Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Manchester City have started their latest Premier League title defence pretty strong, setting the pace at the top of the league table with four consecutive wins. However, if anyone can stop Pep Guardiola’s winning machine, it might just be in-form West Ham. David Moyes’ Hammers are flying high in fourth with 10 points from four games, matching their best-ever start to a Premier League campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Luton Town prior to the international break, with Jarrod Bowen and Kurt Zouma on the scoresheet. Head-to-Head: West Ham are winless in their last 15 Premier League games against…

Arsenal travel to Goodison Park on Sunday to take on Everton, full of confidence after a surging late win against Manchester United before the international break. Injury-time goals for Declan Rice – his first for the club – and Gabriel Jesus saw Mikel Arteta’s side deservedly take all three points at the Emirates. The Gunners come into this game unbeaten through four games, their only blemish a disappointing 2-2 home draw against Fulham. Everton scored their first goals and earned their first point of the season in their last game, a battling 2-2 draw away at Sheffield United. Sean Dyche’s…

Manchester United will definitely be happy to be back at Old Trafford once again after suffering two consecutive defeats away from home with the last being a 3-1 defeat to rivals arsenal. The Red Devils will be taking on a Brighton side who are five places above them on the league table. Brighton ran out 3-1 winners over Newcastle last time out with teenage sensation Evan Ferguson recording his first Hattrick for the club. The Seagulls with manager Roberto De Zerbi have been quite impressive this season despite losing key players to bigger teams in the EPL. Head-to-Head Summary: Manchester…

Terem Moffi continued his impressive run against PSG as he contributed to all three goals in Nice’s 3-2 win at Parc des Princes. The Nigerian striker took his tally to three goals for the season as Nice claimed a huge win. PSG started the game looking for a third win in a row in Ligue 1, and French star Kylian Mbappe was handed the captain’s armband from the start of the encounter. They were faced by a Nice side that have yet to taste defeat in the league after four rounds of matches. Moffi opened the scoring after 21 minutes…

Harry Kane scored his 300th career club goal as Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen drew a Bundesliga thriller. Kane headed in for his fourth goal in four Bundesliga games before Alex Grimaldo levelled with a brilliant free-kick into the top corner. Leon Goretzka scored what looked like a Bayern winner with four minutes to go from Mathys Tel’s cutback. But Exequiel Palacios netted a penalty, awarded by the video assistant referee, in injury time to rescue Leverkusen. Dayot Upamecano thought he had scored Bayern’s winner with almost the last kick but it was ruled out for offside. Kane’s close-range opener…

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) official has contradicted the claim by the Nigerian government that it has lifted the visa ban imposed on Nigerian travellers. According to CNN, the official from the Gulf state disclosed this in a chat. “There are no changes on the Nigeria/UAE travel status so far,” the source asked not to be named was quoted to have said. Presidential spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, had claimed that the visa ban was lifted after President Bola Tinubu met with Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his UAE counterpart, on Monday. Daily Trust had reported how President Bola Tinubu…

Goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and forward Asisat Oshoala are among 24 players invited to the Super Falcons’ camp for next week’s 2024 Women Africa Cup of Nations first round, first leg qualifying match against Sao Tome and Principe. Also on the roster are captain Onome Ebi, defenders Oluwatosin Demehin, Michelle Alozie and Rofiat Imuran, midfielders Rasheedat Ajibade and Toni Payne, and forwards Ifeoma Onumonu, Vivian Ikechukwu and Gift Monday. Nine-time African champions Nigeria will host the Sao Tome and Principe girls at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Friday, 22nd September, with the return leg scheduled for Tuesday, 26th September. The winner…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of Dr. Olayemi Michael Cardoso to serve as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to a press statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday evening, Cardoso will serve for a term of five (5) years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Nigerian Senate. “This directive is in conformity with Section 8 (1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, which vests in the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the authority to appoint the Governor and Four (4) Deputy Governors for the…

Tottenham’s James Maddison emerges Premier League’s Player of the Month award for August. Maddison was superb in the opening month of the new season as he settled into life at the Tottenham Hotspurs stadium, scoring once and providing two assists for Spurs in the first three games of the campaign. His efforts have helped Tottenham cope with the departure of former club captain Harry Kane and the England international has contributed immensely to Spurs being second on the Premier League table, just two points off leaders Manchester City. Maddison has already started staking a claim for the September award as…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday said it has arrested a syndicate who specialises in importing banned crusader soaps containing mercury into the country. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General, NAFDAC, who disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos said that the syndicate used forged customs documents to import the product into the country. According to Adeyeye, the importation of the soap into the country was banned by NAFDAC years ago because it contains mercury. She said: “In the course of its regulatory activities, the investigation and enforcement (I&E) Directorate of NAFDAC has discovered a syndicate that specialises…

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has won the Premier League Manager of the Month award for August 2023. The 58-year-old joined Spurs from Celtic in June as the club’s permanent successor to Antonio Conte and has made a bright start to life in north London. Despite losing all-time record scorer Harry Kane to Bayern Munich one day before the start of their Premier League campaign, Postecoglou’s Tottenham went through August unbeaten. They began the season with a credible 2-2 draw at Brentford before earning their first win a week later at home to Manchester United, seeing off the Red…

England striker Callum Wilson has signed a new contract with Newcastle United that runs until summer 2025. The 31-year-old, whose previous deal would have expired in 2024, joined the Magpies from Bournemouth for about £20m in September 2020. Wilson has scored 40 goals in 79 league games for Newcastle, including 18 last season as the club finished fourth to qualify for the Champions League. “I’ve been welcomed ever since I came through the door,” said Wilson. “Now the club’s going in a fantastic direction and on a journey, so it’s nice to commit my future to being a part of that.…