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SPORTS Transfers: PSG breaks world record with €250m transfer for Lamine Yamal. Paris Saint-Germain are ready to spend a fortune to sign Lamine Yamal from Barcelona this summer. The Ligue 1 champions have admired the youngster for a while, according to Mundo Deportivo. They were willing to pay a staggering €200 million for Yamal earlier this year. But the offer …

Immigration officer goes to jail over N800k scam. An immigration officer, Dabiet Onyemi Gilbert, has been sentenced to one year in prison for defrauding a job seeker of 800,000 naira. Gilbert was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on charges of obtaining by false pretenses. The EFCC had received a petition from the victim and investigated the …

Representatives block sales of Kaduna Poly property. The House of Representatives Committee on Public Property has directed the management of Kaduna Polytechnic, the Ministry of Education and the Presidential Committee on the Implementation of Government Properties to put an end to the sale and allocation of properties belonging to the federal tertiary institution. This followed consideration of a petition submitted …

Rivers United reject $150,000 offer for Andy Okpe – Latest Sports News In Nigeria According to club sources, the Premier Soccer League side were interested in securing the 23-year-old striker, but Rivers United are sticking to their guns. The club’s refusal to sell Okpe is part of a strategic effort to build a formidable team …

Tinubu approves the launch of the program to support families and construction. President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate implementation of the National Housing and Household Support Program to cover all six geopolitical zones of the country. The initiative is expected to increase agricultural productivity, strengthen the economy by creating opportunities in the real sectors of agriculture, manufacturing and construction, …

Heat wave – Kano begins planting three million trees. The World Bank’s initiative on agro-climate resilience in semi-arid landscapes aims to plant three million trees within the next 365 days. The Kano State government has launched an initiative to plant three million trees to combat the heat waves occurring in the state.

Truck loses control, killing 14 worshipers in Kano. A tragedy occurred on Friday in Imawa town of Kura Local Government Area of ​​Kano State along the Zaria-Kano Highway as a moving truck lost control and killed no less than 14 worshippers. It was learned that the accident occurred along the highway when the truck hit the worshipers returning from Juma’at …

Gunmen kill 2 policemen, wound 1 in Aba. Two policemen were shot dead and one was wounded after unknown gunmen attacked their checkpoint in Aba. This happened just a month ago, after some still unidentified gunmen attacked a military checkpoint at the Obikabia intersection, killing five soldiers and burning their patrol vans. The accident which occurred at Opobo Junction, along …

Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara said he was not fighting anyone. “I am, rather, defending the state from predators; I am protecting Rivers from those who feel they own the lives of others,” he said in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, when the Senate Committee on Privatization and Commercialization paid him a courtesy call. Fubara said the failed attempt to detonate an …

Police investigate death of former Konga boss, Nick Imudia. The Lagos State Police Command said it has launched an investigation into the death of former Konga Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Nick Imudia. Sources at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, revealed that detectives from the Homicide Branch had visited the scene of the incident and would conduct forensic analysis of …