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Arsenal midfielder, Ethan Nwaneri, has agreed terms in principle over an initialy four-year contract with the Premier League.

Nwaneri’s future at the Emirates has generated a bit of speculation and he has been linked with Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund.

The 19-year-old has now decided to sign a new deal with the Gunners, as it was always his “priority” despite interest from other teams.

Football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, wrote on X: “Arsenal have reached an agreement in principle with Ethan Nwaneri over new deal!

“After progress in talks reported last weekend, Nwaneri and his camp have now agreed to sign new contract at the club.

“Ethan always gave priority to #AFC despite interest from several clubs.”

Renowned Nollywood actress and producer, Mary Remmy Njoku, has raised concerns over the competence of medications in Nigeria following a recent experience with food poisoning on a film set.

In a post shared on Instagram, the actress raised an alarm about potential fake drugs circulating in the country.

Njoku recounted how she purchased Imodium, a medication used to treat diarrhea, from a prominent pharmacy chain in Nigeria.

She explained that despite taking the medication for three days, her symptoms persisted.

However, when her husband gave her the same medication purchased abroad, she experienced relief within minutes.

The mother of three appealed to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, to take swift action to investigate the matter.

She said, “I want to share a recent experience: I had food poisoning on a set and sent a staff member to buy Imodium from a well-known pharmacy chain in Nigeria.

“A medication I’ve used many times before. I took it for about three days but my symptoms persisted.

“Then my husband bought a tiny tablet of the same Imodium from abroad and after taking it, my stomach issues subsided within just five minutes.

“This isn’t the first time I have noticed a difference. So I have to ask: What exactly are we being sold in Nigeria? What’s going on with our drugs?

“This is a public health risk and NAFDAC must take it seriously. This is very dangerous.”

Two students have been killed and two others are currently receiving treatment after being assaulted by their schoolmates at Government Secondary School, Bichi, in Kano State.

According to a post on Wednesday by security analyst Zagazola Makama on X, and confirmed by the Kano State Police Command, the tragic incident occurred late on Sunday night.

The school principal, Yusuf Ado Yakasai, reported the incident to the police on Monday, July 15. He said that at about 11:30 p.m. on July 14, a group of senior students allegedly lured four fellow students, Hamza Idris (19, SS3B), Umar Yusuf (18, SS2C), Ibrahim Ibrahim (SS2B), and Aliyu M. Nasir (SS2C), into one of the hostels, where they were brutally attacked over accusations of involvement in what was described as “unnatural offences.”

The victims were immediately taken to Bichi General Hospital. However, Idris and Yusuf were pronounced dead, while Ibrahim and Nasir are currently hospitalized and said to be responding to treatment.

Police said twelve suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident. They include: Suleman Abdullahi, Ahmad Sanusi, Lawan Alasan Tambai, Aliyu Idris, Abubakar Abdulaziz (all of SS3A); Ibrahim Nura, Hamza Isiyaku (SS3B); Usaini Mamuda, Masaudu Idris, Yasir Murtala (SS3C); and Abubakar Muhammad (SS3D).

The Kano State Police Command stated that an investigation is ongoing and that those found culpable will face prosecution according to the law.

Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has disclosed some of his conversations with the late former President Muhammadu Buhari while he was alive.

Radda recalled that Buhari advised him to do his best as a leader because he could not satisfy Nigerians.

He recounted that during one of their conversations, Buhari informed him that only God can satisfy Nigerians.

The governor disclosed this while addressing journalists on the sidelines of Buhari’s burial in the Daura area of Katsina State yesterday.

Buhari, who died in London, was buried yesterday with full military honours.

However, the governor recalled that the deceased former leader was very jovial.

Radda said: “After he left office in 2023, he spent about two years in Daura, Katsina. In that period, I was fortunate to interact with him more frequently, discussing national issues. He was a jovial person who often made me laugh.

“He always told me, ‘Your Excellency, go and do your best and be honest as a leader. You cannot satisfy Nigerians; only God can do that.’

The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, will present certificates of return to elected chairmen and councillors across the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, of the state on Wednesday.

Chairman of LASIEC, Justice Bola Okikiolu-Ighile (retd.), confirmed the development in a telephone conversation, explaining that the ceremony was initially scheduled for Tuesday but had to be postponed due to the declaration of a public holiday by the Federal Government.

