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One-cap Super Eagles star Yira Sor is confident of making a strong impact at Turkish Super Lig newcomers Amedspor following his €3 million transfer from Belgian club Genk, Soccernet.ng reports. The 26-year-old winger completed a three-year move to Amedspor this summer after bringing an end to his three-and-a-half-year spell with Genk. Sor has already featured twice for his new club but is yet to find the back of the net or provide an assist. The Nigerian, who made his Super Eagles debut in March, is now hoping his move to Turkey can provide the consistency required to take his career…

President Bola Tinubu, the Nigerian Guild of Editors and the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers have mourned the death of journalist and publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, describing his passing as a painful loss to Nigeria’s media industry. Oladipo, a former Politics Editor of The PUNCH Newspapers, died on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at the age of 56. Oladipo was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Premium Eagle Media Limited, the parent company of The Eagle Online. The President’s condolence was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy,…

Civil society organisations have called on the National Assembly to prioritise the passage of the National Suicide Prevention Bill, 2024. This, they said, would complement the proposed amendment to the National Mental Health Act 2021, which seeks to decriminalise attempted suicide in Nigeria. The Nigerian Mental Health and the Nigeria Suicide Prevention Advocacy Working Group made the call in a statement on Wednesday while reacting to the Federal Executive Council’s approval of an amendment to the National Mental Health Act 2021 to decriminalise attempted suicide. The CSOs commended the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, and…

FOLA and Davido lead 2026 Headies nominations with 10 and 8 nominations respectively. The 18th Headies Awards will be held in Canada on October 23, 2026, and the organisers have announced the nominees for this year’s ceremony. As expected, some of Nigeria’s biggest music stars and emerging acts feature across the various categories, with several artists earning multiple nominations for their work over the past year. These are the nominees for the 2026 Headies Awards: Next Rated Fido FOLA Llona Mavo Shoday Song of the Year Arike — Kunmie Hey Jago — Poco Lee, Shoday & Rahman Jago Hot Body…

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Fisayo Dele-Bashiru is set for medical tests on Wednesday after the Super Eagles midfielder suffered an injury in Lazio’s Serie A opener against Bologna, Soccernet.ng reports.The tests could give Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle a clearer picture of whether Dele-Bashiru will be available for Nigeria’s first 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers next month.CittàCeleste reports that Dele-Bashiru and Lazio defender Adam Marusic will undergo instrumental tests at the Pret Medica facility in Rome on Wednesday. Both players were forced off during Monday’s 1-0 defeat at Bologna, with Lazio concerned about possible injuries to their thigh flexor muscles.Dele-Bashiru started the…

As building collapses become alarmingly frequent across Nigeria, experts warn that quackery, poor regulatory enforcement, and substandard materials are turning housing into a deadly gamble, ANOZIE EGOLE reports Recent data from the Building Collapse Prevention Guild show that building collapse remains a major safety challenge in Nigeria, particularly in Lagos State. Jide & Co Onasali, in its 2022 report, identified building collapse as a major obstacle to sustainable development in Nigeria, with severe consequences, noting that the country had lost properties valued at $3.2tn to building collapses over the past two decades. A January 2025 report by the BCPG, published…

SC Freiburg have made a key step towards solving Noah Atubolu’s transfer situation, with the Super Eagles-eligible goalkeeper now set to extend his contract before a possible loan move to Eintracht Frankfurt, Soccernet.ng reports. According to Kicker, Freiburg and Atubolu have reached an agreement in principle on a contract extension. The new deal is designed to make a loan to Frankfurt possible while protecting Freiburg’s financial interests.The 24-year-old, also wanted by Marseille, had been under contract until June 2027. He had rejected an earlier extension because he wanted to leave Freiburg this summer and move to a larger club, with…

The Federal Government on Wednesday launched a $1bn social protection initiative aimed at moving vulnerable Nigerians from dependence on temporary palliatives to sustainable pathways of economic empowerment and self-reliance. The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, stated this at the launch of the Household Prosperity and Empowerment Social Protection Project and four other initiatives designed to strengthen the country’s humanitarian response and poverty reduction architecture. Senior Special Assistant on Media to the First Lady, Busola Kukoyi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday titled, ‘FG Launches $1bn HOPE Social Protection Programme.’ The initiatives were unveiled at an event themed ‘From…

By Raphael Ede     The Enugu State Government, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has onboarded the second cohort of the National Health Fellows Programme while graduating the pioneer set. It, however, charged the new inductees to act as undercover monitors to sanitize primary healthcare delivery across the state. The ceremony, which celebrated the completion of the inaugural one-year fellowship and welcomed Cohort 2.0, was held at the Enugu International Conference Centre on Wednesday to bolster health governance, data accountability, and service monitoring at the local government level. Speaking, the state Governor, Peter Mbah,…