GIST OF THE DAY

A married couple from Russellville in Arkansas do spend their nights in bed cozying up to an unusual pet - their fluffy raccoon which the wife claiming the animal is a big part of her family. Bethany Swindell, 33, and her husband Russ, 35, rescued the the raccoon after she fell more than 30 feet from the top of an oak tree in their garden in June 2016. Although the couple, from Russellville in Arkansas, spotted the one-week-old raccon's mother in the tree, she did not retrieve her by nightfall. So Swindell, a professor at Arkansas Tech University, scooped up the raccoon, who was hairless and the size of a 'baked potato,' named her June and took her in. A check-up at the vet confirmed June was not injured in the fall. Swindell and her husband, who is an electrical supervisor, then fed June on milk designed for kittens. The couple had hoped to release June back into the wild, but now, the two-year-old has become too used to home comforts like her owne

A US waiter is no longer working at a Texas restaurant after his employers said he faked a widely-shared image of a receipt scrawled with a racist note.

Villarreal set a new high bar for player unveilings as ex-Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla's return to the club is marked by a magic trick. Carzola experienced many injuries in his time at Arsenal and hopefully the new move will be an injury free for the Spanish international. It's been over 18 months since Santi Cazorla's last senior game for Arsenal - the 6-0 win against Ludogorets in October, 2016. Little did he know it then but that would prove to his final game for Arsene Wenger's team. Since then the ex-Malaga player has endured an injury nightmare that has even seen him told he could have lost his foot due to infection. After undergoing a 10th operation of his career, the player worked hard to try and confirm a return date despite considering retiring from the game altogether. It's been a horrendous time for Cazorla and it all started from the most innocuous injury that most believed would only see him ruled out for around a fortnight.

Manchester united boss Jose Mourinho, have stated that he is happy with his current set of players despite the club’s failure to land his desired player before the elapse of the league transfer window. The club secured the services of Diogo Dalot, Fred and Lee Grant early on in the transfer window but failed to make further additions. Reports have it that Jose Mourinho wanted two players before the elapse of the window. The club’s bids for Harry Maguire, Toby Alderweired, Ivan Perisic, Willian, Jerome Boateng and subsequently Diego Godin all failed to push through. This meant the club will play Leicester city on Friday with almost the exact squad of last season. Mourinho have caught a frustrated figure in the entire saga still tried to be optimistic about the new league season. The Portuguese in his press statement ahead of Leicester game said,  “When you repeat 1000 times that my relationship with my players is not good, a lie repeated 1000 times is still a lie. I like

Everton have reached an agreement with Barcelona to sign defender Yerry Mina for 30.25m euros (£27.19m), while signing Mina's team-mate Andre Gomes on loan. Mina, who was linked to Manchester United all through the summer is now confirmed to be on his way to Goodison Park. Marco Silva, Everton coach has been on Mina trail for a while after the sale of Ramiro Funes Mori to Valencia and loan move of Wales defender Ashley Williams to Stoke City. The Toffees have also signed former Shakhtar Donetsk winger Bernard on a permanent deal. More to follow.

News coming out from Kogi State University located at Anyigba stated that a 300level Philosophy student has been stabbed to death by a fellow student after a clash yesterday. As at the time of this report, we have not been able to ascertain what caused the clash between both student but what started as a little misunderstanding led to the stabbing of late Sheriff, he was stabbed several times by a 100 level student from the faculty of management sciences. Due to excessive loss of blood Sheriff gave up the ghost on the way to the hospital. Late Sheriff who died yesterday was buried this morning at Idah LGA. Currently the murderer is still at large. R.I.P Sheriff Pictures below

West Ham have signed Spanish striker Lucas Perez from Arsenal for a reported fee of £4m. The 29-year-old has signed a three-year deal with the Hammers, having spent the last two seasons with the Gunners. He is Manuel Pellegrini's eighth summer signing and their second from Arsenal after the capture of Jack Wilshere. "I'm very excited, as West Ham are giving me the chance to stay in the Premier League," Perez told the club's official website. "I'm very happy to be part of this new project. West Ham have great fans and play in an amazing stadium, so to sign here brings me great joy. I'm very motivated." West Ham director of football Mario Husillos added: "He is a very experienced player that Manuel and I both know well from Spain. "He has great technical quality, and can play as both the main striker or the second striker in a deeper role. He scores goals but can also create them and link well with the midfiel

