Sporting striker, Viktor Gyokeres, has accept to give up €2 million of his salary in order to join Arsenal.
The striker, one of the highly sought after in the 2025 summer transfer market, is said to have already reached agreement on contract terms with Arsenal.
He will complete his move to the Premier League giants in the coming days,
Gyokeres wants to leave the Portuguese top flight league and play in higher clubs in Europe and was linked with several top clubs before Arsenal won the race to sign him after he threatened to go on strike following Sporting CP’s refusal to let him go.
Club-to-club negotiations between Arsenal and Sporting are now on over a structure for the transfer fee.
Football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, quoting Record, reports that the striker accepted to cut his salary in order to join Arsenal.
Viktor Gyökeres has accepted to give up €2m from his salary in order to facilitate negotiations between Arsenal and Sporting
Sporting insist on higher fee compared to Arsenal proposal.
And Gyökeres tries his best also giving up money to make it happen,” he said.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for a reevaluation of the current global governance structure and the financial and healthcare systems.
ObasEmpire reports that the Nigerian President stated this at the 17th meeting of the Global South and the Emerging Economies bloc, BRICS, on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil
Tinubu urged greater equity and inclusion for low-income and emerging economies, particularly in Africa.
This was disclosed in a statement released by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
The President stated that environmental degradation, the climate crisis, and healthcare inequalities should receive more attention, as they contribute to slowing growth and development.
Tinubu, invited to the summit by Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, stated that Nigeria supports the BRICS position on the need to focus on collective, fair, and equitable global development.
Nigeria became the ninth partner country of BRICS in January 2025, joining Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan. The 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan in October 2024 created the partner-country category.
President Tinubu said, “Nigeria, therefore, associates with what I have heard today and all that has happened in BRICS. The next issues are financial restructuring and reevaluation of the global structure.”
He noted that environmental degradation, climate crisis, and global healthcare inequalities were shared concerns pertinent to Africa.
Africa has contributed the least to global emissions but suffers the most,” he added.
Tinubu emphasised the need for a new path of justice, anchored in fairness, sustainable technology transfer, and accessible financing, so that emerging economies can fully benefit from various initiatives.
The African continent is creating the path through the African Carbon Market Initiative and the Great Green Wall. We believe that COP-30 will strengthen our resolve to adopt a strategic approach to achieving a healthy global environment.
Nigeria strongly believes in South-South cooperation. We can, therefore, not be passive participants in global decision-making on financial restructuring, debt forgiveness, climate change, environmental issues, and healthcare.
We must be the architects of a future that addresses the specific needs and concerns of youths, who represent 70 per cent of our population in Nigeria. Therefore, Nigeria remains guided by our long-term vision, 2050, and nationally determined contribution.
We are taking bold steps to accelerate renewable energy adoption, mainstream climate action, promote nature-based solutions, strengthen urban resilience, champion South-South cooperation, align with the global renewal framework and achieve universal health coverage for all,” the President stated.
Tinubu also said that addressing non-communicable diseases must remain a collective health concern.
As we approach COP-30 and look to strengthen the global health system, we believe the BRICS must not only be a bloc for emerging economies but also a beacon for emerging solutions and resolutions rooted in solidarity, self-reliance, sustainability, and shared prosperity of a common future.
Nigeria reaffirms its commitment to strategic collaboration that translates into sustainable and inclusive development for all,” he noted.
In exercising its pro tempore presidency of BRICS, the Brazilian government announced Nigeria’s formal admission as a partner country on January 17, 2025.
As the world’s sixth-most populous country and one of Africa’s major economies, Nigeria shares convergent interests with other BRICS members
The 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Party, Peter Obi on Friday visited the St. John Vianney College Ukwulu, Anambra state.
Obi’s visit comes shortly after the institution emerged victorious at the inaugural UK-Nigeria Debate Championship.
In a post made on X, the former governor of Anambra State said he visited the college in line with his desire to keep investing in the future of Nigerian children.
