According to Squawka, The top 10 most expensive signings in EPL

According to Squawka, The top 10 most expensive signings in EPL history

A young Nigerian Kid by the name Tanitoluwa Adewumi has set an outstanding record of being the 28th youngest National Chess Master in the United States after beating all other competitors to bag more than the required 2200 points.
Tanitoluwa who is just 10 years old fled from Nigeria with his parent to the United States in 2017, lived in a homeless shelter located in New York City, United States.

The family flew to Dallas, Texas on a tourist visa they had previously secured. Shortly after, they moved to New York City, where a local pastor connected them with a homeless shelter. It was there that Tanitoluwa saw a chessboard for the first time.

“I thought, ‘why not go for it. I liked the way the pieces moved, and how anything can happen at any moment,” Tani said.

Just one year after he started playing chess, the brilliant Tanitoluwa won the United States National State chess championship, gaining him wide attention in the country.
Following his victory at the National Chess championship, Tanitoluwa and his family were able to launch a GoFundme account that garnered $254,000 from US citizens who were amazed by his brilliance.
The fund helped them move to a better home where they currently reside and gave Tanitoluwa the opportunity of becoming one of the chess world’s fastest rising stars. At the United States National Chess competition, Tanitoluwa earned a chess rating of 2,223.

The required points to be awarded champion is 2,200 which Tanitoluwa smashed with 3 points to spare.

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Founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has boasted that the headquarter of his church in Ota, Ogun State has not experienced black out in the past 23 years.

Presiding Bishop of Winners’ Chapel International, said that the achievement did not have any input of federal, state or local government.

“Light has never gone off in Canaanland since 1999. We have zero input from any government in Nigeria whether local, state or federal. Not that we collect offering every Sunday to achieve this. We invested resources and have good and very committed people that manage it.

“We teach the world that you can make your marks by depending on God.”

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Nigerians in diaspora are really representing but bad government naim be our challenge

According to El Periodico journalist Emilio Pérez de Rozas, Barcelona defender Gerard Pique and long-term partner Shakira have allegedly been living separately for a number of weeks.
Emilio Perez appeared on a live video stream of the podcast Mamarazzis, which is posted every Wednesday on the Instagram and Facebook accounts of the El Periodico newspaper. The journalist claimed that the world-renowned popstar caught Pique cheating with another woman a few weeks back, which has led to the alleged split.

Pique has reportedly moved out of the house that he shares with Shakira. The Barcelona defender has been living in his bachelor pad for a number of weeks. The report claimed that Pique lives a “party lifestyle” and regularly frequents nightclubs such as the Bling Bling and Patron in Barcelona, while also adding that the pair could 'separate' soon.

While the veracity of the claims is not certain, the journalist claimed the following:

“That is why she(Shakira) would have made the decision to separate," adds Fa, who has directly quoted the information from his sources: "That is so. It has happened. That is why there is distance. Perhaps there is nothing left, but that [infidelity] has passed"

Pique's legendary Barcelona career could be winding down to an end

At the age of 35, Pique is no longer Barcelona’s main defender. The past season saw the likes of Ronald Araujo and Eric Garcia being used more often by Xavi Hernandez, who even handed Lenglet a few starts towards the end of the La Liga season.

Pique appeared in 41 games across all competitions in the 2021-22 campaign, but his gametime is set to be curtailed to a great extent next season. Apart from Xavi trusting the two youngsters in Araujo and Garcia, Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen is also reportedly set to join the club, having agreed a deal to sign for the La Liga giants on a free transfer.

Still, the club has improved leaps and bounds since Xavi’s arrival and Pique will be happy with the overall progress. At the same time, his personal life seems to be in a bit of turmoil, if the recent reports are to be believed.

Pique has obviously enjoyed an illustrious career at Barcelona and will have little qualms about being replaced by talented youngsters in the years ahead.

The Champions League is the pinnacle of modern football, both in terms of prestige and money. Here, we break down how much each of the Premier League's four entrants – Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United – earned from the competition in 2021-22.
As well as the prize money from the Premier League, which we broke down here, each of the four English clubs involved in the Champions League netted huge sums, which we are able to break down thanks to the fine work of Twitter's very own football finance expert Swiss Ramble.

