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Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, has weighed in on the future of two Nigerian strikers in Victor Osimhen and Victor Boniface, Soccernet.ng reports. Victor Osimhen came off the back of a successful season on loan in Turkey with Galatasaray, winning the League title and the league cup while claiming the golden boot award. Boniface, on the other hand, struggled to replicate the same form that saw him win the Bundesliga Rookie of the Season Award in his debut campaign due to injuries. Victor Osimhen with the championship trophy after the Ziraat Turkish Cup Final match between Trabzonspor and…

The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) on Sunday raised the alarm over what it described as activities of impostors posing a serious threat to the unity and peace of the Igbo community in Lagos State. It warned that the well-being and safety of Igbo living in Lagos should not be compromised by the machinations of a few individuals seeking personal gain and recognition. In a statement, the Leader of MASSOB, Uchenna Madu, reiterated recognition and support for the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo under Senator John Azuta Mbata, as President General, and Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene,…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, is scheduled to hold a crucial stakeholders’ parley with leaders, elected and appointed officials, and all candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) vying for chairmanship positions in the forthcoming July 12th local government elections. The meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, June 24th, at the State House, Marina, at 12:00 p.m., aims to rally party stalwarts towards a decisive victory in the elections. According to the statement on Monday by the Lagos APC spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, the “strategic” gathering will serve as a platform for mobilising and galvanising support for the party’s candidates. He stated…

Bola Bamigbola Over 1000 business owners in Osun State have benefitted from the State government-sponsored free medical check-up and tests. A statement signed by the acting Chairman, Osun Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Hamzat Solanke, obtained in Osogbo on Saturday stated that the medical outreach organised by the state government in collaboration with OIRS, and Electronics Collection Group, held across the 9 federal constituencies in the state. During the outreach, the beneficiaries enjoyed free blood pressure checkup and counselling, blood sugar checkup, obesity checkup, BMI check, vision test, clinical examination, liver Function tests, kidney function tests, lipid profile, urinalysis, cardiac stress…

In one year, retired Super Eagles midfielder Mikel John Obi has openly stated on multiple occasions that he paid $250,000 to fly Nigeria’s team from London to Rio for the 2016 Olympics, Soccernet.ng reports. Nigeria won just one medal at the 2016 Olympics – the bronze by the football team. However, the team was very close to missing the entire tournament. In one of the weirdest stories of that Olympics, Nigeria’s football team was camped in Atlanta, USA, for a few weeks. But they could not leave in time due to difficulties in getting a flight. According to BBC, they…

The Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, has condemned the gruesome killing of innocent travellers from Kaduna State in Mangu Local Government, Plateau State. The victims, who were reportedly en route to attend a wedding ceremony, were ambushed and brutally murdered by unscrupulous youth in the area. Governor Inuwa, in a press release issued by his media aide, Isma’ila Uba Misilli, on Sunday, expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives, describing the incident as a “barbaric and cowardly act that has no place in a civilised society.” “I am deeply saddened…

Following the recent massacre of over 200 people in Benue State, former Minister of Education and renowned public policy advocate, Dr Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili, has declared that condolences or mere words after each tragedy ring hollow and decried government’s inability to protect and preserve the lives of citizens. In a statement entitled ‘A Memo to My Fellow Citizens on the Gruesome Genocide in Benue’, she accused President Bola Tinubu, like his predecessors, of displaying “zero duty of care” towards victims of mass killings and families in the country. “Over the weekend, our fellow citizens were slaughtered in cold blood; hundreds…

Super Eagles and Al-Kholood central defender, William Troost-Ekong, has credited Al Wehda forward, Odion Ighalo, for his move to the Saudi Pro League, Soccernet.ng reports. The 31-year-old won the Greek Super League title with PAOK Thessaloniki last season, although he missed a major part of the second half of the season. This happened because Ekong suffered a torn bicep femoris, which is basically the outside part of the hamstring, during Nigeria’s campaign at the AFCON 2023 competition in Ivory Coast. William Troost-Ekong during the Afcon 2023 match between Cote D’Ivoire and Nigeria at Stade D’Ebimpe in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. [Photo Credit/…

Sodiq Ojuroungbe The President of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, Dr. Tope Osundara, has decried the worsening impact of insecurity in Benue State on the health system, revealing that doctors in the state are overwhelmed, exhausted, and emotionally drained as they battle to save the lives of the residents who survived the attack with varying degrees of injuries. This follows last Friday’s massacre in the Yelewata community, located in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, where about 200 people were reportedly killed in a wave of violent attacks. The incident, which has left dozens injured, has placed…

In a fiery primetime interview on Arise TV on Saturday, former Jigawa State Governor and founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Sule Lamido, declared his readiness to align with any political force, regardless of its name or structure, to remove what he described as the divisive and incompetent government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. “I am part of any arrangement, no matter the nomenclature or name, to remove the current government of incompetency, of insecurity, or of dividing the Nigerian family between North and South,” Lamido stated. “I will be part of any arrangement, any chemistry, any…