Author: David Great

Manchester City and Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus, 25, has begun talks with Arsenal. (Goal) Jesus has scored five goals in his last two games for City including four against Watford. Paris St-Germain are increasingly hopeful that France striker Kylian Mbappe, who has been linked with Real Madrid, will sign a new deal with them following talks with the 23-year-old’s mother last week. (Telegraph – subscription required) Liverpool have made contact with France and Monaco midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, 22. (Foot Mercato – in French) Manchester United plan to open talks over a new contract with 31-year-old Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea.…

Sen. Danjuma La’ah (PDP-Kaduna South), has commended Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, a presidential aspirant, for donating N200m to people displaced by lingering violence in the north-western state. La’ah gave the commendation on Tuesday in Kaduna while reacting to the kind gestured by the governor. According to him, the gesture is the first of its kind for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state. He prayed to God to bless and reward the giver and his entire household, and challenged presidential and governorship aspirants to emulate Wike by helping the vulnerable and the less privileged in society. 2023: Nyesom Wike…

The Group Managing Director, Sahara Group, Kola Adesina, on Tuesday stressed the need for continuity by the next government during a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Adesina stated this at an Iftar dinner with members of the business community and the leadership of political parties. The Sahara Group boss who spoke on behalf of the business community told the President that the next President must carry a banner of hope and not of self. Commenting on the type of leader Nigeria needs after President Buhari, Kola Adesina said the next President of Nigeria must carry “the banner of hope for…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged all political parties in the country to keep elections and election-related differences aside and join the administration’s drive to defeat insecurity in the country. Speaking at an Iftar dinner with members of the business community and the leadership of political parties, the President Buhari described insecurity as a “common enemy” bedevilling the country. “Without mass, popular support to our hard working Armed Forces, it will take us much longer to finish off the successful war we are waging against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping. Our country must be kept safe for progress and…

The Progressive Lawyers for Osinbajo have commended Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for admitting that he would be disappointing millions of Nigerians if he refused to heed their call to contest the 2023 Presidential election. The Convener, Progressive Lawyers, Mr Kayode Ajulo, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Ajulo said that Nigerians could not afford to have novice as the next8 President, this he said was due to the urgency to make Nigeria great and Osinbajo remained the best candidate for the job. He said anyone other than Osinbajo would have to learn the rudiment of governance for…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised alarm over plans to bomb critical infrastructure, worship and relaxation centres across Nigeria during and after the festive holiday. In a statement on Tuesday by DSS PRO, Peter Afunanya, he noted that the bombings have already began to occur. “The Department of State Services (DSS) hereby draws public attention to plans by criminal elements to return the country to the pre-2015 era reminiscent of IED attacks on soft and hard targets in parts of the country,” the DSS statement said. “Though there are already reported cases of such incidents in some areas,…

Real Madrid are close to agreeing a free transfer deal for Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger, with the 29-year-old Germany defender ready to move to the Bernabeu on a contract worth at least £200,000 a week. (Guardian) Rudiger reportedly rejected £200,000 a week offer to remain at Stamford Bridge. (The Telegraph) Manchester City are considering a move for West Ham’s England midfielder Declan Rice, 23, who has also been a long-term target for Manchester United and Chelsea. (Telegraph – subscription) Paris St-Germain’s France striker Kylian Mbappe, 23, has been linked with a move to Real Madrid in the summer, but the will…

The Boston Celtics completed its four-game sweep of the Brooklyn Nets on Monday at Barclays Center to advance to the Eastern Conference Semis against the Milwaukee Bucks or the Chicago Bulls. Kevin Durant finally got out of his scoring slump to finish Game 4 with 39 points, seven rebounds and nine assists in 47 minutes of action. Kyrie Irving, on the other hand, struggled shooting and went 6-for-13 from the field for 20 points in 45 minutes on the floor. Irving added five rebounds and five assists, and scored a 3-pointer with less than two minutes in the final frame…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, said it would be an injustice if he did not contest the 2023 election with his vast experience in the last seven years in office. Osinbajo stated this when he visited Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State in his office in Akure. The Vice President hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s open-mindedness in delegating to him serious tasks that have aided his experience. He said that it was God that put people in power, but noted that, it would be a betrayal of his country for him to retire with all his exposure in government. Osinbajo…

A political pressure group, Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria (CNPD), has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to adopt former president Goodluck Jonathan, as the party’s candidate for the 2023 presidential election. The National Coordinator of the group, Mr Ralph Okorie, who made the call on Monday at a news conference in Abuja, urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to endorse the Jonathan project. “There is a need for experience and continuity. The two enjoy the most cordial relationship that had ever existed between an incumbent and his immediate predecessor,” he said. Okorie said the call for Buhari…