Lyon and Manchester United agrees fee for Memphis Depay transfer

Lyon has finally struck an agreement with Manchester United for a deal to sign Memphis Depay.

The Dutch winger will move for a £14.75 million fee which would rise to £21.7 million.

Sky Sports reports that United will have a buy-back option, as well as sell-on clauses inserted into the deal.

German Footballer, Mario Gomez says JJ Okocha is his idol

German international and Wolfsburg striker, Mario Gomez says he wanted to play like former Super Eagles captain, Austin ‘Jay’ ‘Jay’ Okocha after watching him while he was at Eintracht Frankfurt.

He said Okocha’s impact on his career was great, adding that the Nigerian was a delight to watch in his playing days.

Okocha, who also played for Paris Saint Germain, PSG, in France, and captained Bolten Wanderers, featured in Germany for over seven years playing for Borussia Neunkirchen and the Eintracht Frankfurt.

Immigration says how criminals without passport disappears from Nigeria is a mystery

South South Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ishaq Salilu, on Wednesday called for an enhanced collaboration between the EFCC and the Nigeria Immigration Services, NIS, in checking the menace of criminals and fraudsters in the country.

Salihu made this remark when he received the Comptroller of Immigration, Rivers State , A. B. Yarima who paid him a courtesy visit in his office.

We pray for a deepened collaboration. We are very ready to partner with you”, he said.

Enyantu Ifenne: Why I was removed from the list of ambassadorial nominees

A former chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Dr. Enyantu Ifenne has identified some ‘forces within Benue State’ as the reason behind the removal of her name from the latest list of non-career ambassadorial nominees.

Ifenne and several others’ names were missing from the latest list released last week by the federal government following the initial rejection of the list submitted by the presidency, thus triggering a slew of controversy.

She was replaced by Steve Ugbah, a former guber aspirant from Benue State.

See the SHOCKING reason why Kanye wasn't invited to perform at Trump's inauguration

A spokesperson for president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration committee told CNN that Friend of Donald Kanye West was not invited to perform at the real estate mogul's inaugural because 'Ye's music wasn't right for the "typically and traditionally American event." 

Police confirms arrest of the masterminders of Nigerian-Turkish school kidnap

Two suspected masterminds of the kidnapping of pupils and staff members of the Nigerian Turkish International Colleges have been arrested by the police.

Apart from the ringleaders, Philip Kakadu, aka General Kakadu, and Romeo Council, aka Raw, other suspects were also said to be undergoing screening in connection with the abduction.

It was gathered that 29-year-old Kakadu and Council, 40, were apprehended in Warri, Delta State, by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, led by ACP Abba Kyari.

Man United beats Real Madrid to become world's richest club

Manchester United are back on top of the Deloitte Football Money League for the first time since 2005 but the pound's fall against the euro means they may struggle to beat Barcelona and Real Madrid again next year.

Now in its 20th year, the Deloitte study ranks the world's richest football teams by turnover during the 2015-16 season and this year's top three of United, Barcelona and Real is the same as the first edition in 1997.

Senator Ekweremadu says Buhari’s deployment of troops over Gambia unconstitutional

‎Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, says President Muhammadu Buhari ought to have sought the approval of the national assembly before deploying troops in Senegal for an operation in the Gambia.

Nigerian troops and fighter‎ jets were deployed in Senegal for the enforcement of a resolution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to remove Yahya Jammeh if he refused to leave office as the president of the Gambia.

Senator Nelson Effiong decamps to APC

Nelson Effiong, a senator from Akwa Ibom south, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Effiong announced his decision to leave the PDP on the floor of the senate on Thursday, citing the crisis in the party.

B-2 bombers kill nearly 100 ISIS terrorists in Libya

Two B-2 “stealth” bombers struck Islamic State targets in Libya on Wednesday evening, killing nearly 100 terrorists just two days before President Obama is set to leave office, two U.S. defense officials told Fox News.

The B-2s dropped 108 precision-guided bombs on two ISIS training camps 30 miles southwest of the Libyan coastal city of Sirte, killing an estimated 85 fighters, a defense official said.

President Obama authorized the action. Most of the terrorists targeted had escaped Sirte after extensive military actions there.