Every club to compete in the 2021-22 Champions League group stage received a guaranteed €15.6million, with each win in the group stage worth an additional €2.8million and each draw worth €930,000.

Beyond that, every stage was worth a significant sum, with each added to the last. Teams that qualified for the round of 16 received €9.6million, for the quarter-final, €10.6million, and for the semi-final, a further €12.5million.

The team that lost in the final – Liverpool, in 2021-22 – then added €15.5million to their total, while the winners Real Madrid banked €20million.

All of that is just the prize money for progress in the competition, with television money and coefficient money still to come.

Swiss Ramble estimates that €68.1million in TV revenue was shared between the four Premier League clubs in 2021-22, with half of that money split based on the four teams' Premier League placing the previous season and the other half divvied up based on their progress in the 2021-22 Champions League.

Coefficient money, meanwhile, is relative to each club's UEFA coefficient ranking, calculated based on their performance in UEFA competitions over the previous 10 seasons.

Deducted from all that was a relatively small rebate, handed back to TV companies for the reduced Champions League fixture schedule in the 2019-20 season, when the quarter and semi-finals were cut to one leg due to the Covid pandemic.

Arsene Wenger famously remarked in 2012 that finishing in the top four and qualifying for the Champions League was as important as winning a trophy. At the time, the sentiment caused an uproar. Looking at these numbers, though, you have to say Wenger was spot on.

So, here are the estimated totals earned by each of the Premier League's four participants in the 2021-22 Champions League.

Liverpool

Participation: €15.6million

Prize money: €66.3million

TV pool: €17.1million

Coefficient: €22.7million

Rebate: -€4.1million

2021-22 total: €117.6million

Manchester City

Participation: €15.6million

Prize money: €44.8million

TV pool: €23.1million

Coefficient: €28.4million

Rebate: -€3.8million

2021-22 total: €108.2million

Chelsea

Participation: €15.6million

Prize money: €33.2million

TV pool: €11.3million

Coefficient: €33million

Rebate: -€3.2million

2021-22 total: €90million

Manchester United

Participation: €15.6million

Prize money: €20.5million

TV pool: €16.6million

Coefficient: €27.3million

Rebate: -€2.7million

2021-22 total: €77.3million

Make dem ask hin elder brother to confess, him don use hin younger bro do rituals

Fans can finally exhale after months of uncertainty following Roman Abramovich's sanctioning by the UK government for his ties to Vladimir Putin amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Boehly and Clearlake Capital group were chosen as the preferred bidders among fierce competition and the 48-year-old American businessman will now be able to launch a new era at Stamford Bridge.

The takeover brings an ignominious end to Abramovich's tenure and the Russian published an emotional farewell note last week.

'It has been nearly three months since I announced my intention to sell Chelsea FC,' he said.

'During this time, the team have worked hard to find the right custodian for Chelsea FC that would be best positioned to successfully lead the Club into its next chapter.

'I am pleased this search has now come to a successful conclusion. As I hand over Chelsea to its new custodians, I would like to wish them the best of success, both on and off the pitch.


Chelsea's statement:

The consortium led by Todd Boehly, chairman and CEO of Eldridge, and Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”), today announced completion of the ownership transfer of Chelsea Football Club (“Chelsea FC” or “the Club”). The consortium also includes Hansjörg Wyss, founder of the Wyss Foundation, and Mark Walter, co-founder and CEO of Guggenheim Capital. Walter and Boehly are owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Los Angeles Sparks. The transaction has received all necessary approvals from The Government of the United Kingdom, The Premier League, and other authorities.

Under the terms of the agreement, Boehly and Clearlake will share joint control and equal governance of the Club. Boehly will serve as Chairman of the holding company.

Boehly and Clearlake are committed to investing in key areas that will extend and enhance Chelsea’s competitiveness, including the redevelopment of Stamford Bridge, further investment in the Academy, the Women’s Team, and Kingsmeadow stadium. The owners will also continue the important work of the Chelsea Foundation.

