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Liverpool complete signing of Mohamed Salah from Roma

June 23, 2017 Admin

Liverpool have completed the signing of Mohamed Salah from Roma for a fee of about £36.9 million. The Egypt international will wear the no. 11 shirt at Anfield next season. A deal was finally completed on Thursday, following lengthy negotiations with Roma and the 25-year-old passing a medical. Salah scored 29 goals in 65 appearances for Roma in the Serie A last season and will add depth to Liverpool’s already formidable attack this summer, and will be tested with the challenge of Champions League football. “Mohamed has the perfect mix…

We’ve Not Taken Over Etisalat – Banks

June 23, 2017 Admin

The consortium of 13 banks involved in Etisalat Nigeria loan on Thursday refuted reports that they have taken over the operations of the company. A management source close to the banks who pleaded anonymity said in Lagos that there was no truth in the report making the round. The source said that the banks’ major interest was the loan repayment borrowed by the company and not takeover. “We are not telecommunication companies, all we want is our money,” he said. The source said that the company must pay back the…

Why I’m fighting Governor Yahaya Bello‎ – Dino Melaye

June 23, 2017 Admin

The Senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has said that his seemingly unhealthy grouse with the governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, had to do with Bello’s penchant for owing workers’ salaries and pension. According to Melaye, his fight was for Kogi workers and pensioners, who were suffering and dying, following what he described as governor Bello’s non-payment of 15-month salaries and pensions. He disclosed this in Abuja during a chat with the media on Thursday. The Senator also disclosed that he was fighting the governor…

Breastfeeding helps moms avoid heart attack, stroke

June 23, 2017 Admin

Breastfeeding is not only healthy for babies, it may also reduce a mother’s risk of having a heart attack or stroke later in life. This is the conclusion of a new study of 300,000 Chinese women published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association.. According to Xinhua, the Chinese news agency, women who breastfed their babies had about a 10 percent lower risk of developing heart disease or stroke compared to those who did not. The study said the longer mothers breastfed, the greater effects they had. “The findings should…

Saudis slam tough terms on Qatar to end blockade

June 23, 2017 Admin

Saudi Arabia and three other Arab states boycotting Qatar have slammed the rich nation a list of 13 tough terms to end their blockade. Top on the list are demands that the Qataris close the global Al Jazeera television and reduce ties to their regional adversary Iran, Reuters reported, quoting an official of one of the four countries. The demands aimed at ending the worst Gulf Arab crisis in years appear designed to quash a two decade-old foreign policy in which Qatar has punched well above its weight, striding the…

Delta enters $20m oil palm production deal

June 23, 2017 Admin

The Delta Government has signed a $20 million Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Norsworthy Investment, a private firm, for the cultivation of 3,000 acres of oil palm and processing plant project. The project which would be sited at Akwukwu-Igbo in Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state, was signed in Asaba on Thursday by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Festus Agas. Agas reiterated the commitment of the state government to provide the needed support for investment towards developing every sector of the state economy. “Upon the inception…

Ray Wilkins slams Chelsea’s move for Monaco ace Tiemoue Bakayoko as £36million deal is agreed

June 23, 2017 Admin

Ray Wilkins says he is ‘really disappointed’ Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has launched a move for Monaco midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko. The Frenchman has emerged as one of Conte’s top targets this summer, with the Blues said to have agreed a £36million deal to bring him to west London. Bakayoko, who has also been linked with Manchester United, enjoyed a breakthrough season last term, playing over 40 games as Monaco won the French title and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. But Wilkins does not appear overly impressed with the 22-year-old, suggesting academy graduate Nathaniel…

INEC writes Dino, begins recall process July 3

June 23, 2017 Admin

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has confirmed receiving a petition with more than 188,000 eligible voters, in Kogi West constituency signing for Senator Dino Melaye’s recall. It has now written officially to the senator, notifying him about the petition. Melaye has condemned the recall move, saying it would fail and because it was being sponsored by the Kogi State Governor Yahya Bello. INEC also said it would publish details of the verification process of all the signatories to the petition on July the 3rd, to confirm if they are indeed…

Harrysong welcomes twins with baby mama

June 23, 2017 Admin

It’s like a baby boom season for Nigerian artiste as Harrysong welcomes new babies with his baby mama. Nigerian musician and “Reggae Blues” crooner is the latest baby daddy as a new report reveals he has fathered a pair twins. According to the report Harrysong’s Abuja-based businesswoman delivered the babies in at a hospital in Beverly Hills, California a few weeks ago around May 26. The twins s*x are revealed as male and female, the baby boy has been christened Perez while the baby girl was named Tarela supposedly coined…

Bayelsa govt approves land for Agip Oil’s residential quarters

June 23, 2017 Admin

The Bayelsa State government has offered to provide land for the Nigerian Agip Oil Company to build its corporate office and residential quarters in Yenagoa the state capital. The offer was gladly accepted by the managing director of the company, Massimo Insulla who was in Yenagoa where both parties made commitments to work together for the success of the 13.5 billion dollar deep water Zabazaba project in the state. Ovieteme George reports that the Bayelsa State Governor has been playing host to high profile visitors in the past one month. First,…