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Former Super Eagles defender Efe Sodje has voiced his support for his countryman Ola Aina’s potential move to Manchester City, Soccernet.ng reports. It is no longer news that the former Chelsea defender has piqued the interest of several European teams following his recent impact in Nottingham Forest’s 2024-25 English Premier League campaign. Speaking via Brilla Media, the former Luton Town defender revealed that the Nigerian international would be a first-choice player if the transfer materialises. Sodje on Aina’s Fit at Manchester City Speaking on the speculations linking Aina to the reigning Premier League champions, Sodje expressed confidence in the full-back’s…

Aggrieved people of the Uduophori community in Patani Local Government Area of Delta State on Tuesday barricaded the East-West road in protest against the amputation of a 28-year-old resident by suspected killer herdsmen said to have besieged the locality. For several hours, the protesters halted vehicular movement from Bomadi and other neighbouring coastal communities as they laid siege on the only access road. South-South PUNCH gathered that the victim, Mr Freedom Akpodiete, a commercial motorcycle rider and father of two, was attacked with a machete by the suspected herders while he was conveying a passenger to the Uduophori community. Angered…

• Drags Nwoko to court, seeks by-election for Delta North senate seat• Wike blasts party’s govs, calls NWC ‘stupid’ National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, rose from its first meeting in over five months with an impression of a quick return to peace. But the security situation around Wadata Plaza, where the closed-door meeting was held, painted a different story. Also, the party urged the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to declare the Delta North senatorial seat occupied by Ned Nwoko vacant due to his recent defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Meanwhile, the Federal…

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday in Abuja, condemned the demonstration of impunity and abuse of the rule of law by Governor Siminalayi Fubara and declared that it is not an offence if he is impeached. “Politics is not play. If he has done something to be impeached, let them impeach him. It’s not a criminal offence,” Wike stated, asserting that loyalty should be reciprocal. The former Rivers State governor added that impeachment ” is provided for in the constitution.” “And let me tell you, I have heard people say, ‘Oh, if they impeach him, there…

Super Eagles striker Cyriel Dessers has stated that he feels good and confident ahead of Rangers’ UEFA Europa League game against Fenerbahce at the Ibrox Stadium on Thursday, Soccernet.ng reports. Despite contributing ten goals and three assists in his last 13 games for Rangers, Dessers was a notable absentee in coach Eric Chelle’s squad for Nigeria’s upcoming World Cup Qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe. The Franco-Malian tactician preferred Victor Osimhen, Victor Boniface, Sadiq Umar and Tolu Arokodare instead. Eric Chelle final Super Eagles squad (Photo credit: NFF X) This could be a big let down for Dessers, especially as he…

Idowu Abdullahi The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, has disclosed that no fewer than 60,000 frontline health workers have been retrained as part of the Federal Government plans to reform the health sector. He noted that aside from the health workers training, other initiatives are being implemented to ensure improved service delivery across the country. According to him, Nigeria’s health sector is undergoing a historic transformation. The minister, who spoke during the Health Development Partner Retreat on Wednesday in Abuja, attributed the transformation to unprecedented collaboration among the federal government, state governors, and development partners.…

Former president of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has lost his seat on the FIFA Council after falling short by just one vote during elections held at the 14th Extraordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football in Cairo, Egypt. Pinnick, who was seeking re-election to the 37-member FIFA Council, garnered 28 votes, narrowly missing the threshold achieved by Souleiman Waberi of Djibouti, who secured the fifth and final spot with 29 votes. The closely contested election saw Morocco’s Fouzi Lekjaa emerging as the clear frontrunner with 49 votes, whilst Egypt’s Hani Abou Rida and Niger Republic’s…

Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau says that the zoning arrangement in the state will remain even after his tenure. Mutfwang declared this during a colloquium tagged “Leadership and Transformation: the Renaissance of Plateau Economy”, organised in his honour on Wednesday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the colloquium, organised by a group, BCM Media, was to commemorate the 60th birthday anniversary of the governor. “I will respect the wishes of Plateau people; I will honour the existing power sharing arrangements in the state. “By the special grace of God, after my successful tenure, the next…

In a well-coordinated operation on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, troops of Sub-Sector 4, Operation FANSAN YAMMA successfully neutralised three Violent Extremists and Insurgents (VEIs) in an ambush at an area near Ngwagi Hill, Gwagwada Community, off the Kaduna – Abuja highway in Chikun LGA of Kaduna State. According to Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations 1 Division, Lt. Colonel Musa Yahaya, acting on credible intelligence regarding sighting the movements of the VEIs near Ngwagi Hill, troops were immediately deployed on long-range fighting patrol to the likely road-crossing point of the insurgents. The troops reportedly got into the location…

In spite of what played out at the Rivers State House of Assembly quarters on Wednesday, where State Governor Siminalayi Fubara was not allowed entry into the complex to present the 2025 budget in compliance with the Supreme Court judgment, the Tony Okocha-led All Progressives Congress (APC) has maintained that the governor will still be impeached if he fails to resign. While the lawmakers maintained silence, Okocha, a strong ally of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, declared that the governor had already flouted the laws that warrant impeachment. Okocha, in an interview, said the offences…