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Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen finished as the most expensive signing of the 2020 summer transfer window following his €71m (£73.2m) move from Lille to Serie A sides Napoli. Osimhen was the striker signing for Napoli and the summer transfer window officially closed with 21-year-old as the top signing. He commanded a transfer fee ahead of top players like Kai Havertz who moved from Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea for £72m and Authur who joined Juventus from Barcelona in a £66m deal.

Stripe an American e-payment services company has just acquired Paystack–a Nigerian startup–for over $200 million (N76 billion). Stripe is an American financial services and software company, with headquarters in San Francisco, California. The company facilitates online payments and transactions. Stripe primarily offers payment processing software and application programming interfaces for e-commerce. Techcrunch has described Stripe’s acquisition of Paystack as “the biggest startup acquisition to date to come out of Nigeria, as well as Stripe’s biggest acquisition to date anywhere.” Paystack is co-founded by Ezra Olubi and Shola Akinlade, who bonded in university and commenced work on their dream from the school’s noisy…

#EndSars Protesters came together to pay their respects to people who lost their lives to unjust police killings. On Friday, October 16, 2020,  #EndSARS protesters paid respect to dead victims of unjust police killings in Nigeria with candlelight ceremonies. The candle night also called  Festival of Lights held at the Lekki Toll Gate and Alausa venues of the protests in Lagos while protesters in Abuja, Bayelsa and Port Harcourt also honoured those who have died from illegal police killings. At different locations of protest, prayers were dedicated to the souls of the departed victims At Alausa, there was a big…

The Protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos state have received a solar inverter and multiple charging points to charge their phones as they continue the #EndSARS Protest. This is the latest among other innovations protesters in Lagos have decided to keep the fight for #Endpolicebrutality alive. Recall that food, medical supplies, music and many more have in the past been donated to these Protesters to keep them on the streets by various brands and individuals as a way of supporting the fight against the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS).

A group of hackers identified as Anonymous have hacked the Twitter account of the National Broadcasting Commission in support of the ongoing #EndSARS, #EndSWAT protests against police brutality in Nigeria. “We #Anonymous have taken over all the NG Official Twitter’s Account to support #ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, ” the hackers said in a message posted with NBC’s handle. This comes 24 hours after the group with over 5 million followers on Twitter, claimed they have hacked “multiple” Nigerian Government websites before giving the Nigerian government a peaceful warning and 72 hours to #EndPoliceBrutality or “face the consequences.”

Nigeria and Chelsea winger, Victor Moses has completed a season-long loan move to Spartak Moscow in a deal worth over 50,000 pounds per week. The Russian club also have the option to sign Moses permanently for £8million when his loan comes to an end. The Nigeria international, 29, who spent the second half of the 2019-20 season at Inter Milan, was surplus to requirements at Chelsea and needed to be sent out on loan again. Moses said after his move was confirmed; ‘It’s a great pleasure for me to sign for Spartak,’ . ‘They are one of the greatest clubs in Europe. I…

The Twitter executive officer, Jack Dorsey has revealed special #EndSARS Emoji after subscribing to the movement against police brutality and other unlawful Nigeria police acts. It would be recalled that Jack tweeted his support for the #EndSARS protests and called for Bitcoin donations towards the movement two days ago. Last night, Twitter experienced issues globally with large numbers of users unable to post tweets, access their timelines, or see notifications. After fixing these issues, Jack Dorsey revealed a special #EndSARS emoji, a fist with the colour of the Nigerian flag. Nigerians have flooded his comment session to appreciate him for…

American Rapper, Cardi B, has announced that she is back with her husband and rapper, Offset, just weeks after filling for divorce from the Migos act. Speculations with regards to a reunion between the couple started after Cardi and Offset were recorded kissing and dancing together at her 28th birthday celebrations in Las Vegas last weekend. Cardi, real name Belcalis Almanzar, had filed to divorce Offset in September after three years of union, explaining that she was tired of the constant arguing and she no longer felt a connection with him. But she’s now confirmed she has taken her beloved…

The Federal Government has ordered a compulsory COVID-19 test for all prospective corps members. This announcement comes shortly after it announced the reopening of all National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps from November 10, 2020. Speaking at the press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday October 15, the National Cooordinator, Sani Aliyu, said the NCDC has developed guidelines for the NYSC ahead of the re-opening of the orientation camps. ”We have developed guidelines with the NCDC (Nigeria Centre for Disease Control) and the NYSC in the preparation for the reopening of the orientation camps on the…

148 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigerian on Thursday October 15, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos (66), FCT (25), Oyo (13), Plateau (11), Kaduna (7), Rivers (6), Ebonyi (5), Ekiti (4), Ogun (4), Imo (2), Ondo (2), Edo (1), Nasarawa (1), Taraba (1). A total of 60,982 cases have been confirmed in the country, 52,194 cases have been discharged and 1,116 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.