Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Harry Kane was lauded as the greatest of all time after his record-breaking strike against Manchester City. The England captain moved past Jimmy Greaves’ Tottenham scoring record with his 267th goal for the London club on Sunday. His calm 15th-minute finish proved the difference in a 1-0 win over City as Kane joined Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney as the only men to score 200 Premier League goals. Spurs talisman Kane achieved the feat in two games fewer than Shearer (306), while Rooney needed 462 to hit a double century, and coach Cristian Stellini believes no player compares to the 29-year-old.…

The National Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) says it will create 500,000 jobs from its planned initiative of licensing indigenous institution to train and certify data privacy and protection experts in Nigeria. The National Commissioner of the NDPB, Dr Vincent Olatunji made this known at the 1st year anniversary and the launch of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulations Report (NDPR), in Abuja. He said the bureau had recorded modest progress and initiated a plan to create 500,000 jobs for the Nigerian labour market. We have initiated a comprehensive process for training and certification of data privacy as well as protection experts…

The 2023 Grammy award held on Sunday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, U.S. The 65th annual Grammy awards, acclaimed to be the world’s most prestigious music honours, saw major wins for Adele and Beyoncé, Harry Styles and Kendrick Lamar. Beyonce became the biggest winner in history, after receiving her 32nd trophy at the ceremony. Harry Styles won the album of the year for “Harry’s House.” Other award winners were: Samara Joy (best new artist), Lizzo (record of the year) and Bonnie Raitt (song of the year). Nigeria’s Tems, real name, Temilade Openiyi, won the ‘Best Melodic Rap…

Real Madrid await in the Club World Cup semi-finals for Al Ahly after the Egyptian side snatched a late victory over the Seattle Sounders on Saturday. Mohamed Afsha’s 88th-minute strike proved the difference as Al Ahly edged a tight quarter-final 1-0 against their Major League Soccer opponents in Morocco. The reward for Al Ahly’s late drama sees Marcel Koller’s side face reigning Spanish and European champions Madrid on Wednesday in Rabat. Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer believes there was not much to pick between the two teams, with Seattle unfortunate to see their Club World Cup hopes dashed with just minutes remaining. “I…

Sebastian Haller felt Signal Iduna Park was “burning” as he celebrated his first Bundesliga goal for Borussia Dortmund. The 28-year-old netted in a symbolic moment, with his maiden goal in the 5-1 rout of Freiburg coming on World Cancer Day. After signing for Dortmund in July, Haller was diagnosed with testicular cancer and did not feature in the first half of the season during his recovery. A long-awaited debut came in January, and he got onto the scoresheet on Saturday. Haller’s goal resulted in rapturous celebrations from the home fans, who had seen their club promote awareness to testicular cancer on…

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is still “so proud” of his players despite the leaders slipping to a 1-0 defeat at lowly Everton in the Premier League on Saturday. The defeat, which came courtesy of James Tarkowski’s second-half header at Goodison Park, was just Arsenal’s second of the Premier League season – their first coming against Manchester United at Old Trafford in September. The result means Manchester City can cut the Gunners’ lead at the top of the table to just two points with victory over Tottenham on Sunday, although the London side will have a game in hand. Arteta, who became the first Arsenal manager to…

After making an unforgivable mistake, hitting the post, having a goal disallowed for offside and missing two more clear chances, Cristiano Ronaldo finally managed to get his name on the scoresheet, as Al Nassr drew 2-2 against Al Fateh in the 15th round of the Saudi Arabian League. The Portuguese star was the player who made it 2-2 from the spot five minutes into the second half’s stoppage time to help his team snatch a point. Al Fateh squandered the lead twice, as Cristian Tello opened the scoring 12 minutes into his debut. Talisca also got his name on the scoresheet, levelling the scores in the 42nd minute and Sofiane…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has arrived Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State, to unveil the Federal Government projects including the Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institute. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that AMEDI is one of the Buhari regime’s legacies meant to make Nigeria a hub and supplier of agro-allied technology, equipment, and machinery. The project is also aimed at making the nation self-sufficient in food production as well as creating more sustainable jobs for Nigeria’s teeming youths. AMEDI, a multi-billion naira product of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure is equipped with modern…

The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has fined the Continental Broadcasting Services Limited, owners of Television Continental, TVC, for airing “hate speech and inflammatory comments”. The Commission asked TVC to pay a fine of N2 million within two weeks of receiving the letter. The disclosure was contained in a letter signed by the NBC Director-General, Balarabe Ilelah, on Friday. The commission also fined Arise TV for airing the Presidential campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which was held in Delta State, saying it was replete with unfair mockery of the APC presidential candidate by Dino Melaye. The Commission said…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged Google and Meta, owners of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, to checkmate the spread of fake news and disinformation on their platforms ahead of the 2023 general elections. The minister made the call in Abuja on Friday during a meeting with representatives of Meta and Google, which owns YouTube and other platforms, in his office. It is no longer news that the use of social media is now a critical factor in national elections, and no nation, including Nigeria, is immune,” he said. With a predominantly youthful population, Nigeria ranks…

Joao Felix will play in the Champions League with Chelsea. MARCA have learned that the Portuguese player, will be one of the signings that Graham Potter will have for the second half of the European competition. After speculation for days about whether or not Joao would be registered, the Portuguese attacker will have his place in Chelsea’s squad for the Champions League. The remaining six signings (Enzo Fernandez, Mykhailo Mudryk, Noni Madueke, Datro Fofana, Benoit Badiashile and Andrey Santos) will provide the other two players who will embark on the Blues’ Champions League adventure. In the Round of 16, they face Borussia Dortmund.

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Friday commenced the arrest of naira sellers and abusers across the country. A statement by Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi said the action is in furtherance of the Federal Government’s policy. The spokesperson said the operation upholds the provisions of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, regarding Nigeria’s currency. Inspector-General Usman Baba tasked the Deputy Inspector-General in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) and the Assistant Inspector-General in charge of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) to begin work. All officers and men of the units have been placed on…