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Former England and Chelsea Women’s forward Eniola Aluko has weighed in on how the Nigerian Football Federation can rekindle the fire in the football culture in the country, Soccernet.ng reports. The performance of Nigerian national football teams have fallen off over the last decade, with the Super Eagles at the height, after missing out on two consecutive World Cups. Only the Super Falcons have continued to thrive in the midst of the chaos, although Aluko feels they’re not being treated with respect despite being the most successful African football team in the World. Rasheedat Ajibade and Chioma Okafor of Super…

Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has obtained the governorship nomination form of the African Democratic Congress ahead of the 2027 Kebbi State governorship election. Malami, in a statement released on Saturday through his social media platforms, said he decided to contest because he could no longer remain silent over what he described as rising insecurity, poverty, poor healthcare, declining education standards, and economic hardship in Kebbi State. He alleged that the state is currently experiencing one of the worst humanitarian and governance crises in Nigeria, citing statistics on out-of-school children, multidimensional poverty, maternal…

Ethereum just fall below $2,300, and Fundstrat’s Tom Lee called it cheap, making news publicly, on stage, with a $22,000 price target attached. Speaking at the Consensus conference in Miami, Lee laid out a data-driven case for a 7x rally driven by tokenization, agentic AI, and institutional supply absorption that is already tightening the float. TOM LEE: “ETHEREUM’S CHEAP.”At $2,300, ETH is trading well below where the math says it should be. If $BTC hits $250K fair value, the ETH/BTC ratio puts ETH at $22,000. Long-term avg ratio: 0.048 2021 high ratio: 0.087 Implied ETH: $22K Crypto spring = ETH…

Werder Bremen head coach Daniel Thioune has weighed in on the availability of Super Eagles defender Felix Agu ahead of their crucial clash against TSG Hoffenheim this afternoon, Soccernet.ng reports. The game at the PreZero Arena will be a send-off for Nigerian defender Kevin Akpoguma, who’ll be bringing his 13-year spell at the club to an end. Felix Agu’s last appearance for Werder Bremen came in his side’s 1-3 loss to FC Koln, where he played 79 minutes before pulling up with a muscle injury. Felix Agu battles for the ball with Lennart Karl in Werder Bremen’s loss to Bayern…

In Oke-Popo, a densely populated community on Lagos Island, access to clean water has become a daily struggle and an unaffordable necessity for many residents. AYOOLA OLASUPO reports that families rely on costly water vendors and irregular borehole sources, many of which yield salty and unsafe water. In the heart of Lagos Island, where the streets rarely sleep, residents of the Oke-Popo community now wake each day to the uncertainty of where their next bucket of water will come from. From different corners of the community on a Wednesday afternoon, men in singlets, women in wrappers, and children carrying heavy…

Toyosi, media personality and wife of actor, Daniel Etim-Effiong, has continued to build anticipation ahead of her 40th birthday with a countdown on social media. As part of the celebration buildup, Toyosi took to Instagram during the week to reveal that she was turning on her “feminine energy” in a bid to get her husband to add more gifts to whatever he had already planned for her special day. The post read in part, “Turning on my full feminine energy this week so he can add to whatever it is he’s gotten for me for May 10. I want to…

Nigeria-eligible attacker Noah Ajayi scored a brace for Manchester United’s Under-18s in their final league game of the season against Stoke City on Saturday, Soccernet.ng reports. ​Ajayi has been a mainstay for the United youth team this campaign, and the clash against the Potters marked his 18th appearance of the season. ​Although Stoke City opened the scoring in the first half, Manchester United roared back with three second-half goals. The comeback was fueled by a JJ Gabriel strike, sandwiched between Ajayi’s clinical double. ​The 17-year-old’s goals ensured he ended the campaign on a high, tallying seven goals and one assist…

For decades, the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year award has been one of English football’s quiet markers of greatness, a judgement not made by managers or players, but by journalists who watch the game week after week, season after season, noticing not just brilliance, but consistency, influence, and moments that shift entire campaigns. In the most recent era, the story of the award reads almost like a chronicle of Premier League dominance cycles. According to a post obtained from the Football Writers Association awards page on Saturday, these are the past winners in the last decade 10 N’Golo…

Bitcoin is trading below $80,000 as Friday’s U.S. nonfarm payrolls news lands with a sharp miss. April job growth clocked just 62,000 against March’s 172,000. It’s a deteriorating labor market that has previously turbocharged Fed pivot expectations and sent risk assets higher. Something is off in the labor market:In February, US employers cut -448,000 jobs, the largest monthly decline since July 2020.Then, in March, US employers increased hiring by +655,000 MoM, the largest monthly increase on record, excluding the 2020 pandemic period.As a… pic.twitter.com/8m3x8qBWfp— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 7, 2026 However, the complication arrives immediately. The average hourly earnings…

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen netted a brace for Galatasaray as they roared to a 4-2 victory over Antalyaspor, clinching the Turkish Süper Lig title in emphatic fashion, Soccernet.ng reports. ​Osimhen and Galatasaray could have wrapped up the title during their trip to Samsunspor last week, but they faltered, succumbing to a disappointing 4-1 defeat. Following that loss, Osimhen vowed to deliver the trophy in front of the home fans at Rams Park when they welcomed Antalyaspor. ​However, the Nigerian’s promise seemed in jeopardy when the Cimbom conceded to Soner Dikmen just seconds before the break. Although Mario Lemina leveled…