The past 24 hours have recorded interesting happenings in the past 24 hours both on sports, politics, entertainment and economy. Below are top trending news.
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Victor Osimhen’s brother has revealed he turned down a potential move to Manchester United before joining Napoli for £54million. The 21-year-old promising striker moved to the Italian club from Lille earlier this summer in the big-money deal, which made him Nigeria’s most expensive player.
Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Participating Clubs have been invited to submit their respective licensing application which is a compulsory requirement for all clubs intending to participate in the 2020/21 NPFL season.
Former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu has been called out by the Biafra Nations Youth League for boasting that he can bring back the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to Nigeria. Anaedoonline.ng had earlier reported that the Senate Chief Whip pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to allow him convince Kanu to stop his Biafra agitation.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said the opposition parties and those who thought the state would have been plunged into crisis due to the labour protest which was on Tuesday suspended were disappointed. Wike stated this while answering questions from journalists after inspecting the Rebisi, GRA, Rumuola and Rumuogba flyover projects and ongoing road construction work in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas of the State.
Five persons who schemed the kidnapping and murdering of a Shell staff, named Anthony Okoro, have yesterday been sentenced to death by hanging by the Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt. The five defendants out of seven persons in suit number PHC/324/2017, are Oluchi Charles (1st defendant), Miracle Anumuna (2nd defendant), Ifeanyi Simon (3rd defendant), Koko Basset (4th defendant) and Uchenna Stanley Amaechi (7th defendant).
Barcelona have agreed on personal terms with Lyon captain, Memphis Depay. This was revealed by respected Italian sports journalist, Fabrizio Romano, via his Twitter handle on Wednesday afternoon. Romano tweeted,” Memphis Depay have agreed on personal terms with Barcelona after contacts started days ago.
A young man identified as Damilola Oladapo was said to have slumped and die during a football match in Ido-Osun, Egbedore Local Government area of Osun State. Dammy, as he was fondly called, was in his 20s was playing for Premier FC Ofatedo in a grassroots competition named Adola football Championship when the incident occurred.
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to postpone the Edo State Governorship election. Speaking at a press conference in Benin, Edo State, Mr Chris Osa Nehikhare, Edo State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, said the APC wants the election postponed or a state of emergency declared.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has joined Sadio Mane in the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) Team of the Year, with Liverpool star Mohamed Salah not included in a star-studded XI. Despite scoring 19 times and recording the most shots (132) in the 2019-20 season, the Egypt international seems not to have done enough to merit a place in the selection.
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