“We are honoured to become the new custodians of Chelsea Football Club,” said Boehly. “We’re all in – 100% -- every minute of every match. Our vision as owners is clear: we want to make the fans proud. Along with our commitment to developing the youth squad and acquiring the best talent, our plan of action is to invest in the Club for the long-term and build on Chelsea’s remarkable history of success. I personally want to thank ministers and officials in the British government, and the Premier League, for all their work in making this happen.”

Behdad Eghbali and José E. Feliciano, Clearlake co-founders and managing partners, said, “We are excited to commit the resources to continue Chelsea’s leading role in English and global football, and as an engine for football talent development. We also want to thank the authorities for all their work throughout the process. As pioneers in sports and media investing, we are thrilled to partner with Todd and the rest of the consortium to meaningfully grow the Club as a global platform. Together, we will expand the Club’s investment across infrastructure, technology, and sports science to support the incredible Chelsea football and commercial teams – all with the goal of leveraging this growth to fuel even more on-pitch success.”

The new ownership group wishes to recognise the dedication and professionalism of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, HM Treasury, and the Premier League in conducting their reviews of this historic and complex transaction.

Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Moelis & Company LLC, and Robey Warshaw LLP served as financial advisors to the new ownership group. Latham & Watkins LLP, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, and Sidley Austin LLP served as legal counsel.

The Raine Group served as exclusive financial advisor to Fordstam Limited and Chelsea FC. Northridge Law LLP, Simmons & Simmons LP, and Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman LP served as legal counsel.





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Nigerian lawyer, Adams Cecilia, defeats* the incumbent governor of Cross River, Senator Ben Ayade, and Chief Orim Martin to emerge APC flagbearer of Cross River Northern Senatorial District.

Madrid are KING of Europe! Real Madrid edge Liverpool 1-0 to lift 14th UCL title

World Richest man, Elon Musk on Friday, 27 May revealed that after months of negotiation his company, Starlink has been approved to operate in Nigeria by the Federal government. Musk’s Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX, providing satellite Internet access coverage to 32 countries where its use has been licensed.

It is expected that Starlink provides high-speed, low-latency broadband internet across the globe. Within each coverage area, orders are fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Excited Musk is now ready to compete against MTN, Airtel, and several others for a slice of the telecommunication market.

Starlink has made various promises that could revolutionise how Nigerians browse the internet.
NCC speaks The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) confirmed to Nairametrics that it has licensed Starlink, a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX, providing satellite Internet access coverage to 32 countries. This licensing followed a visit to Nigeria by the company’s team in May last year.

It said “The company received two licenses, which include the International Gateway license and Internet Service Provider (ISP) license, and will be traiding as Starlink Internet Services Nigeria Ltd.

According to NCC, the International Gateway license has a 10-year tenure while the ISP license is to last for five years. Both licenses take effect from May 2022 and may be renewed after the expiration.” Types of licence Musk Starlink will operate under the Internet Service Provider (ISP) category and will be trading as Starlink Internet Services Nigeria Ltd.

Read more: https://www.legit.ng/business-economy/industry/1471937-elon-musk-starlink-nigerian-govt-approval-challenge-mtn-airtel-internet-service/

This ones no go reach anywhere, na just initial gra gra dem dey do

The level of betrayal Karim Benzema is feeling from Kylian Mbappe is quite palpable, especially after the recent Tupac Shakur reference on the Real Madrid striker's Instagram stories. All Madridista players feel betrayed by the young French striker but none of them more than Benzema.

For years, he had been grooming the star to someday play beside him at Real Madrid and he responded in the least expected possible manner. Countless public statements and gestures of complicity were directed towards the player who seems destined to become the best in the world quite soon. Benzema tried everything possible in order to convince him and it served no purpose.

In the end, Kylian Mbappe did what his family and he wanted without measuring the level of consequence this can bring him in the long run. He forgets there's a World Cup coming up where he will need to get cozy with Karim, and France is no stranger to dressing room drama throughout their history.

We can already imagine how much Benzema will get on Mbappe's face when they meet, what he did was completely unacceptable. Kylian will have to offer an explanation because Benzema feels utterly betrayed right now, as he showed in his most recent Instagram story. The picture he posted was a direct knock at his national team buddy, a hip-hop culture reference that is part of history now.

