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Reigning UEFA Europa League Champions, Atalanta, are set to increase their asking fee for Super Eagles star, Ademola Lookman, amidst interest from record Serie A Champions, Juventus, Soccernet.ng reports. The 27-year-old has been one of La Dea’s finest products in recent years. The 2024 CAF Player of the Year has scored 50 goals and provided 22 assists for Atalanta in 109 games across all competitions since joining in the summer of 2022, including 18 goals and seven assists in 31 games this season. Lookman has been linked with a move away from Atalanta after he fell out with the club…

The Senate has formally directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct by-elections to fill the vacant seats for Anambra-South and Edo-Central Senatorial Districts. The Anambra-South seat became vacant following the death of Ifeanyi Ubah on July 26, 2024. For Edo-Central, the vacancy was created after Monday Okpebholo was elected as the governor of Edo State and inaugurated on November 12, 2024. Both senators were elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, had previously declared the two seats vacant. Presiding over yesterday’s plenary, he formally instructed INEC to organise the by-elections…

Dele Momodu, a veteran journalist, contested for the presidential ticket of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, but ended up serving as the Director of Strategic Communications for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation. In this interview with KEHINDE OLATUNJI, Momodu says those seeking PDP’s fall want Atiku disqualified from the presidential contest. How did the recent comments by General Ibrahim Babangida on the June 12 election make you feel as a June 12 faithful?I don’t think I feel anything new about this, because it has lingered for about 32 years now. There was never any doubt that Abiola…

• Residents dazed as govt, police differ on attackTears, sorrow, and blood were the grim symbols of life in some communities in Akure North Local Council following an attack by suspected armed herdsmen, which left scores of farmers dead and many others injured. The Guardian gathered that armed bandits stormed the communities, unleashed terror on unsuspecting farmers in the midnight of Saturday. These communities identified as Aba Pastor, Aba Sunday, Ademekun Camp and Aba Alajido Camp within Ala Elefosan, are farming settlements in one of the state’s agrarian belts. Sources in the communities that share borders with Edo State,…

The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the location where the Lagos State University graduate, Adedamola Ogunbode, was buried, following the arrest of the principal suspect, Olaoluwa Ajisomo. PUNCH Metro exclusively learnt that the prime suspect, rumoured to have fled to the Benin Republic, was leading police detectives in locating the burial site of the deceased. The command’s spokesperson, Chief Superintendent of Police Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed both developments to PUNCH Metro on Tuesday in response to our correspondent’s inquiry. The deceased, a Political Science Education graduate from LASU, had been missing since January 16, 2025, amid speculation that his…

KRC Genk forward Tolu Arokodare has earlier expressed his desire to don the green and white jersey of the Super Eagles, Soccernet.ng reports.  Meanwhile, the former FC Koln forward has been handed a spot in Eric Chelle’s 23-man squad for Nigeria’s upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe. This has fulfilled his long-standing dream of representing the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Champions, and as well playing alongside Ademola Lookman, Victor Osimhen, others. What Did Arokodare Say About the Super Eagles Squad? Arokodare earlier spoke highly of the Nigerian national team where he praised its attacking talent…

The Edo State government, yesterday, accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of fueling the spate of insecurity across the state amid incessant kidnappings and other violent crimes in the past two weeks. The post Edo govt accuses PDP leaders of sponsoring insecurity  appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.

•Ondo protesters, regent attack govt over killings, Benue LG secretariat, palace razed Residents of several communities in Ondo, Benue, Nasarawa and Edo states are reeling from deadly attacks by suspected armed herders, sparking widespread outrage and protests. A total of 30 people were reportedly killed in the series of attacks across the three states, with communities calling for urgent government intervention. Nine surveyors were reportedly kidnapped in Ondo, while two residents were abducted, and four others suffered gun and machete wounds in Edo. In Ondo, enraged women took to the streets of Akure on Monday, following the abduction of nine…

Idowu Abdullahi The Kebbi State Government has disclosed that no fewer than 26 persons have been killed by a suspected outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis in the state. Confirming this during a press briefing in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday, the Commissioner for Health, Musa Ismaila, said the casualties were recorded in seven weeks. “In week seven, we are saddled with an unfortunate situation of an outbreak of a rising number of cases more than usual, characterised by symptoms like fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, stomach ache, vomiting, diarrhoea, and sensitivity to light. “A total of 248 suspected cases were line-listed; 11…

On Tuesday, Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle unveiled his 23-man squad for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe later this month, Soccernet.ng reports. Recall that Chelle unveiled a list of 39 players for the World Cup Qualifiers last week. That list had eight new boys, while the bulk of the players had been involved with the Super Eagles before. Then, on Tuesday, coach Chelle unveiled the final list, with 16 players removed. Eric Chelle final Super Eagles squad (Photo credit: NFF X) Of the 23 players called up, there are just four new invitees, with Tolu…