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Chelsea has signed teenage French midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu from RENNES on a seven-year deal for 27 million Euros with an option for another year. 19-year-old Ugochukwu has made 47 LIGUE 1 appearances for Rennes and has also featured in the Europa League, but he is yet to make his senior debut for France despite playing for Les Bleus at under-17, under-18, and under-19 levels. His arrival comes after Chelsea boss […]
The Governor of Enugu State Peter Mbah and says his administration has rolled out palliatives to cushion the economic hardship worsened by the removal of petrol subsidy by President Bola Tinubu. Mbah who made the declaration while inaugurating a committee for procuring, storing, and distributing relief items to Enugu residents, charged committee members, chaired by Deputy Governor, Ifeanyi Ossai to handle the palliatives with utmost transparency while ensuring the speedy […]
The Nigeria Labor Congress has debunked rumors making the rounds that it has called off the proposed nationwide protest scheduled for today, after reports had emerged online alleging that the union, after a meeting with government officials, decided to shelve the proposed protest. NLC in a statement yesterday night by its President Joe Ajaero, said it has neither reconsidered nor suspended the nationwide mass protest, urging Nigerians to ignore the […]
The President of the World Bank Ajay Banga will begin a three-day visit to Nigeria tomorrow during which he will meet with President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima. The visit is referred to as the next step of a global tour that is at the center of a mission to write a new playbook for the 78-year-old institution, with Banga set to focus his time in Nigeria on identifying […]
The Nigerian senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress is through to the quarterfinal stage of the 2023 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket tournament ongoing in Kigali, Rwanda after beating Egypt 83-65 yesterday at the Bk Arena. After winning the first two quarters, 18-10 and 24-13 to step up their quest for an astonishing fourth consecutive continental title, they couldn’t keep up the momentum in the third quarter as Egypt emerged tops with 19-14 […]
A member of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Advisory Council Professor Gregory Ibe has advised the governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo to deploy his current position as National leader of the All Progressive Grand Alliance in rebuilding, strengthening, and extending the limits of the party to other parts of the nation. Ibe, who advised while congratulating Soludo on his 63rd birthday urged him to use his lofty position as the […]
The Department of State Services DSS on Friday released the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu to undergo an independent medical examination. Kanu’s lead counsel Ifeanyi Ejiofor revealed that his client underwent a medical examination in an unnamed hospital in Abuja where he met with his choice of personal physician outside the facility of the State Security Service SSS. Ejiofor said as part of the protocol, he […]
The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, President Bola Tinubu has criticized the coup by military leaders in Niger Republic, saying Africa has come of age, in an Extra-Ordinary Summit in Abuja on the political situation in the country. Briefing leaders of the regional bloc, Tinubu registered the displeasure of Ecowas at the coup d’état in the Niger Republic, stressing that as African leaders, it is […]
The Enugu state waste management authorityESWAMA has announced that this month’s mandatory clean-up exercise will hold on Saturday, 29th July 2023. In a press release made available to Urban Radio, ESWAMA urged Enugu residents to keep their environs clean, stressing that proper bagging of refuse, specifically with an ESWAMA bag was mandatory. The waste management authority noted that the data collection team was already going around, issuing demand notices to all residents, which can be paid at any designated bank or its head […]
