Italy’s Serie A will stick with 20 teams after 16 of its current clubs voted against reducing the division to 18 teams Only Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Roma voted for the proposal to cut the number of Italian top-flight sides at a shareholders’ meeting in Milan. A proposal for reforms was also approved…
National Women’s Soccer League newcomers Bay FC have signed Zambia forward Racheal Kundananji from Madrid CFF for a reported world-record fee. The deal for the 23-year-old is reported to be an initial 735,000 euros Kundananji, who scored 33 goals in 43 Liga F games for Madrid, has agreed a four-year deal with the option of…
Nollywood actor and media personality, Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, aka Nedu, has confirmed that he has remarried. He disclosed this in the latest episode of the Offair Show. He, however, did not reveal the identity of his new wife or when the marriage took place. “I am married. My second marriage. My first marriage ended, obviously,…
The Premier League has finally approved Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s move to acquire a 25 percent stake in Manchester United. Ratcliffe’s minority takeover was approved on Tuesday, following an independent review. An official statement read: “‘Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s acquisition of 25 per cent of Manchester United FC, and further investment of $300 million in the club,…
The Federal Government says it plans to establish a National Commodity Board to solve the escalating food inflation in the country. Vice President Kashim Shettima said this on Tuesday at a meeting on climate change, food systems and resource mobilization held in Abuja. Shettima explained that the board would be given the mandate to assess…
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has confirmed a former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, as its Chairman. The BoT, at its 76th Meeting on Tuesday, also confirmed a former Kaduna State governor, Ahmed Makarfi as Secretary “in line with the provisions of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said its members would consider embarking on another industrial action because the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government is yet to fulfil any of its promises to them. ASUU National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, who said this said this added that last month salaries were paid to them…
Special Adviser on Information & Strategy to President Bola Tinubu Bayo Onanuga has claimed that it would be difficult for the Nigerian government to peg the new proposed minimum wage at N100,000. Onanuga made this known on Monday in an interview with Arise Television monitored by Ekweanaedo. According to him, the country’s current financial strength…
The Department of Security Services (DSS) has invited for questioning a popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Auwal Shariff based in Zaria, Kaduna State over his recent sermon where he criticised President Bola Tinubu’s government. Sheikh Auwal Shariff is a renowned critic of the Nigerian government and in one of his recent sermons during Juma’at prayer, he…
Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have insisted on going ahead with their planned nationwide strike after the expiration of the 14 day notice. At a meeting between the labour leaders and officials of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, headed by the Minister of State for…
