The Buxian Bridge is a small pedestrian bridge that is very unique, and it is located in the mountain range of Huangshan, in the southern Anhui Province, within the People’s Republic of China.
Built in 1987, it is located in between two giant rocks and it gives the feeling that the visitors are “lost” in some sort of fairytale that has come into life.
The concrete structure, even though newly built, it has features of a traditional Chinese detailed architecture, as the hand rails are “carved” impressively good that they are transmitting the feeling of being some ancient Chinese relic built by an ancient dynasty.
As it is less than 1 meters (2 feet) long, the Buxian Bridge is often covered with impenetrable clouds of fog that are common to the region, and being one of the most magical places on the planet, the bridge also earned the nickname “Fairy Walking Bridge”.
A definite masterpiece of the Chinese that deserves very much to be even better known around the world, so that the rest of the nations would try to copy it, or even build a bigger, a more magical one.
The two factions of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) in the Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki have issued conflicting directives to their members over the union’s current nationwide warning strike.
While the Dr Godfrey Nwambeke-led Caretaker Committe declared that it would not join the strike, the faction led by Dr Ikechukwu Igwenyi, as Acting Chairman, said it would.
Nwambeke told newsmen on Friday that the university would not join the strike and advised lecturers and students to disregard the directive by the national leadership of the union.
“One of the major reasons for the non-compliance is that the ASUU National Executive Committee (NEC) has been indifferent to issues concerning the union at EBSU, which they ought to have resolved since.
“You may recall that ASUU-EBSU in its congress of Sept.16, 2021, suspended its former Acting Chairman, Igwenyi, from office for acts inconsistent with the union’s constitution, financial impropriety, amongst others.
“The suspended chairman flagrantly refused to meet the resolutions of the congress for him to transmit various financial activities to the congress.
“A congress of the union then sacked the executive and set-up a caretaker committe to drive its affairs and conduct fresh elections,” Nwambeke said.
He said that the ASUU-NEC was notified about these developments but it had abandoned the EBSU branch to its fate.
“We, therefore, urge members of ASUU-EBSU to shun any strike declaration by Igwenyi as any staff who obeys such a directive does so at his or her peril,” he said.
However, Igwenyi in a statement issued to newsmen, stated that ASUU-EBSU would join the strike intended to rescue education in Nigeria from total collapse.
“ASUU-EBSU rose from its emergency congress on Feb. 17 with an overwhelming resolution to activate the nation-wide one month strike declared by ASUU,” he added.
He described ASUU as a national union established to fight for the welfare of staff and development of the institutions.
Igwenyi maintained that the ASUU-NEC issued the strike because the Federal Government failed to fully implement the Memorandum of Action it signed with the union in December 2020.
He stated that consequently, there shall be no academic activities in the institution, including teaching, seminars, statutory meetings of the Senate, Council, convocation or matriculation.
Igwenyi, who insisted that he remained the acting chairman of ASUU-EBSU, stated that academic activities would resume whenever the strike was suspended by ASUU-NEC.
356 Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples.
1600 Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in South American recorded history.
1812 The Caravan sails from Salem Harbor with America’s first foreign missionaries aboard: the Judsons and Newells.
1878 Thomas Edison is granted a patent for his gramophone (phonograph).
1942 About 150 Japanese warplanes attack the Australian city of Darwin.
1945 US 5th Fleet launches invasion of Iwo Jima against the Japanese with 30,000 US Marines.
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There are a lot of root causes of dry skin, that range from lifestyle habits and irritating topical products to skin conditions. But the lips, in particular, can be a very finicky area. The skin on the lips is much thinner than the rest of the face—making them more delicate. Not only that, but they get a lot of physical wear from picking, licking, talking, and what you’re consuming.
Drinks and foods can dry out the skin on the lips, these are the most surprising culprits. Here are sneaky nutritional causes of dry lips:
Spicy & hot foods
Ask anyone with an inflammatory skin condition like rosacea, and they’ll likely confirm that spicy and hot foods can cause flare-ups, chapped skin, and dryness. Since lips are touching the foods, too, it only becomes more obvious. A chemical in certain spicy foods called capsaicin is a common skin irritant and has been linked to inflammation and skin barrier disruption. Both of these can lead to dry skin if you’re susceptible. Additionally, you might be more prone to licking the lips when eating spicy foods, thus dehydrating the skin further.
