Lille striker Victor Osimhen has become the most expensive Nigerian player with a price tag of 64.3 million euros (approximately N29.9 billion in Nigerian currency) according to a new study conducted by CIES Football Observatory.

The Nigerian striker is the fifth most valuable player in the French Ligue 1 behind PSG’s Kylian Mbappe (€259.2m), Marquinhos Aoás (€89.2m), Neymar (€82.7m) and Houssem Aouar (€69.2m).

Victor Osimhen, 21, moved to Lille in August 2019 for a fee of 12 million euros and has a contract with the club until 2024. While Osimhen is the 66th most expensive player in the world, Ndidi is 94 overall.

In the new study, he outranked Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi the only other Nigerian player listed in the top 100 , who has an estimated value of 49.5 million euro.

NCDC confirms 663 new cases of coronavirus 

663 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-170
Ogun-108
Bauchi-69
Ebonyi-49
Edo-33
Rivers-30
FCT-26
Jigawa-26
Delta-20
Anambra-17
Gombe-16
Kano-16
Imo-15
Abia-14
Borno-11
Oyo-11
Plateau-8
Kebbi-6
Kaduna-6
Ondo-4
Niger-2
Katsina-2
Osun-1
Ekiti-1
Kwara-1
Nasarawa-1 pic.twitter.com/Ps7Gj0cd7O

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 9, 2020

El-Rufai lifts lockdown in Kaduna after 75 days

After 75 days, Kaduna governor, Nasir El-Rufai, lifted the lockdown yesterday n the state, giving churches and mosques the opportunity to congregate once again for prayers.

In a statewide broadcast, El Rufai applauded residents of the state for their immense sacrifices in the last two-and-half months that the state had been on lockdown as containment measures against the spread of coronavirus in the state.

Niger relaxes coronavirus lockdown

The Niger government has announced relaxation of the lockdown effected to curb the spread of coronavirus in the state. Governor Abubakar Sani Bello made the announcement while receiving the technical committee report for the establishment of Niger COVID-19 molecular testing laboratory at the Government House in Minna.

Senator Kalu returns to the Senate

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on Tuesday morning returned to the senate to resume as the Chief Whip of the House.

The former Abia state governor was given a rousing welcome by his colleagues and staff of the National Assembly who had not seen him for over six months. Orji was in December 2019, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for allegedly defrauding the Abia sgovernment of N7.1 billion while he was in office.