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Cristiano Ronaldo’s Manchester United return last summer helped see the club set a new record for the highest wage bill in Premier League history according to latest financial figures published by the club. United on Thursday, September 22 posted their latest financial figures, which also showed the club’s net debt had increased. Ronaldo is the highest-paid player at Manchester United with reported wages of around £500,000-a-week and following his arrival last season Manchester United have now soared way above other clubs in the EPL as their wage expenditure leapt up to £384.2m, a 19.1 per cent increase on their previous…

Samuel Ogbodo and Samson Ogbodo, are multi-talented duo artists and to our surprise twin brothers from the rich Igbo culture of Enugu state in Nigeria. They became quite popular in 2020 when their debut EP ‘The Genesis of Starmix’, gained quite a buzz online and offline. On the successful completion of the music project, it got aired on leading radio stations in the country. The tracks contain catchy and powerful lyrics that have won the hearts of many music lovers and organizers. As a result of Starmix Chizzy’s outstanding performance, they have been awarded a lot of opportunities to…

The prices of cooking gas and kerosene have increased by 101 per cent and 102.38 per cent respectively in the last year, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS in its Cooking Gas Price and Household Kerosene Price Watch, issued Tuesday, September 20 in Abuja, said the average price of 5 kilograms of cooking gas increased from N4,397.68 in July to N4,456.56 in August. This shows that the price in August experienced a 1.34 per cent increase on a month-on-month basis, according to the NBS. “On a year-on-year basis, the August 2022 price was a 101.17 per cent increase over the price of…

Famous Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Chioma Akpotha, has got fans talking after she spoke on her single status on social media. The movie star is one celebrity who managed to keep her family and private life away from the public eye but rumours still managed to make the rounds that she had separated from her husband. In a post on her Instagram page, the mother of two shared a cryptic post about being a single mum. A look through her Instagram posts showed that she had ditched her husband’s surname. In her most recent post, she wrote, “I am fearfully and…

Famous singer, Zlatan Ibile is out here letting people know that Olamide was one of those who skyrocketed his career to the next level. The “Bolanle” crooner, who has released lots of songs after his debut track, “My Body“, featuring Olamide has shared that Baddo has a pivotal role in his success In a now trending video, Zlatan spoke about how Olamide called him and took him to another studio to record his hit song. The father-of-one also made mention of a number of artists in the industry, who have benefited from Olamide’s benevolence. The likes of Adekunle God, Ycee, Dotman, Young John, Pheelz, Fire Boy, and Asake. Watch details…

Cardi B and Offset may be having a wedding ceremony real soon after their 5-year relationship. The American rapper, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar has announced via her official Twitter page that it is time to take her relationship with Kiari Kendrell Cephus to another level. She wrote: “5 years married……it’s time for my wedding”

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reached a new agreement with the federal government. The leadership of the House of Representatives on Tuesday brokered the new agreement after four hours of meeting at the National Assembly in Abuja. However, the agreement is subject to the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently at the United Nations General Assembly meeting at the UN. The President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke led the Union to the meeting, while the Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah represented the federal government. After the closed-door session, Femi Gbajabiamila, who chaired the meeting announced that the…

The National Association of Nigerian Students has rolled out a new timetable for its nationwide protests. In the timetable, signed by the ‘President-Elect’ of the student body, Usman Barambu, dated Monday, obtained on Tuesday by The PUNCH, NANS scheduled the protests to hold zone by zone, from its Zone A to Zone F, with Abuja being the location for a final protest. The protests, which have already begun in September, will run till October 11, 2022, after which Barambu will lead the “Abuja shutdown.” NANS is protesting the prolonged strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The NANS President said, “You will agree…

Nigerians who stormed the United Kingdom for the burial of late England’s monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, have been honored by the Palace. Kemi Filani reported that Nigerians in diaspora went the extra mile when they celebrated the life of late England’s monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Photos that trended online captured Nigerians in colorful slaying ‘Aso Ebi’ with the photo of the late Queen inscribed on it. It was their unique way of paying tribute to England’s longest raining monarch. A new update that emerged online regarding the news revealed that the UK Palace had requested the outfit to be displayed at London Museum. This…

More facts have emerged on how a lawyer and mother of three died in a crash while chasing her husband and an alleged side chick in Calabar last Sunday. The Nation gathered the deceased, Claret Opara Bassey has been married for over 10 years to Mr. Sunday Bassey. That fateful Sunday, she reportedly got a call from one of her friends that her husband was sighted in a shopping mall with the alleged side chick. She was said to have immediately taken one of their cars and headed to the mall. On reaching there, the husband was about to leave the premises…