Coffee
Coffee, notably when served hot, can dehydrate the lips. “Pay attention to your lips. If I notice my lips starting to get dry, that tells me I’m pushing the coffee more than I should,” says gastroenterologist Will Bulsiewicz, M.D., MSCI.
Just like exposing the skin elsewhere on the body to scalding hot water can weaken the barrier by disrupting your natural lipids, the same can be true for the lips when you’re drinking piping hot coffee. Additionally, coffee is a diuretic—so it can be dehydrating when drunk in excess. Moderate coffee drinking likely won’t have this effect. So just take it as a cue that you might have overdone it if your lips start to feel tight or chapped.
Lack of B12
Sometimes it’s not what you’re eating but what you’re not eating. Notably, foods that contain vitamin B12. B vitamins have been shown to promote healthy skin and support wound healing, and when you lack these vitamins, it can lead to dry lips. “Vitamin B12 deficiency specifically can lead to a condition that leads to dry, cracked lips with difficulty healing,” says Michelle Henry, M.D., founder of Skin & Aesthetics Surgery of Manhattan. Foods high in the vitamin are beef, liver, poultry, fish, yogurt, and eggs. Visit your medical practitioner if you suspect you have a deficiency.
The Takeaway
The lips can become dehydrated pretty quickly—and from a myriad of causes, foods and drinks included. We by no means think you should stop consuming these if they are your favorites, but if your lips are a bit irritated after the fact, now you know why. All you have to do is keep your favorite lip balm handy.
The Health Authorities in Malawi have declared a polio outbreak following the detection of a case of wild poliovirus type 1 in a young child in the capital Lilongwe. This is the first case of wild poliovirus in Africa in more than five years.
Africa was declared free of indigenous wild polio in August 2020 after eliminating all forms of wild polio from the region. Laboratory analysis shows that the strain detected in Malawi is linked to one that has been circulating in Sindh Province in Pakistan.
The case was confirmed after tests were carried out on samples from the infected child who was suffering from paralysis, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
As an imported case from Pakistan, this detection does not affect the African region’s wild poliovirus-free certification status. No one yet knows how or when the strain that infected the Malawi child arrived in the southern African country.
Currently, Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only countries in the world in which wild polio is endemic.
The UN health agency is supporting Malawi to carry out a risk assessment and outbreak response, including supplemental immunization. Surveillance of the disease is also being ramped up in neighboring countries.
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative Rapid Response Team is deploying a team to Malawi to support coordination, surveillance, data management, communications, and operations. Partners organizations will also send teams to support emergency operations and innovative vaccination campaign solutions.
Polio is a highly infectious disease that affects the nervous system and can cause total paralysis within hours. The virus is transmitted from person to person mainly through the faecal-oral route or, less frequently, through contaminated water or food, and multiplies in the intestine.
While there is no cure for polio, the disease can be prevented through the administration of a simple and effective vaccine.
Wild polio is caught from the environment, but there is another type of polio linked to the oral vaccine, which contains a live, weakened virus.
An injectable form of the vaccine is now being used, That treatment contains dead virus strains which do not lead to polio cases.
Kingsley Obiekwu. the ex-Super Eagles defender who is now a commercial driver in Nigeria, said some of his former teammates pretend they do not know him because of his poor living condition.
Mr Obiekwu was part of the Nigerian Dream Team, with the likes of Nwankwo Kanu, Sunday Oliseh, Augustine Okocha and Emmanuel Amunike, which recorded the country’s historic first soccer gold medal win at the 1996 Olympics.
His football career suffered a devastating setback when he was diagnosed with “enlargement of heart” after signing a contract with a Dutch football club, Go Ahead Eagles FC.
That was his first taste of international football at a club level.
Because of this, he could not go further in football within and outside Nigeria. And when life became tough for him, he had to resort to commercial driving in Enugu State, Nigeria’s South-east, in 2019 in order to earn a living. This was 23 years after the heroic achievement in the Atlanta Olympics.
He combines the transport business with a coaching job at FC Ingas, a lower division club in Enugu.
“Most of the time when I come across my former teammates, they will pretend they don’t know me or I didn’t even play with them,” Mr Obiekwu said, with a bewildered expression, in his Enugu residence.
