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Nikola Kalinic has officially joined Roma, on loan with option to buy from Atletico Madrid for approximately €8m. The 31-year-old Croatia international forward returned to Serie A, having previously played for Fiorentina in 2015-17 and Milan in 2018-19. He was sold to Atletico Madrid for €14.5m last summer, but struggled for regular playing time with…
The Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to protect oil installations in the Niger Delta, ‘Operation Delta Safe’, on Monday, urged personnel of various services under its command to steer clear of hard drugs. The JTF Commander, Rear Admr. Akinjide Akinrinade, gave the charge in his opening remarks at a seminar organised on the dangers of…
The Customs Service, Seme Border Area Command, says it has intercepted 875 bags of foreign parboiled rice and other goods, valued at N40m, in two weeks. ASC Nuruddeen Saidu, the Customs Public Relations Officer, Seme, Area Command, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, in Lagos. The statement quoted that the Customs Area Controller of…
Milan striker Andre Silva has joined Frankfurt on a two-year loan deal, the club have confirmed. There were some concerns over Andre Silva’s medical, which had already scuppered his move to Monaco last month, but it was considered not serious enough to terminate talks. On the other way, Ante Rebic has joined Milan on a two-year…
Falcao has called Monaco home since arriving from LaLiga outfit Atletico Madrid in 2013. The Colombia international helped Monaco to Ligue 1 glory in 2016-17, while he has scored more than 80 goals across all competitions for the French club. Falcao, who spent time away on loan at Manchester United and Chelsea in 2014-15 and…
PORT HARCOURT—TRADITIONAL ruler in Kaaba community, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief MSK Nule, said, yesterday, that bandits have taken over Ogoniland. File: Ogoni land The monarch, who cried out from hiding narrated the killing of one resident and another one battling for his life as bandits struck again, Sunday night, in Kaaba…
CALABAR—The Election Petition Tribunal in Cross River State has adjourned till tomorrow to deliver judgement in the 10 election petitions before it. The cases include suit number EPT/CAL/S/01/2019 between Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, of All Progressives Congress, APC, and Senator Sandy Onor of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and two others. Others are EPT/CAL/HR/03/2019 between Egbe…
The Ogun government said on Monday that it spent N10.6 billion on payment of salaries and allowances of teaching and non-teaching staff in its secondary schools between January and June this year. Teacher Mrs Mojisola Dosunmu, Permanent Secretary, Ogun State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) , disclosed this in Abeokuta while playing host to members of the state’s…
A former lawmaker in Zamfara, Alhaji Manir Gidanjaja, who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) three weeks ago, has dumped the party and returned back to the APC. APC logo News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that Gidanjaja had on Aug. 8 announced his defection to PDP and was received into the party at…
One person was on Monday killed and others injured after hoodlums clashed in Lagos Island. The crises which were said to have disrupted the annual Egungun festival, was allegedly triggered by rancours within the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). It was gathered that warring factions of the NURTW got street gangs from Oke-Arin,…