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Injury-Hit Seahawks Poised To Bring Back Marshawn Lynch

December 24, 2019 4:03 pm

Marshawn Lynch, who hasn’t played in the NFL since 2018, has agreed to a short-term contract with the Seattle Seahawks, US media reported Monday night.

The 33-year-old runningback last suited up for six games with the Oakland Raiders during the 2018 NFL season.

He is expected to sign a one-year deal for the remainder of this season, US sports broadcasters ESPN and CBSSports.com reported.

The Seahawks have just one game left in the regular season against the San Francisco 49ers next Sunday.

Lynch’s last game in the NFL was in October 2018 when as a member of the Raiders he …

Buhari Is Poised To Reposition NDDC –Minister

December 24, 2019 10:26 am

President Muhammadu Buhari is determined to reorganise the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to ensure it fulfills its mission, Minister of State for Niger/Delta Development, Tayo Alasoadura, said.

Alasoadura said the crisis rocking the NDDC was as a result of graft perpetrated by some top officials of the commission in the past.

He said the present administration would sanitise the commission to ensure it achieve its goals.

Alasoadura, who spoke with journalists, yesterday, in Akure, said the present administration had committed huge funds to the development of the Niger Delta, especially in the construction of roads which gulps more …

PSA And Fiat Chrysler Poised To Announce Merger MOU

December 18, 2019 3:27 pm

French carmaker PSA and Fiat Chrysler will on Wednesday announce a memorandum of understanding for a mega-merger to create the world’s fourth-largest auto producer, a source close to their talks said.

The MOU announcement is set to come before the Paris and Rome stock exchanges open for trading, the source added.

Earlier Tuesday another informed source said that PSA’s supervisory board had approved the deal under which shareholders in the two groups would split the capital of the merged firm on a 50/50 basis, without any plant closures.

“PSA’s supervisory board has approved the merger agreement,” the source told AFP …