Author: Vincent Osuwo

Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly is reportedly willing to pay whatever it takes to get Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen and smash the British transfer record. Osimhen has the attention of several of the world’s top clubs as a result of a fantastic season in front of goal last season. The 24-year-old led Napoli to the Serie A title last season, scoring 26 goals in the 2022–23 season. In the summer, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, and Bayern Munich all turned to the striker to enhance their offenses, but Osimhen’s high price tag posed a problem for each of those clubs. According to…

Multichoice has raised the cost of its products in Nigeria just days after posting a $72 million loss in its third-quarter financial report. Checks on the company’s reviewed price list revealed a 20% increase in all of the company’s packages. The DStv Premium package climbed by 20.4 percent, from N24,500 to N29,500, with the current price increase. Similarly, the DStv Compact+ package jumped by 19.2%, from N16,600 to N19,800, while the Compact package increased by 19%, from N10,500 to N12,500. Multichoice’s Comfam package increased by 19.2%, from N6,200 to N7,400. The most recent increase marked the company’s second price increase…

Nsima Ekere, a former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State and one-time Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has been found not guilty of conspiracy, diversion, and stealing of N118 million, according to a police report. Messrs Techsel Products Limited, Idorenyin Ekere, Dr. Aniekan Ekere, and Utibe Ekere were also exonerated by the police report.Between 2011 and 2014, the affected individuals were accused by one Abasiama Idong of defrauding Akwa Savings & Loans Limited of N118 million. However, according to a Certified True Copy of the police investigation report signed by Ibrahim Abdul, Assistant Commissioner of Police…

Bayer Leverkusen attacker Victor Boniface was named the Bundesliga Rookie of the Month on Friday for the fourth time in a row. The Super Eagles star defeated Xavi Simons and Merlin Röhl in the poll to win the prize for players under the age of 23, according to the Bundesliga on Friday.Despite not scoring in the league during the month of November, Boniface was given the honor for his substantial goal contributions. “Instead, he chipped in with two assists in the 3-2 win away at Hoffenheim on Matchday 10. The Nigerian was his usual shot-happy self with 11 attempts, but…

Ethan Crumbley, an American teenager was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for shooting dead four students at his Michigan high school, with the case drawing additional attention because his parents are also facing charges. Ethan Crumbley was 15 years old when the incident occurred on November 30, 2021, at Oxford High School in the Detroit suburbs, yet he was charged as an adult.Crumbley, now 17, was sentenced by Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Kwame Rowe to life in prison without the possibility of parole.Crumbley, who was wearing thick black glasses and an orange prison jumpsuit, spoke to the…

Rhoda Jatau, a Bauchi woman who criticized the alleged assassination of Samuel Deborah in Sokoto State, has been released from prison after 18 months. According to a trustworthy source who spoke on the condition of anonymity, Jatau was released on bail on Friday as a result of interventions by the Christian Association of Nigeria, the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, and Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria.According to the reports, Jatau, a mother of five, has been detained on blasphemy charges since May 2022 for uploading a video protesting the lynching of a student, Deborah. Deborah, a 200-level student at Shehu Shagari College of…

The Federal Ministry of Power and the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment oversaw the signing of an agreement on Friday for a Chinese firm to build a $150 million lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Nigeria. According to a statement published by the Rural Electrification Agency in Abuja on Friday, the agreement was signed in Dubai at the United Nations Climate Conference, better known as COP28. The statement read in part, “The Rural Electrification Agency of Nigeria and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure are poised to make a significant stride in climate action by signing a groundbreaking…

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 17-year-old identified as Lawali Mori, a resident of Viniklang, Girei Local Government Area, for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge with a chicken. The act was classified as an “unnatural offense” by the command in a press statement posted on the Command X account on Friday.According to SP Suleiman Nguroje, the Adamawa State Police Public Relations Officer, the complainant discovered the adolescent suspect engaged in the described act. He wrote, “UNNATURAL OFFENCE Another 17-year-old suspect, identified as Lawali Mori, a resident of Viniklang, Girei Local Government Area, has been arrested for having unlawful…

Atlanta police have arrested a 26-year-old woman for allegedly attempting to set fire to the birth home of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. According to a Friday report by the New York Post, the incident occurred on Thursday about 5:45 p.m., with the suspect pouring gasoline on the property at 501 Auburn Ave. Video footage from the incident, captured around 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, shows the woman pouring gasoline on the home’s front porch, windows, and surrounding bushes. Two tourists from Utah, visiting the home, played a crucial role in preventing the suspect’s actions, according to police.…

Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, was charged late Thursday with seven charges of tax evasion, the second time this year, by a special counsel examining his personal and business transactions. Hunter Biden “engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019,” special counsel David Weiss said in the 56-page indictment filed in US district court in California. According to the indictment, Biden was charged with nine charges of failing to file and pay taxes, tax evasion, and filing fake tax returns.…