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Turkish Super Lig champions, Galatasaray have reached agreement with Napoli to sign Victor Osimhen on a season-long loan deal, according to a report by PNO Sports. According to transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, Galatasaray representatives will now meet Osimhen in Naples to get the final green light. “Galatasaray have reached an agreement in principle with Napoli over loan deal for Victor Osimhen,” Romano wrote on X. “One year loan, salary covered as Napoli have accepted these conditions. “Gala’s delegation to meet with Osimhen in Napoli in next hours for final green light to the move.” It would be recalled that Osimhen…

American President, Joe Biden has said Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure a hostage deal and ceasefire with Hamas, amid reports suggesting a new proposal would be sent to the Israeli prime minister as “final”. The US president and Kamala Harris, his vice-president, met negotiators in the Situation Room to hammer out a proposal, as protests engulfed Israel on Monday over the weekend deaths of six hostages in Gaza. Asked whether Mr Netanyahu was doing enough, Mr Biden replied “no”. He added that the US would not give up, and would “push as hard as we can” for…

An ex-Director-General of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr Doyin Okupe, says those abusing and insulting him for supporting President Bola Tinubu’s economic recovery plan are ignorant. Okupe, a former Presidential Spokesperson, made this remark in a statement on Monday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some Nigerians have been raining insults on Okupe on X (formerly known as Twitter) for backing some policies of  the present administration. Okupe said his attackers were mere political urchins with penchant for insulting those who know more than them. The former presidential spokesman said he had seen enough in the…

Nigerians living in the UK will no longer receive biometric residence cards (BRCs) or biometric residence permits (BRP) as from December 31, 2024 as the Home office is replacing them with a new online eVisa system. According to the Central Association of Nigerians in the United Kingdom (CANUK), part of the UK government’s programme to replace all physical migration documents with digital versions, the eVisa, has been aggressively promoted throughout 2024 and by the end of the year, such physical documents will replace the current hard copy visa regime altogether. CANUK stated that it means Nigerians who have BRCs and…

Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, has expressed concern over what it described as the near collapse of the nation since the administration of President Bola Tinubu took over. Afenifere, in a communique by the Deputy Leader, Oladipo Olaitan and Deputy Secretary General, Alade Rotimi-John after the regular quarterly meeting held on August 27, 2024, at Isanya- Ogbo, Ogun State, maintained said the state of the nation has left the people perplexed Afenifere noted that the Nigerian people are sorely troubled by the pervasive hardship, crippling hunger, unremitting insecurity in the land, runaway inflation, and massive unemployment all of which have left the…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is reportedly shelving its long-standing plan to establish a single currency, known as the ECO, after years of struggling to actualize the initiative. This development was disclosed by Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe Junior, the Co-chair of the ECOWAS joint committees on Social Affairs, Gender and Women Empowerment, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Political Affairs, Peace, Security, and African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), during an interview with Daily Trust in Banjul, Gambia, over the weekend. The ECO, a single currency initiative, was proposed in the late 1990s and gained significant traction in 2000…

The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says the organization is facing financial strain due to the supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. The NNPCL, in a statement on Sunday signed by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, said the financial strain has placed pressure on the company and poses a considerable threat to the availability of fuel in the country. The company however added that despite the current situation, it is working with relevant government agencies and other stakeholders to maintain a consistent supply of petroleum products nationwide. The statement titled ‘NNPC Ltd Faces…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has expressed concerns that the rising cost of living and arbitrary hike in the pump price of petrol amid scarcity has contributed to the number of fewer vehicles plying the Nigerian roads. Falana made the observation when he was featured as a guest on Sunday’s Channels Television’s Politics Today. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria also disclosed that it is high time the ‘monumental fraud’ bedeviling fuel importation in Nigeria was exposed. His concerns come in the wake of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited’s confession that its substantial debt to suppliers is endangering the sustainable…

Nigerian Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen has turned down a move to join Chelsea Football Club. According to Skysport in Italy, the Nigerian forward would prefer a move to join Saudi Arabian side Al Ahli in a four-year deal with his former employers; Napoli expected to earn £67.3m (€80m) plus add-ons for the Nigeria international. Recall that Osimhen had reportedly agreed to join Chelsea on a €350,000 weekly pay, taking a major step closer to realising his dream Premier League move, but some significant news regarding the Chelsea target reveals that Osimhen would rather ply his trade in the Saudi…

The Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in the September 21, 2024 election in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, says he cannot be remote-controlled by any political benefactor or godfather if elected in the poll. He made this statement on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday, saying he is only answerable to the people of the state. “That is one reason they (Edo people) can trust the Labour Party government because we are answerable to the people. “I have no strings attached. I am not answerable to any godfather. I am not answerable to any political benefactor,” he said. The forthcoming…