Chelsea’s proposed £34.5m deal for Atletico Madrid forward Samu Omorodion has fallen through due to contractual issues, leaving the futures of Conor Gallagher and Julian Alvarez in doubt. The collapse of Omorodion’s transfer has forced Chelsea and Atletico Madrid to explore alternative options, with both clubs now considering a return to London for Joao Felix. The Portuguese forward spent time on loan at Stamford Bridge in 2023. Despite the setback, Manchester City remains optimistic about Alvarez’s potential move to Atletico Madrid. The Spanish club had agreed to a substantial £82m deal for the Argentina international, which would have represented a…
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Akwa-Ibom State-owned airline, Ibom Air, has described as unfounded and baseless allegations of ticket racketeering at its Port Harcourt station. It said that it operates under strict ethical standards, and its staff are prohibited from engaging in any form of racketeering or corruption, adding that attempts to undermine these standards are investigated and sanctioned appropriately. This was contained in a statement by the company’s General Manager of Marketing, and Communication, Aniekan Essienette, on Monday in Uyo, the state capital. Essienette explained that the airline’s check-ins close 45 minutes before departure for domestic flights, adding that it also strictly adheres to…
A 14-year-old boy, identified as Malik Kareem, was reportedly beheaded for ritual in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Saturday. The incident that occurred at the Olorisaoko community in the Akinyele Local Government Area of the state on Saturday evening has thrown the whole area into confusion. Investigations by PUNCH Online correspondent revealed that the victim recently wrote his final subject for the West Africa Examination Council at Iyana Community Grammar School, Olode, Moniya, Ibadan. Multiple sources who spoke to our correspondent on Sunday said the victim, alongside his three other age groups, contacted a Muslim cleric, now at large,…
The management of the University of Benin has prohibited the use of hot plates, ring boilers and gas cookers in its hostels to cut increasing energy-related expenditures by the university. The university, in a circular signed by its Registrar, Ademola Bobola, said any violator of this prohibition order would be rusticated from the school. A copy of the circular was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Benin. NAN reports that the prohibition order was not unconnected with the electricity crisis that hit the university recently. The Benin Electricity Distribution Company raised the monthly billing of the…
The Nigeria Immigration Service has launched a probe into an incident involving the destruction of a Nigerian passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. This was contained in a statement released on Sunday by the NIS Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Udo. “The Nigeria Immigration Service has launched a formal investigation following the circulation of a video on social media, showing a female traveler destroying a Nigerian Standard Passport at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos,” the statement read. The incident, captured on video and widely circulated on social media, has sparked concern among the public. It showed a…
A dynamite explosion rocked the secretariat of the Action People’s Party along the GRA axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Monday morning. It was gathered that the incident occurred in the wee hours of Monday precisely around 1am. The assailants allegedly threw substances believed to be dynamite into the building housing the secretariat shattering windows and doors, as well as destroying other property of the party. This came amidst speculations that the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, plans to move with his supporters to the APP following the alleged hijack of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state by…
Several state Police Commands in the northern part of the country have begun the prosecution of arrested protesters during the 10-day #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria nationwide protest. While the protests were relatively peaceful in the South, it turned violent in the North with several lives lost, property worth billions of naira destroyed, leading to the declaration of curfew in no fewer than five states. The protests, which held from August 1-10, was against the rising cost of living, which has been fueled by fuel subsidy removal, surging inflation at a 28-year high and government economic policies that pushed the naira to a record…
Some top officials of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria have been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission over alleged mismanagement or diversion of the N90bn released by the Federal Government to subsidise the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. The officials were arrested in their offices and taken to the anti-graft agency’s office following their failure to honour earlier invitations extended to them by the ICPC. A source at the commission added that the officials were interrogated for hours on the N90bn subsidy for pilgrims upon their arrival at the anti-graft agency’s office. Speaking…
Two Chinese expatriates, identified as Chen Wenguang and Liang Ding, have been abducted in the Kémta/Abule-Owu area along Onigbedu Road in Ogun State. PUNCH Online learned on Monday that the two were abducted around 1:45pm on Sunday when they left the company to visit their friends. A police source, who was not authorised to speak on behalf of the command, informed our correspondent that Wenguang and Ding were affiliated with the Good One Carton Company situated in the area. “Wenguang and Ding left the company on their own, without notifying security, including the police and military assigned to the company,…