Atletico Madrid have signed Netherlands forward Memphis Depay from La Liga rivals Barcelona for three million euros ($3.25 million), the two clubs announced on Friday. The 28-year-old has signed a two-and-a-half year deal with Atletico after an injury-hit spell at the Camp Nou.The transfer could cost Atletico up to an …
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The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of some pupils of LGEA Primary School, Alwaza, Alwaza community, Doma local government area of the state in the early hours of Friday. DSP Rahman Nansel, the state Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the incident, said already, a joint team …
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PSV Eindhoven has confirmed that the club have accepted an offer to sell Noni Madueke to Chelsea. Chelsea submitted a £29m proposal to sign the midfielder on Thursday night. Madueke, born in London, rejected offers to join Manchester United in 2018 and decided to join PSV. The 20-year-old England U21 …
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The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has mourned the passing of the first Nigerian Professor of Medicine, Emeritus Professor Theophilus Oladipo Ogunlesi. The Emeritus Professor died late Thursday at the age of 99. Governor Abiodun in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, described the death of the …
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About a hundred persons have been recruited as observers to monitor the 2023 election in Kogi State by an election monitoring organisation. The Transition Monitoring Group, (TMG) disclosed this on Friday during an advocacy visit to the Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner Dr Hale Gabriel Longpet. Kogi State Coordinator of …
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The federal government has said its proposed 1,374-kilometre road projects will generate close to N11.54 trillion for the Nation’s treasury. On Thursday, the Acting Head of Media and Publicity, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission ICRC, Manji Yarling, disclosed this in Abuja. The commission explained that the projects would utilise the Public …
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A famous Nigerian actor and comedian Ayodeji Richard Makun, also known by his stage name A.Y has described the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi as one who has vital and responsive energy. The comedian stated this in a tweet on his verified handle after an online Question and Answer …
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A new Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye has assumed duty at the Imo State Police Command. This was announced in a statement by the immediate past PPRO, Micheal Abattam, on Friday. Okoye took over from Abattam as the Imo PPRO who has been redeployed. ASP Henry Okoye hails …
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Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable has gone on a rant after Nigerian music director and cinematographer, ThankGod Omori Smith, known as TG Omori or Boy Director, billed him $50,000 (over N22 million) for a video shoot. Portable in a now leaked chat on social media requested …
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Yet-to-be-identified gunmen have kidnapped a Plateau State First class traditional ruler, the Agwom Izere, His Royal Highness Dr. Isaac Azi Wakili. The Monarch was reportedly kidnapped on Friday morning at his Palace situated in the Shere District of Jos East and taken to an unknown place. The assailants stormed the …
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