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Reigning Nigeria Premier Football League champions, Remo Stars, are set to return to their Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne for the second stanza of the 2025/26 season following the completion of renovation works on the ground, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Sky Blue Stars will make their long-awaited return on January 7, when they host Ikorodu City in their NPFL matchday 20 fixture, bringing to an end a five-month spell away from home in Abeokuta. Chairman of the club, Kunle Soname, confirmed that the stadium was ready to welcome the team and its supporters again after major renovation works were…

The Super Eagles of Nigeria finished first in Group C of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025) after picking up all nine available points from their three games. ​The group provided plenty of excitement, with most of the top players turning up from day one. Heavyweights Nigeria and Tunisia won their opening games of the tournament. ​But when the two met, it was the Super Eagles who emerged victorious, claiming a 3-2 win. On the other hand, Uganda and Tanzania played out a 1-1 draw. It was a game the Cranes could have won if Allan Okello had…

Substitute Bazoumana Toure scored in stoppage time for the Ivory Coast, who came from two goals down to beat Gabon 3-2 in Marrakesh on Wednesday and top Group F at the Africa Cup of Nations. Cameroon also fell behind, against Mozambique in Agadir, but a thunderbolt from Christian Kofane delivered a 2-1 victory. Defending champions Ivory Coast and Cameroon finished level on seven points, and both had a plus-two goal difference. The Ivorians topped the table because they scored five goals and Cameroon four. The results completed the last 16 line-up. Ivory Coast will face Burkina Faso, Cameroon will meet South…

Labour Party flagbearer during the 2023 Presidential Elections and former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has vowed to resist anyone who attempts to engage in electoral malpractice and rig the upcoming 2027 Nigerian elections Obi made this statement at an event where he announced his defection from the Labour Party to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Enugu State on Wednesday afternoon. Following the 2023 Presidential Elections, which saw Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu secure a victory, members of opposition parties, including the Labour Party, alleged that the election was marred by widespread electoral malpractice and rigging. While addressing the…

Super Eagles and Slavia Prague defender Igoh Ogbu has praised Ryan Alebiosu following his international debut in Nigeria’s 3-1 victory over Uganda on Tuesday, Soccernet.ng reports. ​Alebiosu earned his first minutes in a Nigerian shirt on Tuesday as the Super Eagles played their final group stage match of the 2025 AFCON. Coach Eric Chelle fielded a heavily rotated lineup, as the team had already secured their place as group leaders. Raphael Onyedika celebration with Super Eagles vs Uganda ​The Blackburn Rovers star, who received his maiden Super Eagles call-up for this tournament, gave a good account of himself. Alebiosu recorded…

Bauchi gov, Bala Mohammed The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has declared that he would not allow anyone to criminalise him because he refused to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Mohammed, who is the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum, said that the APC-led Federal Government has been using the institutions of state and the courts to persecute and prosecute Nigerians because they are not in the APC.The governor made this statement on Wednesday shortly after assenting to the 2026 budget at the Executive Council Chamber. He also received an award of excellence as a Safety…

Janet Ogundepo Medical experts have emphasised the need for the Federal and state governments to establish emergency trauma centres and ambulance stations at strategic intervals along major highways in the country. The call follows the recent road traffic accident involving British-Nigerian boxer Anthony Joshua along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway close to Danco Filling Station in Makun, Ogun State, which claimed two lives. The PUNCH reported that the accident occurred on Monday morning when the vehicle conveying Joshua collided with a stationary truck. His security team subsequently rescued him and his driver from the back seat of the wrecked SUV and moved…

Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Tulwu Integrated Ltd has rejected claims made by the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) regarding alleged land encroachment at Gwarinpa Estate, describing them as “baseless” and contrary to official records. In a statement, the company said its Managing Director, Hajia Sadiya, had no involvement in any illegal encroachment or assault on officers, contradicting a press release published by the FHA on 19 December 2025. The FHA had claimed that Tulwu Integrated, through Sadiya, encroached on an additional 6,000 square metres of land, asserting that Savannah Suites Ltd initially held a 16,000-square-metre allocation which was later transferred to…

The crypto market is recovering as the final day of 2025 sees it near the $3 trillion market cap, with optimism for bullish market conditions as the new year approaches. Bitcoin has stabilized around $88,621, while the altcoin sector is showing encouraging signs of recovery as the altcoin market cap maintains levels above $1.2 trillion. Standout performers, including Zcash (ZEC), Humanity Protocol (H), Monero (XMR), and PIPPIN, have collectively posted a combined 2,200% gain over recent months.As the overall sentiment turns more positive, we’ve identified a new Layer-2 Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) token as the best altcoin to buy today, with…

The Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday called for an urgent review of workers’ wages in 2026, saying current earnings are no longer sufficient to meet basic living needs as inflation and hardship persist across the country. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made the call in a New Year message to workers and Nigerians, in which he said labour would continue to press the Federal Government to fulfil its promise to ensure workers receive a living wage. He said the government had pledged more meaningful engagement with organised labour, and the NLC would participate in such discussions “deeply and patriotically,” but stressed…