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Super Eagles defender Ola Aina has admitted holding a grudge against Fulham attacker Adama Traore for seven years, Soccernet.ng reports. ​Aina has established himself as one of the top right-backs in the world over the last 18 months, becoming one of the best performers at Nottingham Forest. The Super Eagles star is exceptionally fast, great in 1v1 situations, and offers a lot of attacking impetus in the final third. However, his game has taken years to polish. ​Before his current stint at Nottingham Forest, Aina had a pretty nomadic career. A product of the Chelsea academy, he struggled to cut…

Mixed reactions have continued to trail the decision of the Rivers State House of Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu, as political, ethnic, party and civil society groups take sharply opposing positions on the unfolding crisis. The Assembly, during a plenary session on Thursday morning, activated impeachment mechanisms against the governor on allegations of gross misconduct, including failure to present a mid-term expenditure framework and issues surrounding budgetary processes.While the decision has deepened political tension in the state, it has also exposed widening cracks across Rivers’ political landscape, with accusations, counter-accusations…

Salisu Kabuga The Jigawa State Government has dismissed and suspended several school feeding contractors over alleged fraud, supply of substandard food items and inflation of student figures in some boarding schools across the state. The action followed complaints from parents and members of the public, as well as unannounced inspections carried out by officials of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Special Duties in schools within Dutse Local Government Area. Speaking with journalists on Thursday, the state Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Special Duties, Auwalu Sankara, said the measures were part of efforts to sanitise the state’s school feeding programme…

The family of Dr. Abu Babatunde, a House Officer at the Edo University Teaching Hospital, Iyamho, has made a public appeal for financial assistance following his abduction alongside his brother. In a statement shared with PUNCH Online on Thursday, the family revealed that the kidnappers are demanding N100 million for their release, a sum they described as an “impossible mountain to climb” without public support. “With teary eyes and a heavy heart, I come to the public today to ask for your prayers, support, and monetary assistance,” the victim’s wife stated, detailing the emotional devastation the family is enduring. She…

Rivers State House of Assembly Residents of Rivers State have decried what they described as growing political instability in the state, warning that the renewed impeachment move against Governor Siminalayi Fubara signals further retrogression and is ill-timed. The concerns followed the initiation of fresh impeachment proceedings by the Rivers State House of Assembly against Governor Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu.The latest development marks the third impeachment attempt against the governor, following earlier moves on October 30, 2023, and March 17, 2025. In the new action, 26 lawmakers accused the governor of gross misconduct, including alleged spending of public…

Nigerian Police Force (NPF) Nigeria Police Force, Ebonyi State Command, on Thursday said within the period under review, it arrested a total of 1,733 suspects in connection with 913 cases, recovered 35 locally fabricated guns and six AK-47 assault rifles during 2025 operations. In a statement the Guardian obtained in Abakaliki, the Command Spokesperson, SP Joshua Ukandu, highlighted key achievements for 2025 under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, CP Adaku Uche-Anya. He said that the arrests comprised 1,624 male and 109 female suspects. Furthermore, 462 cases involving 822 male and 22 female suspects were thoroughly investigated and subsequently…

Former Chelsea and Super Eagles midfielder John Mikel Obi has weighed in on his former side’s decision to part ways with Enzo Maresca and then appointing Liam Rosenior, Socccenet.ng reports. The Italian manager was appointed in June 2024, and despite the hurdles in his first season, he crowned it with two titles – the UEFA Conference League and the FIFA Club World Cup. However, a long-term injury to Levi Colwill at the start of the season and Nicolas Jackson’s loan deal to Bayern Munich, both without replacements, caused a rift between Maresca and the Chelsea board. Between November and December,…

African Democratic Congress (ADC) The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Thursday inaugurated its Zonal Congress Committees across three geopolitical zones, reaffirming its commitment to internal democracy and firmly dismissing reports of political alignment with prominent national political figures. The communique further emphasised that, in line with the party’s constitution, only fully registered and financially up-to-date members are eligible to vote or be voted for in all party congresses and elections.The resolutions were contained in a communique issued at the conclusion of the zonal inauguration and signed by the National Chairman of the party, Hon. Nafiu Bala Gombe. According to the…

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has secured the release of a Nigerian pastor, Benjamin Egbaji, who was jailed in the Republic of Benin and reportedly held under dehumanising conditions for more than two years. In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the Special Assistant on Communication and New Media to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Magnus Eze, Egbaji, a businessman and cleric from Cross River State, was said to have been accused of multiple offences. He was initially detained in a hospital in Cotonou before being transferred to prison as his…

The Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas The Coalition of Taraba Youths for Reform and Governance (CTYRG) has dissociated itself from what it described as sponsored protests allegedly aimed at discrediting the ongoing reform process under the administration of Governor Agbu Kefas in Taraba State. The coalition warned against attempts to blackmail members of the Civil Service Verification Committee, urging civil servants with genuine grievances to present their documents to the committee or the Office of the Head of Service for proper review and resolution. Addressing journalists on Thursday in Jalingo, the state capital, the group called on the state government…