Chelsea offer Drogba player-coach contract

Didier Drogba could be set for a dramatic return to Chelsea at the end of the season with the Blues ready to offer him a player-coach role.

Drogba, who left Stamford Bridge two years ago, is currently weighing up his options with his contract at Galatasaray set to expire next month.

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Pregnant woman killed boyfriend because he didn't buy her anything from shopping mall

 

A judge set bail today at $1 million for a pregnant woman accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend at their Southwest Side home after they fought because the man didn’t’ buy anything for her at a shopping mall.

Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil set the bail for Miata Phelan, 24, of the 6800 block of South Talman Avenue, who is charged with first-degree murder.

Inter ‘a possibility’ for Obi Mikel confirms agent

There have been repeated links with the Nigeria international since Walter Mazzarri took over and it seems likely there will be a summer offer for the midfielder.

“Inter? What I can tell you is that I met with my client and the directors and they are interested in him,” agent John Shittu told FcInterNews.it.

Columbus Short Releases Video Of His Wife Toure Fighting A Woman

 

Columbus Short's name has been dragged through the mud by his estranged wife, Toure Tanee McCall.

The actor has been fired from his role on the television show Scandal because of arrests for domestic abuse and accusations he threatened to kill Toure.

Wenger tells Arsenal fans: Don’t expect me to splash the cash

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has warned supporters that while he will look to improve his squad during the close season, they should not expect a “massive” influx of new players.

“It will be busy, but the main thing for us will be to keep the stability because we feel we are close (to the title),” said the Frenchman, in comments reported by several British newspapers on Saturday.

Woman caught trying to smuggle marijuana into Kirikiri prison

A female caterer in Lagos has gotten into trouble with the law after she was caught trying to smuggle illicit drugs into a prison.

35-year-old Oyinyechi Ezirim is said to have made an attempt to sneak marijuana (cannabis sativa) into the Kirikiri prison where her boyfriend was being held.

Man Kills Own Daughter Over Plate Of Rice

 

The police in Rivers State have arrested a 29-year-old man, Kingsley Ekerete, who killed his seven-year-old daughter over a plate of boiled rice in Obimama, Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state.

NFF rejected Keshi's list due to non-inclusion of Odemwingie & Yobo

 

Goal findings reveal that the Super Eagles provisional World Cup squad was not accepted by the Technical Committee due to the absence of some experienced players

Goal has discovered that the non-inclusion of experienced players in the 38-man provisional list submitted by coach Stephen Keshi to the Nigeria Football Federation last week is the reason behind the delay in its announcement.

"Blood spirit’ told me to attack nursing mother and behead her baby" – Murder suspect says

 

The things we hear these days ..just unfathomable ...32-year-old Bashir Ibrahim, arrested in Eleweran, Abeokuta, Ogun State, for raping a nursing mother and beheading her baby claims a ‘blood spirit’ possessed him and pushed him into the crime.

NSCDC Rescues Man Accused Of Stealing Goats From Mob

Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) operating in Jigawa State, on Wednesday said it rescued a 35-year-old man (nameswithheld) accused of stealing 11 goats from being lynched by angry mob. Muhammad Gidado, the agency’s state commandant, who made this known to journalists in Dutse, said that the suspect has been arrested and detained pending investigation.

Pastor Caught With Gun During Police Stop and Search In Kogi

 

The Commandant-general of Mission for African Chaplaincy, a Christian organisation in Lokoja, Kogi State, Sam Keddy Balogun, has been arrested by the police for illegally possessing a firearm.