Author: Rashaad Harris

Arsenal and Manchester City have been charged by the Football Association with failing to control their players during Wednesday’s Premier League game.Both sets of players surrounded referee Anthony Taylor at different times dueing the match at Emirates Stadium.Arsenal protested when City’s Erling Haaland was awarded a penalty, a decision then overturned by VAR.City were unhappy at the decision to award Arsenal a first-half penalty and later with an Eddie Nketiah foul.Nketiah was shown a yellow card for the challenge on City’s Ruben Dias.In a statement, the FA said: “It’s alleged that both clubs failed to ensure their players conducted themselves…

Former Super Eagles midfielder, Mikel Obi has opened up on how he was denied the African Footballer of The Year Award in 2013.Recall that the former Chelsea star played a key role as Nigeria won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa after the team defeated Burkina Faso 1-0 in the final. Despite his brilliant performance, Mikel lost out to Manchester City legend, Yaya Toure for the prestigious award. Reflecting on it, Mikel in an interview withDubai Eye 103.8, stated that he was robbed of the award.“I got robbed of the African Footballer of The Year Award. Before…

The Flying Eagles of Nigeria arrived Cairo, Egypt on Thursday night ahead of the 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.20 players and their officials touched down at the Cairo International Airportaround 5:30pm local time after 5hrs 30 minutes journey. The team is lodged at Jewel Sports City & Aqua Resorts. Ladan Bosso’s side will have their first training session in Egypt this morning. The Flying Eagles will take on the Young Terangha Lions of Senegal in their first game at the Cairo International Stadium on Sunday.Before that, hosts Egypt and Mozambique will slug it out in the opening fixture of…

Borussia Dortmund forward, Karim Adeyemi has been seen in a video eating fufu. The German said in an interview after their win over Chelsea that he runs well and fast because he eats fufu. Well see him devouring the dish here. [wpvideo XyfrF2Oc]

According to the Jigawa State Government, old naira notes are still valid in the state until the Supreme Court gives a contrary judgement. In a statement released late on Thursday, the state’s commissioner for information, youth sports, and culture, Ibrahim Mamsa, made this claim.While President Muhammadu Buhari, maintains that only the N200 old note is still valid till April 10 and that the N500 and N1000 notes are no longer valid, this development nonetheless occurs.The statement reads: “The Jigawa State Government wishes to inform members of the Public that, it has come to its notice some individuals and corporate bodies…

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has launched at President Muhammadu Buhari and Godwin Emefiele over the lingering Naira scarcity. Ganduje questioned why Buhari and Emefiele did not propose the programme seven years earlier and claimed that the CBN could have put it into effect following the 2023 general elections.On February 15, 2023, the governor gave a speech to the Forum of Former Parliamentarians, North-West zone, in which he discussed the CBN’s contentious cash swap programme.He said: “What is wrong with doing it after elections? Why didn’t he do this in the past seven years? What is the meaning of…

According to the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party — Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the incumbent government of President Muhammadu Buhari is directionless and clueless. Atiku cites as an illustration of the ruling party’s failure the current unrest in the nation brought about by the Federal Government’s shoddy implementation of the naira reform policy.In a statement released on Thursday, Atiku said that the APC was not ready for leadership when it assumed office in 2015.He said, ”Recently millions of Nigerians have fallen into intense anger due to a move by the Central Bank of Nigeria to hurl new banknotes. As…

Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State has told the citizens of the state that until the Supreme Court says otherwise, the old Naira notes remain legal tender, going against President Buhari’s directive. Recall that Buhari addressed the nation yesterday morning, where he declared the old N500 & N1000 notes unofficial, whilst saying the old N200 notes are still allowed to be in circulation until April 10.However, in a statewide broadcast yesterday night, February 16, 2023, El-Rufai appealed to Kaduna residents to continue to use the old naira notes alongside the new notes without any fear, which comes as defiance to…

Talented Nigerian musician, Patoranking was given the honour of presenting the Arsenal Player of the Month award during his visit to the Emirates. The multiple award-winning singer was in London to watch the game between Arsenal and Manchester City. After the match, he presented Oleksandr Zinchenko with the Player of the Month award. Patoranking took to social media to share his excitement of meeting the Arsenal player and the team. “I was honored to present “The player of the month” Award to Zinchenko Last Night…Not the result we wanted but we Move,” he wrote on Twitter. Meanwhile, Arsenal lost to…

Manchester United have the slight advantage in their heavyweight Europa League clash with Barcelona after a 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou.It is 15 years since United last got the better of the Spanish giants, a run that has included Champions League final defeats in 2009 and 2011. Marcos Alonso headed the hosts in front shortly after the break as Barcelona landed the first blow of the play-off round tie.United responded superbly though and within nine minutes had the lead themselves. Marcus Rashford continued his sensational form to score from a seemingly impossible angle, before playing a huge role in…