Yahya Jammeh’s lawyer flees to Senegal, asks president to step down to avoid gruesome end

Counsel to outgoing president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, Edu Gomez, has fled the country to neighbouring Senegal after asking the president to step down in order to avoid a gruesome end to his tenure.

Gomez, in a letter, he alleged that he was forced to represent the president and his party, Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction, APRC, under “tremendous pressure and coercion.”

The lawyer represented Jammeh and the APRC, in their failed attempt to have the country’s Supreme Court overturn Adama Barrow’s victory and inauguration as President.

Wole Soyinka confirms destroying his Green Card

After threatening to do it a week before the US presidential elections last November, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has confirmed he has destroyed his green card because Donald Trump won.

In an interview with the Atlantic on Tuesday, Soyinka confirmed he had followed through on his pledge to destroy his green card if Trump won as he celebrated Thanksgiving with his family in the US.

See Full List Of Winners From 2017 People's Choice Awards

Check out the full list of winners from the 2017 People's Choice Awards that went down last night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles below to see who else took home an award!

See the list below:

Photos: Ogbonna Kanu and Laura Ikeji's court marriage

Footballer Kanu Nwankwo's brother,  Ogbonna and blogger Linda Ikeji's sister, Laura are currently having their court marriage now in Ikeji registry.

Twitter user suspended from work after insulting Michelle Obama

Yesterday, a Twitter user, Ladispeaks insulted Michelle Obama for not having a male child after she posted a photo with their dogs.

Due to the content of his tweet, he was seriously slammed by Tweeter users.

He has now been suspended according to his new tweets.

He also wrote a statement below.

FIFA official wants offside, yellow cards scrapped from football

FIFA Technical Director, Marco van Basten, has called for offside calls and yellow cards to be abolished.

Van Basten is advocating for sin-bins to be introduced into football in future.

The former Holland international was employed by FIFA in September 2015 to handle all technical areas from technology to refereeing. And some of his long-term plans for the game is to scrap some of its most established rules.

Man arrested for plotting to kill Donald Trump at inauguration

A man in Florida has been accused of posting online that he would kill US President-elect Donald Trump at his inauguration on Friday.

“This is January 6, 2017. I was requested to type this in and post it,” Dominic Puopolo said in a video posted on Monday.

“Yes, I will be at the review stand, the inauguration and I’m going to kill President Trump, President-elect Trump today.”

Find out how your wounds can now heal without a scar (READ)

Battle scars are sometimes proof of the greatest stories. Now, research has found a way for your wounds to heal and leave you without a scar.

Researchers say wounds can be manipulated to heal as regenerated skin rather than scar tissue.

This is achieved by transforming the most common type of cells found in wounds into fat cells.

Ademola Lookman says he derive joy playing for England

Everton player and England U-19 forward, Ademola Lookman has expressed his desire to progress into the Three Lions, thereby killing any hope of representing the Super Eagles in the future.

Ademola, who was born in England to Nigerian parents, says he is happy representing the English national team, in his first interview since his goal scoring debut in Everton’s 4-0 thrashing of Manchester City.

Scientists names newly discovered moth named after Donald Trump

Scientists have named a new species of moth after Donald Trump, U.S. president-elect.

The moth has golden flake hair, similar to Trump’s.

It is officially described as “Neopalpa donaldtrumpi”, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

Children among 25 feared dead in Italy snowslide

Several children were among more than 25 people unaccounted for, feared dead, Thursday after an avalanche engulfed a mountain hotel in earthquake-ravaged central Italy.

The national civil protection agency said the Hotel Rigopiano had suffered a direct hit by a two-metre (six-feet) high wall of snow on Wednesday.

Emergency services were struggling to get ambulances and excavation equipment to the remote site with the first snow plough only arriving just before midday.

Wow! 231 UNILAG students to graduate with First Class on January 23-26

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) will at its 2015/2016 convocation give prizes, certificates and special recognition to 231 First Class graduating students.

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, is scheduled to deliver the convocation lecture.

The 49th ceremony will be chaired by a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maj.-Gen. Ike Nwachukwu (rtd).

