Chelsea co-owner, Todd Boehly, has revealed the real reason why Thomas Tuchel was relieved of his duties at Chelsea. Boehly said he sacked manager Thomas Tuchel because of the German’s unwillingness to buy into a shared vision. Recall that Boehly, along with co-owners Behdad Eghbali and Jose E. Feliciano, had made the shock decision to […]
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David Moyes has been appointed as West Ham manager and will return for a second spell at the club. The Scot, 55, has signed an 18-month deal and starts with the New Year’s Day home game against Bournemouth. He replaces Manuel Pellegrini, who was sacked after Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat by a much-changed Leicester side. […]
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A businessman, Alhaji Idris Mohammed on Friday told a Zuba Upper Area Court Abuja, that Lukman Bada, a bank manager at First City Monument Bank (FCMB), and his accomplice, Idris Yusuf defrauded him of N210 million. The police charged Bada of FCMB Bank Area 11 Abuja and Yusuf who does business at 112 T/G Shanu […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday ordered that an Ecobank manager, Ifeanyichukwu Azike, be remanded in prison for allegedly defrauding a customer of N411 million. Mr Azike was arraigned by the Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) on three counts of obtaining money by false pretence, false representation and fraud. The police in […]
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Tumi Lawrence, manager of Kizz Daniel, has given an account of how he was allegedly assaulted by David ‘Davido’ Adeleke and his crew members on Thursday. The incident was said to have taken place at Davido’s concert which took place at Eko Atlantic, Lagos. Lawrence said he was assaulted, slapped and manhandled by the Afropop singer […]
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Arsenal manager Unai Emery has been charged with improper conduct by the English Football Association after kicking a water bottle into the crowd during the 1-1 Premier League draw at Brighton on Boxing Day. A Football Association spokesman said Thursday: “Arsenal manager Unai Emery has been charged following the game against Brighton yesterday (26 December […]
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Interim Real Madrid manager Santiago Solari was appointed permanent coach on Monday after overseeing a startling upturn in the European champions’ fortunes since he stepped in to replace Julen Lopetegui. “Everything is in order. Real Madrid have worked out his contract and there are no problems,” the Spanish football federation stated. Solari has led Real […]
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Former Manchester United player, Ryan Giggs has been confirmed as the new manager of Wales on a four-year contract. Giggs will be taking on his first major managerial role, his only experience so far having come in a four-game stint in interim charge of Manchester United after David Moyes was sacked. The 44-year-old was capped […]
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Everton have appointed former England manager Sam Allardyce as their new manager on an 18-month contract, the English Premier League club announced Thursday. Allardyce, previously also in charge of Bolton, Newcastle, Sunderland and Crystal Palace, will take charge of the Merseysiders for the first time when they welcome Huddersfield Town for a league match at […]
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Manager of Maybeny Hotel at Ire-Akari Road in Isolo, Lagos, Mr. Uche Egwuenu, was found dead in one of the rooms in the hotel on Saturday, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. A source close to the hotel told NAN in Lagos that the deceased was the son of the owner of the hotel, whose […]
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