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Manchester United will press on with a £240million pursuit of Barcelona’s Brazilian superstar Neymar — and want him to be the global face of the club. (The Sun) Meanwhile, Red Devils boss Louis van Gaal has been told by Real Madrid that Welsh star Gareth Bale is not for sale at any price. (Daily Mail) Chelsea are determined to land Juventus star Paul Porta in a £70million deal before the window shuts. Blues bosses have become worried by the midfield partnership of Nemanja Matic and Cesc Fabregas, with the defending champions conceding seven goal in their opening three Premier League games. (Evening Standard) Arsene Wenger is plotting a stunning late move for Paris Saint-German’s, with the Gunners still desperate to sign a top class striker this summer. (Daily Mirror) Despite halting a move for former QPR midfielder Joey Barton last week, West Ham are planning to resurrect the deal, with Chelsea winger Victor Moses also a target as Slaven Bilic looks to add wide options to his s...

Nigeria - The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ajjampur R. Ghanashyam, has revealed that the NNPC had failed to sign a long-term agreement with New Delhi, Nigeria’s Number One oil buyer, but rather used intermediaries in the annual $14 billion deal. The Indian High Commissioner added that apart from the lack of long-term agreement between the two countries on crude oil purchases, in 2006, an Indian company, Oil & Natural Gas Commission Videsh Limited (OVL) and Mittal Energy International, which is a joint venture between OVL, an Indian government company, and Mittal Energy a private firm, applied for oil concession. The Signature bonus sum of $ 25 million was paid, but neither was the oil concession granted nor the money paid returned to the Indian companies. He lamented the situation thus, “How many years is it? Nine years. Even to get the concession is not possible, and the money is not refunded to us. For nine years your country has been sitting on this, and they make us...

Have You Heard? MTN Beta Talk - Enjoy 200% Bonus MTN Beta Talk is a prepaid tariff plans that rewards customers with 200% bonus airtime on every recharge of N100 and above. In other words, you will get 3 times the value of your recharge on this package. When you make calls, National calls will be charged at the same flat rate of N24/minute (40k/sec) from the customer’s bonus and main accounts. All National calls, SMS and Data will be charged from the customer’s main account as soon as the bonus airtime is exhausted or expires. All MTN Prepaid customers can migrate to MTN Beta Talk tariff plan. This package is new and awooful… It will be beneficial to those who make alots of calls. Why You Should Migrate to MTN Beta Talk Package ==>You will be rewarded with 200% bonus airtime on every recharge of N100 and above. ==>The bonus airtime will only be valid for 7 days. ==> The bonus airtime will be available for national calls, national SMS and PAYG data. ==>10MB data w...

Chelsea are set to make a stunning £100m double swoop to get their title defence back on track. The Blues will sign midfield superstar Paul Pogba from Juventus if the Italians are prepared to let him go for £60m and will also splash out £40m in a third attempt to land Everton centre-back John Stones. (Daily Star) And John Stones is ready to slap in a transfer request at Everton to force through his dream move to Chelsea. (TheSun) Chelsea will listen to offers for Juan Cuadrado or Victor Moses having completed the signing of Pedro from Barcelona for a fee that could rise to £21.4 million. (DailyTelegraph) David De Dea’s agent is planning crunch talks with Manchester United to force a move to Real Madrid. United’s No 1, 24, has seen his Real switch stall but is hopeful of being allowed to make the move this month. (The Sun) Manchester United are expected to make a formal bid of more than £20 million to sign Southampton’s Sadio Mané. United made an inquiry for the 23-year-old Sene...

The management of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, has offered to give a scholarship to the 18 year old admission seeker allegedly raped by a part-time lecturer of the University of Lagos, Mr. Akin Baruwa. Dealerprince Maiden Bulletin Crew leant from Saturday PUNCH that the institution became concerned about the fate of the girl following series of PUNCH reports detailing the girl’s experience. Our correspondent contacted the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Oluwole Amusan, who confirmed this on Wednesday. The university don explained that the institution decided to take the step because the management was moved by the plight of the girl, who was allegedly raped in the course of her quest for a university education. The VC said, “Giving out scholarships to indigent students is not new to us. Our founder had a foundation whose existence preceded the university, through which scholarships were given to students. “Since the university was established four years ago, the...