Paul Pogba posted a highly-produced Instagram video yesterday, and the sole focus of it, is him getting a trim from his barber for the new season as Manchester United welcomes former premier league champion Leicester City on Friday at Old Trafford. Anyway, this whole episode marks a return to form for a player who, untypically, hasn’t made any big waves with a new haircut for a while now. In the video we see him having two stars dyed into his hair – to celebrate France’s second World Cup win. During the World Cup itself, he was surprisingly conservative on the haircut citing that he want no distraction about his haircut but rather want the media to focus on his performances on his field of play. In a recent Instagram Q&A, he explained his decision not to change his hairstyle, saying, "I wanted peace to be only focused on my performance and not my look, so there is no excuse, they could only criticise the football part." Now that world cup is over,

The Falconets bowed to the Germans in their opening game in France but the gaffer is confident about his side's qualification from Group D Nigeria U20 women coach Christopher Danjuma believes his side can still qualify for the knockout stage of the 2018 Fifa U20 Women’s World Cup despite their 1-0 defeat to Germany. The African giants crashed to the bottom of Group D log after bowing to Maren Meinert’s ladies no thanks to Stefanie Sanders’ 69th minute strike in their opener in Saint Malo on Monday. Despite expressing disappointment in their opening loss, the gaffer said he was satisfied with his girls' performance against the Europeans and is optimistic his girls’ qualification from the group. “We really worked hard for this match, knowing that Nigeria has played against Germany team thrice and we’ve always come short of victory,” Danjuma told media. We feel a bit disappointed about the result but I am happy with the performance of the girls because what we wo

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois officially signed a six-year deal with Real Madrid on Thursday, ending his seven-year spell at Chelsea. The Belgium number one, 26, completed his move to the Spanish capital hours after Chelsea confirmed Real midfielder Mateo Kovacic had joined on loan. Real posted a clip of Courtois signing his contract alongside club president Florentino Perez. "Today I am realising a dream," said Courtois. Real have not revealed how much they have paid for Courtois, who had a year remaining on his contract, but reports suggest the deal is worth up to £35m. Chelsea have signed Athletic Bilbao keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga for £71m as a replacement. "This is the best club in the world," added Courtois, who signed for Chelsea in June 2011 from Genk. The Belgian was immediately sent on loan to Atletico Madrid, where he played until 2014 before returning as the Blues' number one. On Monday Courtois was absent from Chelsea's Cobham

Kourtney Kardashian, 39, seems to have moved on pretty fast after her split from Younes Bendjima, 25.

Since last week when President Buhari and Senator Godswill Akpabio popped online, rumours, allegations and counter allegations has filled the air. As at of today's report, we can confirm that Senator Godswill Akpabio is a full fledged APC member. Naijgossp earlier  reported how top senators stormed country home of Senator Godswill Akpabio .  While welcoming Akpabio in his country home Ukana, we can gathered that crowd already filled Ikot Ekpene Stadium to brim for Senator Godswill Akpabio's reception to APC. See for yourself as Ikot Ekpene Stadium was filled to brim

Nigerian essayist and fiction writer, Gimba Kakanda shares this very hilarious satirical thread on twitter where he claims Nigerian senate president Bukola Saraki is an Illuminati agent.

All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators led by Senate Leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan stormed the country home of Senator Godswill Akpabio in Ukana, set for reception of the former Senate Minority Leader in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. See how top APC members welcome Senator Godswill Akpabio As APC rejoiced and welcomed former top PDP Senator Godswill Akpabio, earlier Naijgossp reported how APC lost a top member to PDP in Kano .  More details follows.......

The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has hinted about a fresh industrial strike action which could cripple academic activities.

Six All Progressives Congress members in Kano state have dumped the party and crossed over to the Peoples Democratic Party.

With news circulating since monday morning, Kepa Arrizabalaga is expected to replace Thibaut Courtois at Chelsea as transfer closes tomorrow in England. Faced with the loss of Thibaut Courtois, Chelsea are preparing to break the world transfer record for a goalkeeper in paying £71.6m to bring in Kepa Arrizabalaga from Athletic Bilbao. It is a huge decision to sign a 23-year-old with only one cap for Spain to his name. But in an inflated market, this was arguably a necessary move to avoid an alarming dip in quality. Jack Butland would have been the more straightforward option. A fee of £30m might have been enough to prise him away from relegated Stoke City. But given that Butland has only a middling record - think of his costly mistake at Leicester or the two goals conceded against Everton - the risk was that Chelsea would have been back in the market again soon. In moving for Kepa, the hope is that Maurizio Sarri has secured Chelsea's first-choice goalkeeper on a long