Nigeria-eligible striker Chuba Akpom has completed a loan move from Ajax to French side Lille, with an option to buy at the end of the 2024-25 season, the club announced on Sunday. “The versatile English striker signed up today as part of a loan (with option to buy) until the end of the 24-25 season,”…
The Federal Government says plans are ongoing to increase electricity tariffs “over the next few months”. It, however, said that the planned increase needed to be balanced by subsidies for less-affluent electricity users. According to Bloomberg, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Energy, Olu Verheijen, gave this hint at the Africa Heads of…
Trabzonspor president Ertugrul Dogan has claimed that Southampton prevented Super Eagles striker Paul Onuachu from securing a permanent move to Turkey, despite the club’s efforts to meet their demands. Onuachu impressed during his loan spell at Trabzonspor last season, scoring 17 goals and providing four assists in 25 appearances. The Turkish side was eager to…
The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per hour. In many states, the minimum wage is automatically adjusted upward as inflation rises. But voters in several states, including deeply red ones such as Alaska and Missouri, chose in November to…
Feb. 1—A medical transport jet with six people on board plummeted to the ground near Roosevelt Mall in Northeast Philadelphia Friday night, bursting into flames that spread to homes and cars in a heavily trafficked area and killing everyone on board the plane and at least one person on the ground. The Learjet 55 went down shortly after 6 p.m. near Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard just…
