Chelsea have been on a spending spree since Boehly took over, and they have added another player to their ranks Chelsea have signed exciting Nigeria-eligible forward Noni Madueke from PSV Eindhoven in a transfer believed to be around €40 million. The Blues have been on a spending spree since Todd Boehly took over as owner of the club. They have spent over €400million on signings. According to reports from Dutch site ED, Chelsea have captured another star. The Blues have sealed a €40 million transfer for Noni Madueke from PSV Eindhoven. The exciting 20-year-old winger operates generally from the right…
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN), yesterday, disclosed that it has received eight brand new power transformers under the World Bank-funded Nigerian Electricity Transmission Project, (NETAP). The company in a statement by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah stated that the transformers comprise six number 150/187.5MVA, 330/132/33kV power transformers, and two number 100/125MVA, 132/33kV power transformers are still at the ports as the arrangement is being concluded to move the transformers. She said the transformers would be sent to projects located in Bauchi, Mayo Belwa, Yola, Maiduguri, and Damaturu. In a related development, TCN has also disclosed that…
Kano State Governor, Dr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, has formed a high-powered committee to organize a conference to examine the contentious issues surrounding the herders/farmers clashes and make recommendations for peace. The conference committee headed by a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has 26 other top members, including the Pro-Chancellor, Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Prof. Jibrila Dahiru Amin; and former SSG, Niger State and Professor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan; Prof. Muhammad Yahaya Kuta among others. Inaugurating the committee on Thursday in Abuja, Ganduje said their term of reference was to plan and…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, is better than his co-contestants in Nigeria’s forthcoming presidential election. Obasanjo spoke on Thursday in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, while featuring in an interactive session of the Experiential Leadership in Africa with the theme “Executive Decisions, Indecisions, and Leadership Development in Africa.” While defending his choice of Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, the former president said Obi was his preferred candidate for the presidency. He has said that only an “unpatriotic and bad Nigerian” would vote for a candidate with bad character. While reacting…
In the early hours of Monday, Gunmen stormed the palace of the District Head of Panyam in the Mangu local government area of Plateau State, HRH Aminu Derwan, and kidnapped him. It would be recalled that Chief Derwan was among the contestants who sought to be the Mishkagham Mwaghavul, the Paramount Ruler of the Mwaghavul people, but he lost the contest by a vote to the winner. He was abducted about five days after the contest as the armed men stormed his palace in Panyam shooting sporadically to scare the community members. According to eyewitnesses, who did not want…
Ayodeji Balogun, professionally known as Wizkid, and comedian Freedom Atsepoyi, popularly called Mr Jollof are in exchange of words over the singer’s hint to hold a world tour with his colleague, Davido. Wizkid earlier hinted at a tour collaboration with Davido. he took to Instagram and wrote in his story, “After my ‘MLLE (More Love, Less Ego)’ tour!! Davido and I going on tour! save your coins! I no wan hear pim”. Reacting,to the post, Mr Jollof said it was not the best time for Wizkid to announce such as their fans have expected that over ten years ago. “Na…
Nigerian Afrobeats superstar Davido has reacted to Wizkid’s recent announcement of the duo going on a joint tour. Grammy-award-winning singer Wizkid, who has constantly been said to be at loggerheads with colleague Davido, shocked the fans with the latest news after he took to his Instagram page on January 18, 2022, to make it known that he will be going on a joint tour with Davido after his “More Love, Less Ego” tour. Although Davido nor his management have yet to directly reply to the news, the singer, via his Instagram account, reacted to the announcement by liking the…
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will retain power in the state in the forthcoming elections. Ortom spoke on Thursday at a political rally in Oju and Obi Local Government Areas of the state. He said that the party had done all that it needed to do to win the forthcoming general elections with clear margins. “As we speak, all the 276 councilors in the state are members of PDP while 26 out of 30 members of the state assembly are also members of our party. “We also have seven House of Representatives members…
A twin explosion, Thursday, has left three supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State injured after an improvised substance suspected to be dynamite exploded at the popular Igboukwu field, the venue of the rally. Two of the injured, said to be women, were rushed to the hospital for medical attention. The cause of the explosion was sketchy as of press time, but a resident, who pleaded anonymity said, “The explosion came with a loud bang and some persons were injured. The party officials had an altercation with the youths of the community over access to the venue…
Less than 40 days away from the 2023 polls, the Atiku Support Organisation (ASO), a support group of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has announced the dissolution of its structures across the country. In a statement on Thursday, the Director-General of the support group, Abubakar Kabir Babawo, said the structures were dissolved to enable the organisation to restructure before the general election in February. Babawo said the national leadership of the organisation would ensure that members are fully committed to the objectives of the organisation. “After carrying out a holistic assessment of the Atiku Support…
Earlier on Thursday, the CBN chief was part of a delegation of the Arab Bank for Economic Development led by its Director General, Dr. Sidi Ould Tah.
Akin Osuntokun has replaced Doyin Okupe as PeterObi’s presidential campaign Director General. The Labour Party officially announced former presidential aide Akin Osuntokun who is also a former presidential aide as the new Director-General (DG) of its Presidential Campaign Council, on Tuesday, in Abuja. Osuntokun comes as a replacement to Doyin Okupe who resigned lately as the director-general of the party’s campaign council. Osuntokun had been reported by some sections of the media as the most favourable candidate to take over the apex position as the Labour Party campaign director general following Okupe’s resignation. Before his appointment, Osuntokun was the zonal…