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The news of Victor Osimhen’s transfer move to Galatasaray has sparked widespread reactions across Nigeria’s social media space, Soccernet.ng reports. A large section of the Nigerian football community has praised the striker’s decision and the massive financial package that came with it. Osimhen, who completed a €75 million move from Napoli to the Turkish champions, is set to earn €15 million in guaranteed net salary per season, along with a €1 million loyalty bonus and €5 million per year in image rights, which brings his annual earnings to €21 million. The deal makes him the highest-paid footballer in Turkish Süper…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has reportedly dismissed its Director of Refereeing, Désiré Noumandiez Doué, in the wake of a bitter fallout from the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) final that saw Nigeria crowned champions for the tenth time. The decision to part ways with Doué follows an official protest lodged by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), who alleged “critical officiating errors” during the dramatic final in Rabat. Hosts Morocco were beaten 3–2 by Nigeria after the Atlas Lionesses squandered a two-goal lead. CAF Director of Refereeing, Désiré Noumandiez Doué Although Doué did not officiate the match…

The body of Permanent Secretaries (PS) in the Abia State Public Service have lamented the plight of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in the state, urging support from various stakeholders.  Speaking during a workshop themed ‘Capacity Building for Permanent Secretaries on the Abia State Disability Law and Disability Inclusive Governance’ in Umuahia, they empathised with the PWDs, admitting ignorance of the implications of their conditions, and vowing to use their offices to address them.  The workshop was organised by the Abia State Disability Commission for the Welfare of  Disabled Persons to familarise the PS with the provisions of the Abia State Disability Law and…

Angela Onwuzoo Whether mothers breastfeed their babies or not, their breasts will certainly sag someday. Looking at the scientifically proven benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, any mother who values the shape of her breasts more than the survival of her baby has no doubt debased the value of motherhood. Immediately after delivery, the first concern of a mother who desires a healthy and thriving baby should be how to put the baby to breast milk within one hour of delivery. Additionally, the mother should find a suitable sitting position that will enable her to breastfeed her baby without difficulty. It is…

Divergent views now dog the recent appointment of a former official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, as the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). While former governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, sees it as an added advantage to the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, former chieftain of APC, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, alleged that Tinubu is having his eyes on electoral fraud in 2027, and that Yilwatda will not help him. Lalong, who led stalwarts of the party from Plateau on a solidarity visit to Yilwatda at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja,…

• Dino Melaye dumps party; Ogun stalwarts Ogundele, Akinlade, others cross to APC• Nafiu Bala declares self ADC interim chairman, alleges leadership ‘takeover’• Bashir el-Rufai says Obi, not Atiku, poses stronger threat to Tinubu in 2027• PDP’s ex-legal adviser faults ADC’s spokesperson over remarks on Peter Obi Nigeria’s political landscape, yesterday, continued to convulse with strategic defections, party rifts, and shifting allegiances as the race towards the 2027 general elections gathers momentum. Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing the party’s failure to offer credible leadership and effective governance to Nigerians.…

Justice Hannah Ajayi of the Kwara State High Court, yesterday, sentenced the Ilorin-based Facebook killer-lover, Abdulrahman Bello, to death.He is to die by hanging. The cleric Bello was charged for killing and dismembering his lover, Hafsat Yetunde Adefalu Lawal, a final year female student of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, in February 2025 at Olunlade area of llorin. He was arraigned on a five-count charge with four others, namely: Ahmed Abdulwasiu, Suleiman Muhydeen, Jamiu Uthman and Abdulrahman Jamiu. The case had attracted a lot of publicity and attention in and outside the state. In her judgment, Justice Ajayi discharged and acquitted the four…

The last is yet to be heard of the crisis rocking the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the Chief Emeka Beke-led faction has officially written to the new National Chairman of the party, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, to recognise his executive committee. Beke, alongside his factional state secretary, Sam Sam Etetegwung, urged Yilwatda to suspend the scheduled local government primaries of the APC, Rivers State, led by Chief Tony Okocha’s Executive Committee, to pave the way for them to handle the exercise. Beke, who was at the APC National Secretariat on Thursday in Abuja to submit…

Akilani Abdullah As doctors under the employ of the Lagos State Government end their three-day warning strike today, the Medical Guild has said a fresh round of engagements with government officials will resume next week. The Guild’s Chairman, Dr Japhet Olugbogi, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with PUNCH Healthwise, noting that the decision followed promising dialogue with senior government officials and partial fulfillment of the union’s demands. He said the Guild, which represents all doctors working in the state’s public hospitals, had maintained firm conditions for ending the strike, which was triggered by unexplained salary deductions and non-payment of…

Lagos PDP expels defectors The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the endorsement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s candidature by the party-led government in Osun State. In the same breath, the opposition party faulted the action of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and prominent members of the PDP who recently dumped the party for the coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC). It would be recalled that Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, had recently declared the decision of the PDP stakeholders in the state to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) sole candidature of Tinubu in 2027 ahead of the state governorship…