 2022, launch in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, making it the 46th city with access to the GOtv service. Residents of the ‘confluence city’ will enjoy an exciting launch offer on GOtv decoder, GOtenna with a one-month Max subscription for N6,900 only instead of N9,500 to have access to a wide range…

In furtherance of the State’s resolve to rid the city of all forms of environmental hazards and ensure that the citizenry live in a clean, serene and pollution free environment, the Lagos State Taskforce in conjunction with the Ministry of the Environment have carried out a cleanup exercise of the refuse hill located at Olusosun in Ojota axis of the State. The activity which lasted for several hours was spear headed by the Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye who stated at the scene of the cleanup exercise that the need for the clean up action was…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arraigned a former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, and six others before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on 17-count charges bordering on conspiracy, stealing, conversion of public funds and money laundering to the tune of N3,147, 000, 000 (three billion, one hundred and forty seven million naira). Okorocha was docked alongside Anyim Nyerere (a.k.a Anyim Chinenye), Naphtali International Ltd, Perfect Finish Multi Projects Ltd, Consolid Projects Consulting Ltd, Pramif International Ltd and Legend World Concepts Ltd. One of the counts read; “That you,…

Former Anambra governor, Peter Obi, and leading economist, Pat Utomi, are the frontrunners as Labour Party (LP) presidential primaries hold Monday. Reports say the national convention of the party is set to hold in Asaba, Delta state capital. On Friday, Obi, a presidential aspirant, joined LP hours after announcing the resignation of his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former Anambra governor said his decision to join LP aligns with the interest of Nigerians across different sectors, adding that he wants to take the country from consumption to production. Ekweremadu denies joining Labour Party “Therefore, I have chosen…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former governor Abdulaziz Yari in connection with the investigation of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. Yari, a former governor of Zamfara state was arrested on Sunday at his residence in Abuja days after he won the ruling APC’s ticket for Zamfara West senatorial election. He won unopposed. Chronicle NG reported that Idris is in EFCC custody since May 16 when he was arrested by the anti-graft agency over N80 billion corruption allegations. Yari is believed to have conspired with Idris to steal public funds which has been used to…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered fresh N90billion fraud against the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, taking his total to N170 billion fraud. Idris, who is battling to secure bail on Sunday night, has revealed the names of some top government officials allegedly involved in some transactions. As part of the probe, the EFCC grilled a Permanent Secretary in connection with some “deals in which he was implicated”. The anti-graft agency is also closing in on a minister who was fingered in the allegations against the suspended AGF. Chronicle NG reported that Idris was arrested…

Liverpool’s Senegal striker Sadio Mane, 30, will tell the club he wants to leave this summer. (Fabrizio Romano) Bayern Munich are close to agreeing a deal worth £34m for Liverpool’s Mane. (Matteo Moretto) Liverpool have made contact with the representatives of Barcelona’s France winger Ousmane Dembele, 25. (Sport – in Spanish) Barcelona’s Dembele is also being pursued by Chelsea. (Mundo Deportivo via Mirror) Liverpool were considering a bid for Tottenham’s South Korea forward Son Heung-min, 29, if Spurs failed to finish in the Premier League top four . (football.london) Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus, 25, will resolve his future after…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan will not be vying for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket as his name was not listed among aspirants for screening. Chroncile NG reports that there have been rumours that the former President is the ‘anointed’ candidate to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari after some groups in the north of Nigeria acquired the N100 million expression of interest and nomination forms for him. Although he denied knowing the group, there have been stronger rumours after he met with the APC national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu and a nephew of President Buhari, Mamman Daura. But a list of…