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The race for next season’s La Liga title may already have started, and at the centre of it is expected to be Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen, Soccernet.ng reports. Reports in Spain, Portugal and Turkey suggest that Jose Mourinho is edging closer to a dramatic return to Real Madrid after the club endured another frustrating campaign. Madrid finished the 2025/26 season without a major trophy, likely to end the year at least 14 points behind champions Barcelona. Their 2-0 defeat at Camp Nou against Barcelona confirmed the Catalan side’s 29th league title and increased pressure on the Madrid hierarchy. The season…

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State and former Deputy Governor of the state, Moses Adeyemo, on Monday, announced that the party is set to conduct a free, fair, and credible direct primary for its aspirants to emerge among a population of aspirants. The state’s former Deputy Governor, Adeyemo, announced this while receiving the Screening and Appeal Committee members deployed to the state from the APC’s Abuja National Secretariat in his office at the Oke-Ado party Secretariat in Ibadan, the state capital. He assured that no stone would be left unturned to ensure that all aspirants were…

Wale Akinselure The Head of the Nigeria National Office of the West African Examinations Council, Dr Amos Dangut, has said female candidates have outnumbered their male counterparts in the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. Dangut disclosed this on Monday during a press briefing at the council’s national office in Yaba, Lagos. The 2026 WASSCE commenced on April 21 with practical papers and will end on June 19. According to Dangut, 1,001,072 candidates, representing 51.08 per cent of the total enrolment, are female, while 958,564 candidates, representing 48.92 per cent, are male. He said the figures reflected a rise…

Galatasaray vice president Abdullah Kavukcu has addressed the growing speculation surrounding the future of Victor Osimhen at the club, Soccernet.ng reports. The Nigerian forward has once again become one of the major talking points ahead of the summer transfer window, with uncertainty over his long-term future at the Turkish champions. Before leaving Napoli in 2024, Osimhen attracted interest from several top European clubs and even came close to joining Premier League side Chelsea before the move reportedly collapsed over personal terms. Victor Osimhen in action during the Super League match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce at Rams Park. Copyright: xYagizxGurtugxImago The 27-year-old also turned down a lucrative offer…

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two suspected members of a robbery syndicate and recovered an operational tricycle allegedly used in carrying out attacks on unsuspecting passengers across parts of Lagos State. In a statement issued on Monday by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, the Command said the arrests followed a routine stop-and-search operation along Iyana Ipaja Road, where officers intercepted a tricycle carrying three occupants. According to the police, the situation escalated when one of the passengers was found with three Android phones suspected of having been stolen from victims. The Command…

Sui crypto posted a 37% gain in the last 7 days, decoupling sharply from the broader crypto market as Bitcoin briefly topped $82,000 on improving macroeconomic conditions. The SUI price move is not a sympathy rally, it is driven by two distinct catalysts: a surge in institutional staking inflows that has pushed network TVL to fresh milestones, and a protocol-level upgrade enabling zero-fee stablecoin transfers that is reshaping DeFi liquidity dynamics on the network.The tension at the center of this story is supply. Sui Group Holdings’ involvement has amplified buy pressure at a moment when the free float is constrained…

Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle will, for the second straight year, lead Nigeria to London for the invitational Unity Cup later this month, Soccernet.ng reports. The former Mali national team boss plans to rest several first team regulars and only deploy fringe and new players for the tournament. With Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman, Samuel Chukwueze and Moses Simon unlikely to make the squad, the door is open for a number of newbies to stake their claims to a national team spot. Soccernet.ng cast the lights on eight exciting stars who have enjoyed a breakout 2025-26 season and ready to…

Lagos State University has emerged as the most preferred university by candidates in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination first-choice applications, according to statistics released at the ongoing policy meeting organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Abuja on Monday. This was disclosed through a photograph displayed to journalists and tertiary institutions during the meeting. LASU recorded 84,426 applications, representing 3.76 per cent of the total number of applications submitted nationwide by candidates. University of Lagos followed closely with 78,240 applications, while Obafemi Awolowo University ranked third with 60,370 applications. University of Ibadan placed fourth with 58,895 applications,…

Agency One of 17 American citizens being repatriated from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship has tested mildly positive for the virus, the US health department said on Sunday. “One passenger currently has mild symptoms and another passenger tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus,” the Department of Health and Human Services said. Both passengers are currently travelling in the plane’s biocontainment units “out of an abundance of caution,” it said. The US passengers evacuated from the Spanish Canary Islands, where the ship made a stop, will be taken to a specialized center in the rural state of Nebraska. The person…

Real Betis are preparing a move for Super Eagles midfielder Christantus Uche as the Spanish club look to rescue one of Nigeria’s brightest young talents from a difficult spell in England, Soccernet.ng reports. Reports in Spain via Fichajes say Betis are willing to offer around €15 million (close to ₦24 billion) to sign the 22-year-old from Getafe CF this summer. It is a move that could suit everybody involved. Getafe need money because of La Liga’s strict financial regulations, while Uche desperately needs stability after an uncomfortable year at Crystal Palace. Betis, meanwhile, see a player who already understands Spanish…