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Nottingham Forest head coach Sean Dyche has revealed the fitness status of two Super Eagles stars in Taiwo Awoniyi and Ola Aina, Soccernet.ng reports. The Reds secured their second win of the Premier League season against Leeds United just before the International break. They now return to face Arne Slot’s Liverpool on Saturday. The defending Premier League Champions have had a rough patch lately, losing four of their past five games across all competitions. Hugo Ekitike celebrates after scoring the second goal during the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Everton FC at Anfield. Photo by David Rawcliffe/Imago…

After recently speaking with the Guardian about Esu, not being SatanAfter recently speaking with the Guardian about Esu, not being Satan, Nigerian Ifa scholar and filmmaker Ayankola Ayanwuyi has taken centre stage on the global cultural scene after leading a major heritage innovation dialogue at a UNESCO forum in China. Ayanwuyi is expected to highlight the relevance of Yoruba ancestral knowledge in shaping modern digital solutions. Ayanwuyi, founder of the Dundun Centre in Ogbomoso, was among 40 international youth delegates invited to the International Forum on Creativity and Heritage along the Silk Roads. The gathering, held from 16–22 November across…

The House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee investigating the implementation of the Naira-for-Crude Oil Policy has issued a strong warning to ministries, departments, agencies, and other stakeholders, threatening to deploy its full constitutional powers—including arrest warrants—over their failure to cooperate with its ongoing probe. The committee, chaired by Hon. Boniface Emerengwa, expressed outrage on Thursday after invited agencies failed to appear for the scheduled investigative hearing and refused to submit key documents demanded by lawmakers. Visibly angered by the no-show, Emerengwa declared that the behaviour of the invited stakeholders amounted to a direct challenge to the authority of the National Assembly,…

A static mixer and an air or gas manifold are used to prepare reactive multi-component liquid mixtures. A liquid dispensing nozzle is formed at the downstream end of the static mixer’s long mixing tube, which contains a mixing element. An air inlet section for receiving an air supply through a conduit, an air dispensing section that, when combined with the outer wall of the liquid dispensing nozzle, forms an air dispensing nozzle, and a mixer support section mounted around the static mixer comprise the inner wall of a one-piece manifold. Air supplied through the air dispensing nozzle atomizes the reactive…

Chiamaka Nnadozie reached a hattrick of Golden Glove awards on Wednesday  Super Eagles defender Kenneth Omeruo has congratulated Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie following her Golden Glove Award win at the CAF Awards ceremony on Wednesday, Soccernet.ng reports. ​Nnadozie clinched her third consecutive Golden Glove Award at the CAF Awards ceremony in Rabat, Morocco. ​Her success was not a surprise, given her status as one of the continent’s best players this year. ​She had a great campaign with her former club Paris FC and also played a crucial role in the Super Falcons’ victory at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup…

Elder statesman and Convener/National Chairman, Igbo Agenda Dialogue (IAD), Dr Chekwas Okorie, has lamented the toll that Nnamdi Kanu’s life imprisonment will leave on the socio-political life of the South East geopolitical zone and Nigeria. In a statement made available to The Guardian, Okorie expressed dismay that “after all the legal rigmarole in the matter of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, it has ended up in his being sentenced to a life imprisonment.” He recalled his belief that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s agitation for the self-determination of the Igbo people by exiting Nigeria was not only political, but within his fundamental right of…

Ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 elections, women political leaders have raised concerns that the delegate selection process in parties could undermine their chances of securing leadership positions. They made the lamentation during the opening of the North East Women in Political Parties Summit organised by LEADTOTS Development Initiative with support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), held in Gombe State. Hauwa Gana Ibrahim, the women’s leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Yobe State, expressed concern that women are under-represented as delegates within political parties. She opined that this under-representation often leads to men being favoured during primary elections.…

The Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, has called for a sombre observance of his birthday in a direct act of solidarity with victims of recent violence in Kebbi, Zamfara, and Kwara states. The palace, in a recent press release, announced the cancellation of all festivities, cultural displays, and public gatherings typically associated with the monarch’s 20th November birthday. Instead, the day will be marked with “quiet reflection” and prayers for bereaved families and the safe return of abducted citizens hundreds of kilometres away from his South-Southern kingdom. “His Eminence cannot receive his day in celebration while…

A United States Republican lawmaker, Congressman Bill Huizenga, was emotional on Thursday during a hearing of the US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa as he criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration for what he described as ongoing attacks by “radicalised Islamists” against Christians in Nigeria. The session, aired on Channels TV and titled “President Trump’s Redesignation of Nigeria as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ (CPC): A Serious, Well-Founded Wake-Up Call,” examined Nigeria’s religious freedom record. It follows President Donald Trump’s recent move to reinstate Nigeria on the CPC list. Huizenga, who said he grew up around Nigerians and has followed…

The presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, may not hesitate to realign his political interest if the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will ‘mend’ its ways. The fresh condition on the impending return of the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement to APC came on the heels of an unprecedented acquittance between Kwankwaso and former APC National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Responding to questions during a press conference at the Party Secretariat in Kano, State NNPP Chairman, Hon. Hashim Dungurawa, revealed that as a seasoned democrat, Kwankwaso is amenable…