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The 2024 CAF Player of the year award winner, Ademola Olajade Lookman, has revealed he has positive feelings about the Super Eagles under Eric Chelle, Soccernet.ng reports. The 27-year-old attacker touched down Kigali on Monday, alongside William Troost-Ekong, Calvin Bassey, Ola Aina and Alex Iwobi ahead of Nigeria’s crucial World Cup qualifier against Rwanda on Friday. After the team’s second training session, Lookman admitted he’s feeling positive about the ideas Eric Chelle has implemented among the rest of his teammates. Ademola Lookman Celebrating his goal against Angola at the 2023 AFCON in Cote D Ivoire. [Photo credit/Imago] Get Our Sports…

The Federal Road Safety Corps has promised to intensify patrols on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to deal with those driving against traffic and other route violations. The new Officer-in-charge, Ibafo Outpost, Ogun State, Ibrahim Olajide, made this known during a courtesy visit to The PUNCH place, Magboro, Ogun State, on Wednesday. Under what he called special intervention on road violations, Olajide stated that the FRSC will increase its patrols on the Lagos-Ibadan corridor to deal with those driving against on-coming vehicles. “Last Thursday, there was a special intervention on road violations organised by the FRSC Corridor 1 Command, that is, from…

• Protesters barricade roads, take bodies to Gov’s Office• We won’t allow criminals tamper with our peace, says Aiyedatiwa There was pandemonium yesterday as residents protest fresh killing of five farmers by bandits suspected to be armed herders in Ondo State. The farmers were killed in the early hours of Wednesday after the armed herders invaded a farming settlement in ‘Aba Oyinbo’, Akure North Local Council of the state. This latest killing happened two weeks after over 20 farmers were killed during a midnight invasion of four communities in Ala Elefosan. The residents of the state, who were angered…

The federal government, yesterday, warned that it would not hesitate to visit severe sanctions, including a state of emergency on any other state where the nation’s economic interest is threatened. This is just as Nigerians from diverse backgrounds have continued to voice their rejection of the State of Emergency (SOE) declared last Tuesday by President Bola Tinubu, in Rivers State, insisting that the measure was a huge affront to Nigeria’s democracy. The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, while speaking with State House Correspondents, rationalised the President’s action, saying that there would be no preferential treatment to…

Summary In Nigeria alone, unstable power costs the economy nearly N5.5 trillion annually—more than some countries’ entire budgets.Burundi and the DRC plastic waste clogging hydroelectric dams has caused severe power shortages.South Africa has spent over 15 years under rolling blackouts, with a total economic loss exceeding R3 trillion since 2009.Deep Dive!!!Electricity fuels economies, powers businesses, and changes lives. But in parts of Africa, keeping the lights on is still a daily struggle. Businesses shut down, hospitals rely on generators, and economic growth is stifled by power instability. While some African nations have built resilient power grids, others remain trapped in a…

Buba Galadima is a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), having defected from APC shortly after former President Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated as President. In this interview with LEO SOBECHI, the Yobe-born politician speaks on the current powerplay in the build-up to the 2027 general elections. Is there any semblance of genuineness in the planned coalition of NNPP, PDP, LP and other like-minds?You should know that PDP is not merging with anybody because PDP is a branch of APC. Nobody needs to tell you that. Labour Party has been taken over. So, only individuals can merge, I…

Super Eagles new invitee Papa Daniel Mustapha has expressed happiness at getting his maiden call-up and has promised to produce a top performance is he gets the opportunity to make his debut, Soccernet.ng reports. Niger Tornadoes star Mustapha is in the Super Eagles for just the first time in his career. The 24-year-old midfielder has been impressive for Tornadoes this season, and that is what got him the call-up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe later this month. Mustapha was one of the first set of players to arrive in camp. In a recent interview,…

The Imo State Police Command has announced the arrest of a landlord whose identity is still unknown after shooting a boy identified as Paul who jumped into his house to retrieve a ball during a game of football. PUNCH Metro gathered on Wednesday that Paul and his fellow schoolmates were playing football on Monday within their Urban Secondary School field in Area N, World Bank Housing Estate in Owerri, the Imo State capital, when the ball entered the next building. However, the ball bounced out and landed in the now-arrested landlord’s house. In an attempt to retrieve the ball, Paul…

NOW Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has charged Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, to respond to allegations of corruption and diversion of local council funds levelled against him by his estranged political benefactor, Nasir el-Rufai. 1 day ago President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, swore the new Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), into office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The ceremony, which took place in the President’s office, was witnessed by Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff; Lateef Fagbemi, the Attorney general of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of… 1 day ago Deputy Spokesman…

Lara Adejoro The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, confirmed 563 Lassa fever cases out of the 2,960 suspected cases of the disease and 103 deaths as of March 9, 2025. The situation report of the hemorrhagic fever for Week 10 also showed that the disease has spread to 14 states and 78 local government areas with a Case Fatality Ratio of 18.3 per cent. The confirmed cases were reported in Ondo (175), Bauchi (139), Edo (98), Taraba (84), Ebonyi (17), Kogi (15), Gombe (11), Plateau (10), Benue (five), Nasarawa (three), Delta (two), Cross-River (two), Enugu (one),…