Mr Obiekwu, 47, said apart from Nwankwo Kanu, other teammates were unconcerned about his plight.
The ex-defender recalled with sadness how a former teammate, who was staying in Port Harcourt, rebuffed his request to spend a night in his house when he was stranded in the city in 2000, despite the fact that both of them played in a match against Ghana the previous year.
As a commercial driver, Mr Obiekwu usually meets police officers manning checkpoints on the road. He initially thought the officers would accord him some respect as holder of national honour, Order of Niger.
Niger.
He was wrong!
“They (officers) mocked me, they said I should go and sit down because it is none of their business,” Mr Obiekwu said while recalling an encounter he had with some police officers.
Mr Obiekwu talked about how the heart condition affected him.
“That enlargement of heart causes what they called palpitation of the heart. They told me the problem with the condition was that I would be getting tired before other players. (And) that’s what I am experiencing,” he said.
Mr Obiekwu experienced limited playing time at the Dutch club because of the heart condition until he left the club in 1998 when his contract expired.
His heart condition, including his recurring knee injury, forced him to retire from football at the age of 30, unable to reach the pinnacle of his career.
‘Not proud of being a taxi driver’
“The story about me driving a Sienna and loading a bus in Abakpa Park is true. There is nothing to hide. That’s what I do,” Mr Obiekwu said.
“I have a Sienna and I have to use it to sustain myself and my family while I wait for the (Nigerian) premier league club to coach.”
Taking to commercial driving was a difficult decision for the former defender, he said.
But his wife’s support and prayers, according to him, provided the needed push into the business that many Nigerians may likely consider as unfitting for a man who was once celebrated as a football hero by the government and people of Nigeria.
“I am not proud of it, but my wife supported me. She took away the shame and encouraged me to do whatever thing, as long as it is not illegal, to help the family. I had to also throw the shame away,” he said.
Mr Obiekwu’s 2000 model Toyota Sienna carries a maximum of seven passengers. He makes N7,000 (about $16) per trip.
Okoh Onyeka, a 400 level student of Mass Communication, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, said he cried when he hugged Mr Obiekwu while the former footballer was loading passengers in buses at Nsukka Park.
“Life can be cruel. We can help lift him again if he is willing. That environment is not for him,” Mr Onyeka said in a Facebook post.Advertisements
Mr Obiekwu had struggled in vain to land a coaching job in any of the clubs in the Nigeria premier league.
He has a pro-licence certificate from the United Kingdom where he stayed for a four-year coaching course after retirement, but the Nigerian clubs would always ask him to produce a CAF Grade A or Grade B certificate to be considered.
After staying without a job for years, following his return to Nigeria, life became difficult for him and his family.
He said he has, at several times, put up his house – a three-bedroom bungalow – for sale to raise money that could enable him to start a business but it was difficult to get a buyer.
He built the house during his glory days in football.
Mr Obiekwu said he is owed close to N6 million by some clubs he coached previously in Nigeria, Egypt and the Republic of Benin.
‘What government should do’
The former footballer is married and has five children, four boys and one girl. Two of the boys are 400-level students at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology.
Mr Obiekwu said the Nigerian government has turned its back against him and other footballers who have brought glory and honour to the country.
“Most of us that played for Nigeria in the past have been neglected,” he said.
“What I would have wanted the federal government to do is that most of us that played and are given the honour, the honour needs to come with ‘something’ at the end of every month, at least to encourage and appreciate us.”
He said the promises made to him and his teammates by the federal and state governments were yet to be fulfilled, and that includes a promise by the Delta State Government to give plots of land to the members of the Dream Team.
Obiekwu is a fantastic guy, says ex-teammate, Garba Lawal
PREMIUM TIMES contacted Mr Obiekwu’s former teammate, Garba Lawal.
“I played with him. He was a fantastic guy, no doubt about that,” Mr Lawal said of Mr Obiekwu.
He said he had not been in constant touch with Mr Obiekwu.
Mr Lawal, however, declined comment on the allegation that the teammates have abandoned Mr Obiekwu.
Mr Lawal, 47, who played as a left-winger for the Super Eagles, currently serves as the General Manager of Kaduna United FC.
