Chelsea have signed Enzo Fernandez from Benfica after meeting the midfielder’s €121 million ($131m/£106m) release clause, the Portuguese side announced on Tuesday. A statement from Benfica confirmed that a deal had been reached between the clubs over how Chelsea would pay the release fee for the 22-year-old, who has signed an eight-and-a-half year contract. The … [Read more…]
More than half a million British workers are due to take strike action through Wednesday, with unions across a range of sectors in industrial disputes over pay and working conditions. They include 300,000 teachers in England, who the National Education Union says have experienced at least a 23% real-terms pay cut since 2010; teachers across … [Read more…]
NNPC Limited remains the Concessionaire of the assets in line with extant laws and regulations. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has taken over the assets of Addax Petroleum Development (Nigeria) Limited. This is coming three months after the execution of the Addax Transfer, Settlement, and Exit Agreement (ATSEA) for the PSC Oil blocks, … [Read more…]
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu says Peter Obi, standard bearer of the Labour Party (LP), is a danger to those who will fall for his “misrule”. He said this while speaking on Tuesday at a rally in Awka, capital city of Anambra, Tinubu said Obi lives in Lagos because … [Read more…]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has clarified it’s position on the legal status of the old series of the N1,000, N500, N200 banknotes after the February 10 deadline for depositing the affected banknotes. The Director, Corporate Communication Department of the CBN, Mr Osita Nwanisobi, while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, explained that … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed fears that ongoing fuel scarcity may affect its logistics for the forthcoming elections. Its chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this, yesterday, at a consultative meeting with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). He said challenges with logistics have remained a perennial problem in elections administration … [Read more…]
Frank Nweke Jr, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has restated his commitment to maintaining an issues-based campaign as the leadership of the Catholic Church in Enugu and the Christian Association of Nigeria, Enugu Chapter, convened a meeting with the gubernatorial candidates on Tuesday morning at the Bishop’s Court, Enugu. Hosting … [Read more…]
It was a large carnival of jubilation among the people of Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State when, on Tuesday, they turned the town-hall meetings initiated by Dr. Peter Mbah, governorship flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to interface with them, into a celebration of solidarity. The large crowd which took over Ohom-Orba … [Read more…]
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February election, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday stated that he plans to grant detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, unconditional release if he emerges as Nigeria’s leader. Kanu has been in the detention facility of the Department … [Read more…]
Nigeria has once again scored 24 out of 100 points while ranking 150 among 180 countries on the 2022 Corruption Perception Index released by Transparency International on Tuesday, The PUNCH reports. Although the country maintained its previous year’s (2021) score of 24 out of 100 points, there was a change in rank from 154 to … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s former deputy senate president and his wife appeared in a London court on Tuesday ahead of their trial for organ harvesting, but his accused daughter was unable to attend as she is in hospital. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, appeared at the Old Bailey court wearing a grey tracksuit top, speaking only to say “Yes, miss” … [Read more…]
Banks will continue to accept the old naira notes even after the deadline for swapping with the newly-designed currency notes, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele has said. The apex bank recently extended the deadline for the swap of the newly-designed N1,000, N500, and N200 notes following an outcry from Nigerians. But … [Read more…]