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Spanish La Liga club Sevilla are set for a significant financial windfall this summer should they choose to sell Super Eagles striker Akor Adams, Soccernet.ng reports. ​The past year has been remarkable for the 26-year-old. He is coming off a stellar season with Los Nervionenses, having registered ten goals and three assists in 32 appearances. He finished the campaign as the club’s top scorer, playing a pivotal role in helping the team avoid relegation. Adams at SevillaFC Copyright: ImagoxDennisxAgyemanx ​Adams also earned his first international call-up during the recently concluded season and has become a regular fixture under Eric Chelle…

In today’s (Sunday) snapshot of the major stories shaping conversations across Nigeria’s political, business, sports and entertainment landscapes are discussions over an alliance between former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso ahead of the 2027 elections which continued to generate debate, with reports indicating that there is a resistance from some northern political stakeholders who are questioning the viability and power-sharing arrangements of any coalition aimed at challenging the ruling All Progressives Congress. Also in the political arena, controversy trailed the recent mob attack in Lagos, with a chieftain of the ruling party, Joe Igbokwe, alleging…

Former Super Eagles and Nice defender Onyekachi Apam has weighed in on the chances of African nations at the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup, Soccernet.ng reports. Anticipation is already building ahead of the 2026 edition, which will be the first-ever to be jointly hosted by three countries, with the United States, Mexico and Canada set to co-host the tournament.  The increase in the number of teams from 32 to 48 for the first time in history has also seen Africa’s representation move from five to 10 nations, increasing the continent’s chances of winning their maiden trophy.  While several of Africa’s traditional powerhouses have secured qualification, Cape Verde will be making their World…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has raised concerns over what it described as the politicisation of cholera in some parts of the country. In a situation report obtained by Saturday PUNCH, the agency listed “politicisation of cholera” among the challenges encountered in efforts to contain the disease. This came as the NCDC disclosed that it had deployed emergency response teams to cholera-affected states as part of measures to curb the ongoing outbreak. The report detailed ongoing surveillance, laboratory, case management, water sanitation and risk communication interventions being implemented nationwide. Highlighting the challenges, the NCDC identified politicisation, delayed…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and former Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari, have called on Nigerians to unite against terrorism, banditry and other forms of violent crimes. They warned that criminal groups must not be allowed to divide the country or weaken public confidence in the nation’s future. Sanwo-Olu and Yari made the appeal in separate statements on Saturday. The calls came against the backdrop of the recent abduction of teachers and students in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, as well as renewed attacks by terrorists and bandits in parts of the North. While Sanwo-Olu urged Nigerians to…

Nigerian defender Akpe Victory is edging closer to the biggest move of his career so far, following interests from Europe’s bigger clubs, Soccernet.ng reports. In only a few months, Victory has risen from grassroots football in Lagos to the centre of a transfer battle involving some of the continent’s biggest clubs. The 19-year-old centre-back, who currently plays for Hungarian top-flight side Zalaegerszegi TE, is attracting serious attention from Rangers, Benfica, Basel and Strasbourg, while scouts from clubs in Germany, Spain and Italy have also been closely monitoring his progress. Interest in Victory has intensified ahead of the summer transfer window…

Portugal have received a major boost ahead of their final World Cup warm-up against Nigeria after their Paris Saint-Germain quartet of Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, João Neves, and Gonçalo Ramos linked up with the national squad on Saturday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. They join the team four days before Wednesday’s friendly at the Estádio Dr Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria — a clash that Super Eagles striker Terem Moffi has already warned will be a different proposition entirely from the test Nigeria navigated in Poland. Mendes, Vitinha, Neves and Ramos had been absent from Portugal’s opening training sessions of the international window,…

Super Eagles invitee Zadok Yohanna has sent a sly dig to his other suitors after penning a four-year deal with Premier League side Brighton and Hove Albion, Soccernet.ng reports. The 18-year-old’s performance with Swedish side AIK saw him garner interest from several Bundesliga sides like Bayer 04 Leverkusen, RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund. Brighton announced they’d reached an agreement with AIK to sign Yohanna for £21.5m. However, Newcastle United and Chelsea quickly entered the conversation to deter the teenager’s son, with the Magpies promising a first-team position to the highly-rated winger. Zadok Yohanna is officially Albion. pic.twitter.com/fIO1kuqvi8 — Brighton &…

Daily, physically challenged persons are quietly redefining survival through shoemaking, tailoring and other vocational skills to escape a life often associated with begging and dependency. However, behind these stories of resilience lies a harsher reality of rising production costs, weak social protection and limited access to decent work, raising urgent questions about whether skill acquisition alone is enough to break the vicious cycle of poverty and exclusion, writes AYOOLA OLASUPO For years, Ahmed Adebayo grappled with a reality familiar to many physically challenged persons in Nigeria: poverty, dependence and the ever-present lure of street begging. Born with a hunchback and…

For every Nigerian who has had the benefit of a decent education, now is the time to obtain something else: some kind of swivel for your attention on public issues. As you may have heard, last weekend, there was a curious breach of INEC’s Continuous Voter Registration Portal. Lere Olayinka, a media aide to Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory Minister, who is nominally a member of a faction of the PDP but operates within the political orbit of the APC, published information from the depths of a database to which he should not have had access. DSS is investigating,…