After Mr Obiekwu’s story went public, Ahmed Musa, the Super Eagles captain, to him. sent a donation of 2million Naira
Since joining Greek side Olympiakos in the summer of 2021 for €4.5m, Onyekuru has failed to meet expectations.
The forward was hoping to revive his career at the club after being deemed surplus to requirements at Monaco, but he’s struggled for form and consistency and was a subject of several transfer rumours during the January transfer window.
The Nigeria international was on target in his second outing against Slovan Bratislava in a UEFA Europa League qualifying match last August, but ever since, the forward has failed to find the back of the net in his next 22 games in all competitions, equaling a total time of 1,017 hours and a period of almost six month.
Terem Moffi
Striker Mofi was highly sought after in the summer, thanks to his impressive performance for Ligue 1 side Lorient, which helped them maintain their topflight status in the 2020/21 season, as he bagged 14 league goals, 11 of them coming in the second half of the season.
However, the powerful forward has failed to replicate the form and has only been able to score just three goals in 23 matches this season.
His struggles have affected Lorient, who are wallowing in the relegation zone.
Peter Olayinka
After scoring in three consecutive league games for Slavia Prague in October, on his return from an ankle injury, Olayinka has only been able to score once ever since. He’s only managed two assists in 22 games as well.
Frank Onyeka
After joining EPL newcomers Brentford last summer, a lot was expected from combative midfielder Onyeka, but after some fine performances on his arrival, the Nigerian has struggled thereafter.
Alex Iwobi
Everton’s Iwobi has struggled to impress in his third season with the Toffees. Highly rated at Arsenal, before his move to Goodison Park, the forward has contributed two goals and two assists to the club in 16 appearances in all competitions. He looks to be close to finding his feet under new manager Frank Lampard.
Samuel Kalu
Kalu will be hoping to turn around his career after making a January move to struggling EPL side, Watford, after the winger battled to make the grade with French Ligue 1 club Bordeaux. Kalu had a goal and an assist in 11 games for Bordeaux in the first part of the 2021/22 league season, starting just two of the games.
Samuel Chukwueze
This season, Chukwueze hasn’t shown glimpses of why he’s regarded as one of the most exciting young talents in global football. He’s made just five starts in 14 league appearances for Villarreal this season, scoring twice and providing one assist. Although he has scored five goals in 18 appearances in all competitions, Chukwueze has struggled to consistently churn out impressive performances for the Yellow Submarines.
William Troost-Ekong
Despite being a key member of Watford’s defensive set up this season, Troost-Ekong has struggled with the fast pace of the EPL since helping the Hornets return to the English topflight this season.
He has committed several blunders, which pitted him against the fans. Against Brentford, his poor tackle inside the box on Saman Ghaddos in the 94th minute won the opponents a penalty, which was converted by Bryan Mbeumo to earn the Bees a hard-fought win. He was dropped for the next game against West Ham.
Maduka Okoye
Despite signing for Watford in the January transfer window, the performance of Okoye for Sparta Rotterdam has not been impressive.
Okoye has conceded 27 goals in 18 appearances for the Dutch Eredivisie side keeping just two clean sheets.
Semi Ajayi
Ajayi was one of the most consistent players for West Brom in the Premier League last season, and featured in 14 of the first 15 games for the Baggies this term, before being relegated to the bench.
The big defender has only played four minutes of competitive football in the English Championship, since clocking 90 minutes on October 30. Before getting called up for the 2021 AFCON in Cameroon, Ajayi was on the bench for nine of 10 games, playing just four minutes in those games. On return from the AFCON, he returned to the bench.
The National Tuberculosis, Buruli Ulcer, and Leprosy Control Program (NTBLCP) in Nigeria says Buruli Ulcer (BU), is the third most common mycobacterial disease of the immunocompetent host, after tuberculosis and leprosy in the country.
The Deputy Director and Head of Leprosy And Buruli Ucler, NTBLCP, Mr. Peter Adebayo disclosed this , in Abuja, at a two-day Media Engagement and Sensitisation meeting, organized by NTBLCP.
He said that mycobacterium ulcerans infection, also known as Buruli Ucler, is a re-emerging neglected tropical disease characterized by extensive destruction of the skin and soft tissue resulting in the formation of ulcers.
