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Premier League club Manchester United have agreed a fee of 50 million euros (£42.29m) with French club Paris St-Germain for Uruguayan midfielder Manuel Ugarte. According to reports from the UK, the deal also includes a potential additional payment of 10 million euros (£8.46 million). Also Read: Man Utd lose to Brighton as Man City bounce back to beat Ipswich The …

State-owned oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has commenced shipment of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cargoes to Japan and China on a Delivered Ex-Ship (DES) basis. This was made possible through the collaboration of its two Downstream subsidiaries – NNPC LNG Ltd and NNPC Shipping Ltd. Under this agreement, the DES LNG cargo from the 174,000 m³ LNG …

  The latest public outburst attributed to Matthew Aigbuhuneze Iduoriyekemwen, Director General of the 2024 Governorship Campaign Council of the state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), throws heavy fire and denial on some issues, relating to the gruesome murder of Onu Akoh, a police inspector and orderly to Senator Monday Okpebholo (alias) Akpakomiza. In broad daylight, in true …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the appointment of German national, Bruno Labbadia as Head Coach of the country’s senior men’s national football team, the Super Eagles. READ ALSO:NFF leads Falconets to FIFA U-20 Women’s title NFF Secretary General Mohammed Sanusi made the announcement on Tuesday morning, stating that an agreement had been reached with Germany. Details will be …

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. President Tinubu appoints new directors-general for NIA, DSS President Bola Tinubu has appointed new Director-Generals for Nigeria’s National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS), signaling a change in leadership for the key security agencies. Read more 2. Nigerian government bans minors from registering for …

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died this morning at the age of 76. Eriksson, who famously became England’s first foreign manager when he took over in 2001, died on Monday morning after suffering from pancreatic cancer. Eriksson had been ill for some time and announced the shocking news in January 2023 that he “had at most a year to …

A leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, on Sunday, warned the party’s Rivers State chapter against making baseless claims and defaming former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi. Eze’s warning came after the party’s interim committee chairman, Chief Tony Okocha, alleged that Amaechi planned to use the party against President Tinubu in 2027. Eze, a close …

Investors in the Nigerian equity market had mixed results last week as the exchange recorded three gains and two losses during the period. The benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) fell -1.16% and closed the week at 95,973.45 points from 97,100.31 in the previous week. Similarly, investors lost N2.4 billion as market capitalization fell to N55.12 trillion from N55.13 trillion the previous …

Transforming Edo State: From Where We Are to Where We Should Be As we envision a brighter future for Edo State, one leader stands out with his proven track record and vision for progress. Senator Monday Okpebholo is the catalyst for change we need. With a verifiable track record of success, Senator Okpebholo has demonstrated his ability to drive growth, …

American tech conglomerate Meta has cracked down on an Iranian hacking group on messaging platform WhatsApp targeting the upcoming US elections. The company said in a statement Monday that it had disabled WhatsApp accounts connected to a “small cluster of possible social engineering activity” on the platform. IMeta revealed that it has traced the activity back to APT42, also known …