EFCC nab councillor and four others for selling IDPs food

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a supervisory councillor for agriculture in Mafa local government of Borno State, Umar Ibrahim, and four others for allegedly diverting 300 bags of rice donated by Danish Refugee Council (DRC), a Non Governmental Organisation and meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the council.

Others arrested along with the councillor are Bulama Ali Zangebe, Modu Bulama, Halilu Abdullahi and Abacha Ali.

Saraki’s Trial: Fire destroyed documents on alleged foreign funds transfer – Witness

The second prosecution witness in the trial of the Senate President Bukola Saraki, Amazu Nwachukwu, yesterday continued his testimony at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

He said a fire incident at the Ilorin branch of Guaranty Trust Bank, destroyed documents on the alleged foreign funds transfer when Saraki was governor in 2011.

The witness, a senior staff of the bank, said during cross-examination led by the defence counsel, Paul Usoro (SAN), that he did not have the opportunity of seeing the said document before it was destroyed by the fire.

Southern Kaduna crisis: Fulani leaders resolve to end to killings

Fulani leaders in Southern Kaduna have expressed their commitment to the restoration of peace and calm in the crises-torn area.

They made this commitment when a non-governmental organisation, Global Peace Foundation Nigeria (GPFN), on Tuesday met with indigenous Fulani leaders and youths in an effort to proffer solution to the crisis in Southern part of Kaduna State.

The meeting which took place at Adara Hall in Kachia under the theme, ‘Active Involvement of Fulanis in Southern Kaduna Peace-building Process’ drew over 80 participants of Fulani extraction across the eight local government areas of Southern Kaduna to discuss how to end the crisis and restore peace and confidence in the area.

Penalty shootouts may decide drawn World Cup matches - Officials

Marco van Basten, Fifa’s chief officer for technical development, has confirmed that the 2026 World Cup could feature penalty shootouts to determine a winner in drawn matches.

Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, last week received approval from the Fifa Council for his plan to expand the World Cup to 48 teams from 2026, and the group stage is set to involve 16 groups of three teams.

However, three-team groups look likely to increase the chances of sides playing for mutually beneficial draws in the final group game, as well as the increased possibility that teams will finish level at the conclusion of the group. Penalty shootouts are regarded as a relatively convenient and fair way of separating teams with identical records.

Okorocha threatens to dismiss Local Govt employee with 60% attendance at work

Any worker in the local councils that record less than 60 per cent attendance would be sanctioned, the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has said.

Also, the governor has directed that the first session of 200 workers of the councils be trained on the Information Communication Technology (ICT), to expose them to computer literacy.

Okorocha, who said this recently while inspecting some prototype projects in the councils, regretted that records indicated that many workers at that level had 40 per cent attendance receiving salaries with tax payers money.

President Buhari to proceed on a 10-day leave January 23, VP Osinbajo will presides as President

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday left Abuja on a medical visit to the United Kingdom just few minutes after sending a letter to the Senate requesting for a 10-day leave..

The President is to commence his leave from January 23 to February 6, 2017.

Southampton boss gives hint of transfer for defender Jose Fonte

Claude Puel says Jose Fonte is fielding several “opportunities” to leave Southampton in the January transfer window.

West Ham have been rumoured to be interested in want-away Saints defender Fonte, and manager Puel has accepted there are several offers on the table for the 33-year-old.

Saints ground past Norwich 1-0 in Wednesday’s FA Cup third round replay courtesy of Shane Long’s last-gasp bundled goal, to book a home clash with Arsenal on Jan. 28.

Iheanacho: I saved up N50 to watch Aguero’s EPL-winning goal

Kelechi Iheanacho has told The Players’ Tribune that he had to save up around 15p (50 naira) to watch Sergio Aguero’s famous goal that secured the Premier League title for Manchester City in 2012.

Iheanacho was a 15-year-old in his native Nigeria when his now teammate Aguero scored a 94th-minute winner on the final day of the season to clinch a 3-2 victory over Queens Park Rangers and City’s first title in 44 years.

Iheanacho had never watched City before but says the moment had a big impact on him — and four years on, the strikers are now lining up alongside each other at the Etihad Stadium.