He said that without proper treatment, BU results in severe and permanent disability in more than a quarter of patients.
Dr Adebayo also noted that despite the increase in prevalence, BU was one of the least studied tropical diseases particularly in Nigeria where the disease was first described in 1967.
“Buruli ulcer generally begins as a painless dermal papule or subcutaneous edematous nodule, which, over a period of weeks to months, breaks down to form an extensive necrotic ulcer with undermined edges,” he noted.
According to him, treatment includes a prolonged course of antibiotics and surgical debridement.
He pointed out that early identification and treatment was key, as lesions heal with scarring that can be a significant source of morbidity.
Other names for the entity, he said include Bairnsdale ulcer, Daintree ulcer, Mossman ulcer, and Searl ulcer
Adebayo also disclosed that BU cases have been found in the southern and southeastern regions and other parts of the country.
He noted that transmission grows at temperatures between 29–33 °C (Mycobacterium tuberculosis grows at 37 °C) and needs a low (2.5%) oxygen concentration.
He added that the organism produces a unique toxin – mycolactone – which causes tissue damage and inhibits the immune response.
“Buruli ulcer often starts as a painless swelling (nodule), a large painless area of induration (plaque) or a diffuse painless swelling of the legs, arms or face (oedema).
“The disease may progress with no pain and fever. Without treatment or sometimes during antibiotics treatment, the nodule, plaque or oedema will ulcerate within four weeks. Bone is occasionally affected, causing deformities,” he explained.
He said that the disease had been classified into three categories of severity: Category I single small lesion (32%), Category II non-ulcerative and ulcerative plaque and oedematous forms (35%) and Category III disseminated and mixed forms such as osteitis, osteomyelitis and joint involvement (33%).
“Lesions frequently occur in the limbs: 35% on the upper limbs, 55% on the lower limbs, and 10% on the other parts of the body,” he said.
Adebayo, however, advised health workers to be careful in the diagnosis of BU in patients with lower leg lesions to avoid confusion with other causes of ulceration such as diabetes, arterial and venous insufficiency.
“In most cases, experienced health professionals in endemic areas can make a reliable clinical diagnosis but training is essential,” he advised.
Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare may appeal the decision of the Athletics Integrity Unit to hand her a 10-year ban for doping violations.
She gave the hint while reacting to the ban on Saturday.
She wrote, “My attention has been drawn to the statement issued by the AIU regarding its disciplinary panel decision. My lawyers are currently studying it for our next line of action which we will inform you soon.
On Friday that Nigeria’s 2008 long jump silver medalist Blessing Okagbare was banned for 10 years for doping.
The 33-year-old, who is also a sprinter, was expelled from the Tokyo Olympics last year before the women’s 100m semi-finals after testing positive for human growth hormone at an out-of-competition test in Slovakia on July 19.
“The Disciplinary Tribunal has banned Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare for a total of 10 years,” read an AIU statement.
A copy of the judgement obtained by The PUNCH read in part, “For the reasons set out, The Tribunal: “Finds the ADRVs contrary to Rules 2.1 and 2.2 ADR proved;
“Imposes a period of Ineligibility of five years concurrently on each of the Rule 2.1 and Rule 2.2 ADRVs;
“Finds that the Athlete failed to comply with the Demand and cooperate with the AIU investigation in breach of Rules 5.7.3 and 5.7.7 ADRV and imposes a consecutive period of Ineligibility of five years; and
“Therefore, imposes a total period of Ineligibility of ten years which commences on 31 July 2021.
If there is one thing the Nigeria Football Federation had consistently succeded in, it’s wooing players of Nigerian descent to star for the Super Eagles inspite of having played for their countries of birth at the junior cadre and the list is endless. Victor Moses, Leon Balogun, Henry Onyekuru, Sheyi Ojo, and most recently, Ademola Lookman, to mention but a few. In continuation of the ‘VIP Scouting,’ NFF boss, Amaju Pinnick, national team interim coach, Augustine Eguavoen and Emmanuel Amuneke recently traveled to UK to convince Crystal Palace duo of Ebere Eze and Michael Olise to dump the countries of their birth for fatherland. How well NFF succeeds in that move, however, remains to be seen
While Eberechi Eze had represented England at the U-20 and U-21 levels, Michael Olise had played for France at the U-18. But in continuation of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) ‘VIP Scouting’, the Crystal Palace duo are being wooed to play for Nigeria at the senior level, culminating in Super Eagles interim technical adviser Augustine Eguavoen and Emmanuel Amuneke to embark on a trip to United Kingdom to convince the two players to switch nationality.
