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  Sadio Mane will earn more than £34m (€40m) per year tax-free playing for Al Nassr with a wage equivalent to more than £650,000 per week; the 31-year-old is set to have a medical on Monday in Dubai and will play alongside Cristiano Ronaldo in the Saudi Pro League Sadio Mane is expected to undergo a medical with Al Nassr on Monday after they agreed a £24m deal to sign him from Bayern Munich, according to  Sky Germany . The former Liverpool winger will earn more than £34m (€40m) per year tax-free playing for the Saudi Arabian club with a wage equivalent to more than £650,000 per week. Mane is set to sign a contract until 2027 which means he stands to earn around £136m in total if he sees out the deal. The 31-year-old is set to have a medical on Monday in Dubai and will play alongside Cristiano Ronaldo in the Saudi Pro League. Mane only joined Bayern last summer on a three-year deal following a £35m move from Liverpool, but he fell out of favour after  punching team-mate Le...

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the President Bola Tinubu administration to reverse “all anti-poor” people policies including the hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) known as petrol. In a communique at the end of its Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting held on Tuesday, the labour union threatened to embark on a total and indefinite strike from Wednesday, August 2, 2023 should the Federal Government fail to do the needful. The communique was co-signed by NLC President, Joe Ajaero; and the union’s General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja. The NLC said the Federal Government has shown enormous disdain and contempt for the Nigerian people and have declared a war of attrition on Nigerian workers and masses. The labour union said since the President’s “ subsidy is gone forever ” speech on inauguration day on May 29, 2023, “the peace of mind of Nigerians has gone”. It said the “government has continued to treat Nigerians as slaves and a c...

  Lawyers to suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, have raised the alarm that the Department of State Service (DSS) is planning to re-arrest their client despite the bail granted him by a Federal High Court in Lagos. The lead counsel for the embattled and suspended CBN chief, Joseph Daudu, made this known after the court’s ruling on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, Justice Nicholas Oweibo admitted Emefiele to bail in the sum of the N20m and ordered that he be remanded at the correctional center pending the fulfillment of the bail conditions. Shortly after the ruling, DSS operatives strategically positioned their Hilux Pick Up van used in bring Emefiele to court, in a manner suggesting that they wanted to take him back to their detention centre. This prompted Daudu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and other lawyers of Emefiele to raise an alarm about their client’s planned re-arrest by the secret police. As of the the time of filing this report, the susp...

A personal chef to former US president Barack Obama has died during an accident on a paddle boarding trip near the Obamas' Massachusetts home. Tafari Campbell, 45, worked in the White House before staying on with the Obama family after Mr Obama left office in 2016. On Sunday, he went missing in the waters of Edgartown Great Pond on Martha's Vineyard. The Obamas released a statement hailing his talent inside the kitchen and out. "Tafari was a beloved part of our family. When we first met him, he was a talented sous chef at the White House - creative and passionate about food, and its ability to bring people together," Mr Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama said on Monday. "In the years that followed, we got to know him as a warm, fun, extraordinarily kind person who made all of our lives a little brighter." Mr Campbell had been visiting the Massachusetts island from his home in Virginia at the time of his death. Police say the Obama family was not home...

  When Jean-Pierre Dube saw the news that billionaire Elon Musk was scrapping Twitter's blue bird logo in favour of an Art Deco-style black and white X, the marketing professor thought it was a joke. "Why take a recognised brand, with a lot of brand capital around it and then completely throw it away and start from scratch?" said Prof Dube, who teaches at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. "In the short-term, it seems weird." But in the long term, could it work? Mr Musk's takeover of Twitter last year has been punishing for the social media platform. Advertising revenue has dropped by half, Mr Musk said this month, as big brands pulled back, wary of changes he has made, including how the firm handles verified accounts and moderates content. Abrupt layoffs and unpaid bills have also led to bad press and lawsuits. Estimates by Fidelity, which has a stake in the company, suggest it is now worth just a third of the $44bn ($34.3bn) that Mr Musk p...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin listens to Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko during their meeting at the Constantine (Konstantinovsky) Palace in Strelna, outside Saint Petersburg, on July 23, 2023. (Photo by Alexey DANICHEV / SPUTNIK / AFP)   Russia hosts African leaders this week for a summit aimed at boosting ties despite concerns in Africa over the conflict in Ukraine and the suspension of a deal on Ukrainian grain exports. Isolated on the international scene since launching the military campaign in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin still has support in several African countries. “Today the partnership is constructive, confident and turned towards the future,” Putin wrote on the Kremlin website. At the summit in Saint Petersburg, Putin’s native city, several African leaders are expected including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The summit is the second of its kind after an inaugural one that was held in 2019 in Sochi in southern Russia. The end of a deal that ha...

