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Conte banishes Osimhen from Napoli
Antonio Conte has informed Victor Osimhen he will remain banished from the Napoli first-team after a summer move to Chelsea failed to materialise. Chelsea pushed hard to sign Osimhen before the summer transfer window closed on Friday night but a delegation from Stamford Bridge left Naples disappointed. The Blues were unwilling to match Osimhen’s current salary or the one he has been offered to join Saudi club Al Ahli. Chelsea did make a contract offer to the Nigerian but he rejected the proposal before reportedly ending talks with the frustrated Premier League club. The failed transfer means Osimhen remains a Napoli player, for the time being at least, but Conte has not changed his stance and does not intend to pick him going forward. Osimhen was left out of Napoli’s dramatic Serie A win over Parma on Saturday and his No. 9 shirt was handed to new signing Romelu Lukaku, who scored in the victory just a few days following his move from Stamford Bridge. Conte was asked to assess Napoli’s activity in the summer window after the game, with Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour also joining his squad from the Premier League. ‘Strong players have arrived from a market that was difficult and at times blocked,’said Conte, who previously worked for English clubs Chelsea and Tottenham. ‘They came to fill the slots, and I’m happy with the work done by the club.’ Conte then took a swipe at Osimhen by saying: ‘Of course, if Osimhen had been sold, we would have completed the situation better.’ The manager’s quotes come as Napoli inform Osimhen that he will not be welcomed back into Conte’s squad. That will likely force Osimhen to consider a move to Saudi Arabia, something he had reservations over earlier in the summer. But it remains to be seen whether Al Ahli will still be interested in signing Osimhen after they completed a deal for England striker Ivan Toney on deadline day. Conte, meanwhile, praised his Napoli players after they scored two injury-time goals to complete an impressive comeback against Parma. ‘It was a performance of heart against an excellent team with good players who press well,’ he said. ‘We could have done much better. We’ll take these three points knowing there’s work to be done.’
Morocco 2025: Eguavoen to lead Eagles, as German tax laws botch NFF, Labbadia deal
Stringent regulations of German tax authorities have conspired to abort the agreement between the Nigeria Football Federation and Coach Bruno Labbadia for the latter to mount the saddle as Head Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men Team, Super Eagles. “We have been on the tax issue for the past three days, and I told him clearly that there was no way the NFF will agree to offset the concomitant tax percentage on his salary that will be demanded by German tax authorities. It is not possible for us to shoulder the responsibility of shelling out another money, between 32% to 40% of his salary, after paying the agreed monthly wage. “The NFF and Mr. Labbadia reached an agreement in principle before we made the announcement that he would become the Head Coach of the Super Eagles. The tax details were never part of our discussions, and he had personally agreed to all terms before the tax issue came up. We were doing our best to be flexible in the discussions but he was adamant that the NFF had to pay the full tax amount as well. We simply cannot do that,” President of NFF, Ibrahim Musa Gusau, said on Friday evening. In the event, Technical Director of Nigeria Football Federation, Coach Augustine Eguavoen will now take charge of the Super Eagles for the upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Benin Republic (Uyo, 7th September) and Rwanda (Kigali, 10th September). It will be Eguavoen’s fourth stint in charge of the three-time African champions, after earlier experience in 2005-2007, 2010 and 2022.
Morocco 2025: CAF picks Egyptian officials for Nigeria, Benin Republic clash
Egyptian official Amin Mohamed Omar, who has been a FIFA referee since 2017, has been selected by the Confederation of African Football as referee for next week’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the Cheetahs of Benin Republic. The Matchday 1 encounter, scheduled for the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, will kick off at 5pm Nigeria time. Omar will be in company with compatriots Mahmoud Abouelregal (Assistant Referee 1), Ahmad Hossam Taha (Assistant Referee 2) and Ahmed ElGhandour (Fourth Official) as the three-time African champions confront a team coached by former Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr. The match will be the baptism for new Nigeria manager, Bruno Labbadia. CAF has also appointed Ghanaian official Munkaila Nassam Adam as commissioner, with Fatou Gaye from Senegal to serve as referee assessor and Ivorian Atte Claude Elloh in the role of security officer.
Saudi club reach agreement for Osimhen
Al-Ahli have reached an agreement with Napoli for Victor Osimhen (mafter the Saudi Arabian side offered an €80 million transfer fee for the Nigerian international. Al-Ahli have also offered the striker a lucrative four-year contract which would see him earn €35 million per year and he would also be provided with a release clause. Chelsea have not given up hope on signing the striker and last night sent personnel to Naples to try and convince Osimhen to join the club. However, Osimhen is still thought to be closer to agreeing to the Saudi Arabian side over Chelsea. Paris Saint-Germain had been in the race for Osimhen for much of the summer, however, reportedly pulled out of negotiations despite suffering an injury to Gonçalo Ramos in the first game of the season. Osimhen had also been a target last summer when the French champions had sent two offers to Napoli valued at over €100 million.
