Sevilla no longer interested in Umar Sadiq

Sevilla have moved away from signing Nigerian striker Umar Sadiq after deciding that Almeria’s asking price of 30 million euros is high, as per the latest Andalucia Information report.The Andalusia-based club is trying to replace Dutchman Luuk de Jong and Moroccan international Youssef En-Nesyri, with both strikers linked with a transfer away from the Estadio…

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Kenyans dominate at maiden Ijebu Half Maratho • As Rite Foods reward 11-year-old with N250k

It was another clean sweep for Kenyan athletes at the maiden edition of Airtel Ijebu Heritage Half Marathon staged in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State on July 17, as they claim the men and women race.The 21km race was won by Hosea Kiplimo who finished the race in 1:02:36 while his counterpart, Rhonzas Kilimo finished second in…

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Paris Club exempts $14.1 bn of Sudan’s debts – minister

Sudan’s Finance Minister, Jibril Ibrahim announced late on Friday that his country had received relief from its $14.1 billion debts to Paris Club. “Sudan’s remaining debts, which stand at $9.5 billion, have been rescheduled until reaching the completion point in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. “This is with the suspension of debt service…

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AfDB fund raises total capital of $274m since 2011

The African Development Bank (AfDB) fund has raised a cumulative total capital of 274 million US dollars since 2011, Dr Kevin Kariuki, Vice President Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth, AfDB has said. Kariuki said this in the recently released 2020 Annual report of the AfDB’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) titled “building foundations…

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PDP Reps walk out as House adopt manual transmission of election results

By Femi Ogunshola  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday staged a walkout in the House of Representatives as the House adopted manually transmitted election results. The House however, rejected electronic transmission of election results. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that section 52(2) of the draft bill proposed that the Independent National Electoral Commission…

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