The 20-year-old has represented France at the youth level in the past, after he made his debut in 2019, against Qatar U-23 and was also called up to the France U-18 squad for the 2019 Toulon. Eze on the other hand was born in Greenwich, Greater London to Nigerian parents and therefore eligible to play for the Three Lions of England and the Super Eagles.
He trained with the Nigeria national team in 2018, he was, however, called up to the England national U-20 team, where he made his debut in a 2–1 win against Italy in the U-20 Elite League in October 2018. Eze then captained England U-20 in a 2–1 loss against Chile at the 2019 Toulon Tournament, where Olise also represented France. He made a total of seven appearances for the English U-20 side.
Eguavoen met with UK-based Nigerian David Doherty, ahead of the crucial World Cup qualifiers playoff game against Ghana in March. Doherty played a role in Ola Aina’s decision to switch allegiance to Nigeria, he also brought Ebere Eze to the Super Eagles training camp in London in 2017.
He is said to still be very close to Eze, who in turn is a very close friend of Micheal Olise. Pinnick has never hidden his resolve at ensuring that youngsters of Nigerian origin who are doing well in England and other leagues will wear the Nigerian colours at the appropriate time. He said it had been in the plans of the present NFF board to build a young Super Eagles team ahead of the 2022 World Cup, adding that the federation was monitoring several Nigerian players that are making waves in the various leagues.
“What we are trying to do is what we call VIP scouting – talking to these young players that are playing abroad to play for their fatherland. No Nigerian, even if they have four or five passports, they are always excited being Nigerians. I can assure you that we shall get them to play for us at appropriate time,” Pinnick had said.
Despite joining Crystal Palace in the summer of 2021 with a broadened horizon, having won Championship Young Player of the Year the season before, there was still a moment of hesitation among the Palace fans over how quickly Olise would adapt to Premier League standards. After all, there was no real need for a weight of expectation to burden the then 19-year-old.
Eze was Palace’s star boy, and his impending return, along with the signings of Odsonne Edouard and Conor Gallagher, meant that the Reading academy graduate could be eased into the fold gradually.
But now that six months have flown by in Olise’s Crystal Palace chapter, the intoxicating demeanour of the Frenchman has caught the attention of the top-flight on countless occasions, and he has crushed the notion that Premier League adaptability would be an arduous assignment.
Turning defences inside out, conjuring a pantheon of tantalising crosses into the box, and getting Selhurst Park off their seats-Olise is the real deal, and he has proven to be the fulcrum of Patrick Viera’s youthful revolution. Olise’s £8 million arrival to South London from Reading in July 2021 was Vieira’s first acquisition since being appointed head coach, and it kick started a dramatic shift in the club’s transfer policy.
Starting the season on the backfoot could have hindered the youngster’s opportunity to get first-team football, but the injury he suffered seemed to do nothing but add further determination to the maquillage of Olise. He showed straight away that he was comfortable in the presence of giants.
Meanwhile, Eze, 23, has been one of the Premier League’s most inspiring stories. The Englishman was rejected by a handful of Premier League and Championship clubs as a youngster before getting his chance at QPR.
The R’s brought him in and eventually brought him into their first-team, and Eze wouldn’t let them down. He became an instant favourite among fans for his daring performances, with the 2019/20 season being his breakthrough year at the club. Eze scored 14 goals and assisted eight that season, earning himself a reported £20 million move to Crystal Palace ahead of the 2020/21 campaign.
And of course, Eze would take to the Premier League like a duck to water, scoring four and assisting six in his debut season before picking up a horror Achilles injury.
He made a speedy recovery and has now featured five times in the league this season, but report that the newly-rich Newcastle United are weighing up a £45 million summer swoop for the attacking midfielder. The report says that Newcastle offered Palace £5 million to take Eze on loan last month, with a view to a £35 million permanent transfer. How well the NFF officials and their coaches are able convince the duo remains to be seen as Algeria Desert Foxes are also said to be on Olise’s trail.
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