Author: Olukayode Oke

Popular socio-political activist, Deji Adeyanju, has condemned the action of the spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Management Committee, PCC, Dino Melaye, for mocking the health condition of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Melaye had made jokes about the health condition of Tinubu in the form of a mock dance during a campaign rally in Delta State on Tuesday. Reacting to the development, Adeyanju, in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Wednesday morning, described Melaye’s action as ‘bad and unacceptable’. He tweeted, “Mocking someone because of their health status is bad. You…

The Federal Government has said that the existence of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) over the past 60 years saved the global oil market from perpetual chaos. The Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva stated this on Tuesday in Abuja when he received Gabriel Lima, Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons. Lima’s visit marked his first official visit to Nigeria in his capacity as the 2023 President of the OPEC and Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Council of Ministers. Sylva said that without OPEC existence, many countries would not have been able to develop their…

Premier League legend, Patrice Evra has said that it would be over for Arsenal if defender, William Saliba gets injured. Evra said he is worried that the defender may suffer an injury which could to a large extent affect the Gunners’ title chase. Saliba was one of Mikel Arteta’s best performers before the World Cup break and that earned him a place in Didier Deschamps’ France World Cup squad. The Gunners are currently five points ahead of defending champions, Manchester City going into the second half of the Premier League. My worry for Arsenal, even if I only want to…

Paris Saint-Germain defender, Presnel Kimpembe, has insisted that he was unaware of teammate Kylian Mbappe being made the club’s vice-captain. Mbappe wore the captain’s armband and led PSG to a 7-0 thrashing of US Pays de Cassel in the Coupe de France on Monday. The 24-year-old is now viewed as vice-captain to captain Marquinhos, who did not feature in the match. This led to reports suggesting that PSG held talks before removing Kimpembe from the vice-captaincy role and handing it over to Mbappe. However, Kimpembe has now dismissed those claims. The 27-year-old defender said (as quoted by Get French Football…

AC Milan missed the opportunity to close the gap on Serie A leaders Napoli after they were thumped 4-0 by a rampant Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday. Stefano Pioli’s men were condemned to a first defeat in seven league matches after goals from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Mattia Zaccagni gave the hosts a half-time advantage. Luis Alberto added a third from the spot after the interval before Felipe Anderson rounded off the scoring as the Rossoneri failed to win for the fifth game in a row in all competitions. The impressive result sees Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio leap from sixth…

Najaatu Muhammad has stated that All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu should not have emerged. She said Tinubu’s blunders during campaign rallies confirmed his poor health which would affect governance if he won. Hajiya Muhammad last week resigned as Director of Civil Society in the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). In an interview with Thisday, the outspoken politician said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would have been a better APC standard bearer. He’s a professor, he’s brilliant. For few weeks he was given to govern this country, he did a great job. But they said all sort of things against him.…

Everton owner Farhad Moshiri is willing to sell the club according to reports. The British-Iranian billionaire became Everton’s major shareholder in February 2016 but has not endeared himself to fans. It’s been suggested that Moshiri had recently sought outside investment. However, it seems Moshiri is now willing to cut ties with the club altogether, with report stating he is looking for offers of more than £500million. The report adds that Deloitte have been instructed to handle the potential sale of the club, although that is unconfirmed. It adds that about £700m has been spent on more than 50 players in the…

Newcastle’s Nick Pope ‘the best goalkeeper in the world’ says Bruno Guimaraes as Jamie O’Hara rates Premier League chances next year. The Magpies have one foot in the Carabao Cup final after beating Southampton 1-0 at St. Mary’s on Tuesday night as Joelinton scored the only goal of the game. It continues the club’s jaw-dropping form across all competitions, tasting defeat in just one match in 20 games – a shock FA Cup loss to Sheffield Wednesday earlier this month. And that is largely down to their fantastic defence with Nick Pope keeping a clean sheet in the last ten matches. They…

A Civil Society Organisation, Yiaga Africa, on Tuesday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission and the National Universities Commission to bar universities from scheduling examinations during the election period. According to data from INEC, over 26 million registered voters in the country’s voter register are students. Though the commission did not give a breakdown of the registered students according to the types of tertiary institutions, YIAGA noted that the intervention of INEC and the NUC will enable more students to exercise their rights to vote. “Dear @inecnigeria, can you engage the National Universities Commission to request universities to refrain…

Manchester United boss, Erik ten Hag will be without three key players when they face Nottingham Forest in tonight’s Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg tie at the City Ground. Ten Hag confirmed at his pre-match press conference on Tuesday that the likes of Diogo Dalot, Jadon Sancho, and Anthony Martial would not feature against Nottingham Forest. The Dutchman said, “The players who were not available for the Arsenal game – Dalot, Martial, Sancho, are also not available for tomorrow [Man United’s clash with Forest].” Man United head to the game after losing 3-2 against Arsenal in the Premier League in their…

The Polish Football Association have confirmed Cristiano Ronaldo’s former manager, Fernando Santos, as their new national team head coach. Santos was unveiled at a press conference on Tuesday, having left his role as Portugal’s coach after their shock quarter-final elimination against Morocco at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Recall that the 68-year-old coached Ronaldo during his time as the coach of Portugal’s national team. Speaking after his unveiling, Santos said: “It is an honour for us because we are talking about a great country. “Poland is a great country with an extremely rich history and culture.”

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has unanimously voted to increase the benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 17.5 per cent. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this while reading the communiqué at the end of the two-day MPC meeting, the first of the year. The development means this is the fifth time the CBN would increase the interest rate despite calls by stakeholders against the increment. The CBN said previous increases were beginning to yield results with the slight drop in the inflation rate recorded in December 2022. However, the CBN stressed…