Arsenal left-back, Nuno Tavares, has revealed that the club’s former midfielder Matteo Guendouzi convinced him to join Lazio on loan this summer. Tavares and Guendouzi are set to line up together once again for Lazio. The Portuguese joined Arsenal from Benfica in 2021 and made 28 appearances for the Premier League North London club. He had loans at Marseille and Nottingham Forest in previous seasons. Speaking on why he joined Lazio, Tavares said (via HITC): “He (Guendouzi) had a fundamental role. We spoke three times, and he convinced me to make this choice. “I want to play as much as…
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The House of Representatives tribunal has sacked the member representing Igboeze North/Udenu federal constituency, Simon Atigwe. The tribunal also declared Dennis Nnamdi Agbo of the Labour Party, LP, the actual winner of the Igbo Eze North/ Udenu Federal constituency rerun election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Atigwe of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the winner of the re-run election held on February 3rd, 2024. INEC announced that the PDP’s candidate polled 23863 votes to defeat Agbo who secured 23226 votes. Agbo who had earlier won the February 25th, 2023 election but was sacked by the appellate court proceeded…
The Take It Back Movement, a rights advocacy organization behind the just concluded EndBadGovernance protests, has threatened a fresh nationwide demonstration over the controversial bill on the national anthem. DAILY POST reports that a bill seeking to penalize Nigerians who refuse to recite the national anthem is currently on the floor of the House of Representatives. The bill which is being sponsored by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, seeks to impose a fine of N5 million or 10 years imprisonment or both on any person who destroys national symbols, refuses to recite the national anthem and pledge. Reacting, the Take It Back…
Chelsea are facing a possible transfer ban, with Premier League CEO Richard Masters giving an update about investigation into the club for potential financial breaches when Roman Abramovich was owner of the club. Abramovich owned the Blues between 2003 and 2022, until he was sanctioned by the UK government. The 57-year-old was eventually disqualified as a director of the club, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. When the Todd Boehly-led consortium took over in May 2022, they reported the cases of incomplete financial information during Abramovich’s tenure. The Guardian and Bureau of Investigative Journalism later reported have since revealed that leaked…
Manchester United legend, Paul Scholes, has expressed his concern over their new signing Matthijs de Ligt. Man United had on Tuesday announced the signing of De Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui from Bayern Munich. However, the former England midfielder feels De Ligt is not good enough, adding that the Dutchman is a second-rated defender. “You know what? Manchester United are talking about bringing players in who won’t get in their team. He’s not played for them,” Scholes said (via Manchester Evening News). “That’s a big concern for me, especially when Eric Dier’s playing in front of him. I’m not joking; that…
Football transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano, has revealed that goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny’s contract at Juventus has been terminated. Romano also disclosed that Arsenal’s versatile player, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, has left the club to undergo medical tests to join Genoa this summer. He made this known in a separate tweets via his X account on Wednesday. “Wojciech Szczesny’s contract at Juventus has been terminated on mutual agreement. Confirmed,” Romano tweeted. “Brooke Norton-Cuffy leaves Arsenal as he’s undergoing medical tests at Genoa this morning,” he added. “€2m fixed fee, €2m add-ons and sell-on clause for #AFC.” Transfer: Szczesny’s contract terminated as Arsenal’s versatile player…
Yemi Olanrewaju has said he understands the pressure of managing a top club like Enyimba, but he’s determined to make his stay at the club a success. Olanrewaju was confirmed as the substantive head coach of the Aba giants on Tuesday. The former Golden Eaglets assistant coach signed a one-year contract with the two-time African champions. The 32-year-old declared he is looking forward to a successful stay at the club. “As the head coach of Enyimba, I know the pressure and what it means to lead the team. This is not my first year but my third year at the…
His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the Emeritus Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, has said the EndBadGovernance protesters never wanted to end President Bola Tinubu’s administration but were against bad governance in the country. Onaiyekan said the youths want to see Nigeria better managed than it is now. He spoke at an event organised by the Christian Youth for Peace and Development Initiative in Abuja on Tuesday. According to Onaiyekan: “The 10 days of #EndBadGovernance protests saw the young people coming out in large numbers. From my own opinion, they were not coming out to insult anybody. “They didn’t…
The Premier League has confirmed there will be a significant change to the Video Assistant Referee, VAR, ahead of the 2024-25 season. Since its introduction in the 2019-20 campaign, VAR has been involved in a couple of controversial incidents. Ahead of the new season which begins this week, the Premier League has announced fresh steps as they attempt to address those issues. On Tuesday, the Premier League launched a new account on X, which will provide “near-live” explanations of refereeing decisions. “In the absence of live VAR audio being broadcast, as it is not permitted in football, the Premier League…
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has revealed the monthly earnings of Nigerian Senators. According to RMAFC, each of the 109 lawmakers of the red chamber earns N1,063,860 salary and allowances per month. Giving a further breakdown, the commission said each senator receives basic salary of N168,866:70; motor vehicle fuelling and maintenance allowance, N126,650:00; personal assistant, N42,216:66; domestic staff, N126,650:00; entertainment, N50,660:00; utilities, N50,660:00; Newspapers/periodicals, N25,330:00; wardrobe, N42,216,66:00; house maintenance, N8,443.33:00 and constituency allowance, N422,166:66; respectively. RMAFC chairman, M. B. Shehu gave this breakdown in a statement on Tuesday. The RMAFC Chairman added some allowances are regular, while…