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West Ham are close to signing Jack Wilshere, who is a free agent after leaving Arsenal. The Hammers have offered the 26-year-old England midfielder a three-year deal worth £100,000 a week. (Sun) Manchester City are a step closer to completing the signing of Italy midfielder Jorginho, 26, after Napoli confirmed the arrival of 22-year-old Spaniard Fabian Ruiz from Real Betis as his replacement. (Manchester Evening News) City centre-back Aymeric Laporte, 24, is considering switching his international allegiance to Spain after he was left out of France’s World Cup squad. (Manchester Evening News) The terms of Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo’s…

Tracka, a transparency platform which allows citizens to collaborate, track and give feedback on public projects in their communities, has noticed some irregularities in the 2018 approved budget especially the N100 billion Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIP) nominated by members of the National Assembly. The platform noted that given the challenge of service delivery in the country, it ensures that budgeted projects in local communities follow best practices and are executed to citizens’ satisfaction. In a statement issued on Friday, Tracka pointed that the lack of citizen inclusion in the nomination of the capital projects has led to increasing number of…

The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday dismissed the so-called Reformed APC and its sponsors, saying reports that the party has broken up are far from the truth. ”Who are the people? I don’t know about Galadima,” Oshiomhole said when asked whether he would be the splinter group back into the APC. Oshiomhole spoke in an interview with the newsmen shortly after a maiden meeting with the APC caucus in the House of Representatives that lasted for about three hours in Abuja. Responding to questions, Oshiomhole disagreed that the party was in a crisis. ”There…

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday described the death of former Finance Minister, Malam Adamu Ciroma, as a great loss to Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ciroma, an elder statesman, died in an Abuja hospital on Thursday after a protracted illness. The deceased was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and also the finance minister during the first term of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was 84 years old. In a statement issued by his media officer, Mr Tunde Rahman in Lagos, Tinubu said the…

French President Emmanuel Macron has bestowed France’s highest honour on Dr Mike Adenuga for his commitment to promoting French language and the French culture. Adenuga received the “Commander of the Legion of Honour” from Macron on Wednesday in Lagos. The title conferred on Adenuga is France’s highest national honour. Mike Adenuga receives “Commander of the Legion of Honour” from MacronThe French President, Emmanuel Macron, on Wednesday in Lagos conferred France’s highest national honour of Commander of the Legion of Honour on Globacom Chairman, Dr Mike Adenuga, Jr. pic.twitter.com/MiUK3pA6dQ— Glo (@GloWorld) July 5, 2018 “I am happy today to honour Dr…

Senator Shehu Sani has suggested President Muhammadu Buhari appears to be helpless because he does not have a firm grip on the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Sani, a member of the APC who is representing Kaduna Central District suggested that governors have taken the party structure from the President. The senator who came into prominence as a civil rights activist claimed that state governors now control the party structure leaving President Muhammadu Buhari helpless. “It appears that the governors have taken grip of the party and the president seem helpless,” he said. For example, he noted that Governor Nasir…

…Gesture unprecedented in Nigeria, says Lagos APC chairman Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday doled out N500million as grant to 275 Community Development Associations (CDAs) to enable them complete their ongoing self help projects. Governor Ambode, who presented the grant to the CDAs at De Blue Roof, LTV, Agidingbi, said it was not in doubt that the various self help projects, ranging from community halls, street light, transformers, police post, drainage and health centres by these communities were complementing the efforts of the State and Local Government to engender growth and development. He said his administration was totally…

President Muhammadu Buhari has told the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that the country belongs to Christians, Muslims and atheists. Buhari who received CAN members from the 17 northern states and Abuja at the Presidential Villa explained that some evil persons were behind the killings in the country. He noted that “when some, for clearly political purposes, attempt to suggest that this government is doing nothing about the killings, and that I, being Fulani, must be encouraging these satanic acts, it seems to me that there is no limit to the evil in the minds of men.” Buhari assured the…

Cristiano Ronaldo is believed to have agreed a deal with Italian giants Juventus ahead of a move from Spanish club Real Madrid. The deal is now in the hands of his employer as Madrid are considering an offer of about 100m euros (£88m) from Juventus for the Portuguese forward. In what appears to be a done deal, Juventus have stripped Colombia forward Juan Cuadrado of the number 7 shirt in anticipation of Ronaldo’s coming. Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes has been told by Real chief Jose Angel Sanchez that Madrid will insist on an £88m fee for the 33-year-old. Mendes is…

Former Finance Minister and elder statesman Adamu Ciroma has died in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Thursday after an unidentified illness. Adamu who is a founding member of Nigeria’s main opposition party People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was also a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. He served as Minister of Finance in the government of Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2003 and is married to Maryam Ciroma who currently holds the position of PDP National Women leader in Nigeria. He was 84 years old at the time of his passing. Family sources said he died after a protracted illness.…