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Manchester City have agreed a 90m euro fee (£77m) with RB Leipzig for Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol. The deal for the 21-year-old does not include add-ons, meaning the £80m Manchester United paid Leicester City for Harry Maguire in 2019 remains the British record for a defender. He has been a key player for Leipzig in the 87 games he played for them since signing from Dynamo Zagreb in 2021. It […]
Pope Francis has held a private meeting with victims of clerical sexual abuse during a five-day visit to Portugal. In a statement, the Vatican said the gathering had been held on Wednesday in an "atmosphere of intense listening". A report this year concluded that at least 4,815 children had been abused in Portugal and that the Church had sought "systematically" to conceal the issue. At an evening service in Lisbon, the Pope […]
Okoye Blessing Nwakaego, a woman who defamed veteran actress Eniola Badmus by calling her a pimp, has been sentenced to three years in prison for cyberstalking. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal high court convicted her on two counts of cyberstalking on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, after she pled guilty to the charges. He added that the offense contravened sections 24 (1) (b), (2) (a) (c), and 27 of the Cybercrimes Act, […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, have announced their separation after 18 years of marriage. In statements posted on Instagram on Wednesday, the couple said they made the decision after “many meaningful and difficult conversations” and requested privacy. “As always, we remain a close family with deep love and respect for each other and for everything we have built and will continue to build,” they […]
Somalia’s athletics boss has been suspended after an untrained runner went viral for taking nearly 22 seconds to complete the 100-metre sprint at an international competition. Nasra Abukar Ali, 20, came dead last at the World University Games in Chengdu, China on Tuesday, taking almost twice as long to finish as the winner, Brazil’s Gabriela Mourão. In a video that went viral online, Nasra Abukar falls so far behind the […]
Power supply from Nigeria to the Republic of Niger was stopped on Wednesday, as sanctions against the neighbouring country by the Economic Community of West African States increases. On Sunday, ECOWAS, led by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, decided on sanctions against the military personnel in Niger who toppled President-elect Mohamed Bazoum’last week. On July 26, officers of the Presidential Guard arrested Bazoum and declared him deposed. In addition to a […]
Barely 24 hours after embarking on nationwide protests against the removal of fuel subsidy, the Organised Labour has suspended its proposed strike action. The President of Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo made this known during an interview with Arise News on Thursday morning. He said the Labour leaders who had earlier met with President Bola Tinubu extracted some commitments to some of the issues raised during the meeting for immediate […]
Jigawa State Government has solicited the technical assistance and support of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, NEPZA. towards revamping its Free Trade Zone before the end of this year. The Governor of the State, Mallam Umar Namadi made the request when he visited the Managing Director/CEO of NEPZA, Prof Adesoji Adesugba in his office in Abuja. Mallam Namadi said the Megatari Export Processing Zone which became non functional some […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, says it has little or no control over the price of either Premium Motor Spirit, PMS or the dollar. A Principal Manager with the apex bank, Mr Osagie Clement, disclosed this when he appeared before the House of Representatives adhoc committee investigating the recent hike in the price of fuel. Mr Clement stated that the demand for PMS has gone down by 30 percent […]
