VICTOR Osimhen has a €90m release clause to leave Napoli permanently in the January transfer window, according to a report by RAI Sport. The Nigeria international joined Galatasaray on loan earlier this month. Osimhen’s representatives also negotiated with Al-Ahli, Chelsea, and Paris Saint-Germain during the summer transfer window. https://newsextra24.com/polaris-bank-wins-best-in-msme-lending-award/ The …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Monday, sentenced an 80-year-man, Ya’u Abdullahi to seven years imprisonment for sexually exploiting an eight-year-old girl. NAN reports that the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Kano Command, arraigned Abdullahi of Layin Gidan Mai Unguwar Brigade Quarters …
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Polaris Bank has emerged winner as Nigeria’s topmost bank in lending to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The bank’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Rasheed Bolarinwa, said this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. Bolarinwa said that Polaris Bank received the award at the inaugural MSME Finance …
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Scaling up its support for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, the Dangote Cement PLC, Obajana Plant, has handed over a 33 KV public electricity power line and transformer to Jakura Marble Industry Ltd (JMIL) in Kogi State. Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Plant Director, Dangote Cement …
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THE Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has said it is at the conclusive stage for the deployment of the Port Community System (PCS). The Managing Director of NPA, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, stated this at the 2024 edition of World Maritime Day, themed ‘Navigating the Future: Safety First‘, held in Lagos. Dantsoho said …
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AMERICAN rapper and music executive, Sean Combs, aka Diddy, has been reportedly removed from suicide watch. Newsextra24 recalls that Diddy was reportedly placed on suicide watch in prison after he was arrested on September 16, by Homeland Security on suspicion of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and interstate transportation for prostitution. In …
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GUNMEN have killed a councillorship candidate in Pari Ward, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Raymond Timothy, and his brother, James Timothy, in the state. Raymond was vying for the position on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Reports said that the councillorship candidate was killed alongside …
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A NEWLY-PUBLISHED memoir by Robert Bourgi has shed light on the clandestine funding of French political campaigns by African leaders, revealing the murky connections that linked Paris to African capitals for decades. Bourgi, once a key figure in the Françafrique system, recalls how African leaders provided millions in cash …
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Djibouti Finance Minister, Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, has assured the public that President Ismail Omar Guelleh is in good health, dismissing recent rumours suggesting otherwise. Over the weekend, unconfirmed reports claimed that President Guelleh had been flown to Paris for urgent medical treatment related to a heart condition and was in …
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MALI’S military-led government has detained four senior Malian employees of Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold, according to sources on Friday. The arrests, which reportedly occurred on Wednesday, come amidst growing pressure on international mining operations in the West African country since the military junta took power in 2020. One government official, speaking …
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