The appointment of a new Vice- Chancellor for Kogi State University, Anyigba has thrown the university community into tension. National Mirror gathered that the tenure of the incumbent Vice-Chancellor, Professor Hassan Isah who was reappointed for second term in 2011 would be expired this October and shopping for his successor had commenced with newspaper’s advertisement announcing the vacancy for the post. The state-owned university which in the recent times faced crisis of unpaid allowances that led to its closure for almost three months due to workers’ strike may soon be in the news again as the succession process is said to be brewing another internal crisis if not immediately nib in the bud. Dealerprince Maiden Bulletin Crew leant from National Mirror publication that the issues of marginalization, tribal sentiments and mistrust in the Kogi State politics are already playing decisive role in who becomes the next VC of the 15- year- old university. It was gathered that se...

THIRTY-NINE soldiers from the Nigeria Army School of Military Engineering (NASME) yesterday attacked a community in north bank area of Makurdi, capital of Benue State. It was gathered that the rampaging soldiers vandalised not less than 200 vehicles and made away with mobile phones, TV set, radio and other personal effects belonging to the residents. Some of them men alleged that the soldiers raped their wives, a claim our correspondent could not confirm. The soldiers also beat up the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Samuel Attah. His new Toyota Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) was also smashed. It was gathered that the soldiers went on rampage because a girl courted by one of them was given out in marriage to another man in the Hausa community. Governor Samuel Ortom, who returned from Abuja on hearing the news, visited the community. Ortom, who toured the affected areas, said about 33 of the soldiers involved in the incident have been arrested and detained according to a brief ...

A mild drama played out at the Inter-Religious Farewell Service in honour of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okun are Sijuade, when protocol officers of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and organisers of the event clashed over allocation of tables to dignitaries on Friday. At the make-shift hall, where the ceremony is to take place, a leader of the VP’s protocol team picked a front table for Prof. Osinbajo, but the organisers told him that the table was already reserved for the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola and other officials in the state. This led to a heated argument as the protocol team insisted on reserving the table for the vice president. It took the intervention of Ife elders and prominent palace figures for the rift to be settled as the table was eventually left for Governor Aregbesola and his entourage.

The Majority of Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has replied the governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, over his admission that he worked for the emergence of the current Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, against his bid for the office. Messrs Dogara and Gbajabiamila jostled for the position of Speaker of the 8th Assembly, which the former won despite stiff opposition from the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the party’s power brokers. Mr. Tambuwal, who is the immediate past Speaker, said on Sunday that although he had strong affinity with Mr. Gbajabiamila, he, alongside seven other principal officers of the last Assembly, opted for Mr. Dogara. Mr. Gbajabiamila’s response was contained in a short message to our correspondent after his reaction was sought. “Alhaji Tambuwal has spoken,” he said. “For me I have moved on and I can only wish him the best in his future undertakings. I guess Alfani Tambuwal has finally spoken.” Many had expec...

Based on the latest reports, Emmanuel Kachikwu, the new managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, sacked all the subsidiaries of the group and retired 38 senior managers. According to The Paradigm, the recently appointed NNPC boss attributed the move to the federal government should attempt to transform the NNPC into a fully transparent and accountable company “keeping with international best practices”. The body also announced the appointment of new executive directors approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. The new NNPC seniors are: Maikanti Baru (executiveq director, Exploration and Production), Isiaka Abdulrazaq (executive director, Finance and Services), Dennis Ajulu (executive director, Refining and Technology), Babatunde Adeniran,(executive director, Commercial and Investment). READ ALSO: Buhari Meets With Kachina A series of other appointments for non-exclusive positions has also been announced. It should be recalled that Kachikwu assumed offic...

Five family members were charged with the murder of a Muzarabani prophet who had been called to their home in the village of Mazonde, Zimbabwe on July 30, 2012 to help them cleanse their house of evil spirits, according to Zed 24 News. The five appeared at the High Court in Harare facing a murder charge for participating in the death of self-professed Prophet Shamiso Kanyama, who accidentally died during a healing ceremony. Kanyama had reportedly asked his followers to bury him alive so that he could summon more cleansing powers to heal the family that had been plagued by mysterious deaths. Continue Reading Below To See High Court Justice Owen Tagu heard how on the day in question, Kanyama had been invited to attend the home in the Mazarabani district, which is situated along the Mozambique-Zimbabwe border, by their priest, Zvidzai Muchengeti. The five men had requested the priest to help them clean their home of evil spirits, because it was causing mysterious deaths in their fam...