Paris Olympics: Nigeria’s Super Falcons Eye First Win Against Brazil Today
IT will be a battle of two continental giants when Nigeria take on Brazil in their Paris 2024 Olympics Women’s Football Tournaments Group C...
Chaos, Crowd Trouble As Morocco Beat Argentina In Men’s Olympic Football Opener
CHAOS and confusion reigned on Wednesday as Morocco beat Argentina 2-1 in their opening game of the men’s Olympic football tournament, but only after...
Aiyedatiwa Appoints New Management For Sunshine Stars, Sule Sacks Nasarawa United Board
ONDO State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has constituted a new board for the Ondo State Football Agency—the supervising body of Nigeria Premier Football League side...
Paris Olympics: Amusan, Opeyori, To Lead Team Nigeria
THE Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC) has announced Africa’s number one badminton player, Anuoluwapo Opeyori, as the General Team Captain for Nigeria in the Paris...
NPFL Rookie, Akwa United Player, Suleiman Joins Slovakian Club, AS Trencin
AKWA United player and 2023/24 Nigeria Premier Football League Rookie of the Season, Sani Suleiman, has joined two-time Slovakian champions AS Trenčín on a...
Ferdinand’s Persuasive Powers Sealed Man Utd’s Yoro Deal
MANCHESTER United had a helping hand from legendary defender Rio Ferdinand in persuading highly rated Leny Yoro to join them.Centre-back Yoro was coveted by...
Super Eagles Star, Iwobi Joins Davido, Wizkid In Music, Drops Debut Single
FORMER Arsenal midfielder, Alex Iwobi, has released his debut single.By this feat, Iwobi joins the likes of Davido, Wizkid and others in the Nigerian...
‘Great Feeling’ As Nadal Makes First Final In Two Years At Bastad
RAFAEL Nadal reached his first final on Saturday since winning the 2022 French Open, defeating Croatian qualifier Duje Ajdukovic in a three-set tussle in...
Adesanya, Oshoala Make ESPN’s Best 25 African Athletes List, Okocha, Mikel Miss Out
ISRAEL Adesanya and Asisat Oshoala are two of five Nigerians included in ESPN’s list of the greatest African athletes of the 21st century.Oshoala made...
France Recalls Contaminated Olympic Water Bottles After Cancer Link
FRENCH authorities have recalled Olympics-branded water bottles for children containing excessive levels of endocrine disruptor Bisphenol A, a week ahead of the Paris Games’...
Female Athletes Carry Nigeria’s Olympic Medal Hope, NOC Secretary Says
THE Secretary-General of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Tunde Popoola, has said that Nigeria’s medal hopes at the Paris Olympics largely rest on female athletes...
Atalanta Slam €70m Price Tag On Super Eagles Forward Lookman
ATALANTA have set a €70m price tag on Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.The Bergamo-based club are willing to let the forward...
FG Approves N12bn For Nigeria’s Participation In Olympics – Sports Minister
THE Minister of Sports Development, Sen John Owan-Enoh, on Thursday, said the Federal Government has approved more than N12 billion as the budget for...
Nigeria’s Super Eagles Drops To 39th In FIFA Ranking
NIGERIA’s Super Eagles have dropped again by one spot in the FIFA World Ranking to place world 39th in the July ranking.In the ranking...
NPFL Increases Prize Money By N50m For 2024/25 League Winners
THE Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has increased its prize-money for the forthcoming 2024-2025 season to N200m.It will be recalled that the winners of...
Yamal, Williams, Four Other Spanish Players Make Euro 2024 Team Of The Tournament
EURO 2024 winners Spain have six players, including 17-year-old star Lamine Yamal, in the team of the tournament unveiled by UEFA on Tuesday.The lineup,...
Rangers Face El-Kanemi Pillars Host Ikorodu City In 2024/25 NPFL Openers
REIGNING Nigeria Premier Football League champions Enugu Rangers will begin their quest in the 2024/25 season against newly-promoted side and President Federation Cup champions...
‘Dream Come True,’ Mbappe Says At Unveiling As Madrid Player
FRENCH superstar Kylian Mbappe was officially unveiled as a Real Madrid player on Tuesday, telling 80,000 fans “my dream has come true”.The striker, who...
