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Sevilla warmed up for the new season with a thrilling 4-2 win over Schalke 04 in Germany, with Nigerian forwards Akor Adams and Kelechi Iheanacho playing starring roles in a six-goal spectacle. The Spanish club delivered an energetic display on Friday evening as Adams bagged a brace and Iheanacho found the net in his return to action after illness. The win is Sevilla’s first of their pre-season campaign and offered a glimpse of the attacking promise the Nigerian duo can offer this term. Adams, starting as the lone striker in a 4-2-3-1 formation, wasted no time in making an impression.…

The leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has called on the former governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose, to leave the party instead of subjecting it to public ridicule. This was after Fayose stated on a Channels Television programme on Friday that the PDP in Ekiti State and across the country is dead, has lost its soul, and will never win any future elections. However, the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the party in the state, Dare Adeleke, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti, condemned the comments of the former governor, adding that Fayose has repeatedly betrayed the…

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) is exploring the possibility of confering an award on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr. Tajudeen Abbas, for his role in championing gender equality in the country. The PAP Committee is expected to review the recommendation made by the Deputy Spokesperson of the House, Mr. Philip Agbese, which, if accepted, would mark a defining moment in African legislative history and affirm Nigeria’s leadership in advancing gender justice and equity. Agbese, who represented Nigeria at the Pretoria retreat, made the passionate appeal at the event held over the weekend in South Africa. He urged the…

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) announced on Saturday that it had recorded significant breakthroughs in the fight against railway infrastructure vandalism, with at least 11 arrests made in Katsina and Niger states in relation to recent incidents. The NRC, in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Chief Callistus Unyimadu, said eight suspects were apprehended on Friday, July 11, 2025, for vandalising railway track components along the Sheme Gusau rail corridor in Katsina State. Unyimadu stated that the suspects were caught in the act at Sheme village while attempting to cart away railway steel sleepers. Before their arrest, they…

Victor Osimhen is very close to joining Galatasaray, but he can still be snatched away before the transfer is complete English Premier League club Newcastle United must sign a quality striker this summer if they want to do well next season. Soccernet.ng reports that the Magpies are set to lose their two strikers this summer. Callum Wilson’s contract at the club was not extended at the end of last season, making him a free agent. And there are serious talks that he is close to joining West Ham. Meanwhile, Swedish marksman Alexander Isak has been the subject of many transfer…

A political support group, South East Renewed Hope Agenda (SERHA), has announced the allocation of N200 million towards the purchase of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination form and other campaign logistics for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. The announcement was made during the inauguration and empowerment of the Imo State chapter of the group held in Owerri on Saturday, where the National Coordinator of SERHA, Belusochukwu Enwere, reaffirmed the group’s commitment to the Renewed Hope Agenda and its grassroots mobilisation campaign across the South-East region. Speaking at the event, Enwere stressed the group’s objective of re-electing…

Bola Bamigbola The management of the National Health Insurance Authority in Osun State has said the best way to combat cancer is get support towards the treatment, urging Nigerians to get help through mandatory health insurance opportunities provided by the agency. This was disclosed by the Osun State Coordinator, NHIA, Olalekan Falode, at the sensitisation programme organised ahead of the takeoff of NHIA-Roche Nigeria cost-sharing initiative, through which cancer patients would enjoy 80 per cent cut of the cost of cancer drugs being provided by Roche held at Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, on Friday. Through the initiative, Roche will…

Contrary to notions held in certain quarters, the coalition led by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has assured that votes by the electorate would count in the 2027 poll. The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Engr. Babachir Lawal, who chaired the 3rd expanded meeting of the National Political Consultative Group (North) held in Abuja on Saturday, assured that the coalition would leave no stone unturned in achieving the objective. “There’s nobody in ADC leadership or rank and file who believes that votes do not count. Votes do count. And we are going to make sure that…

Ahead of the 2027 poll, the coalition led by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has intensified the quest to rally the citizenry in the Northern part of the country as part of ongoing strategies aimed at unseating the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration. At the 3rd expanded meeting of the National Political Consultative Group (North), held at the Continental Hotel, Abuja, on Saturday, the Protem National Chairman of the ADC, Sen. David Mark, identified insecurity, biting poverty, and ethno-religious conflict as some of the challenges besetting the Northern part of the country. Mark, who described the North as a land…

The Attorney General has urged the Supreme Court to mandate Osun to return seven months’ worth of local government allocations. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, called on the Supreme Court to mandate the Osun State Government to return seven months’ worth of local government allocations to the Minister of Finance. The request was included in a reply submitted by Fagbemi’s lawyer, Chief Akin Olujimi SAN, in response to a lawsuit initiated by the government through its attorney general. Osun has filed a lawsuit against the Attorney General of the Federation as the only…