Author: Vincent Osuwo

Tottenham have reportedly stopped Harry Kane’s travel to Bayern Munich for a medical. This comes on the heels of Daniel Levy attempting to renegotiate the conditions of Harry Kane’s £86.4 million sale to Bayern Munich at the eleventh hour. The attacker was driving to Stansted airport this morning when he discovered that Tottenham had revoked his clearance to travel to Germany. Bayern prepare second Harry Kane bid, Man Utd back for Kolo Muani Talks between the two clubs are continuing this morning in an attempt to reach an agreement. The Englishman has verbally agreed to a four-year deal. The 30-year-old…

Thursday, a yet-to-be-identified woman was crushed to death alongside her two-year-old daughter by a bus in the Ikotun area of Lagos. It was gathered that another trader was injured when a bus crashed into some stores along the roadside outside Toluwalase Hall on Governor’s Road in Ikotun. According to an eyewitness, Tayo, the driver escaped after being almost lynched by onlookers at the scene of the accident. Four escape death in Lagos helicopter crash “It is a Hummer bus; it probably lost its brake. It rammed into the shops and cleared about five of them. A woman and her daughter…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) condemned the federal government’s move to dissolve university governing bodies across the country on Thursday. The union urged President Bola Tinubu to reverse his outrageous decision to dissolve the councils without finishing their terms of office. Comrade Christopher Piwuna of the University of Jos, National Vice Chairman of ASUU, spoke while presenting a paper at an event honouring retiring lecturers at the Joseph Sarwuaan Tarka University Makurdi (JOSTUM), formerly known as the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM), in Benue State. ASUU kicks against universities curriculum designed by NUC Piwuna said, “It is…

Liverpool and Brighton have agreed a British record fee for midfielder Moises Caicedo. The cost is thought to be approximately £110 million, with the midfielder scheduled to go to Liverpool for a medical on Friday. Brighton set a bid deadline of midnight on Thursday, and if their appraisal was met, they would go with the highest bidder. Liverpool contact Brighton over Moises Caicedo According to reports, Chelsea’s willingness to pay £100m and Bayern Munich’s £90m did not match Liverpool’s offer of £110m for the player. The Ecuadorian who Brighton signed for £4.5 million from Independiente del Valle in 2021, will…

President Bola Tinubu has been urged by the Benue State Inter-tribal Association in Politics (BSITAP) to consider the Idoma People for ministerial appointments. In a statement issued in Markudi, the Association’s Secretary, Ocholohi Ogolekwu, extended their call to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, and endorsed a United Nations Habitat Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Raymond Edoh, as the best candidate to represent the Idomas. The group, which expressed confidence in Sen. George Akume, the Secretary to the State Government, pleaded with the President to respect “the already existing mutual political understanding between the two tribes…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ordered the deployment of military forces in Niger in a bid to restore constitutional order in the country. The regional body has therefore ordered the Chief of Defence Staff Committee to promptly activate its standby force. Omar Alieu Touray, the president of ECOWAS, delivered the order while reading the resolution adopted during the extraordinary meeting on the Niger coup held on Thursday in Abuja. Niger Coup: Junta forms new government, appoints 21 ministers The leaders met in Abuja on Thursday to deliberate their course of action after the junta’s seven-day deadline…

Considerations are underway to scrap mid-Season breaks in the Premier League due to the overcrowding of the football calendar. The new rules, if set, could take effect in the 2024–2025 season, with FIFA’s rebuilt 32-team Club World Cup scheduled for the summer of 2025. The Premier League implemented the break in 2018, which took the form of a planned two week interval to reduce the stress on players. Manchester Utd to decide on Greenwood before start of Premier League season Richard Masters, the CEO, admits that it is being discussed because it may become impractical. “It is one of the…

The election of Muktar Umar Yerima of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has been nullified by the National and State Houses of Assembly elections petition tribunal in Kano. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) named Yerima the winner of the Tarauni Federal Constituency House of Representatives election. However, the tribunal’s three-man panel, chaired by Justice I.P. Chima, ruled that Yerima was ineligible because he faked his primary school diploma. Atiku present for presidential election petition tribunal According to the tribunal, the petitioner, Hafizu Kawu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who challenged Yerima’s election, was successful in proving a…

Liverpool has contacted Brighton about a possible transfer for Moises Caicedo in an attempt to sabotage Chelsea’s pursuit of the midfielder. Since Mateo Kovacic, N’Golo Kante, and Mason Mount all left Stamford Bridge this summer, Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has been trying to sign mid fielders. But it looks like his attempt to recruit the Ecuadorian has run into trouble. In the first match of their Premier League campaigns, the Reds take on Pochettino’s team on Sunday. And it appears that Jurgen Klopp is eager to get an advantage over his rivals before the game at Stamford Bridge even begins.…

Barcelona is reportedly considering a sensational return for Neymar, who is valued at £52 million by Paris Saint-Germain. Six years after his world-record £200 million signing from the La Liga champions, the 31-year-old attacker has been told he can quit the French champions. According to The Independent, a loan with an option to buy deal with his former club in Spain is a possibility. Neymar announces desire to quit PSG, wants Barcelona move Given Barcelona’s financial woes, it is reported that they would initially take Neymar on loan, with the cost of a permanent move set at roughly £51.8 million.…