Newcastle manager Eddie Howe is "desperately hoping" that club record signing Alexander Isak will be available for Wednesday's Premier League away match against Liverpool.
Sweden striker Isak, signed from Real Sociedad for a reported £58 million, was unable to make his debut against Wolves on Sunday because his work permit had not...
Steven Gerrard got one over on his old midfield rival Frank Lampard with goals from Danny Ings and Emiliano Buendia in Aston Villa's Premier League opener against Everton.
After years of squabbles on the pitch between Liverpool and Chelsea, the two were facing each other as managers for the first time.
Both had suffered defeats in...
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Do you know that Nigeria is the only country on the world that had three slave shipping ports? We had Calabar, Lagos and Badagry, all if which shipped human cargo to the New World in mega quantities. It is crystal clear that without Nigeria there simply would never have been the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade or the global...
NEWLY-promoted English Premier League side Nottingham Forest have opened discussions with the German Bundesliga side Union Berlin about signing Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi during the current transfer window.
Awoniyi, 24, joined Bundesliga side Union Berlin permanently last summer from Liverpool after having a successful...
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has been granted leave to watch all of Liverpool's games while he in detention by the federal high court Abuja after he told the judge that he is a lifelong fan of the football club.
Highly controversial, Mr Kanu has been campaigning for the recreation of the independent...
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Remember the saying: “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” When I look at the parallels between Nigeria and her former colonial master Britain, I wonder what kind of national amnesia grips both nations at times. Britain is once again pressing the self-destruct button over Brexit, forgetting...
ENGLISH Premier League side West Ham have stepped up their bid to sign Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi with the aim of prising him away from Bundesliga team Hertha Berlin during the summer transfer window.
Awoniyi, 24, who was once on Liverpool's books, in currently in the sights of several English teams, including the...
ENGLISH Premier League officials have scuppered a move by relegation-threatened Burnley to bring former Super eagles winger Victor Moses back to the premiership using a loophole that allows clubs to recruit players playing their trade in Russia.
Moses, 31, who has 37 caps for Nigeria, has played in England for Chelsea,...
SUPER Eagles head coach Augustine Eguavoen has revealed that he would live to bring former Chelsea wingback Victor Moses into his squad as Nigeria prepares for the 2022 World Cup.
Moses, 31, retired from international football in 2018 after the last World Cup and has not been involved with Nigeria in any way shape of form...
SEVERAL English Premier League clubs may miss out on Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze as Italian giants AC Milan have become the latest side to express an interest in signing him during the summer transfer window.
Chukwueze, 22, has long been on the radar of English Premier League sides Chelsea and Liverpool, with the...
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