Chelsea and England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton has been named winner of the 2025 FIFA “The Best Women’s Goalkeeper” award, finishing ahead of Nigeria’s Chiamaka Nnadozie in a highly competitive field of the world’s leading shot-stoppers.   FIFA confirmed the result on Tuesday night with the release of the official voting breakdown, which placed Hampton…

  A Paris labour court has delivered a decisive verdict in one of football’s most closely watched financial disputes, ordering Paris Saint-Germain to pay approximately €60 million in unpaid wages and bonuses to its former superstar, Kylian Mbappé. The ruling on Tuesday marks a significant legal victory for the player following his acrimonious departure from…

  The Nigeria Football Federation has lodged a formal petition with FIFA challenging the eligibility of multiple DR Congo players, a move that could dramatically overturn the result of a decisive World Cup qualifier and resurrect the Super Eagles’ hopes of reaching the 2026 tournament. This controversy stems from the African play-off final held in…

  Fatima Buhari, daughter of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, has disclosed that her father once believed his office and bedroom in the Presidential Villa were under secret surveillance. This led them to communicate through written notes during private meetings, an anecdote described in a new biography that sheds light on the hidden pressures…

  The Super Eagles’ training camp in Cairo has swelled to 22 players as Nigeria intensifies preparations for a pre-AFCON friendly against Egypt on Tuesday. The squad is demonstrating strong commitment ahead of the tournament in Morocco.   The latest arrivals have bolstered the camp, joining early attendees who began work earlier in the week….

  Legal practitioner and African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain Kenneth Okonkwo has criticised the Supreme Court’s recent judgment affirming the President’s authority to declare a state of emergency and temporarily suspend elected officials, warning it could undermine Nigeria’s democracy.   Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, Okonkwo argued that while the court correctly…

  US President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), alleging the broadcaster maliciously edited his January 6, 2021, speech to falsely depict him as inciting the Capitol riot.   The lawsuit, filed on Monday, in federal court in Miami, Florida, seeks $5 billion on each of…

  The Nigerian Air Force has firmly rejected social media allegations that one of its C-130 Hercules aircraft was involved in espionage or forced to land in Burkina Faso, labeling the claims as false and part of a deliberate disinformation campaign. In an official statement released on Monday, by Director of Public Relations and Information…

  Operatives of the Borno State Police Command successfully neutralised an unexploded ordnance (UXO) planted beneath a telecommunications mast in Maiduguri on Monday, averting a potential disaster in the state capital. According to a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Daso, the device equipped with two protruding wires was discovered around 11:06…

  The Ogun State Government has intervened to pause the selection of the next Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, leading the Fusengbuwa Ruling House to postpone its crucial nomination meeting. This move aims to ensure strict procedural compliance and avert potential legal disputes in the succession process.   Originally scheduled for 15 December 2025…