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Janet Ogundepo As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 2026 World Polio Day, the District Governor of Rotary International District 9111, Rotarian Bukola Bakare, has urged parents to ensure their children receive polio vaccines, stressing that no child should suffer paralysis from a vaccine-preventable disease. Bakare made the call in a statement on Saturday to commemorate the day, urging governments at all levels, community leaders and Nigerians to support efforts to protect every child against polio. “It is heartbreaking that in this day and age, a child can still become paralysed because of polio. We have…

FIFA has approved a normalisation committee to run the Nigeria Football Federation until fresh Executive Committee elections are held, Complete Sports reported on 22 October, a change that sits over the Super Eagles’ November AFCON qualifiers. The letter was signed by FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafström and addressed to the NFF’s acting general secretary, Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme, according to the report. Members of the committee will not be allowed to stand for any position in the coming NFF elections. FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will appoint them jointly as soon as possible, and the committee’s mandate runs…

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The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has accused former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress of plotting to discredit the party’s presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna. The council alleged that the opposition planned to use deepfake videos, fake documents and misinformation to do so. The APC PCC spokesperson and Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, made the allegation in a statement on Saturday, claiming that Atiku and the ADC had deployed propaganda to mislead the public and manipulate public opinion ahead of the rally. Ahead of the APC presidential campaign flag-off scheduled for 10am on Saturday…

Leeds United forward Noah Okafor, the Swiss-born son of a Nigerian father, is a fitness doubt for Sunday’s trip to Sunderland, where Leeds have not won a top-flight match since 2002. Match facts Competition Premier League, Matchweek 8 Date Sunday 25 October 2026 Kick-off 17:30 WAT (16:30 GMT) Venue Stadium of Light, Sunderland Referee Stuart Attwell Standings Sunderland 20th (4 points), Leeds United 7th (10 points) Form guide Leeds are seventh with 10 points from seven games after a 1-1 draw with Manchester United at Elland Road, where Dominic Calvert-Lewin equalised after Bryan Mbeumo had scored for United. Four of…

The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals has directed its members across the country to begin mobilisation for a nationwide strike over the Federal Government’s failure to implement agreed salary adjustments and settle outstanding entitlements. The union also demanded the immediate payment of 19 months’ arrears of reviewed professional allowances and the implementation of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure adjustment, warning that continued delays could trigger another round of industrial action in the health sector. The directive was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the union’s statutory National Executive Council meeting held at Dannic Hotels, New Haven,…

Nigeria faces renewed concerns over Ebola containment as the Federal Government moves to tighten screening at entry points following reported protocol breaches, while Uganda says the infected traveller showed no symptoms before leaving the country. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organisation has launched a clinical trial of vaccine candidates against the Bundibugyo strain. Meanwhile, rising global crude oil prices, fuelled by tensions in the Middle East, threaten another petrol price hike, as the Lagos State Government blames alleged negligence by a developer for a building collapse in Fadeyi that killed one person and injured three others.…

Liverpool winger Rio Ngumoha, who is England-born and eligible for Nigeria, is predicted to start against in-form Brighton at Anfield on Sunday, while Nigeria international Femi Azeez is still waiting for his competitive debut for the visitors. Match facts Competition Premier League, Matchweek 8 Date Sunday 25 October 2026 Kick-off 15:00 WAT (14:00 GMT) Venue Anfield, Liverpool Standings Liverpool 5th (12 points), Brighton 3rd (16 points) Form guide Brighton are third with 16 points and have won their last four league games, scoring 15 goals and keeping four clean sheets. Liverpool are fifth with 12 points. Ngumoha played in Liverpool’s…

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The World Health Organisation has commenced the first clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine during the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, announced the development in a post on his official X handle on Friday, following the vaccination of the first participants in Bunia, in the country’s northeastern Ituri province. The trial, named Tumaini, meaning “hope” in Swahili, will assess whether vaccine candidates can protect against the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, for which no vaccine has been approved. “Science gives us hope. Today, in Bunia, DRC, the first participants were vaccinated in…