Arsenal have agreed to sign Mikel Merino from Real Sociedad for an initial £28.4 million, with an additional £4.2 million in add-ons. The 28-year-old midfielder played a crucial role in Spain’s Euro 2024 victory and has previous experience in the Premier League with Newcastle. Merino’s signing will bolster Arsenal’s midfield options, offering a deeper-lying presence…
Chelsea earned their first win under new manager Enzo Maresca with a 2-0 victory over Servette in the Conference League play-off first leg. Christopher Nkunku scored a penalty in the second half, followed by a late goal from substitute Noni Madueke, securing a two-goal advantage for the Blues. The much-changed Chelsea side struggled to open…
A Lagos State Magistrate Court in Ogba has discharged six men who were arrested during the 2020 #EndSARS protests and have spent almost four years in prison. The defendants, identified as Daniel Joyinbo, Adigun Sodiq, Kehinde Shola, Salaudeen Kamilu, Sodiq Usseni, and Azeez Isiaka, were set free by Magistrate Bolanle Osunsanmi on Thursday after pleading…
The Federal Government has insisted that it would continue construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway despite ongoing court cases filed by aggrieved persons against the project. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, stated this at a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja while addressing serious concerns about the project’s procurement process that led to…
Edo State Deputy Governor, Marvellous Godwins Omobayo, says he is the authentic deputy governor of the State and still performs his official duties as guaranteed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He stated this on Thursday during a solidarity visit by the leadership and members of the three recognized transport unions in…
A High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has barred the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from conducting ward and local government congresses. Ruling on a motion ex parte brought before him, presiding Judge, Justice Godwin Ollor, restrained the defendants, APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje; Secretary, Surajudeen Ajibola-Basiru, and the APC,…
President Bola Tinubu will today swear in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He said the swearing-in ceremony will take place at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja, the…
Kenyan police have launched a manhunt and offered a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of Collins Jumaisi, a suspected serial killer who escaped from a Nairobi police cell on Tuesday. Jumaisi, 33, is accused of murdering and dismembering dozens of women and has confessed to killing 42 women over a two-year period….
Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who retired as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) on Thursday, has emphasized the need for measures to reduce the burden on the Supreme Court. He noted that many cases before the apex court could have been resolved at the appellate court level, contributing to delays in the hearing of cases. Ariwoola…
Men have been warned to stop sucking or fighting over their wives’ breast milk with their babies. Imam Bashir Tahir, the Assistant Secretary-General, Muslim Council of Nigeria in Adamawa State, gave the warning while speaking at a two-day Media Dialogue that held over the week in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. Themed: “Closing the Gap:…
