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One-time FA Cup winners, Cardiff City, have announced their retainers list ahead of the summer transfer window, parting ways with Super Eagles left-back, Jamilu Collins, Soccernet.ng reports.The 30-year-old joined the Bluebirds from German side, SC Paderborn in the summer of 2022 for a fee of €1.3m, but his time at the Cardiff City Stadium saw his career embark on a downward trajectory.Collins suffered cruciate ligament damage a month after he joined the Welsh side, missing about 50 games in that time, and only made his return at the start of a new season. Aaron Ramsey runs forward with the ball…

To address the nation’s education and youth unemployment crises, education technology companies, Schoolinka and HiPrep, have struck a partnership to train 5,000 educators into the fast-growing global online tutoring market over the next two years. At the heart of the pact is a shared belief that teachers are not only essential, but are undervalued. Despite being one of the most influential professions in society, many Nigerian educators are grossly underpaid, with average monthly salaries ranging from N30,000 to N60,000. For a country battling rising inflation, high youth unemployment  and limited professional growth opportunities for teachers,  the partnership presents a new…

Former Manchester United captain, Rio Ferdinand, has revealed the reasons he’d prefer to sign Victor Osimhen over Viktor Gyökeres for Ruben Amorim’s side, Soccernet.ng reports. The 46-year-old racked up 455 appearances for the Red Devils, scoring eight goals and providing eight assists while winning six English Premier League titles and a UEFA Champions League trophy. Ferdinand has been concerned about the decline of his beloved Manchester United, especially in terms of scoring goals, and has been clamouring for the signature of Victor Osimhen. Peter Crouch and Rio Ferdinand before the UEFA Champions League football match between BSC Young Boys and…

The European Union has allocated €500,000 to tackle malnutrition in the northern part of Nigeria. The EU explained that the allocation, amounting to over N900 million, was to provide emergency assistance to children and mothers suffering from severe acute malnutrition in northeastern Nigeria. In a statement on Friday, the EU noted that the funding will enable the Nigeria Red Cross Society to assist 170,000 households affected by or at risk of malnutrition in the northern states. The beneficiary states include Adamawa, Benue, Borno, Katsina, Niger, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara. The aid, the statement added, will specifically support lifesaving activities…

Chuba Akpom is facing an uncertain future this summer after both Ajax and Lille made it clear he is not part of their long-term plans, Soccernet.ng reports. The 29-year-old Nigerian striker, who joined Ajax from Middlesbrough for just over €12 million in 2023, spent the second half of the 2024/25 season on loan at Ligue 1 side Lille. Despite scoring three goals — including a last-gasp winner in a 2-1 victory over Reims on the final day of the season — and providing one assist in 14 appearances, Lille have opted not to activate a permanent deal for the former…

A Magistrate court sitting in Bolade, Oshodi, Lagos, on Friday, sentenced a 52-year-old Canada returnee, Mr Morufudeen Idowu, to three months imprisonment for crossing the Ojota Expressway, resisting arrest and assaulting a KAI officer in the process. In a statement on Friday spokesperson for the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Kunle Adeshina, said Idowu pleaded guilty when the charge was read to him, and was subsequently convicted for the offenses before he was sentenced. Speaking in reaction to the conviction, the Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, warned that the…

Arsenal have made their first decisive move in the transfer market this summer, officially launching a bid for Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres, Soccernet.ng reports. The move for Gyokeres flashes a clear signal that the Gunners have turned their focus away from long-linked targets Victor Osimhen and Benjamin Sesko. Mikel Arteta is determined to add a prolific centre-forward to his squad, aiming to solve the last piece of Arsenal’s puzzle after three consecutive second-place finishes in the Premier League. Nigeria and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen. Photo by IMAGO. While several names have been touted, including Napoli’s Osimhen and RB Leipzig’s…

Sodiq Ojuroungbe The Nigerian Medical Association, Federal Capital Territory branch, has issued a 14-day strike ultimatum to the management of the National Hospital, Abuja, demanding the immediate reinstatement of three medical doctors dismissed after being employed as locum consultants for three years. The association, in a strongly worded memo dated Friday, June 13, 2025, and addressed to the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Muhammad Mahmud, warned that failure to reverse the dismissal would lead to a total and indefinite strike action by its members at the hospital, beginning June 30, 2025. The NMA FCT, in the letter jointly…

The Oduduwa Frontiers has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the strides in economic reform, national security, and political stability. They also praised the administration’s infrastructure drive, which includes large-scale investments in roads, railways, and power projects, calling for unity and participation In a statement by its National President, Kolawale Adediji Kazeem, the group described Democracy Day as not only a remembrance of Nigeria’s democratic rebirth but also a moment to reflect on the country’s progress in economic reform, security enhancement, and national stability over the past two years. Kazeem noted that despite numerous challenges, the Tinubu administration has shown…

The National Rescue Movement (NRM) has dissociated itself from Chief Edozie Njoku’s claims to the party’s national leadership, describing his actions as a threat to internal party democracy and the rule of law. The party raised the alarm over what it termed persistent attempts by undemocratic elements to subvert democratic processes within political parties in Nigeria. The National Chairman of NRM, Prince (Dr) Chinedu Obi, disclosed this in Abuja, at a press briefing to commemorate this year’s Democracy Day, its categorically distanced itself from the recent activities of Chief Njoku, who, it said, has been falsely parading himself as the…