Southampton trounced Brentford 4-1 to go up to 11th place in the Premier League, ahead of new Saints owner Dragan Solak.

Jan Bednarek opened the scoring for the hosts with a header from James Ward Prowse’s left-wing corner.

Vitaly Janelt’s fantastic sliced volley after Bryan Mbeumo’s cross equalized Brentford with their first shot on target.

Ibrahima Diallo’s goalbound shot deflected off the post and off Bees goalkeeper Alvaro Fernandez, resulting in an own goal for the Saints.

Armando Broja raced on to Oriel Romeu’s superb through ball and neatly finished past Fernandez shortly after the restart, giving the hosts a third goal.

This was Southampton’s first home game since it was announced earlier this month that the Sport Republic company had purchased GAO JISHENG’s 80 percent interest in the club.

Dragan Solak, a Serb media billionaire who backed the acquisition financially, was present at St Mary’s and witnessed his new team’s sixth league win of the season.

The Saints have now moved ahead of Brentford, who have dropped to 13th after missing out on a chance to climb into the top half of the table.

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Few moments after declaring his intention to contest in the 2023 Presidential election, a former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu’s Presidential bid cannot affect the chances of an Igbo presidency in 2023.

Kali, who is the Chief Whip of the Senate, urged the All Progressives Congress to zone the presidency to the Southeast.
Speaking to reporters in Abuja, Kalu said while he has nothing against the aspiration of Tinubu, he believed that the south-east is ripe for the presidency.

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President Muhammadu Buhari, has directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast, effective from the 12th to 14th of January, 2022, as a mark of respect for the former Head of State Ernest Shonekan, who died Tuesday in Lagos, at the age of 85.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha.

The late Shonekan, headed the Interim National Government that succeeded the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. He was ousted in a coup led by late General Sani Abacha.

At the time of his death, he was the third oldest surviving Nigerian Head of State after Queen Elizabeth II and General Yakubu Gowon.

President Buhari, who received the news with profound sadness, extended condolences to Shonekan’s wife, Margaret as well as the government and people of Ogun State.

PDP Chieftain, Chief Olabode Geroge also pays tribute to late Ernest Shonekan.

The Secretary General, Yoruba Council of Elders, Dr. Kunle Olajide describes late Ernest Shonekan as a patriotic Nigerian.

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