English Premier League side Chelsea and Leicester City Manager Enzo Maresca have agreed terms on a five-year deal for Maresca to become their new head coach. The 44-year-old, who will succeed Mauricio Pochettino at Stamford Bridge, will move from Leicester after leading them back to the Premier League by winning the Championship. It is understood…
Belgian Marc Brys has been reinstated as coach of Cameroon after Samuel Eto’o, the president of the country’s football federation (Fecafoot), apologised for a row which led to the coach being replaced two days ago. Fecafoot put Martin Ndtoungou in interim charge of the Indomitable Lions on Tuesday night after Eto’o and Brys were involved…
Former Barcelona and Manchester United defender Gerard Pique has been placed under official investigation by a court in Spain over his alleged involvement in a deal which saw the Spanish Super Cup moved to Saudi Arabia. Pique’s company Kosmos signed agreements with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) which would see it receive 40m euros (£34m)…
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Thursday, visited the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, at the Office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja. The meeting, which lasted for more than an hour, was prompted by the recent happenings in Kano following the dissolution of five emirates by the Kano State House of Assembly…
An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt is set to deliver judgement on an application brought by the 27 pro-Wike lawmakers, against the decision of a Rivers State High Court stopping them from parading as members of the State Assembly. This follows a suit filed by the pro-Fubara faction of the Assembly, led by Victor…
An young man whose identity is still unknown has been electrocuted while trying to steal an armoured cable from a transformer in the Mgboaba/NTA axis of Ohio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State The man was said to have gone for the operation at about 3 am on Thursday near a popular Pentecostal Church when…
A crisis broke out at a school, Aces Nursery Primary and Secondary School in Abuja when a father, Muhammed Jimeta assaulted a teacher, Sekinat Adedeji for allegedly beating his daughter, Karima Jimeta. The incident occurred on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Recounting her ordeal, the teacher, Sekinat Adedeji, said she was holding her three-month-old baby when…
The President of Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has distanced himself and the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from the killing of soldiers in some parts of the South-East. He described the incident as saddening, stating that Kanu was not behind the order for the sit-at-home. Iwuanyanwu appealed to President…
Craig Bellamy will take temporary charge of Burnley following the departure of Vincent Kompany. Kompany recently signed as Coach of Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich after Burnley’s relegation to the Championship. The Clarets say they are “actively searching” for a permanent replacement but have made former Liverpool and Newcastle forward Bellamy acting head coach in the…
The Anambra State Police Command has become cognizant of the activities of criminal elements disseminating, threatening voice-overs and violent videos in an attempt to enforce illegal sit-at-home directives and instill fear among the residents of Anambra It is imperative to inform the public that actionable intelligence indicates that these individuals, in their bid to enforce…
