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Sheffield United is reportedly close to being bought out by Nigerian billionaire Dozy Mmobuosi in a deal worth £ 90 million. The Blades are pushing for promotion back to the Premier League this season but were hit by a transfer embargo last month amid financial difficulties, according to The Times. Below are 10 things to know about Mmobuosi: 1. Mmobuosi is a tech entrepreneur. 2. Mmobuosi’s tech firm Tingo has been valued at around £ 7 billion. 3. According to Concordia, Mmobuosi advocates technological advancement and social uplift in Africa and beyond. 4. . He has a Bachelor of Science…

Members of the Progressives Governors’ Forum on Friday urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to prevail on the Central Bank of Nigeria to allow the old and new naira notes to co-exist. They believe that this would ease the current scarcity of naira notes and its ancillary effects. Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, who spoke to journalists in Hausa, revealed this shortly after governors elected on the All Progressives Congress ticket met the President at the State House, Abuja. El-Rufai argued that the move had become necessary as the CBN mopped up over N2tn of the old…

The Federal Government is now deploying operatives of the Department of State Services on tankers transporting Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, to filling stations in order to halt the diversion and smuggling of the product. Already, over 120 DSS officers had been deployed to follow fuel tankers to their various retail outlets in Abuja, as more security agencies were being drafted into the exercise for nationwide coverage. This came as the government revealed, on Thursday, that it had shut down over 270 filling stations for being involved in diverse infractions such as hoarding, and selling above-approved prices, among others.…

No fewer than three persons have been confirmed dead and 21 others rescued from a building that collapsed in the Gwarinpa area of Abuja on Wednesday. The building, which was under construction along 7th Avenue in the Gwarinpa area of Abuja, collapsed around 11 am on Thursday. A construction worker, Samuel Keror, said the building was raised within six months. Another eyewitness, John Edwin, who lives in the area, said workers on the site, especially laborers conveying blocks to the top, were over 40. He claimed to have lived in the area for many years and had always known the…

A Shariah court sitting in Filin Hockey area of the Kano metropolis has ordered the remand of a TikTok skit maker, Murja Kunya, to a correctional center. The skit maker was on Thursday arraigned on charges that border on defamation of character, vulgarity, public nuisance, and breach of public peace. The defamation charge was added to the counts following a complaint filed by two other TikTokers, namely Aisha Najamu and Idris Maiwushirya, accusing Murja of defaming their character. After all the charges were read to the accused by the prosecuting counsel, Lamido Sorondinki, she pleaded not guilty. Thereafter, Murja’s lawyer…

Controversial Nollywood actor Yul Edochie has gotten numerous comments for his role in the new ‘Peter Obi’ movie. The actor played the titular character: the Labour Party’s presidential candidate. As seen in the trailer, Edochie was trying to imitate the voice, dress, and mannerisms of the presidential candidate. Following the release of this movie’s trailer, many people have commented on his role. While many people have applauded the attempt to tell the story of the presidential candidate, many have criticised the movie’s look and, more importantly, the actor’s attempt to sound like him. Reacting to the post, obidiya.1 warned the…

Nigerian afrobeat singer and songwriter, Adekunle Almoruf Kosoko, popularly known as Adekunle Gold, has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for the hardship in the country. This is coming a few days after Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade lamented over the suffering of Nigerians. However, the ‘It is what it is’ crooner said the Buhari-led administration had done nothing other than waste eight years of Nigerians’ lives. In a tweet, Adekunle Gold said the country has been in regression since the Buhari administration took over in 2015. “This current administration wasted 8 years of our lives. 8 years, we regressed as a…

China said on Friday it will fully restore travel across its borders with Hong Kong and Macau next week, dropping Covid testing requirements and daily quotas after a lengthy pandemic separation. The semi-autonomous cities have both stuck to Beijing’s zero-COVID strategy for nearly three years, splitting families, cutting off tourism, and suffocating businesses. The State Council’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office said on Friday that all remaining restrictions would be dropped starting midnight on February 6, with group tours allowed to resume. Limited travel across the border between Hong Kong and mainland China resumed in January after Beijing abruptly…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to the victory of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the February 25 presidential poll is not in doubt, Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola confirmed yesterday. The President, they said, is solidly behind the ruling party’s candidate. Their confirmation came in the wake of an affirmation by Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, of the President’s backing for the aspiration of the one-time Lagos State governor. El-Rufai, who dismissed as a mere rumor that Buhari was not supporting…

The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) yesterday said the United Kingdom Government rejected its request to extradite former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Garba Baba Umar, who is the Head of Interpol’s National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, said this on the sidelines of an investigative hearing by a House of Representative Adhoc committee. The committee is investigating the alleged illegal sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil. Umar told the Committee, chaired by Mark Gbillah, that mutual legal assistance (MLA) processes were followed in a bid to bring Diezani back but…