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​Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has shared a video addressing the “juju cream” claims made by his former Leicester City teammate, Jamie Vardy, Soccernet.ng reports. ​Last week, Vardy revealed on a podcast that Nigerian stars Kelechi Iheanacho and Ndidi used a mysterious “juju cream” to recover from injuries. ”They used to get injured, just little knocks, then they’d go back to Nigeria for one day literally, come back, and then they’ve got a nice big tub of juju cream,” Vardy said. ​”That was the only thing that the masseuses were allowed to massage on the injured areas. They used to…

Officers of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have exhumed the body of a 26-year-old man, Nsikak Joshua and arrested four suspects over alleged murder in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement issued in Uyo on Tuesday. According to John, the incident was reported to the police on July 14, 2026, by the victim’s 52-year-old father, who alleged that his only son was beaten to death by four men identified as Otobong Nelson, popularly known as ‘Efok Ikid’, Inemesit Robert, Utibe Clement and Victor Robert. The complainant…

On Monday 20 July 2026, Bitcoin and Ethereum consolidated their weekly gains despite a minor intraday pullback. Bitcoin stabilized near $64,200, while Ethereum held flat at $1,860. This intermediate-term market resilience has driven sustained capital inflows into utility-focused infrastructure projects. Notably, the Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER) presale has reached $32.97 million, placing it on the verge of its current $33 million target ahead of a scheduled price adjustment tomorrow.Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin experienced a minor correction of 0.63%, trading at $64,200 after reaching an intraday high of $65,100. Despite this short-term volatility, the asset remains up 1.96% over the…

As the global community commemorates World Brain Day tomorrow, July 22, leading neurologists in Nigeria have said that at least one Nigerian develops a stroke every minute, noting that the country remains under-resourced in specialists, infrastructure and diagnostics to prevent, diagnose and treat neurological disorders. The brain and stroke specialists exclusively told PUNCH Healthwise that stroke was the leading cause of brain disease in Nigeria, with dementia, epilepsy, headaches, neonatal encephalopathy, traumatic brain injuries and other brain conditions accounting for a significant disease burden. They noted that about 80 per cent of strokes and 45 per cent of dementias were…

The Imole Campaign Council, the group leading the re-election campaign of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to avoid the lapses witnessed during some recently conducted off-cycle elections. Addressing journalists in Osogbo on Monday, the Director-General of the campaign council, Lere Oyewumi, alleged that during off-cycle and by-elections in Ogun, Oyo, Jigawa and Ekiti states, individuals suspected to be mercenary voters were issued Permanent Voter Cards shortly before voting. Oyewumi, who also raised concerns over the deployment of insufficient ballot papers and other sensitive materials, alleged that already thumb-printed ballot papers were distributed during…

Nigeria’s fixed-income market is offering investors something that has been scarce in recent years – real returns that outpace the inflation rate. When investment returns beat the inflation rate, investors gain, as the value of their money grows in purchasing power terms, not just in nominal value. This is exactly what the Federal Government bonds and treasury bills now offer investors. Headline inflation fell to 15.91 per cent in June 2026 from 15.93 per cent in May, halting three straight months of increases, according to the National Bureau of Statistics showed. The slight decline has been enough to push the…

Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye and American artist Cardi B have sparked rumors that they are dating after a fresh video of them emerged, Soccernet.ng reports. ​Over the past few months, Okoye has been the crush of many women. The 6-foot-6 player is very good-looking, and fans frequently take to social media to express their admiration. ​In a recent interview, he noted that he is used to the attention and knows how to handle it appropriately. Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye. Copyright: ImagoxIPAxSport/ABACAx ​However, speculation began earlier this month that he and the popular American rapper are in a romantic relationship.…

In Bitcoin news today, Michael Saylor, co-founder of Strategy and the largest publicly listed corporate BTC holder, has gone on record opposing BIP-110, the proposed one-year soft fork that would restrict non-financial data storage on the Bitcoin blockchain, arguing that the proposed cure carries more systemic risk than the condition it targets. His critique, posted to X and covered by the Bitcoin Foundation on July 11, frames the entire debate not as a spam-management question but as a Bitcoin governance question: who decides what constitutes a valid transaction, and what happens once that line is drawn within the protocol. Many…

Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria on Monday inducted 85 foreign-trained Nigerian pharmacists into the profession, charging them to uphold the highest standards of integrity, professionalism and patient care as they begin their practice in the country. The induction took place during the oath-taking and induction ceremony for participants in the first cycle of the 2026 Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Orientation Programme held in Abuja. Speaking at the ceremony, the Registrar of the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, Pharm. Ibrahim Ahmed, described the induction as more than a ceremonial event, saying it marked the beginning of a new professional journey built…

British-Nigerian boxer Anthony Joshua has said he is ready to welcome Tyson Fury into the ring for their first-ever face-off, provided he gets past Kristian Prenga first, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Fury ended sixteen months of retirement in April when he defeated Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham, with Joshua watching ringside. However, Joshua refused to take part in a staged stare-down that night, insisting the grudge match between the pair had not yet been signed. Joshua has since put pen to paper on his own deal ahead of his July 25 comeback bout in Jeddah against Albanian fighter Prenga, who carries…