Colombia 2024: Falconets land in Bogota ahead Korean clash
Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets have taken up residence at their Wyndhad Hotel, Bogota, where the team will reside for their first two matches of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024. After scoring 27 goals in a total of eight premium games (six competitive and two friendly matches), the 2010 and 2014 runners-up arrived in high spirits while looking forward to their first match of the tournament against Korea Republic on Monday, 2nd September. The Koreans have finished in third place in one championship in the 22-year-old competition, and have promised to provide stiff opposition for the perennial finalists. Nigeria is one of only four countries to have featured in every edition of the finals since the competition was launched in Canada as an U19 event in 2002. The Falconets have further group phase encounters against three-time champions Germany (also in Bogota) and Venezuela (in Cali) on 4th September and 7th September respectively.
Interpol arrests 300 Black Axe members
In a global operation targeting West African organized crime groups across five continents, police arrested 300 people, seized $3 million and blocked 720 bank accounts, Interpol said . Operation Jackal III, which ran from 10 April to 3 July in 21 countries, aimed to fight online financial fraud and the West African syndicates behind it, the agency said in a statement. “The volume of financial fraud stemming from West Africa is alarming and increasing,” said Isaac Oginni, director of Interpol’s Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre. “This operation’s results underscore the critical need for international law enforcement collaboration to combat these extensive criminal networks.” One of the targeted groups was Black Axe, one of the most prominent criminal networks in West Africa. Black Axe operates in cyber fraud, human trafficking, drug smuggling, and is responsible for violent crimes both within Africa and globally, the agency added. Black Axe used money mules to open bank accounts worldwide and is now under investigation in over 40 countries for related money laundering activities, the agency said. The suspects include citizens from Argentina, Colombia, Nigeria and Venezuela. In Argentina, following a five-year investigation, the police cracked down on Black Axe and seized $ 1.2 million in high-quality counterfeit banknotes, arrested 72 suspects and froze approximately 100 bank accounts. Interpol, which has 196 member countries and celebrated its centennial last year, works to help national police forces communicate with each other and track suspects and criminals in fields like counterterrorism, financial crime, child pornography, cybercrime and organized crime. The world’s biggest — if not best-funded — police organization has been grappling with new challenges including a growing caseload of cybercrime and child sex abuse, and increasing divisions among its member countries. Interpol had a total budget of about 176 million euros (about $188 million) last year, compared to more than 200 million euros at the European Union’s police agency, Europol, and some $11 billion at the FBI in the United States.
Akwa Ibom CP dies in Lagos
The Commissioner of Police for Akwa Ibom State, Waheed Ayilara is dead, reports thegazellenews.com. The online medium said Ayilara died early Thursday, 29 August, 2024 at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. The late CP was said to have gone for a prostate cancer surgery which took place on Wednesday, 28 August, 2024 before he eventually died early Thursday, 29 August, 2024. Colleagues told the medium that he was hale and hearty on Monday, 26 August, 2024, during the pull out ceremony for Assistant Inspector General of Police, Yetunde Longe. “In actual fact, he walked into the hospital on Wednesday for the surgery, but unfortunately we lost him,” it was gathered. He will be buried today, Thursday, 29 August, 2024 in accordance with Islamic rites.
Paralympics: FG announces financial reward awaiting medalists
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced financial rewards to Nigeria paralympic athletes ahead of 2024 paralympic games scheduled to commence next week. Team Nigeria athletes are currently on a training tour of Germany preparing for the games. Nigeria will participate in four sports; athletics, badminton, para-powerlifting and para table tennis. Secretary General of the Paralympic Committee of Nigeria (PCN), Suleiman Isah, said that the Minister of Sports, John Enoh has promised monetary rewards to the athletes in order to boost their morale. “We are ready, Team Nigeria is ready to make the nation proud in Paris. There is no injury nor crisis in camp, so we are good to go. “The Minister of Sports, has assured monetary rewards to the athletes that excel at the games. “He promised every gold medal ($15,000), silver medal ($10,000), and bronze ($5,000). “This will serve as motivation for the athletes, so we expect all the athletes to do well at the games,” Isah said. He, however, called on all Nigerians to support the team. “We appeal to all Nigerians home and abroad to continue to support us with prayers, we promise we will not let the county down,” Isah said. Also, the head coach, Nasiru Sule said that the atmosphere is calm and conducive with all the athletes ready to explode and compete at the games. According to the Atlanta Paralympics games bronze medalist in table tennis, he said; “The athletes have been training well and vigorously too in order to make the country proud at the games. “We are in high spirits and battle ready to go. The training has been going well as planned and I will want to thank the Paralympic Committee Nigeria (PCN) leadership for their focus and planning towards the camping exercise and I am optimistic that we are coming home with medals. “Though, I cannot say precisely how many or which color but with the determination of the athletes in camp, the future is bright for us,” he said. It would be recalled that Team Nigeria para athletes won ten medals at the last Games held in Tokyo, Japan in 2020.