Former Arsenal and Tottenham forward Emmanuel Adebayor has succeeded in a FIFA tribunal after his unfair sacking from Paraguay outfit Olimpia that has earned him nearly £500k Emmanuel Adebayor has won a FIFA tribunal that will pocket him almost half a million after an unfair sacking. The Togo star joined Paraguayan side Olimpia in early 2020, just months before the …

All 20 Premier League teams have discovered their schedules for the coming season with some stand-out ties on the opening day, including Manchester United opening up the Erik ten Hag era against Brighton at Old Trafford Erik ten Hag will kick off his Manchester United tenure at Old Trafford when the Red Devils entertain Brighton and Hove Albion on the opening weekend …

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to President Biden and a leading official in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, has tested positive for COVID-19, the National Institutes of Health announced. The NIH said in a statement that Fauci, 81, is fully vaccinated and has been boosted twice. He is experiencing mild symptoms, and has not recently been in close …

Professor Femi Soyinka, a brother of Nobel laureate and professor of Comparative Literature, Wole Soyinka, has died. The former Provost of the College of Health Sciences of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, died on Tuesday at the age of 85. According to a statement by his family, signed by his son, Ayodele, Soyinka died in the early hours of Tuesday, June …

Nigeria on Tuesday lost its claim accusing   JPMorgan of $1.7B of negligently transferring hundreds of millions of state funds from an oil deal to the country’s former oil minister after a judge held the country failed to prove it had been defrauded. The High Court has dismissed Nigeria’s lawsuit, finding that JPMorgan Chase hadn’t breached its duty to protect its …

LIVERPOOL have confirmed the signing of Benfica striker Darwin Nunez for a club record fee of £85million. The 22-year-old Uruguayan became one of the most sought-after forwards in Europe after a sensational season with the Portuguese outfit. Nunez adds another string to Klopp’s bow at the top end of the pitch Credit: Getty Nunez was snapped at Liverpool’s training ground on Tuesday …

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babagana Kingibe, has forwarded three names to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for consideration as his running mate, Daily Trust has reported. Kingibe, who was running mate to late MKO Abiola in the June 12, 1993 presidential election, was said to have forwarded the names …

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has said the people of the state will vote for the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 poll. He said credible voters in the state will not vote for Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, adjudged as the most popular presidential candidate from the region. Obi …

Former federal lawmaker and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Dino Melaye, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is a baby weight compared to Atiku Abubakar of the PDP. Melaye said this when he appeared on Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today. He said, “For us in the PDP, we have advised Atiku …

A former Amazon executive who is the key suspect in his estranged wife’s hit-style murder has been accused of paying $9,000 to have her killed. Abril Pérez Sagaón was shot in the head and neck by a man on a motorcycle who opened fire through the passenger-side window where she was seated in a car while driving through Mexico City in November 2019. …