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Graham Potter is favoured to become Chelsea’s new head coach after he held talks with Todd Boehly and Coy on Thursday. Potter is the Brighton & Hove Albion manager and former Tottenham Hotspur and PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino amongst the early front runners for the west Londoners. This was as Chelsea sacked manager Thomas Tuchel on Wednesday the day after his team suffered a shock 1-0 defeat away by Dinamo Zagreb in their opening game of the Champions League. The Premier League club confirmed on its website that they had parted company with the German coach who guided Chelsea to…

The Pound sterling has plummeted to its lowest level against the US dollar since 1985. On Wednesday afternoon, September 7, the Pound fell by 0.64% to $1.145, a decline not seen in 37 years. According to the Bank of England, a weaker outlook for the UK economy as well as a stronger dollar was putting pressure on sterling. Read also Naira Dips To Pound, Euro Rises Naira Appreciates Against Foreign Currencies At Parallel Market Naira Firms Against Dollar Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warned that little could be done to stop the UK falling into a recession this year…

After the resignation of Boris Johnson, Liz Truss on Tuesday officially became Britain’s new prime minister, at an audience with head of state Queen Elizabeth II. The former foreign secretary, 47, was seen in an official photograph shaking hands with the monarch to accept her offer to form a new government and become the 15th prime minister of her 70-year reign. The symbolic ceremony took place at the sovereign’s remote Balmoral retreat in the Scottish Highlands, as the queen, 96, was deemed unfit to return to London due to ill health. Read also World Leaders Felicitate new British Prime Minister…

To avoid being dragged into controversy, a Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress, APC, Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, dodged that he never instituted legal action against the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu as Lagos State governor. Rather, Keyamo admitted dragging the Lagos State House of Assembly to court to seek an interpretation of the law over an alleged certificate forgery case. Tinubu appointed Keyamo, who once sued the Lagos State House of Assembly for clearing the then governor on allegations of certificate forgery, as spokesman for his campaign. Read also Keyamo Mocks Critics For Admitting Buhari Is ALive, Relates With…

Amidst lingering strike, the Federal Government has dangled what look like carrots particularly a 23.5 percent salary increase for lecturers, and a 35 per cent increment for professors to assuage them. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu made the announcement on Tuesday September 6, at a meeting with Vice-Chancellors and other stakeholders in the university system. This is as the government has set up a 14-man tactical committee to review its ‘no work, no pay’ stance against striking members of the Academic Staff Union Of Universities. Read also ASUU Rejects salary package as FG upholds no-work, no-pay policy Nationwide strike looms as FG, ASUU…

Akwa Ibom and 19 Nigerian States are at risk of possible flooding due to excess rainfall, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has alerted. States prone to high-risk flooding in September include Kebbi and Jigawa in the Northwest, Borno, Bauchi and Taraba in the Northeast, Plateau in north central and Bayelsa in the South-South. Others are Kano, Adamawa, Rivers, Cross River, Abia, Imo, Enugu, Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Oyo and Ekiti. Read also Cries Of Flood Victims In Uyo President Buhari Approves N3b To Aid Flood Victims 7  States Near River Niger  On Brink Of Flooding, Warns NIHSA The agency said its…

Wizkid and Tems emerged top winners at the 15th annual Headies Awards held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta on Sunday, September 4. This was the first time the show has been held outside of Nigeria. Wizkid and Tems collaborated on the international smash “Essence,” which became a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 2021 (with an assist by Justin Bieber). Read also Davido, Wizkid, Simi Win Big At Headies Awards Headies Award: Davido, Wizkid, Simi, Olamide Top 2018  Nominees’ List Headies 2019: Teni, Falz, Burna Boy Win Big At 13th edition “Essence” won song of the…

World leaders have felicitated Liz Truss named as the new leader of the Conservative Party and Britain’s next Prime Minister. Truss the foreign secretary will succeed Boris Johnson on Tuesday, September 6, and become the nation’s third female, after securing just over 81,000 to Mr. Rishi Sunak’s just over 60,000. The former foreign secretary has an exceptionally busy in-tray, with global issues – chiefly the war in Ukraine – right at the top. See also Boris Johnson set to throw in towel as Prime Minister Platinum Jubilee: World Leaders Felicitate Queen Elizabeth 11 CHOGM: Britain’s Prince Charles, Camilla and Buhari in…

Human rights lawyer, Festus Ogun, has noted that donations by Nigerians in the Diaspora for the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, do not violate any Nigerian law. This was in reaction to a call by a group under the aegis of Tinubu-Shettima Connect urged INEC to disqualify the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and his running mate, Ahmed Baba Datti from the 2023 presidential race over alleged violation of the Electoral Act on campaign funding. The group also vowed to begin a legal action to prevent the Labour Party from participating in the 2023 presidential…

Crisis is palpable between China and US over Joe Biden administration’s approval of US$1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan. Subsequently, China has warned the United States it will take “counter-measures” after the approval. Chinese embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu said Saturday China was “firmly opposed” to the sales, which “severely jeopardize China-U.S. relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” and called on Washington to “immediately revoke” them. Read also Taiwan interference: China’s leader Jinping warns President Biden Fire at Taiwan Tower Block Kills 46 persons China Defies US, Sends 25 Warplanes To Taiwan’s Air Defense Zone Liu’s comments on Twitter came…