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The Super Eagles of Nigeria will face the Pharaohs of Egypt on Tuesday in their sole preparatory fixture ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Soccernet.ng reports. Going into the AFCON, ​both teams have a significant point to prove, as Egypt have not won the competition since 2010, and Nigeria’s last victory was in 2013. However, the game might not accurately reflect the true capabilities of either side due to the absence of several key players. World Cup qualifying playoffs Nigeria Super Eagles vs Gabon Akor Adam, Victor Osimhen and Chidera Ejuke Copyright: ImagoxSulaimanxPoojaxAdebayo For Nigeria, it is unlikely…

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has shared a public testimony of what she described as her deliverance from smoking, alcohol addiction, masturbation and prolonged anger issues during a Sunday service at Streams of Joy International Church. In a video shared by DCLImagery on YouTube on Sunday, Dikeh gave the testimony during the New Season Prophetic Prayers and Declarations service, led by the church’s founder, Pastor Jerry Eze. Speaking before the congregation, the actress said she began smoking at the age of 13 and struggled for years with alcohol and masturbation, attributing her transformation to divine intervention. “I smoked since I was…

The Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has disclosed that she has been repeatedly approached by individuals linked to the Presidency and some of her colleagues to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Despite the persistent overtures, she affirmed her unwavering commitment to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking on the Mic On Podcast with Seun Okinbaloye, the first-term senator recounted how she has been courted several times by political actors, both within and outside her party. “I have been approached many times. People from the Presidency, even my colleagues, have reached out to me. Yet, I value…

An eight-month-old baby and an adult female died in a road crash yesterday along Ikorodu Road, opposite Olabode House, Anthony, Lagos. The Guardian gathered that a red Tata commercial bus on a high speed from Palmgrove inward Anthony, suddenly lost control, veered off its lane and careened into the opposing carriageway, where it collided with a moving Volkswagen commercial bus conveying passengers from Anthony towards Palmgrove. The impact resulted in the death of an adult female passenger aboard the Volkswagen bus, while an eight-month-old female infant tragically succumbed to injuries sustained in the collision. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority…

Spanish police have arrested five people and charged four others in Denmark over the kidnapping and killing of a man who was targeted for his cryptocurrency holdings, authorities said Thursday. Key Takeaways: Police arrested suspects in Spain and Denmark over a violent, crypto-linked kidnapping and killing. The case involved physical coercion to access victims’ cryptocurrency wallets. It highlights growing security risks for individual crypto holders. The arrests follow a joint investigation that uncovered what police described as a cross-border criminal group focused on stealing digital assets through violent means.Spanish and Danish authorities coordinated the operation, which involved multiple raids and…

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ughelli North Local Council Area, Delta State, on Friday, unanimously pledged to deliver President Bola Tinubu, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, and all APC candidates in the 2027 general elections.   The resolution was reached at a strategic meeting held at the Uduere country home of the Ughelli North Local Council Chairman, Jaro Egbo.   The high-level session, described as the first major convergence since the recent merger of political structures in the local council, brought together influential party stakeholders who projected a unified front anchored on solidarity, reconciliation, and readiness for electoral victory.   A founding…

Nigerian striker Gift Orban scored a brace to guide Hellas Verona to a crucial 2-1 win over Fiorentina at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, Soccernet.ng reports. ​After missing Verona’s unprecedented 3-1 win over Atalanta in midweek, Orban was named among the substitutes when the team traveled to Florence for their Serie A fixture against Fiorentina. ​The home side were the slight favorites heading into the game, but with both teams wallowing in the relegation zone, the match outcome could have swung either way. Today’s match between Fiorentina and Verona could be decisive for the relagation race. Fiorentina are having a terrible…

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has urged Igbo people across the world to end agitations for a separate Biafran nation, arguing that the administration of President Bola Tinubu has addressed long-standing grievances through inclusion and integration. Umahi said the Tinubu administration had given Ndigbo what they had sought for decades, not through secession, but through what he described as unprecedented inclusion in national governance and development. The minister spoke late on Saturday during an inspection tour of ongoing mega projects on the Enugu–Anambra Road, where he addressed stakeholders, contractors and community leaders. He explained that the agitation for Biafra…

The sack-me-I-sack-you exchanges between the Ibadan national convention-minted national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Abdurahman Muhammed-led Caretaker Committee of the party effectively heighten the travails of the party, thereby presenting itself as the first trial for the Professor Joash Amupitan-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), LEO SOBECHI reports. The first time Nigerians witnessed a similar political tussle currently roiling the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in the post-First Republic experience between Gregory Godwin Dabo Adzuana and Joseph Sarwuan Tarka. Tarka, one of the founding members of the United Middle Belt Forum, was the Minister…

An elder statesman, Abdullahi Tanko Yakasai, has attributed the North-West region’s socio-economic challenges, including insecurity and poverty, to a lack of proper management and insufficient funding of the North West Development Commission (NWDC). He warned that the situation could delay the Commission’s operations, months after its establishment. In a statement yesterday, Yakasai said the North-West remains the only geo-political zone without a fully constituted management team among the six regional development commissions. According to him, the Managing Director of the Commission, Shehu Abdullahi Ma’aji, is currently the only substantive appointee, with no executive directors, departmental heads or support staff in…