Gareth Southgate Resigns As England Manager After Heartbreaking Euro Loss
GARETH Southgate said he was resigning as England manager on Tuesday two days after they lost to Spain in the Euro 2024 final.“It’s time...
After Seven Years, NFF Plans CAF Coaching Courses For Officials
PRESIDENT of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau, asserts that the federation will later this year organise CAF license C and B coaching courses...
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JUST IN: Finally, IGP Approves Nationwide Hunger Protest, Gives Conditions
THE Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Friday, asked all groups planning to carry out proposed nationwide hunger protest to submit their details to...
Popular Rights Activist Writes IGP, Notifies Him Of Planned Protest, Requests Police Coverage
TOP human rights activist Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) has written to the Inspector-General of Police(IGP) Kayode Egbetokun to notify him of planned public meetings, rallies,...
CBN Sells $148m To 29 Authorised Dealers
THE Central Bank of Nigeria has disbursed $148m to 29 authorised dealers as part of steps to stabilise the foreign exchange market amidst the...
Nationwide Protest: Police Vow To Resist Violence, Deploy 4,200 Men In FCT
THE Niger Police has vowed to resist violence during the planned nationwide protest slated for August 1.A statement by Police Public Relations Officer, SP...
NNPC Set To Recruit New Staff, Announces Downtime On Portal
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited said it is set to hire more workers.A statement published on the company’s website on Friday, said the...
Bomb Explodes At Popular Livestock Market In Yobe
AN explosion suspected to be a planted Improvised Explosive Device (Bomb) has exploded at the popular Buni Yadi market in Gujba Local Government Area...
After Dangote’s Blending Plant Allegation, Report Shows Nigeria Imported $2.25bn Fuel From Malta
A FEW days after the founder of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, alleged that some officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company...
I Have No Cabal, Sponsors To Compensate, Tinubu Declares
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has allayed fears of manipulation by any interest group in the ongoing economic reforms, saying his campaign was self-sponsored, without strings,...
Muslim Groups Want Film Using Hijab In Armed Robbery Scene Banned
THE Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) and Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC) have demanded punitive actions, including the banning of an upcoming film in Nigeria...
Gombe Clinches Top Spot In FG’s Climate Governance Performance Ranking
GOMBE State has received an award, emerging with an AA rating in the Climate Governance Performance Ranking among the 36 states of Nigeria.
This...
Nationwide Protest: Youth Council Directs 104 Affiliate Youth Groups To Be On Standby
AHEAD of the planned nationwide protest in August, the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has directed its 104 affiliate organisations to remain on...
NNPC v Dangote: Where the Truth Lies – By Azu Ishiekwene
AFRICA’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is not a stranger to adversity or its more sinister cousin, sabotage.One of the bitterest battles he has fought...
Brazil Beat Nigeria’s Super Falcons 1-0 In Olympic Games
THE Super Falcons began their campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on a shaky footing, losing 0-1 to Brazil in their first match.Nigeria...
Djokovic, Nadal Set For Olympics Second-Round Showdown
GRAND Slam record-breakers Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were placed on an Olympics second-round collision course in the draw for the Paris Games on...
Protests Erupt In Washington After Netanyahu’s Speech To US Congress
AT least five people have been arrested and police used pepper spray on protesters on the streets of Washington DC.This came after large numbers...
North Korea Hackers Trying To Steal Nuclear Secrets, US, UK Warn
NORTH Korean hackers are attempting to steal nuclear and military secrets from governments and private companies around the world, the UK, US and South...
Morocco Heatwave Kills More Than 20 People In 24 Hours, Ministry Says
A HEATWAVE in Morocco has killed at least 21 people in a 24-hour period in the central city of Beni Mellal, the health ministry...
Rights Groups Ask Uganda Govt To Free Detained Protesters
INTERNATIONAL rights campaigners called Thursday for the Ugandan government to free dozens of protesters who have been arrested and charged for taking part in...
Alleged Economic Sabotage: Senate Summons Dangote, NNPCL, CBN, NIMASA, Others
THE Senate has revealed plans to summon the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria Port Authority (NPA), Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Dangote...
Nationwide Protest: Sultan, Ooni, Others Call For Patience, Shelving Of Demonstrations
TRADITIONAL rulers have called for calm over the planned nationwide protest to demonstrate against the prevailing economic hardship in Nigeria.The protest which is billed...