Why did Benzema reference Tupac Shakur?

In the picture he posted on Instagram Stories, Benzema dropped an image of Tupac Shakur shaking hands with actor Stephen Baldwin. At first glance, people who don't know hip-hop culture will be puzzled by the image. But those who are aware of it will realize that the attentions shouldn't be on Baldwin.

The man behind Tupac who is looking straight at the camera is the "friend" who allegedly betrayed Pac and ultimately got him killed. It is a clear reference to how betrayed Benzema feels by Mbappe, and how much mending the PSG star will have to do if he wants to have a comfortable World Cup experience in Qatar. What do you think of this reaction from Benzema? Is it warranted?

De Bruyne has enjoyed his most productive Premier League campaign, scoring 15 goals and providing seven assists.

The Belgian previously won the accolade in 2020, while Mohamad Salah claimed it in 2018. It is the third successive season that a City player has received the prize after defender Ruben Dias claimed the award 12 months ago.

Mohamed Salah and Heung-Min Son were on the eight-man shortlist with both players still in contention for the Golden Boot, with the Liverpool forward one goal ahead of Tottenham's South Korean.

Full-backs Joao Cancelo and Trent Alexander-Arnold also represented the title-tussling titans, with Jarrod Bowen, Bukayo Saka and James Ward-Prowse completing the star-studded list of nominees.

The winner was based on votes from the public on the Premier League website, combined with those of the 20 Premier League club captains and a panel of football experts.

De Bruyne's four-goal haul to overwhelm Wolves earlier this month might have swung the balance in his favour. The expected-goals total for City's seven shots in the first half at Molineux was just 0.52 - in other words, attempts from those positions would usually yield one goal every other game. De Bruyne scored three inside 24 minutes.

Speaking after the game, Guardiola said: "Kevin always had the ability to create the special things.

"Always we push him to say he is an incredible player, generous with assists, but he has to score goals and this season is the most prolific he has had since we are together.

"We spoke to him about running into the box and being closer to the box and this season he has done it better and better."

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A man has resigned from his job after he and his wife won more than N95bn in lottery.

The man's life changed overnight when a message came to him, informing him of the massive win.

Initially, he said he couldn't sleep all through and when he broke the news to his wife, she couldn't believe her ears. Massive cash out!

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been awarded a football for speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Champions League ball has been signed by Ukrainian soldiers, who have been fighting for their country since February.

Oleg Smaliychuk, who has been an intermediary of players such as the Real Madrid's Andriy Lunin, is one of the people who have signed the ball.

In February, Guardiola voiced his support for Ukraine as well as his appreciation for the positive reaction to the situation.

"It's a concern," said Guardiola. "In the country where our player [Oleksandr Zinchenko] was born, innocent people are being killed.

"How are you going to feel? I guess that's how it feels. The club is close to him. Of course. he has our support, we are living every day together and he knows we are here. You have our unconditional support."

I won’t even go for her because too much exercise have made her have lots of masculine features

This life no just balance, but just keep pushing and believing you will soon get there

The truth is for this girl to have the guts to go this extreme that means she was still having an affair with the deceased husband

See a country with smart leaders, over the years they’ve prepared for any eventuality. Africa and Nigeria busy looting funds to live a luxury life

Sugar daddy is also a fan I presume SMH

This story doesn’t add up, how can Naval officers including the security men at the facility were unable to stop the mobsters from burning the guy

Just imagine if the boyfriend decides to sleep over and wants to hang his clothes , that wan go be war start

Hmmm, the woman looks like a house help while the son looks like the gate man, una sure say na d woman get the house,drugs don finish their lives

I don’t understand the rationale behind Nollywood losing their male actors

This is hilarious, and I think it’s the best torture his cheating wife deserves

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has revealed why a building owned by Tonto Dikeh's ex-boyfriend, Joseph Egbri, popularly known as Kpokpogri, was demolished this morning May 14.

In an interview with Punch, an aide to the FCT Minister stated that Kpokpogri’s house was demolished because it was built on a major highway.

