Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Iliman Ndiaye scored a superb late winner as Championship side Sheffield United stunned Tottenham to progress to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. As the game looked to be heading to extra time, substitute Ndiaye weaved past a couple of defenders before beating Fraser Forster with a low strike at the near post. Tottenham, who beat Chelsea at the weekend to boost their hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League, looked off the pace as they struggled to test Blades goalkeeper Wes Foderingham. Richarlison blasted a shot over the bar from close range but failed to make an…

Arsenal extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to five points as they thrashed struggling Everton at Emirates Stadium. Sean Dyche’s side, who remain in the relegation places, frustrated Arsenal until five minutes before half-time, when Oleksandr Zinchenko’s pass played in Bukayo Saka for a thumping finish. The contest was effectively over in first-half stoppage time when Saka robbed the dawdling Idrissa Gueye to play in Gabriel Martinelli. The flag went up for offside after he drove past Jordan Pickford but the decision was overturned after a VAR check. Everton had no answers and Arsenal captain Martin…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has presented the Certificate of Return to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima. INEC National Chairman, Yakubu Mahmood presented the certificate of return to Tinubu and Shettima in Abuja on Wednesday. Tinubu emerged winner of Saturday’s presidential election after polling the highest votes to defeat his rival of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party’s Peter Obi.

Barcelona have confirmed that Ansu Fati will be available for Thursday’s semi-final clash with Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabue. Fati sustained a bruise in his knee during Friday’s training session, which prevented him from travelling with the team to Almería. The forward, however, returned to training on Wednesday and will now travel to the Spanish capital for the Copa Del Rey clash with Real. The news is a boost to Xavi ahead of the trip, as he is already without Ousmane Dembele, Pedri and Robert Lewandowski for the first leg of the semi-final. Although Fati has not had a…

Ekiti Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has asked people of the state to expect more infrastructural developments. The Governor also urged the people to join hands with the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration in the country, saying the move would further enhance infrastructural development across the country. Governor Oyebanji, spoke in his office in Ado-Ekiti yesterday after APC supporters, transport unions and many groups came to felicitate with him on the victory of APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Among different groups and associations who came to felicitate with the governor are, drivers’ unions, tricycle and Okada riders, artisans, members…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja. This week’s FEC meeting is the first after the Presidential elections which saw the emergence of the All Progressives Congress Bola Tinubu as President-Elect. Present are the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan; National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno; the President’s Chief of Staff Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Ministers who are attending include the Ministers of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster…

Just Fontaine, the all-time top scorer in a single World Cup finals with 13 goals, has died at the age of 89, his family told AFP on Wednesday. Fontaine achieved the record in the 1958 finals in Sweden where France reached the semi-finals for the first time in their history, losing to Pele’s Brazil. Part of a wonderful attacking trident at that World Cup alongside Roger Piantoni and Raymond Kopa, Fontaine might never have gone to Sweden at all. Only injuries to fellow forwards Thadee Cisowski and his Reims teammate Rene Bliard saw him make the squad and then the…

The police in Kaduna State have announced a ban on celebrations or rallies by supporters of political parties in the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections. The ban was contained in a statement on Wednesday, in Kaduna, by DSP Mohammed Jalige, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the command. ”All forms of celebrations and rallies by political party supporters for or against winners/losers of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections has been banned in the state. ”Any deliberate act to violate the ban or cause breakdown of law and order under whatever guise would not be…

Peter Ayodele Fayose, a former Governor of Ekiti State, has called for the resignation of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, due to his incapacity to take the party to the next level. Fayose stated this shortly after he congratulated the President-elect of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, on his victory. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, had on Wednesday morning declared APC’s Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu defeated the PDP’s Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s Peter Obi to emerge as the winner of last Saturday’s presidential election. In…

Manchester City saw off plucky Bristol City to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup with a 3-0 victory at Ashton Gate. Phil Foden scored twice and Kevin De Bruyne added late gloss as the six-time FA Cup winners ended Bristol City’s unbeaten 12-game run before a capacity crowd in the West Country. The scoreline was quite harsh on the hosts, who fell behind to Foden’s seventh-minute strike and remained very much in the contest well into the final quarter. But Foden’s deflected strike 16 minutes from time and a fine De Bruyne finish ensured the visitors’ place in the…

Blackburn stunned Leicester to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals. Tyrhys Dolan and Sammie Szmodics cashed in on awful defending to clinch a 2-1 win and send Rovers into the last eight for the first time since 2015. Jon Dahl Tomasson’s side upset the 2021 winners, despite Kelechi Iheanacho pulling a goal back. Brendan Rodgers celebrated four years in charge at the King Power Stadium on Sunday and this defeat marked his 200th game. No-one can dispute the progress in his first two years, which culminated in the first FA Cup triumph in the club’s history, but this season in particular…

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the vice president-elect will get their Certificates of Return to day, Wednesday by 3pm. He made the disclosure the moment he declared Tinubu the president-elect in the 2023 presidential election. Making the returns for the elections, Prof. Yakubu said; “I Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, hereby certify that I am the Returning Officer for the 2023 Presidential Election held on 25th February, 2023. “That Tinubu, Bola Ahmed of the APC having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is…