Football finance expert, Kieran Maguire, has warned Manchester City that they could be hit with a 100-point deduction and “heading out of the division”. City will see their protracted Financial Fair Play, FFP, case heard from Monday. Proceedings are expected to be wrapped up by the end of the calendar year. The Premier League champions face accusations of breaching financial regulations over the course of a nine-year period from 2009. There have been speculations over the type of punishments if they are found guilty, ranging from fines to demotion out of the English top-flight. Maguire told talkSPORT: “It can’t be…
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The Federal Government has issued a warning concerning impending flooding of the Niger and Benue rivers. The government advised states that could be affected by the problem to take necessary precautions. The warning was issued during a press briefing by Joseph Terlumun Utsev, the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation on Friday. He issued a caution in response to the recent catastrophic floods that have affected Maiduguri and Jere in Borno State. “The attention of Nigerians is hereby drawn to the probable river flooding on rivers Niger and Benue and some of their tributaries. “The daily flow on these rivers…
The Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Chekwas Okorie, has told Governor Chukwuma Soludo that his acolytes’ campaign of lies and propaganda against the National Chairman of the party, Chief Edozie Njoku, will not yield any fruits. Okorie, who is the founder and pioneer National Chairman of the party, accused the governor of feeding the public, especially members of APGA in Nigeria and abroad, with mischievous and misleading propaganda regarding the status of Njoku as the party’s National Chairman and the National Working Committee, NWC, under his (Njoku’s) leadership. Okorie said that Soludo…
Salihu Lukman, former National Vice Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration is running different budgets simultaneously. Lukeman, a staunch critic of the present government, made the allegation while featuring on Channels TV programme, Politics Today. The APC chieftain who failed to back his claim with data, expressed concerns that the alleged action of the Federal Government would worsen corruption in the country. “For the first time, we are having a situation where about two or three budgets are being run concurrently at the federal level and what that means is…
Liverpool legend, Mark Lawrenson, has predicted the Premier League matches taking place this weekend. Southampton will tackle Manchester United at home on Saturday, while Liverpool will host Nottingham Forest. Manchester City will host Brentford at Etihad Stadium, while Bournemouth will face Chelsea. Tottenham Hotspur will clash with Arsenal on Sunday and Wolves will tackle Newcastle United. Stating his prediction, Lawrenson said via Paddy Power: Southampton 1-2 Manchester United Brighton 2-1 Ipswich Crystal Palace 2-0 Leicester Fulham 1-1 West Ham Liverpool 3-1 Nottingham Forest Manchester City 3-0 Brentford Aston Villa 2-0 Everton Bournemouth 0-2 Chelsea Tottenham 1-1 Arsenal Wolves 1-2 Newcastle…
Interim coach of the Super Eagles, Augustine Eguavoen, has criticized goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, for wasting time in their draw with Rwanda on Tuesday. Nwabali started the 3-0 win over Benin Republic last weekend and was also selected against the Amavubis. Although he kept two clean sheets in the two 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, Eguavoen was not happy with his behaviour in Kigali. The Chippa United goalkeeper fell to the ground twice in the closing minutes against Rwanda. “I don’t encourage such, it’s something we have to talk about, and we all know he’s one of the best goalkeepers…
Russia has expelled six British diplomats, accusing them of espionage and involvement in efforts to destabilize the country, according to a statement from the Federal Security Service (FSB) on Friday. The FSB claimed that the United Kingdom has been actively engaged in escalating global tensions and undermining Russia’s internal stability. In a statement, the FSB said it had obtained “documents confirming London’s coordination of the escalation of the international military-political situation.” The agency further accused the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate (EECAD) of spearheading “subversive policies” aimed at delivering a “strategic defeat” to Russia.…
The Acting Inspector-General of Police in Kenya, Gilbert Masengeli has been sentenced to six months in prison for contempt by the country’s High Court. In his ruling on Friday, Justice Lawrence Mugambi gave Masengeli seven days to surrender himself to the Commissioner-General of Prisons to commence his prison term. Justice Masengeli ordered the Interior Cabinet Secretary, Kithure Kindiki to ensure Masengeli’s imprisonment if the Acting IGP fails to surrender himself. The judge said, “Mr Gilbert Masengeli is sentenced to six months imprisonment, he is ordered to submit himself to the Commissioner of Kenya Prisons to ensure he is committed to…
The body of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli forces during protests in the West Bank, has been returned to Turkey. Eygi’s remains arrived in Istanbul from Tel Aviv early Friday, where a brief ceremony was held at the airport. She will be laid to rest in her hometown of Aydın on Saturday. Eygi, who held dual Turkish and American citizenship, was shot last Friday in what witnesses describe as a calm moment following clashes between protesters and Israeli forces. According to Daily Sabah, Israeli protester Jonathan Pollak, who witnessed the incident, stated, “She posed no threat…
Como manager, Cesc Fabregas, has revealed that Jose Mourinho convinced him to snub the likes of Manchester City and Manchester United for Chelsea in the summer of 2014. Fabregas made his name at Arsenal before leaving the Emirates to rejoin club Barcelona in 2011. He was wanted by Chelsea, Man United and Man City while Arsenal declined to exercise their buy back option. The Spanaird ultimately joined Chelsea for a fee in the region of £30million. Speaking to Gary Lineker on The Rest Is Football podcast, Fabregas revealed that Mourinho, who was the manager at the time convinced him to…