Chelsea send Mikel to Istanbul in a desperate bid to sign Osimhen before transfer window closes

ENGLISH Premier league giants Chelsea have sent former midfielder and Nigerian skipper Mikel Obi to Istanbul in a last ditch desperate bid to get Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen to sign for them before the close of the January transfer window.

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World Bank forecasts that Nigeria's economy will grow by 3.6% this year as reforms start to work

                      

WORLD Bank officials have projected that Nigeria will witness a 3.6% growth in her gross domestic product (GDP) during the course of 2025 as some of the recent reforms introduced by the federal government should start to yield fruit.

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Bandit leader Bello Turji flees after military attack Zamfara camp killing his son

NOTORIOUS bandit leader Bello Turji has fled for dear life after suffering from the onslaught of a sustained Nigerian military assault that led to the death of his sun and the destruction of his forest camp.

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Bristol City and Swansea eye signing Osaze before the January transfer window closes

NIGERIA-eligible defender Osaze Urhoghide maybe moving to England before the January transfer window closes as Championship sides Bristol City and Swansea have both made enquiries about his availability over recent weeks.

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As 2025 gets underway, here are 10 things our south-south governors need to look at doing over the next 10 years to combat the effects of centralism and no resource control

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Can they please consider floating a Niger Delta Petroleum Company to bid for oil blocks. Maybe create a holding company called Jaja of Opobo PLC and make it a multi-faceted petroleum and manufacturing concern

[2] Nothing is stopping Jaja of Opobo PLC building a massive refinery in somewhere like Yenagoa, Bonny, Uyo, Asaba or Calabar as Aliko Dangote has just done in Lekki. This refinery should come with West Africa's biggest sea port

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Adarabioyo shuns Brighton overtures opting to remain at Chelsea for the rest of the season

NIGERIA-eligible central defender Tosin Adarabioyo has shunned overtures from English Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion opting to spend the rest of the season with his current team Chelsea.

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I think the new Alaafin of Oyo should get off to a flying start by putting together a set of proposals that look like this and presenting them to the South West Governors Forum

Ayo Akinfe

[1] These six governors have to get their Amotekun initiative fully functional. This means getting it operating like a regional police service, kind of similar to the Los Angeles Police Department, New York Police Department, Chicago Police Department, etc in the US

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