Fenerbahce manager, Jose Mourinho, has terminated Ryan Kent’s contract. This comes six days ahead of playing Manchester United in the Europa League. Kent has been frozen out by Mourinho after a deadline-day move to Lazio collapsed last January. He signed a four-year deal with Fenerbahce in 2023, but has been dumped after 16 months. The 27-year-old had only made one appearance this season for the Turkish club and was excluded from all of their league match squads. He joined Liverpool’s academy aged seven but only managed one senior appearance and, after five loan spells at five clubs, eventually moved to…
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Flamingos captain, Taiwo Afolabi, is delighted with the team’s victory over New Zealand. DAILY POST reports that Bankole Olowookere’s side started their campaign with a comprehensive 4-1 victory over the Young Football Ferns on Wednesday night. Afolabi scored Nigeria’s fourth goal of the game. “I want Nigerians to expect good results, great wins and they should keep supporting us,” she vowed. “It was a good game from the girls because that is their first World Cup, apart from me, it was a good game.” The midfielder also reflected on her Man of the Match prize. “I feel grateful, I feel…
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has given injury updates ahead of their Premier League trip to Bournemouth this weekend. Arteta, speaking to the media on Friday, revealed good news on Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli. He said: “Saka is not a serious injury. He is evolving really well. He has done things in the last two days but we are hopeful. “We have a training session later today and he did some bits yesterday. Let’s see if he can recover in time. “Havertz had a few issues he’s been dealing with that. He;s been brilliant, he has a great…
The President General of the Umunze Progressive Union (UPU), Engr Ezekiel Iheazor, and a prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Nze Ikechukwu Okoli, who were abducted in Umunze, Anambra State two weeks ago have regained freedom. The men were kidnapped at the residence of the APGA chieftain in Lomu village, in Umunze. A local had told journalists then that the incident had sent shock in the community, throwing it into mourning mood. However, jubilation erupted in the community on Thursday night when the community leader and the APGA chieftain were released by their abductors. An indigene of…
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s decision to stop the subsidy payment for fuel was in the best interest of Nigerians. The Minister, who said this on Thursday at her hometown in Isuochi, Umunneochi LGA of Abia State, during the 2024 edition of her free medical outreach, stated that the Federal Government could not continue to pay for services that were not rendered. She disclosed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) did not contribute a dime to the Nigerian national budget of 2024, adding that Nigerians will…
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Ayodele, on Friday, described Nigeria’s economic state as hypertensive. Primate Ayodele said the President Bola Tinubu government has no solution to Nigeria’s economic problems. In a statement signed by his Media Aide, Oluwatosin Osho, the prophet explained that Nigeria will continue to be difficult till there’s an economic reset which the current government may not be able to carry out. He said: “This government will only work but they don’t have solution. Things will be getting difficult until they restart the economy again. I pity Nigerians because they will continue to face…
Chidera Ejuke has shared an account of what he experienced during the Super Eagles airport ordeal in Libya. Ejuke and his Super Eagles teammates were held hostage at the Al Abaq Airport in Libya early this week. The contingent were stranded at the airport for several hours with no food and water The players and officials were later allowed to travel back to Nigeria declining to honour the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying tie against the Mediterranean Knights. “It was a crazy situation that we did not expect. We could not do anything, we were locked in the airport,”…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba, on Friday described the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as a terrorist organization. Agbakoba accused EFCC operatives of using their constitutional powers to terrorize Nigerians, which ought not to be the case. Featuring on Arise TV’s Morning Show, the senior lawyer said the act creating the EFCC was the fastest bill ever passed into law by the National Assembly. He said: “In order to be able to resolve the issue surrounding the legitimacy of the EFCC, it’s for the House of Assembly to clarify what the EFCC should be doing. Why…
An FCT High Court in Maitama has accepted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to present two witnesses virtually in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor Godwin Emefiele. Justice Maryanne Anenih in a ruling on Thursday granted EFCC’s application in which it sought the court’s permission to be allowed to field the witnesses, who are currently abroad, through video link. The EFCC is prosecuting Emefiele on a six-count charge of unlawfully printing of new naira notes, among others. The court adjourned till October 17 for the continuation of the trial, as the…
The Nigerian government is set to arraign more #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters, 80 days after the incident. Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, said the Nigerian government plans to arraign 76 protesters, out of which 66 are minors, on November 1, 2024. Adeyanju said the protesters would be arraigned before Hon. Justice Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja. He disclosed this in a brief statement on Friday. According to Adeyanju: “After detaining End Bad Governance protesters for almost 80 days, the clueless Tinubu government is set to arraign more protesters, who are largely minors, as can be seen on the charge herein…