He added that he congratulated the students and members of the staff for their success in the debate.
He wrote, “In recognition of their brilliance and to support their continued growth, I presented the school with a ₦10 million donation towards infrastructural development. A sound learning environment remains essential if our children are to compete globally.
“I encouraged the students to see their victory as a collective triumph for all young Nigerians who believe that excellence can emerge from our classrooms. I urged them to keep studying hard, reminding them that their future – and the nation’s – lies in their hands,” Obi said
He further appreciated the management of the institution for their efforts in ensuring quality education for the students.
I also extend deep appreciation to the school’s proprietor, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Obimma (Fr. Ebube Muonso), for his visionary leadership and commitment to academic excellence and moral formation. His dedication has created an environment where students can thrive, not just locally, but on the global stage.
The team at St. John Vianney exemplifies what Nigerian youths can achieve when given the right foundation. I am deeply inspired by their discipline, eloquence, and intellect. May their success continue to inspire many more across the country,” Obi noted.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has reduced its premium motor spirit price.
ObasEmpire gathered that the NNPCL retail outlets in Abuja on Saturday slashed their petrol pump price to N910 per litre from N945.
This was the case in NNPCL filling stations in Zone 6, Kubwa Expressway, Wuse Zone 4, and other parts of Abuja.
The new petrol price at the state-owned oil firm represents a N30 drop from its earlier N945 per litre price.
The development comes barely four days after Dangote Refinery reduced its petrol ex-depot price to N840 per litre from N880 following a drop in global crude oil prices.
Members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association also announced a reduction in the petrol price to between N930 and N940 per litre from N945 and N975 in Abuja and N890 per litre, down from N925 in Lagos State.
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Senate to recall the suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
ObasEmpire reports that Justice Nyako, while delivering judgement on Friday, stated that Natasha’s six-month suspension was excessive.
She faulted the provision of Chapter 8 of the Senate Standing Rules as well as section 14 of the Legislative Houses, Powers & Privileges Act, declaring both as overreaching, stressing that the two legislations failed to specify the maximum period that a serving lawmaker could be suspended from office.
Justice Nyako stated that since lawmakers have a total of 181 days to sit in every legislative circle, the six-month suspension handed to Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan was akin to pushing her away from her responsibilities to her constituents for about 180 days.
The court held that though the Senate has the power to punish any of its members who err, such sanction must not be excessive to deprive the constituents of their right to be represented.
The court held that though the Senate has the power to punish any of its members who err, such sanction must not be excessive to deprive the constituents of their right to be represented.
The court ruled that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, was not wrong to have denied the plaintiff who was not on the official seat that was allotted to her, the opportunity to speak during plenary.
She dismissed Akpabio’s contention that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the suit which he said bordered on an internal affair of the Senate.
Legendary Nigerian musician, Innocent Idibia, also known as 2Baba or 2Face, has apologised to his new lover, Natasha Osawaru, kids and fans over the remark that he cannot be sexually committed to only one woman.
Obas empire reports that the singer made the controversial statement five months after announcing his separation from his wife, Annie Macaulay-Idibia.
Speaking in his latest interview with the media personality, Nedu, 2Baba said he is unbothered about what people will say, but it is impossible for him to be with one woman sexually.
Nedu asked: “Is it possible to be loyal and be 2Face? Is it possible to be a loyal man to a woman?
Responding, 2Baba said, “I have said this a couple of days ago, and I got into trouble for it but I didn’t care about that. Man no fits, I don’t know ooo but let me talk for my own self. I no go talk about other men.
A man is not built to sexually be with one woman. Man can give his heart and love to one woman, but it’s impossible for a man to sexually be with one woman”.
After the statement created a buzz online, 2Baba, in a video via his Instagram page, admitted that he had messed up.
He said, “I know I fvcked up with what I said and I know I’m going to get cancelled because of it. I apologise to my fans and most importantly, my wife, the love of my life, Natasha and also my kids. I’m terribly sorry. That’s not who I am”.
