Belgian striker, Romelu Lukaku has returned to Stamford Bridge in a deal worth £98million, Chelsea FC has confirmed. Lukaku struggled at Chelsea in his first spell and left permanently back in 2014 but his success at Inter Milan, where he helped them win the Italian Serie A, made Chelsea complete a £98million deal to bring Romelu Lukaku back to the Premier League. Talks with Inter Milan reached a conclusion on Saturday after days of negotiations over the fee and structure of the transfer. The 28-year-old landed at Biggin Hill airport on Wednesday evening ahead…
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UEFA Champions League champions Chelsea on Wednesday night defeated Europa League winner Villarreal via penalties to win 2021 Super Cup. This year’s Super Cup game was played at Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Moroccan midfielder Hakim Ziyech gave the Blues an early lead in the 27th minutes, ending the first half with Chelsea leading Villarreal by a lone goal. But the Spanish side levelled up in the 73rd minute as Gérard Moreno fired in an equaliser that extended the game into the extra time. Extra time ended with both clubs not being able to find the…
As from next year, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will require candidates to submit their National Identification Numbers (NIN) to register for the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the regional examination body. WAEC’s Head of National Office, Mr. Patrick Areghan, who said this at a media briefing yesterday in Lagos, explained that the decision was in line with the law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It also announced that the WASSCE 2021 for school candidates will begin on Monday, August 16. “As we continue to make progress in the conduct of the Council’s…
Mohammed, son of the late fiery lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi, is dead. The legal practitioner and Head of Mohammed Fawehinmi Chambers, was 52 years old. The activist died on Wednesday after complaining of difficulty in breathing. He was rushed to a hospital. Mohammed was a 1991 graduate of Business Administration, University of Lagos (UNILAG). The deceased obtained an LLB degree from the University of Buckingham, England, and was called to Nigerian Bar in 1998. Mohammed had over 20 years experience in the practice of law. He was Director, Nigerian Law Publications Limited; Director, Books Industries Nigeria Limited, and Director, Gani Fawehinmi…
The regime of President Muhammadu Buhari has approved reintroduction of toll gates on federal highways across the country, about 18 years after the Olusegun Obasanjo administration dismantled tolls and abolished the scheme. The federal government first announced plans to reintroduce toll fees on Federal Highways in the country in 2019. President Obasanjo cancelled tolling on highways saying it had outlived it’s usefulness and had become a conduit for corruption with negligible revenue to the government. The decision for the reintroduction of toll gates on federal highways was however taken at Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting held…
The United Arab Emirates has entered into a visa-free agreement with the Ghanaian government, following an approval by the parliament of the West African nation on Thursday. This comes a month after the Nigeria passport was ranked worse than ever under President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime by London-based global citizenship and residency advisory firm, Henley and Partners. The agreement between governments of Ghana and the UAE was signed on Thursday, August 5, 2021, following the adoption of a Memorandum of Understanding by both parties. The MOU is restricted to holders of diplomatic and other official passports whose background…
Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, has been endorsed as the “right and best choice” to succeed Buhari in 2023 by the Christian Youth Leadership Network. The group made this known in Abuja on Saturday during the opening of its two-day National Retreat with the theme: “Kingdom Dimension: Effective Leadership and Governance”. Convener of the retreat, Faith Eches, said Mr Bello would change Nigeria’s narrative, “considering his leadership strides in Kogi State.” Mr Eches said the choice of Mr Bello was also in line with the thoughts of former President Ibrahim Babangida, who says Nigeria should…
The Minister of Labour Chris Ngige has said he would not waste his time meeting to dialogue with striking doctors. While President Muhammadu Buhari was on medical vacation in London, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) declared an indefinite nationwide strike on August 2. NARD is demanding the federal government implement the Memorandum of Understanding entered into in March 2021 on the welfare and other issues that affect its members. Mr Ngige, in an interview with Channels TV on Friday, said he has other things to do and will not waste time meeting with…
The Kano State Government has declared August 9, 2021, as work-free day to mark the Hijrah 1443 (Islamic New Year) and pray against insecurity. Muhammed Garba, the state’s information commissioner announced this in a statement released on Friday in Kano. He said that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has urged all residents to utilise the day and pray for the state and the country at large. “The Governor urged workers to use the work-free day to pray for the country to be delivered from the prevailing security challenges,” the statement said. Mr Ganduje, according to the statement,…
Nigerian media mogul Mosunmola Abudu better known as Mo Abudu has announced that her company, Ebonylife Studios, has secured the right to produce a movie based on the recent escapades of the internet fraudster Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi. Ms Abudu said the upcoming project was inspired by a Bloomberg article titled “The Fall of the Billionaire Gucci Master.” The film producer took to her verified Instagram page on August 5 to make the and with a picture of the Hollywood Reporter’s article on the development. “When the Hushpuppi story made headlines last year,…