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Photo Credit: Kevin Olusola/Instagram We bet you can’t guess who showed up in the Spirit Tunnel, dancing and throwing down a few moves. Alright, maybe you can. Yes, it’s the one and only beatboxer we’ve all come to love, and yes, he’s Nigerian too. A proud one at that. We’re talking about Kevin Olusola. The Pentatonix beatboxer made quite the entrance in an all-black ensemble: leather jacket, t-shirt, trousers and trainers. He tied it all together with a silver necklace and his signature mohawk. But let’s not get too carried away with his outfit. What really caught our attention was…

Four top-flight Nigerian clubs have officially signed up for the 2025 edition of the Eko International Cup, a prestigious pre-season tournament set to light up Lagos from July 6 to 16, Soccernet.ng reports. The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) will be represented by Enyimba FC, Remo Stars, Shooting Stars, and the newly promoted sensation, Ikorodu City FC. Each brings a unique storyline to the competition, promising a thrilling festival of football in Nigeria’s commercial capital. Nigerian champions Remo Stars Enyimba, Nigeria’s most decorated club, will look to flex their continental pedigree. The Aba giants boast two CAF Champions League titles,…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and member of the Board of Trustees, Bode George, says the main opposition party has been “resurrected” following the long-awaited National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held Tuesday in Abuja. George, during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, dismissed persistent rumours that the PDP was going down, calling the party an “iroko tree” with deep political roots. “We have already done the resurrection today. An iroko tree doesn’t die, this party is an iroko tree because the tap root is so deep,” George said. The NEC met on Tuesday for the first time in more…

Eight members of an anti-jihadist militia assisting the Nigerian military were killed on Tuesday when their vehicle hit a landmine in northeastern Borno state, sources from the group told AFP. Members of the militia were returning to the regional capital Maiduguri from the town of Marte in the Lake Chad area, where they had helped to repel a jihadist attack on a military base, the two sources said. “Their vehicle hit the landmine while driving between the towns of Marte and Dikwa around 2:00 pm (1300 GMT), killing all eight of them onboard,” Babakura Kolo, an anti-jihadist militia leader in…

Super Falcons captain Rasheedat Ajibade has stated that the team’s target for their upcoming friendly games against Cameroon is to build the team and improve their chemistry, Soccernet.ng reports. Nigeria’s women’s team return to action for the first time since November 2024, when they play Cameroon later this week. Thier last game was against France which they lost 2-1. However, they can return to winning ways against Cameroon. Nonetheless, ahead of the game, captain Ajibade has stated that their major target is build some cohesion and team chemistry. “Right now, it’s just a training camp, so it’s basically for us…

A Federal High Court in Kaduna has awarded N900 million in damages against former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and five others over the arrest and prolonged detention of nine Adara community elders in 2019. Justice Hauwa’u Buhari, who delivered the judgement on Tuesday, ruled in favour of the plaintiffs — Awemi Dio Maisamari and eight other elders from Southern Kaduna’s Adara ethnic group — who had sued for the violation of their fundamental human rights. The court held that the arrests, which followed the killing of their traditional ruler, Dr. Raphael Maiwada Galadima, were unlawful and arbitrary. The judge…

The two central figures in the ongoing crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, were noticeably absent from the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting yesterday. Perhaps sensing that they have overstayed their welcome in the party, the two leaders kept their distance while the NEC rebuffed attempts by some conflict promoters to postpone the 99th meeting of the highest decision-making organ of the PDP. In a 10-point communiqué read by the acting national chairman, Umar Iliya Damagum, after the meeting, NEC disclosed, among other resolutions,…

Mattew Ochei The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered an illegal drug factory in an uncompleted storey building at Azagba-Ogwash in the Delta State Capital Territory. The uncompleted building belonging to the fake drug producer, one Ekene Igwe, has a factory on the ground flat, which is also used as a residential apartment. The Deputy Director in charge of NAFDAC Investigation and Enforcement of the Federal Taskforce for South South/South East, Mr Babatunji Omoyeni, on Tuesday, stated that the agency raided the factory and arrested one Blessing Igwe, wife of the prime suspect who is…

Jamaica sealed their place in the final of the 2025 Unity Cup with a dramatic 3-2 win over Trinidad & Tobago in a pulsating semi-final clash at the Gtech Community Stadium in Brentford, Soccernet.ng reports. In a contest packed with twists, turns and late drama, the Reggae Boys raced into a 2-0 lead before Trinidad & Tobago mounted a spirited fightback — only to be undone by a stoppage-time penalty. Hull City midfielder Kasey Palmer put Jamaica ahead in the 25th minute from the penalty spot, a lead they carried into half-time. It doesn’t get much cooler than this…

The political terrain in Delta State has taken a turbulent turn as Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s dramatic defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has unleashed more chaos than cohesion within the ruling party, MONDAY OSAYANDE reports. Rather than uniting the APC’s fractious structure, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s entry has deepened internal divisions, setting off fierce power tussles among entrenched factions and newcomers, and casting doubts over the party’s stability ahead of the 2027 general elections. Confusion and uncertainty appear to be reigning supreme in the political landscape of Delta State, as the APC continues to falter, not due to a lack of…