  A video grab showing an officer of the Enugu State Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA) sealing a shop on Monday, July 24, 2023 in line with the government’s clampdown on the IPOB sit-at-home order in Enugu State.   The Enugu State Government on Monday sealed shops in major markets across the state that refused to do business in observance of the sit-at-home order of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). This comes after last week’s warning by Governor Peter Mbah that businesses in the state should open for business or risk being sealed. According to the Secretary to the State Government, Chidiebere Onyia, who led the team from the Enugu State Capital Territory Development Authority, the operation was aimed at demonstrating seriousness on the part of the government. He added that it was to support those that showed their willingness to comply with the government directives.

Four suspected Boko Haram members have been arrested in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, over an alleged plot to attack the residence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.  The spokesman for the police in the state, Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, confirmed the development  through  a telephone chat. Nguroje said the suspects were arrested in front of Atiku’s residence and they confessed to being Boko Haram members on a mission to attack some target places in the state including the house of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25, 2023 election. The police spokesman also said the suspected terrorists have been handed over to the military. Also, Atiku’s media office in a statement said the four suspects were apprehended at 09:44 pm on Sunday, July 23, 2023, in front of Atiku’s residence. “The suspect also informed the Police that he and his colleagues, who were later arrested too, intended to attack organizations associated with Ati...

  Twitter launched its new logo on Monday, replacing the blue bird with a white X on a black background as the Elon Musk-owned company moves toward rebranding as X. The social media network’s website showed the company’s new logo, but its URL was still showing as twitter.com and the blue “Tweet” button was visible, suggesting the rebrand was not yet finalized. Musk and the company’s new chief executive Linda Yaccarino announced the rebranding Sunday, saying the company would be renamed X and move later into payments, banking, and commerce. Founded in 2006, Twitter takes its name from the sound of birds chattering, and it has used avian branding since its early days, when the company bought a stock symbol of a light blue bird for $15, according to the design website Creative Bloq. Musk changed his profile picture late Sunday to the company’s new logo, which he described as “minimalist art deco,” and updated his Twitter bio to “X.com,” which now redirects to twitter.com. He also twee...

Some northern elites have reacted to the video, including Nuhu Ali and Bashir Ahmad lambasting Davido for promoting something that infringes on Islamic beliefs. According to a famous northern social media influencer, Waspapping,  a ban has been placed on Davido and his songs not to be played publicly in Kano and Sokoto. For more news follow us on durable FILMS.

  Kylian Mbappe has responded to Al Hilal's  €300million (£259million) bid  after Paris Saint-Germain accepted the proposal. The Saudi Arabian outfit launched their official world record proposal on Monday afternoon and just a few hours later  PSG gave the green light for the club to speak to Mbappe about a summer transfer. Despite knowing the 24-year-old is not interested in leaving Europe, an idea has been presented that may suit all parties. Mbappe joining Al Hilal would see the Parisians get the money they are looking for with Mbappe signing a one-year contract that would see him earn £50million per month. Only being in the Middle East for 12 months would then allow the France international to seal his dream move to Real Madrid on a free transfer. It is still currently unclear on what Mbappe's stance now is following the lucrative proposal sent from the Saudi's, but he has now broken his silence on the proposed move when replying to Basketball star Giannis Anteto...

  1 Real Madrid With over 271.6 million what Real Madrid  is one of the biggest football clubs, there’s surely no doubt about it. Real Madrid is the only club to win the FIFA Club of the 20th Century. The Spanish side has won 14 European titles, 34 league titles, the most won by any club. In domestic football, the club has won 68 trophies; a record 35 La Liga titles, 19 Copa del Rey, 12 Supercopa de España, a Copa Eva Duarte, and a Copa de la Liga. The club has more than 275 million followers on social media platforms. Real Madrid has created some of the best players like Di Stefano, Raul, Zidane, Ramos, and Ronaldo. The club has signed many galacticos around the years and has ever since won many accolades. It is one of the most popular football clubs in the world. 2. FC Barcelona La Liga.  With over 279.8 million FC Barcelona is the second-best football club in the world. The Catalans have done wonders in the past fe...