France Football have now claimed they snubbed the 27-year-old, after what they described as a "black year". It is the first time since 2010 that the Paris Saint-Germain forward has failed to make the shortlist.
An off-duty police officer shot and killed a young black man after he broke into his St Louis home Saturday evening, following an argument over Black Lives Matter.
The shoeless man - wearing jeans and black socks - had to be retrieved by officers after desperately crying out for help when he got trapped in the tight spot.
The naira closed at 305.45 to the dollar on the spot market on Friday, and was quoted at 380/dollar on the black market. It was quoted at 382 per dollar at a trading window for investors.
Exchange Rate Snapshot Current data indicates that the spread between the black market and the official window has widened to N120.48 as of the close of business on August 18, 2023.
Meanwhile, the naira is expected to appreciate marginally both on the investors' foreign exchange window and on the black market this week as dollar liquidity is seen rising on the back of offshore inflows.
Data from the official Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market window revealed a notable decrease in forex turnover, closing at $105.98 million, marking a 41.82% decrease from the previous day's turnover.
As football fans eagerly anticipate the opening of the 2024 January transfer window, clubs across the globe are scouting potential talents to bolster their squads.
"He's 6ft 5in, he's a black belt and he fancies his chances against anybody. "He's still scoring goals, too. We have got rid of so many good strikers - (Wayne) Rooney went, (Robin) van Persie went, loads of them.
As many expected in the wake of the controller, Sony used a mix of white and black for a two-tone design, foregoing the mostly monochrome looks of previous generations.
Whereas the black market rate averaged N730/$, the I&E window finished at suppressed N447/$ on average. That puts the arbitrage at N283/$, pushing the CBN's FX subsidy in the year to about N3.65 trillion. [DailyTrust]
The local currency depreciated by 0.34% at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window, trading at N776.60 per dollar on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, as against the N773.98 traded on Monday, September 18, 2023, according to data from FMDQ.