Author: Olukayode Oke

Britain on Tuesday said it had launched “a large-scale evacuation” of its citizens trapped in Sudan, where 10 days of urban combat have led to hundreds of deaths. It comes hours after a United States-brokered 72-hour ceasefire between Sudan’s warring generals officially came into effect, and following criticism in the United Kingdom that the government had abandoned British citizens there. Britain faced pressure to act after comparisons to the chaotic evacuation of Britons after Afghanistan’s Taliban took control of Kabul in 2021.”The government has begun a large-scale evacuation of British passport holders from Sudan on RAF (Royal Air Force) flights,”…

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote is close to buying French Ligue 2 club, Valenciennes. According to French media outlet, Entreprendre, the business mogul, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dangote Group is ready to acquire 60% ownership of the club. The Dangote Group is the largest industrial conglomerate in Africa. The Nigerian businessman was interested in buying Premier League club, Arsenal in the past but failed to achieve his objective. Valenciennes was formed in 1913 and plays its home matches at the recently built Stade du Hainaut. The club have played 40 seasons in Ligue 1 and 36…

Manchester United will offer Harry Kane a £300,000-a-week contract to join the club this summer, the UK Sun reports. This will make the England captain one of the highest-paid earners at Old Trafford. Kane is currently playing for Tottenham, but United have begun to pursue a deal for the striker. Red Devils boss, Erik ten Hag is prioritising bringing in a new striker in the summer. Kane has scored 26 goals in all competitions with Spurs, but 24 of those have come in the Premier League compared to Rashford’s 15. He will see his current deal increased by £100,000 if…

Mauricio Pochettino would be joined by his four close confidants if he gets the job at Stamford Bridge. According to The Times, Pochettino would be going to Stamford with his assistant and head of conditioning Jesus Perez, first-team coach Miguel D’Agostino, goalkeeper coach, Toni Jimenez and his son, Sebastiano, a sports scientist. Perez, D’Agostino and Jimenez have been at the side of the Argentine for most of his managerial career. They were with him at Southampton and Tottenham and followed him to Paris Saint-Germain in 2021. The Argentine has emerged as favourite to become the new boss at Chelsea and…

India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country in the coming week, hitting almost 1.43 billion people, the United Nations said Monday. “By the end of this month, India’s population is expected to reach 1,425,775,850 people, matching and then surpassing the population of mainland China,” the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs said. Last week the UN’s annual State of World Population report said the milestone would come by midyear 2023. India is topping China due to both rapid growth in its own population and a decline in China’s after hitting 1.426 billion last year. Regarded as…

Tottenham fired interim manager Cristian Stellini on Monday after chairman Daniel Levy branded Sunday’s 6-1 defeat at Newcastle “wholly unacceptable”. Stellini, who was only put in charge last month after his former boss Antonio Conte left the club, would be replaced by Ryan Mason with immediate effect. Conte’s long-term assistant won only one of his four games in charge, dealing what appears a fatal blow to Spurs’ chances of Champions League football next season. Tottenham still sit fifth in the Premier League but are six points adrift of the top four and have played at least one game more than…

A total of 2,300 prospective corps members were deployed to Bauchi State to perform their mandatory one-year national service by National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for the 2023 Batch A Stream 2 service. This was disclosed by the Bauchi State coordinator of the NYSC, Mrs. Rifkatu Yakubu, on Monday when answering questions from journalists in Bauchi ahead of the orientation programme scheduled to hold between April 26 and May 16. Yakubu informed that the three-week programme for the new corps members would hold at the NYSC permanent orientation camp at Wailo Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state. According to…

Al Nassr has decided to sign Cristiano Ronaldo’s choice of manager as a replacement for sacked Rudi Garcia. According to WinWin Sports, via AS, the club wants to ensure that Ronaldo unites with Luis Enrique and the Saudi club has set its sight on the Asturian coach. Enrique parted ways with the Spanish National team after the World Cup in Qatar and has been fighting hard to get a new job since then. Enrique is still in line for the take of the vacant position left behind by the sacking of Graham Potter at Chelsea with the Blues expressing keen…

President-elect, Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria. Tinubu’s return was confirmed by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga. He was received at the Abuja international airport by the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima and some state governors. Tweeting about his arrival, Onanuga wrote: “Jagaban lands in Abuja, Vice President elect Kashim Shettima and governors at the airport reception for President elect Tinubu.” This put to rest weeks of speculations regarding his health status and whereabouts.

President-elect, Bola Tinubu is expected back in the country today. Tinubu’s return to Nigeria was confirmed by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga on Monday. Onanuga disclosed that the President-elect has been on vacation in France. Tweeting, Onanuga wrote: “Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu returns to Abuja today after weeks of a well deserved vacation in France. E kaabo! Se dada le de!” Tinubu’s absence from Nigeria’s political scene has been a subject of controversy. Reports had it that on March 22, Tinubu was secretly ferried abroad for medical treatment. The reports alleged that Tinubu took ill after…

The federal government said last night that the only viable way to evacuate Nigerians out of war-torn Sudan was by road. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyema, disclosed this in an interview on Channel Television’s Sunday Politics programme. Recall that Nigerians based in Sudan, including over 5,500 students, have been calling on the government to evacuate them out of the Horn of Africa country since the crisis broke out in the country two weeks ago. He said: ”We have been working round the clock in the past two days to get Nigerians out of Sudan. First, we have told…

In a bid to ensure a safe environment, Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has approved new policies on climate change to address emerging concerns. The Governor, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed said the approval of the climate programme was in fulfilment of his election promises to address the threatening environmental crises facing Osun and the world at large. The new agenda, according to the statement, includes the making of a climate change and adaptation policy for Osun state, the creation of the state climate advisory board, the establishment of a climate tracking research unit at the…