Author: Rashaad Harris

Arsene Wenger, former Arsenal manager is expecting his former side to make a title challenge this season. Mikel Arteta’s men currently lead the Premier League with just a point over Champions, Manchester City. Wenger was speaking at an event to help promote former Arsenal’s vice chairman, David Dean’s new book, Calling the Shots. Wenger said, “I think the team is in a very promising position. They have young and promising players,” adding that no team this season has had a dominating start which gives the Gunners a good chance.

Can things get any worse for American singer, Robert Kelly? The man dubbed as the King of RnB has been found guilty of another crime, this time, child pornography after a month-long trial in Chicago. The guilty verdict was delivered on Wednesday, which is in addition to a 30-year sentence he is currently serving. According to US newspaper, Chicago Tribune, the award winning singer who was acquitted by a Federal jury of seven other counts which included obstruction of justice in a previous trial was convicted of 3 counts of producing child pornography and 3 counts of enticement of a…

Nigeria’s kit maker, Nike, has released a new home and away shirt for the Super Eagles. The Super Eagles failed to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup holding later this year after they fell to the Black Stars of Ghana. The former African champions have been wearing their current strip since before the last World Cup four years ago. The shirts: The shorts: The training range:

Chelsea’s woes on the pitch continued on Wednesday night when they hosted RB Salzburg in the UEFA Champions League. It was the first game of Graham Potter’s reign after he replaced Thomas Tuchel. And with the suspension of domestic games due to the passing of British Queen, Elizabeth II, the former Brighton man was starting his reign in a competition he has never managed in. The Blues appeared to be in absolute control after they opened the scoring through Raheem Sterling, but things never clicked after that. Sterling had curled a rocket into the corner, which was no less than…

The French Development Agency(AFD) has donated €25 million to Northern Nigerian states for the improvement of power supply to the region. However, the European Union are also helping with the project that will be carried out by Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). According to Gazette Nigeria, the project is meant to strengthen low-carbon economic growth in West Africa by improving the quality of the electricity network in Nigeria and supporting the development of a regional electricity market under the West African Power Pool. Speaking at the signing of the agreement in Abuja, Clement Agba, Minister of State for Budget and…

An uber driver, Solomon Osinloye has narrated how some Lagos State Police officers cornered him and tried getting him to pay them N50, 000. He made this known on Twitter on Wednesday. He said they planted drugs in his car in order to implicate him. He said: Police planted drugs in my Uber. Asked me to pay 50k, I told them it’s not possible because I have asthma + I did a drug test recently and I have my results with me. They let me go but kept on saying “if we wan set you up, we go set you…

Nigerian singer, May D, has weighed in on the controversy involving who first brought Amapiano music to Nigeria. A tweep had claimed Davido was the first to bring the music genre to Nigeria two years ago. The claim was disputed by South African DJ Maphorisa, who said that he featured Wizkid and Burna Boy on one Amapiano song three years ago. Weighing in on the controversy, May D declared that he brought Amapiano to Nigeria and he has awards to show for it. Tweeting on Wednesday, May D said, “Na me bring Amapiano come Naija and I have awards to…

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma has claimed Imo Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC is the man to beat in next year’s presidential election. Uzodinma who is known by his people as the “Supreme Court Governor,” which is a sly dig at the way he got into office, will have his reelection bid a tough task because he has never been popular with his people. Speaking on a Channels TV programme, Uzodinma said he will be telling his people to vote in the former Lagos State Governor, Tinubu. “I belong to a political party. I have the responsibility…

Two quick fire goals early on in the second half were enough for Bayern Munich to brush aside Barcelona at the Alianz Arena. Lewandowski returned to Germany hoping to continue with his free scoring spree that he has started life in Spain with, but him and his teammates were upstaged by Julian Nagelsmann. A game that was billed to be a tough encounter ended up being a one-sided affair as the Bavarians pegged them back with two goals in four minutes. First it was Lucas Hernandez, who nodded in a swirling Joshua Kimmich corner after Raphinha completely misjudged the pace…

Some Kenyans climbed the walls of the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani to witness the inauguration of their fifth president, William Ruto. Ruto was sworn in by the Chief Judge, Martha Koome, on Tuesday.According to reports, the stadium, had filled up before the break of dawn. Amid cheers from the excited crowd, Ruto swore an oath of allegiance and another oath for the execution of the functions of the office. Ruto also appended his signature to the corresponding documents, as seen in the live broadcast monitored by our correspondent on Tuesday. With his inauguration, Ruto becomes the fifth president…