Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen, who led Napoli in scoring last season, is the team’s main target, and the Serie A champions would stop at nothing to keep him. Top European clubs have been keeping an eye on Osimhen as a result of his excellent performance, which was essential to Napoli’s first title-winning season in 33 years. According to rumours, the club has now extended Osimhen’s contract for another two years with a salary of N6.5 billion ($6.5 million plus $1 million in bonuses). Skysports reported on Monday that Napoli was in advanced talks to extend his (Osimhen) contract until…
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No fewer than 28 people have been taken into custody by the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also referred to as the Amotekun Corps, for their involvement in various crimes in some parts of the state. Two secondary school students who were detained for allegedly fabricating their kidnapping and extorting ransom from their mother were among the suspects. The two female students were in JSS1 and JSS3, respectively, and were 13 and 15 years old, according to the state commander, Adetunji Adeleye, who presented the suspects on Monday at the command centre in Akure, the state’s capital. According to the…
The Abia State Government says it has saved over N200 million on the monthly wage bill, following an ongoing verification of civil servants and other public workers that eliminated over 2,300 ghost workers from the state’s payroll. According to a Monday statement by Kazie Uko, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Alex Otti, the state Accountant General, Njum Onyemenam, revealed that the saving was made using a unified payment system. She confirmed that workers had received the payment of April salaries as well as June pensions to retirees. See the full statement below: PRESS RELEASE ABIA IDENTIFIES 2,300 GHOST NAMES…
There are reports that the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has adjusted the pump price of PMS to N617 per litre. In a report by ECONOMIC CONFIDENTIAL observed this adjustment in several filling stations owned by the NNPCL in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Tuesday morning. Other Abuja residents also confirmed this development to our correspondents. The pump price of PMS has been on the rise since the Federal Government’s subsidy removal policy took effect in June. While the NNPCL is yet to officially confirm the latest price adjustment, it is also not clear…
In order to successfully address all security threats that Nigeria faces, the House of Representatives has advised the nominated service chiefs to adopt interagency coordination within the security cycle. The call was made on Monday during the screening of Major Generals Christopher Musa and Tiamiyu Lagbaja, who were nominated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the positions of Chief of Defence Staff and Chief of Army Staff, respectively. The screening was conducted by an ad hoc committee led by Hon. Babajimi Benson. Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Julius Ihovbere, expressed optimism that the new helmsmen will succeed. “We…
Residents of Enugu metropolis and its environs yesterday complied with IPOB’s Monday sit-at-home despite assurances from security agents and the state government. The Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, had told the residents that there is no such thing as a sit-at-home on Mondays or any other day; hence they should defy the order. Mbah also lamented that N10 billion is lost every Monday due to the sit-at-home order enforced by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra in the South-East. In a recent development, it was observed yesterday that banks, filling stations, schools, shops, and major commercial…
Not even South Florida’s rain on Lionel Messi’s parade could stop the Argentine superstar’s introductory celebration to Inter Miami as fans weathered the elements to welcome one of the greatest soccer players ever to their home at DRV PNK Stadium on Sunday. “I want to thank the people of Miami for this welcome since I arrived in this city,” Messi told the fans in attendance at the stadium in Fort Lauderdale. “Truthfully, I’m very excited, very happy to be here in Miami and be with you … I’m eager to start training and to compete. I come here…
Activities picked up on Monday as the governor of Enugu State, Barr Peter Mbah, toured various parts of the state capital to monitor compliance with the ban on the illegal sit-at-home declared by some non-state actors. This was even as Enugu traders and residents told the governor that they were tired of sitting at home, describing it as a plague killing their businesses and household economies. While commending the level of compliance in most places visited, Mbah, who was at the Spar Mall, Roban Stores at Bisalla Road, Market Square, Shoprite, Zenith Bank at Ogui Road, Celebrities, Ogbete Market, Garki…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has gone after Abdullahi Adamu, the National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), over his inability to account for over N32 billion raised by the party from the sale of forms for the 2023 general election. A source in the Commission confirmed to THE WHISTLER that operatives were in Adamu’s residence on Sunday night after he reportedly tendered his resignation letter to the Chief of Staff to the president, Femi Gbajabiamila. The operatives visited his residence located on Ali Akilu Crescent, by Aso Rock Presidential Villa with a search warrant…
The Lagos State Police Command detained two suspects and seized items that were allegedly known as Indian hemp Along Lagos State’s Mushin-Isolo route. This was announced by the police command on Monday via its Twitter account. Operatives of the Aswani Division of the Lagos State Police police have intercepted substances thought to be Indian hemp along Mushin, Isolo road, the police tweeted along with images of the suspects. “The interception occurred on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at about 2356hrs during routine stop-and-search, leading to the arrest of Fidelis Otiga ‘m’ and Chukwuma Kennedy ‘m’ aged 49 and 50…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Vice Chairman North, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, has announced himself as the Acting Chairman of the ruling party, after confirming the resignations of the National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu and the National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore. Kyari made the disclosure on Monday, at the end of the National Working Committee (NWC) meeting held at the party’s secretariat, in Abuja. He said, “NWC wishes to inform you of the resignations of the National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu and National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore. “With this development and according to the constitution of the party, I have assume the…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state, has revealed that attacks from the opposition propelled him to go back to school to earn a degree. Adeleke made this revelation while speaking at the combined 9th undergraduate and 5th postgraduate convocation ceremonies of the Adeleke University, Ede, Osun state, on Sunday, where 75 postgraduate and 537 undergraduate students were conferred with various degrees. The governor said after losing 2018 governorship election, he was subjected to the worst personality attacks and assaults. He added that he had to leave the country to escape attack and to complete his degree programme, after his elder…