File photo: Napoli’s Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen (L) vies with Granada’s Spanish defender German Sanchez during the UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg football match between Granada FC and Napoli at Nuevo Los Carmenes stadium in Granada on February 18, 2021. JORGE GUERRERO / AFP
Victor Osimhen is expected back in Naples on Monday evening despite the Napoli forward having to be hospitalised after banging his head on the ground during his side’s Serie A defeat at Atalanta.
Nigeria striker Osimhen was stretchered off the pitch unconscious towards the end of Sunday’s 4-2 loss in Bergamo after hitting his head following a clash with Cristian Romero.
The 22-year-old came round as he was transported to a hospital in the northern Italian city where tests revealed head trauma, and Napoli said in a statement that he would be returning south.
“Victor Osimhen is due to return to Naples on Monday evening after staying in Bergamo overnight as a precaution… The player will undergo further assessment on Tuesday.”
Osimhen joined Napoli for a club-record fee from Lille last summer, and returned to action last month after being sidelined for over two months with a shoulder injury and coronavirus.
File photo: Napoli’s Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen reacts during the UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg football match between Granada FC and Napoli at Nuevo Los Carmenes stadium in Granada on February 18, 2021. JORGE GUERRERO / AFP
Despite a promising start to the season he has scored just two goals for the club.
Napoli fell to their third defeat in five league games as Atalanta warmed-up for their Champions League clash with Real Madrid to move fourth in Serie A.
Gennaro Gattuso’s Napoli are seventh, three points off the Champions League places, with pressure on the coach after his team lost the first leg of their Europa League tie with Granada 2-0 last week.
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<h2>Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has asked President <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/bola-tinubu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bola Tinubu</a> to sack the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu and her counterpart, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, of the Interior Ministry.</h2>
<p><strong>Naija News</strong> reports that the Ohanaeze Youths National President, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, made this known on Wednesday during a press briefing in Enugu, stressing that the sacking of the two ministers will send a clear signal to other Tinubu's aides and heads of government agencies.</p>
<p>It could be recalled that<a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/01/08/breaking-tinubu-suspends-minister-of-humanitarian-affairs-betta-edu/"> Tinubu suspended Edu earlier in the month</a> after a memo surfaced wherein she asked Oluwatoyin Madein, accountant-general of the federation, to transfer N585 million to a private account.</p>
<p>Similarly, the<a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/01/16/alleged-fraud-why-olubunmi-tunji-ojo-did-not-appear-before-ccb-today/"> interior minister is under scrutiny over allegations that his company</a>, New Planet Project, got paid hundreds of millions of Naira as consultancy fees for some work done for the scandal-ridden Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs.</p>
<p>Speaking at the press briefing, Okwu said President Tinubu's promise to fight corruption in the country must be demonstrated through the immediate sack of Edu and Tunji-Ojo.</p>
<p>He said, <em>"we are alarmed, like many other Nigerians, over the level of rot in the Humanitarian Ministry ever since it was established. It is clear that it was set up simply as a drain pipe.</em></p>
<p><em>"The Nigerian youths are appalled that while they languish in unemployment and abject poverty, a few individuals are living large with our common patrimony.</em></p>
<p><em>"Mr President, during his visit to Imo State on Monday re-echoed his determination to fight corruption. He identified this as one of the major reasons he removed fuel subsidy.</em></p>
<p><em>"While we hail his promise, we believe that he should convince Nigerians that there are no sacred cows by outrightly sacking the Humanitarian Affairs Minister, Beta Edu and the Interior Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo.</em></p>
<p><em>"Even though Tunji-Ojo is one of the best hands in this administration with the reformations he has carried out in the passport process, we cannot but say that the payment of millions of Naira to a company he has interest in is a great dent to his reputation.</em></p>
<p><em>"We, therefore, urge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to wield the big stick by sacking the two ministers.</em></p>
<p><em>"This will send a clear signal to other of his aides and head of government agencies and MDAs."</em></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/01/17/sacking-beta-edu-tunji-ojo-will-send-clear-signal-to-others-ohanaeze-youths-tells-tinubu/">‘Sacking Beta Edu, Tunji-Ojo Will Send Clear Signal To Others’ – Ohanaeze Youths Tells Tinubu</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.naijanews.com">Naija News</a>.</p>
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