Also speaking, the Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection, and Entrustment, Attah Ikharo, said the building didn’t get approval from the necessary agencies.

“His house is on a super highway known as M-16. He doesn’t even have a building plan approval. It’s like somebody who knows that the highway is coming sold the land to him and he just went to build. We have been asking him to stop but he refused.”

Debunking Kpokpogri’s claim, the minister’s aide noted that he was warned against building on the land but he refused.

“In Abuja, before you build, you must get building plan approval. There was no approval at all for him. The place was initially allocated to somebody long ago. So I think the person now sold it to somebody who then sold it to him. When he discovered that it was a road, He didn’t stop but kept rushing the building. The whole building was built in less than a year.

The Federal Housing Authority Managing Director came here twice this week. The MD came the day before yesterday (Thursday) that they didn’t give him approval and the building was illegally constructed.

The FCDA Executive Secretary also came, adding that it was illegally constructed. We came here twice this week asking him to vacate because of the super highway.”Ikharo said

He added that the only impediment on the highway which began from Guzape 2 was Kpokpogri’s house, stating that in three months time, the road work will commence on the land.

Gautam Adani is the richest man in India and across Asia. According to Bloomberg, he is the fifth on the world billionaire list with a net worth of N108 billion as of the 11th of May 2022, coming after Warren Buffett and before Larry Page.

He owns 75% stakes in Adani Enterprises, Adani Power, and Adani Transmissions which is the largest port operator in India. He also owns about 37% of Adani Total Gas, 65% of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, and 61% of Adani Green Energy all located in India.

Early life and running a business
Gautam was born in June 1962 in the western Indian state of Gujarat to Shantilal and Shanti Adani in Ahmedabad. His father was a small textile merchant who migrated from the town of Tharad in the northern part of Gujarat. Gautam enrolled for a bachelor’s degree in Commerce at Gujarat University but dropped out after his second year.

Gautam’s love for business took him to Mumbai in 1978, where he helped the Mahendra Brothers sort diamonds. His business side of him further came to live when his elder brother Mahasukhbhai Adani bought a plastics unit in Ahmedabad and invited him to manage the operations and he quickly took advantage of this to set a footprint for global trading of polyvinyl chloride importation.

In 1985, he started importing primary polymers for small-scale industries. In 1988, he set up Adani Enterprises, the group’s flagship company, to import and export commodities which originally dealt in agricultural and power commodities.

The governor of Gujarat announced managerial outsourcing of the Mundra Port in 1994, and Adani got the contract in 1995, after which he set up the first jetty, which was originally run by Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone but was later transferred to Adani Ports and SEZ (APSEZ).

Adani decided to turn it into a commercial port, building rail and road links to it by individually negotiating with over 500 landowners across India to create the largest port in India.

Today, the company is the largest private multi-port operator in India, with the capacity to handle close to 210 million tons of cargo per annum.
Since then, the group has continued to achieve record-breaking milestones in India as well as around the globe.

In 1996, Adani Power was founded and represented the largest private thermal power producer in the country with 4620MW. However, the group entered the power generation business in 2006 while also expanding through the acquisition of Abbot Point port in Australia from 2009 to 2012.

Personal life and other endeavours
Gautam Adani is married to Priti, and they have two children.
He was abducted and held hostage for ransom in 1998, but was released without collecting the money.
Through his foundation, Adani Foundation, founded in 1996, he contributed $13 million to fight the Coronavirus outbreak while also contributing $660,000 to the Gujarat CM Relief Fund and $130,000 to the Maharashtra CM Relief Fund.
He won the world’s largest solar bid by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), worth $6 billion. The 8000MW photovoltaic power plant project by Adani Green is expected to establish 2000MW of additional solar cell and module manufacturing capacity
In February 2022, Adani became Asia’s richest person, surpassing Mukesh Ambani after Adani Group announced the incorporation of its wholly-owned subsidiary, AMG Media Networks, to carry on the business of media-related activities.
Recently, the group acquired the rights to one of the six franchises in the newly- launched UAE T20 League.

https://nairametrics.com/2022/05/11/how-gautam-adani-went-from-being-a-school-dropout-to-becoming-the-richest-man-in-india/