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News » Premier League news » Arsenal newsAugust 17, 2026 21:23 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin View Arsenal transfer targets Arsenal set fresh Martinelli price Arsenal have reportedly lowered their asking price for winger Gabriel Martinelli with the transfer window close to conclusion. The Gunners have already signed a new left winger in Christos Tzolis, and he had a brilliant debut with two assists against Manchester City yesterday.Despite this, the club are open to landing a marquee option on the left flank. For that to happen, Martinelli needs to be offloaded in the near future.The Brazilian has already turned down a move to Galatasaray,…

UN teams on the ground reached the families after they were confined to their homes following the establishment of an Israeli settlement outpost nearby and the imposition of tighter access restrictions, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters at the daily noon briefing. Some reliefA UNICEF team delivered water, food, medicines, hygiene items and recreational kits for children. As of Monday, however, the UN’s humanitarian office (OCHA) reported that three Palestinian families in the village remained surrounded by a heavy presence of Israeli forces and settlers.Separately, municipal workers managed to repair water and electricity connections that had been damaged over the…

Anthropic’s revenue continues to not only grow at an historic pace but also to accelerate. The model maker’s annualized revenue run rate — a projection of a full year’s revenue based on a recent, shorter period —surpassed $65 billion at the end of July, Bloomberg reported on Monday, up from $47 billion in May and just $9 billion at the end of last year. Anthropic didn’t immediately respond to our request for comment. The company’s investors expect it to continue to grow at approximately the same rate for the remainder of the year, finishing 2026 between $100 billion and $120…

Former Super Eagles captain, Augustine Okocha, has recalled how a famous solo goal against ex-Bayern Munich goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn, transformed his career while he was still at Eintracht Frankfurt. Okocha said the goal, which saw him dribble past Kahn before finding the net, was the moment he first gained recognition outside Germany. Speaking on the Obi-Wan podcast on Monday, Okocha, fondly called JJ, said Kahn was in one of his best seasons at the time, shortly before his move to Bayern Munich. He said the viral moment, which predated social media, still got wide television coverage across Europe and remains…

The Federal Government is seeking to raise N1.1 trillion from the domestic debt market on Monday as Nigeria returns to investors with three existing Federal Government bonds. The Debt Management Office (DMO) is offering the securities through re-openings of bonds maturing in 2035, 2037 and 2038, giving institutional and other eligible investors another opportunity to increase their exposure to longer-dated government debt. The largest portion of the August offer is N750 billion in the 15.45% FGN June 2038 bond. Another N250 billion is being offered through the 22.60% FGN January 2035 bond, while N100 billion is available through the 16.2499%…

For nine months, the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Complex has remained mostly idle after lawmakers and staff vacated the premises for a rehabilitation project that has had little progress despite billions of naira allocated. But a few metres away, construction workers are busy on three hospitality projects that the state government is funding with a combined budgetary provision of N248.83 billion. The contrasting scenes were observed by PREMIUM TIMES on 7 August during a visit to the assembly complex and the adjoining Ibom International Hotel, International Convention Centre and At the assembly complex, there was no construction activity.…

By Dayo Johnson, Dapo Akinrefon, Shina Abubakar & Cynthia Alo THE All Progressives Congress, APC, has admitted that internal wrangling, disagreement over its candidate and complacency contributed to its defeat in the 2026 Osun State governorship election, describing the outcome as a wake-up call ahead of the 2027 general election. A chieftain of the party, Farouk Aliyu, made the admission yesterday during an interview on ARISE Morning Show, saying the APC “defeated itself” in Osun State despite deploying enormous resources and efforts to win the poll. Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party won the election with 511,677 votes to…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has ordered the technical crew of the Super Falcons to step down with immediate effect following the team’s disappointing campaign at the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. The NFF announced the decision in a brief statement on its official X account. “Notice! The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has asked members of the technical crew of the Super Falcons to step down with immediate effect.” The decision comes days after Nigeria’s title defence in Morocco ended at the quarter-final stage following a defeat to Cameroon. The Super Falcons went into the tournament…

By Solomon Odeniyi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has destroyed 329,865.585 kilogrammes of assorted illicit drugs valued at N301.058 billion in Lagos. The drugs, which included cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis, Canadian Loud, skunk, ephedrine, tramadol, codeine syrup, other opioids and khat leaves, were destroyed on Monday. The NDLEA, in a statement by its spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the exercise was conducted pursuant to orders of the Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division, following the conclusion of uncontested cases and seizures that had been abandoned. According to him, 246,864.535kg of the illicit drugs were seized by operatives between April 2025…

Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool that was launched in 2021 with the goal of becoming the new Zapier, is shutting down, and some of its staff — including its top executive — are joining Google’s Chrome team. Jacob Bank, Relay’s founder and CEO, shared a company announcement Monday that reveals the app will be shutting down access for paying customers on September 14. Free customers would have already lost access as of August 15. The app’s closure was initially announced in July. Bank, who previously spent a little over six years at Google, revealed that he would now be…