Southampton have been relegated from the English Premier League after slumping to a 2-0 defeat against Fulham, capping off a miserable season for the Saints. Second-half goals from Carlos Vinicius and Aleksandar Mitrovic condemned Southampton to the drop at St Mary’s. Ruben Selles’ side are without a win in their last 11 games and their plunge into the Championship was confirmed with two matches still to play. The Saints will return to the second tier for the first time in 11 years. Southampton spent most of the season in the bottom three and Selles was unable to save them from…
Author: Victor Fola
Nottingham Forest secured a crucial point in their fight for Premier League survival in a thrilling 2-2 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Super Eagles forward Taiwo Awoniyi was responsible for the two goals that earned Forest the point at a difficult Bridge. Raheem Sterling scored both goals for Chelsea, whose winless home run stretched to six games. Steve Cooper’s Forest team, however, ended a seven-game losing run on the road. Frank Lampard elected to promote Edouard Mendy to the starting line-up in place of Kepa Arrizabalaga, but the decision soon backfired, as the Senegal international came for Renan Lodi’s…
The Bashiru Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party has avowed that nothing can stop the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29th as the next President of Nigeria. The faction also summoned the Nigerian Military, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alkali Baba and the DSS to immediately arrest anyone, including the presidential candidate of the LP, Peter Obi pushing for an interim government. The call was made by the National Publicity Secretary of the Lamidi Apapa-led LP faction, Abayomi Arabambi while fielding questions to Journalists after the FCT High Court re-affirmed Lamidi Apapa as Acting National Chairman…
Former Chelsea Midfielder John Mikel Obi, will be making a return to his former club when Bayern Munich legends take on Chelsea legends in a charity game in September. The Blues team will be drawn from the squad that won the UEFA Champions League in 2012. Recall that Chelsea won the champions league in 2012 after beating Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties at the Allianz Arena. The encounter will give the players chance to meet and reminisce on the memories of that special night in Munich. Tagged “Legends of Europe”, the game is put together in remembrance of Chelsea legend,…
Vice-President-Elect Kashim Shettima has disclosed the reason President-elect Bola Tinubu opted for former Akwa-Ibom state governor, Godswill Akpabio to become the next Senate president. According to Shettima, fairness and inclusivity were factors that spurred the choice of Akpabio. There had been contention within the ruling party over zoning of leadership positions in the 10th National Assembly. According to the zoning arrangement endorsed by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Akpabio from the South-South is the candidate for Senate Presidency, while Senator Jibrin Barau from the North-West should be the deputy. In the lower legislative…
A total of 2,246 Nigerians have so far been evacuated from Sudan. The Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja, while giving updates on the Federal Government’s evacuation efforts since May 3. According to him, 94 evacuees, comprising 78 males and 16 females, on May 3 boarded NAF C130 plane, while 274 boarded Air Peace plane from Aswan Airport, Egypt. On May 5, Balogun said 130 Nigerians also boarded Tarco Airline, while on May 6, 131 evacuees boarded the same airline from Port Sudan, with…
President Muhammadu Buhari and Aisha, his wife, have moved into the “Glass House”, a transitional home at the presidential villa for outgoing presidents and their spouses. The glass house is where the President and his wife would stay till when they will exit the state house. Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, is expected to assume office on May 29. Though he is meant to have moved into Defence House, a guest house of the presidential villa located in the Maitama district of the federal capital territory (FCT), Tinubu has received most of his visitors and held meetings at his residence in…
The factional leader of the Labour Party, Lamidi Apapa has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the legal counsels representing the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, to brief him on the ongoing election petitions tribunal. Apapa’s ultimatum is coming hours after the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja ruled in his favour as the acting national chairman of the party. In his ruling, Justice Hamza Muazu disclosed that he will go ahead to hear the substantive matter. The matter has been adjourned to Friday, May 19, for further deliberation. Apapa, who recently held a parallel meeting of the National…
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new height following the aggrieved G5 governors snubbing a scheduled parley with Atiku Abubakar and Ifeanyi Okowa, the PDP presidential and vice presidential candidates, in the February 25 presidential election. The meeting took place at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja on Thursday. During the meeting, Atiku harped on the need to reposition the leading opposition party. The G-5 Governors led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), were invited to the interactive session by Chairman of PDP Governors…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded 2023 general elections in the country, Atiku Abubakar has called for the revamping of the party to regain its eminent and dominant leadership role in Nigeria and Africa. The Adamawa born politician, made this comment during the programme “welcome/reception of PDP governors-elect and send forth of the past PDP Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) chairmen” on Thursday in Abuja. The programme with the theme “Good Governance at the Sub-national level: Issues, Perspectives, Expectations and Outcomes” was organised by the PDP-GF. Abubakar said that the PDP formed in 1999 as a dominant political party…