“It was supposed to hold on Tuesday,” she said, adding, “but due to the public holiday on that day, it has been moved to the next working day, which is Wednesday.”

The Federal Government had declared Tuesday a public holiday to observe national mourning following the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday in a hospital in London, United Kingdom.

His burial is scheduled to take place on Tuesday in his hometown of Daura, Katsina State.

An official of LASIEC, who spoke anonymously due to lack of authorisation, also confirmed that the presentation will take place at the commission’s headquarters on Wednesday.

“All elected local government chairmen and councillors are expected to receive their certificates of return on Wednesday,” the official disclosed.

Report has it that in the local government elections conducted on Saturday, July 12, 2025, the All Progressives Congress, APC, secured a sweeping victory, winning all 57 chairmanship seats and 375 out of 376 councillorship positions across the state.

The sole exception was Ward D in Yaba LCDA, where the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Babatunde Dosunmu, emerged victorious, defeating his APC opponent.

Justice Okikiolu-Ighile (retd.) officially declared the results on Sunday from the commission’s headquarters in Sabo, Yaba, Lagos.

Al-Nassr forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, has expressed his delight at the chance to play under Jorge Jesus.

Jesus is now the second Portuguese manager Ronaldo will work with at the Saudi Pro League side.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner played under Luis Castro for over 12 months in 2023-24.

Italian tactician Stefano Pioli was in charge last season, but has now returned to Serie A to coach Fiorentina.

In the past, Jesus coached Al-Nassr’s rivals Al-Hilal, where he won a league title, King’s Cup and two Saudi Super Cups.

The 70-year-old has signed a one-year deal after Ronaldo gave approval for his appointment.

Ronaldo simply posted a “welcome” message on his social media in reaction to the news of Jesus’ arriva

A 60-year-old woman has been arraigned along with two others at a Chief Magistrate’s Court over the alleged murder of a security guard, Taiwo Williams.

The suspects, identified as Osagbemi Oluwafemi, 60, Taiwo David, 22, and Ayenuyo Ibrahim, 25, were arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder by the Ondo State Police Command.

The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Taiwo Oniyere, informed the court that the three defendants committed the crime at New Custom Junction, Idepe area in Okitipupa on July 2, 2025.

According to Oniyere, Williams died a few days after he was beaten with planks and wood by the defendants.

While stressing that the offences contravened Sections 324 and 319 of the Criminal Laws of Ondo State, Nigeria, 2006, the prosecutor urged the court to remand the defendants pending advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP.

The charge read in part: “That you, Ayenuyo Ibrahim ‘m’, Osagbemi Oluwafemi ‘f’, and Taiwo David ‘m’, on the same date, time, and place, in the aforementioned Magisterial District, did unlawfully beat up one Williams Taiwo, which later resulted in his death, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.”

With the pleas of the defendants not taken, the defence counsel, O. Adedire, requested an adjournment to allow her clients to respond to the prosecution’s application.

Chief Magistrate Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi subsequently ordered that the defendants be remanded in police custody, with the case adjourned till July 31 for application.

A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital, has sentenced a 28-year-old artisan to four years imprisonment for theft.

The convict, Tobi Babatunde, a welder, was arraigned on three-count charge of burglary and theft by the police over theft of a poultry feed mill engine valued at N1,300,000.

According to the police prosecutor, Nelson Akintimehin, Babatunde committed the crime between June 2024 and July 2025 at a poultry farm located at Mopol Barracks area of Owode in Akure North Local Government Area of the state.

The prosecutor informed the court that Babatunde unlawfully entered the poultry farm owned by Veronica Titus and stole two electric motors from the poultry feed mill with each of the valued at N650,000.

Following the rejection of his plea by the court, Akintimehin prayed that Babatunde should be sentenced in order to serve as a deterrent to others.

With the offences violating sections 423 and 390 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ondo State, 2006, Magistrate O. Omotosho convicted the defendant and sentenced him to two years for the first count, with an option of a N200,000 fine and one year each for the second and the third counts with N50,000 fines each.

Magistrate Omotosho, who stated that “after reviewing the evidence presented by the prosecution, including the defendant’s confession, the court found him guilty,” ultimately sentenced Babatunde to a total of four years in prison across all counts, with the sentences to run concurrently.