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West Ham United are closing on a deal for Barcelona striker Martin Braithwaite. Mundo Deportivo says the Hammers are at an advanced stage of negotiations for the transfer of the 29-year-old Dane. It is reported the player will cost the English club €20m. Braithwaite joined Barcelona from Leganes in February 2020. He has played […]
Footballers can be sent off if referees judge they have coughed deliberately at opponents or match officials in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, say the sport’s rule-makers and England’s Football Association. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) said it was up to the referee to judge whether he felt the cough was an abusive […]
The former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, has pleaded not guilty to the amended charges of money laundering. Mr. Adoke is being re-arraigned alongside Aliyu Abubakar who is an Abuja based businessman before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja. During sitting on Tuesday, the defendants pleaded not guilty to […]
From now onward, broadcasting stations in Nigeria that broadcast materials considered to be hate speech will pay between half a million and five million. This was revealed today in Lagos by the Minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. The minister, who made the disclosure in company of the acting DG of NBC, Professor […]
The director, Corporate Affairs, NDDC, Mr. Charles Odili has disclosed that scholars of the Commission facing hardship abroad over non-remittance of their fees and stipends would be paid by the end of this week, adding that President Muhammadu had given an order to the effect. Odili explained: “The delay in the remittance of the fees was […]
The suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, has given a detailed response and defense of the petitions and allegations leveled against him. In his defense document obtained by Channels Television on Thursday, Magu denied all the claims as untrue and a calculated attempt to tarnish his name. He insisted […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has wished all Muslims a happy and safe Eid as the country joins other Muslims across the world to mark the 2020 Eid El-Kabir celebrations. In a statement on Friday, the President announced that he observed the Eid El-Kabir prayers at home with his family, in keeping with the advisories from the […]
Serie A club Napoli have announced the signing of Victor Osimhen from Lille on a permanent transfer. Osimhen penned a five-year contract with the Blues. The 21-year-old scored 18 goals and recorded six assists in 38 appearances across all competitions for Lille last season. Osimhen came through the youth ranks at Ultimate Strikers Academy in […]
Imo State House of Assembly has passed the state’s 2020 revised appropriation bill of 95.3 billion naira into law, which is 102 billion naira lower than the previous appropriation. The Assembly had earlier passed the 2020 appropriation of 197 billion Naira before the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Speaker of the State House of […]
Two former Nigeria coaches, Clemens Westerhof and Johannes Bonfrere are locked in a legal battle in far away Holland, over allegations of match-fixing during Nigeria’s USA ’94 World Cup campaign. Coach Westerhof has sued Bonfrere for defamation of character and is praying that the Rechtbank Gelderland High Court in Arnhem, Netherlands should ask his former […]
