Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Barcelona made a dominant start to the new Champions League campaign with a thumping 5-0 victory over Royal Antwerp. Both teams contributed to a fast start to proceedings, but Barcelona took control as Felix finished off an excellent passing move with a fierce strike ten minutes in. Felix turned creator moments later as his cross found the boot of Lewandowski, who tapped home at the back post to double Barcelona’s advantage, and Raphinha was off celebrating a goal of his own almost immediately after as his deflected cross soared into the back of the Antwerp net. The shots weren’t exactly…

Nigerian winger Samuel Chukwueze got his first AC Milan start in the UEFA Champions League draw vs Newcastle United on Tuesday September 19. The former Villarreal man was handed a starting spot by Stephan Pioli in one of the changes from this weekend’s 5-1 loss to Inter Milan in the Serie A. Chukwueze lasted for 61 minutes as AC Milan dominated proceedings but failed to find a way past English goalkeeper, Nick Pope who was hero for Newcastle United who were making a return to the Champions League after a 20-year abscence. Just after the hour mark, Samuel Chukwueze was…

The German national team have appointed former Bayern Munich boss Julian Nagelsmann to take over until the upcoming European Championship.  The former Bayern manager has been out of work since being sacked by the German titans last season, to be replaced by ex-Chelsea and PSG coach Thomas Tuchel. There were reports linking Nagelsmann to the then-vacant role at PSG, only for Luis Enrique to be named new manager in the French capital. According to German outlet BILD, the German manager is set to forego around £17million in wages that he would earn at Bayern until 2026 in order to take the hot seat for the German national team. That…

Still the second-most successful side in the history of the European Cup, this will be AC Milan’s 20th campaign in the competition since it was rebranded to the Champions League. Last season, AC Milan made it all the way to the semi-finals before losing to bitter rivals Inter Milan. Newcastle, meanwhile, are back in the Champions League for the first time since 2002/03 and just the third time overall. It’s now been 20 years and 184 days since Newcastle’s last Champions League game, the longest gap between two matches for an English side in the competition. Team News Pierre Kalulu…

Former Manchester United player Robbie Savage is backing his old club to endure another miserable outing – this time against German champions Bayern Munich. “There’s slight hope [for Man United] considering Bayern’s form at the Allianz, they’ve only won three of their last nine in all competitions.” “That’s a slight bit of hope for Manchester United fans and Erik ten Hag’s side going to the Allianz.” “I don’t think they’ll get anything, though, their form is really, really poor.” Worrying times for the Red Devils. Harry Kane is in fine form for Bayern and I’m backing him to get a…

Youths stormed the Panseke area of Abeokuta, Ogun State to protest the demise of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba also known as Mohbad on Tuesday. The youths who wore black attires symbolising mourning gathered in their numbers at the skating ground arena in Abeokuta carrying placards with inscriptions like #Justice4Mohbad, #Who off Light among others. Some days ago, some youths flooded some streets in Ikorodu, Lagos to protest Mohbad’s death, as they were seen holding placards with: “We no go gree, justice for Mohbad.” Mohbad, a former signee of Marlian Records owned by Azeez Faashola, popularly known as Naira Marley died at…

The Lagos State Government has invited the Department of State Services (DSS) to initiate an independent investigation into the sudden death of the emerging artist Mohbad, whose real name was Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made this announcement via a tweet on Wednesday, expressing his awareness of the mysterious passing of the singer. The move is coming amid public outrage and accusing fingers being pointed at Mohabad’s former music label boss, Naira Marley, and former label mates. He mentioned that efforts have been underway, in collaboration with relevant authorities, to closely monitor the ongoing investigations. The governor urged the…

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) have gone ahead to file an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sports against Tobi Amusan. The AIU revealed that they have no confidence in the resolution reached by the Disciplinary Tribunal to acquit the hurdler of any wrongdoings. Amusan was charged earlier this year with an anti-doping violation as she missed some tests, a charge the Nigerian has maintained her innocence against. She was provisionally banned before the independent Disciplinary Tribunal found her not guilty and recommended that she be reinstated on August 17th. Since then, the world record holder in the women’s 100m hurdles…

The Miners Association of Nigeria, MAN, yesterday called on the federal government to stop states from banning mining activities. National President, MAN, ‘Dele Ayanleke, said the constitution of Nigeria never empowered state governments to ban mining activities in their domains. According to him, the constitution only gave states the power to regulate the mining sector. Ayanleke, who spoke in reaction to the recent wave of banning of illegal miners and arrest of some miners registered with the association, by state governments said: “Our positions remain constant: Miners Association of Nigeria is absolutely against any form of illegality in the sector,…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC) has announced some organisational changes. In a statement on Tuesday signed by its management, the NNPC Limited said members of staff with less than fifteen months to statutory retirement will be exiting the Company effective 19th September 2023. The statement was released on Monday via the company’s official account on X (formerly twitter) said the decision is in line with organizational business objectives and commitment to scale up NNPC Ltd.’s capabilities through targeted talent management and equal opportunity for all Nigerians. The statement said, “In our bid to pursue effective organisational renewal to…

The Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have agreed to continue talks over post-subsidy removal palliatives for workers before the 21-day ultimatum issued by the NLC. Both also pledged to find solutions to key demands tabled before the government by organised labour before the deadline. Simon Lalong, Minister of Labour and Employment said this while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed door meeting with the NLC on Monday in Abuja. The meeting was called by the minister to avert the organised labour’s planned strike and other issues. It would be recalled that the NLC had threatened to…

Callum Hudson-Odoi scored a glorious equaliser on his Nottingham Forest debut to earn a Premier League draw against Burnley. The Clarets looked to be controlling the game but deadline day signing Hudson-Odoi had other ideas, curling a stunning strike into the top corner on the hour mark. Burnley had taken a first-half lead through Zeki Amdouni’s well-taken shot into the bottom corner after fine work by the lively teenager Luca Koleosho. Swiss striker Amdouni, who scored the winner here in the Carabao Cup just 20 days ago, had already given goalkeeper Matt Turner a warning sign with a stinging drive…