Author: Rashaad Harris

The draw for the UEFA Europa League has been made and Barcelona will be taking on Manchester United. Barcelona dropped to the Europa League after they failed to make it out of a group comprising of Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. Xavi’s men finished third while ten Hag’s Manchester United lost out on top spot to Real Sociedad. The two sleeping giants will meet in their Europa League play-off in February. Despite booking their place in the knockout stages as Group A winners, Arsenal will not be involved in the Europa League draw as it only involves the eight teams…

Former Minister of Aviation cum member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Femi Fani Kayode has tackled the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Atiku Abubakar. In a tweet on his handle on Monday afternoon, Fani Kayode reminded Atiku that five PDP governors have left him. He claimed Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has also joined the five governors, which now makes it six. The five PDP governors are Nyesom Wike, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Samuel Ortom, Okezie Ikpeazu, and Seyi Makinde of Rivers, Enugu, Benue, Abia, and Oyo states respectively. The aggrieved PDP governors said they would not work for…

Last year’s finalists, Real Madrid and Liverpool will square off in this year’s round of 16. This was revealed in the round of 16 draw held on Monday afternoon. Liverpool lost the final to the Spanish giants who went on to clinch their 14th Champions League title, with a Vinicius Junior’s goal proving to be enough. The first leg of the tie will be played at Anfield after the New Year. How about others? RB Leipzig will play host to last season’s semi finalists, Manchester City. While Club Brugge will take on Benfica. AC Milan will take on Tottenham Hotspur…

The All Progressives Congress has released a statement explaining why their presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu failed to turn up at Sunday night’s presidential Townhall Meeting organised by Arise TV. The statement which was signed by Festus Keyamo, the spokesman to APC presidential campaign team. The statememt titled “TINUBU/SHETTIMA PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL EXPLAINS OUR CANDIDATE’S ABSENCE AT ARISE TV DEBATE,” read: “The APC Presidential Candidate in the forthcoming 2023 Presidential Election, ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU, did not attend the Presidential Debate organised by ARISE TV on Sunday, November 6, 2022, for the following reasons:”Firstly, many radio and TV networks in…

Peter Obi was not afraid to lash out on Dino Melaye over his continued false utterances at the Arise TV Townhall Meeting that was held on Sunday night. The Town Hall Meeting which was supposed to be attended by the four main presidential contenders, Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso and Peter Obi, only had the latter two in attendance. Okowa Patrick, the running mate to Mr. Atiku was present to represent him. Tinubu who was in Abuja on the night didn’t send any representative. Needless to say, Dino Melaye, a PDP presidential spokesperson, was present in the crowd of…

The new CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk has announced that twitter handles that are impersonating others will be banned. Musk said this in a tweet on Sunday night. He added that such accounts must clearly specify “parody.” He said, “Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be permanently suspended. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589401231545741312?t=o8fmWTR-CCIpmaWbUHVe7A&s=19 “Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning. This will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue. Any name change at all will cause temporary loss…

Former Minister of Aviation and current spokesperson for the Tinubu/Shettima presidential campaign, Femi Fani Kayode has accuse the presidential flag bearer of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his spokesperson Senator Dino Melaye of bleaching their skin. In a tweet on his verified Twitter handle, the erstwhile PDP presidential spokesperson for the ill-fated Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential run of 2015, called both politicians “bleachers united” with an accompanying picture of the two in shorts with bleached and spotty legs, and a popular bleaching cream, Caro White superimposed on them. This is not the first time the loquacious ex minister…

Aston Villa ended their 27-year winless run at home against Manchester United, with Unai Emery’s side taking all-three points in his first match in charge at Villa Park. The former Arsenal coach could not have asked for a better start, with Bailey and Digne both finding the back of the net in the first 11 minutes to give the hosts a lead and some cushion. An unlucky own goal from Ramsey on the stroke of half-time reduced the deficit at the interval but the winger was determined to make amends, scoring a screamer four minutes after the restart to restore…

Gabriel’s header from a corner handed Arsenal a big win at Stamford Bridge! The Gunners were the more proactive side throughout and deserved the win for their energy and tenacity. Chelsea put up a fight but didn’t really trouble the visitors at all, even after going behind. The home side were able to muster just one shot on goal all game as Arsenal became the first side to win 10 games against Chelsea. The win meant Arsenal remain top for yet another week.

It was an evening to savour for Nigerians, Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman when their sides clashed in the Serie A.It was number 3 against number 1 on the league table as the visitors bounced back from their Champions League defeat to Liverpool to claim all three points at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo.Lookman opened the scoring in the 19th minute from the spot, before his compatriot, Osimhen drew Spaletti’s side level just four minutes later.Osimhen turned provider just twelve minutes later, when he assisted Elmas for Napoli’s second of the night.And that proved to be enough as there were…