SEVERAL English Premier League giants are eyeing up the possibility of buying Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze from Spanish La Liga side Villarreal in the summer by activating his €100m release clause.

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has been honoured with a Covid-19 Response Champion award by the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) in recognition of his work in combating the spread of the virus.

ALL Progressive Congress (APC) governors from across the southwest geo-political zone have rejected calls for the balkanisation of Nigeria and the creating of an independent Oduduwa Republic as currently being advocated by certain groups.

OFFICIALS of the Kaduna State chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) have extended an olive branch to the Southern Kaduna People’s Union (Sokapu) asking it to meet up and discuss ways of ending the violence in its domain.

NIGERIAN health officials have declared 89 people persons of interest and has threatened sanctions against them for violating coronavirus protocols after they arrived in the country from abroad and refused to go into quarantine.

ENGLISH Premier league giants Everton have signified an interest in signing Super Eagles target Joshua Zirkzee from Bayern Munich during the forthcoming summer transfer window as part of a drive to bolster its forward line.

NORTHERN Nigerian pressure group the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has rubbished calls that President Muhammadu Buhari should replaced the recently deceased chief of army staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru with a candidate from the southeast.

DIASPORA body the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (Canuk) has just elected a new executive committee to conduct its affairs for the next two years at its annual general meeting with journalist Ayo Akinfe voted in as its new chairman.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that yesterday's death of the chief of army staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru  and 10 other military officers would not be in vain indicating that the tragedy will spur him to step up the fight against insecurity and terrorism.

GOVERNORS of the five state that make up the southeast geo-political zone have pledged their commitment to an indivisible and united Nigeria despite the ongoing calls for secession and the balkanisation of the country.