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The world football governing body, FIFA, has imposed financial sanctions on both the Nigeria Football Federation and the Congolese Football Association following disciplinary incidents recorded during the African playoff final for the 2026 World Cup qualification held on November 16, 2025 in Rabat, Morocco. FIFA stated that Nigeria was penalised for a breach relating…
Joan Laporta has been re-elected president of FC Barcelona with a commanding 68.18 percent of votes cast in Sunday’s election, securing a five-year mandate that extends his leadership of the Catalan club until 2031 despite mounting financial pressures and ongoing legal controversies that have dominated his current tenure. The 63-year-old lawyer defeated rival Victor…
African Democratic Congress chieftain and former presidential candidate Dele Momodu has predicted that President Bola Tinubu will lose the 2027 general election if former Vice President Atiku Abubakar forms a joint ticket with a prominent southern politician such as Peter Obi or former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi. Momodu made the declaration on Sunday…
Chelsea captain Reece James has ended speculation over his future by signing a new six-year contract that will keep him at Stamford Bridge until the summer of 2032, committing the peak years of his career to the boyhood club he joined as a six-year-old . The deal, confirmed by the club on Thursday, secures the…
Former Manchester United winger Michael Owen has expressed disbelief over lingering doubts about Michael Carrick’s suitability for the permanent manager’s role at Old Trafford, arguing that the caretaker boss has demonstrated the quality needed to lead the club beyond the current season. Carrick, 44, was appointed interim head coach in January 2026 following the dismissal…
Nigeria’s constitutional eight year tenure limit for governors has again come under judicial interpretation after a ruling of the Federal High Court in Akure barred Lucky Aiyedatiwa from contesting the 2028 governorship election in Ondo State. Justice Toyin Bolaji Adegoke, who presided over the case, ruled that allowing Aiyedatiwa to seek another term after…
Nigeria spent N51 billion ($34.4 million) on foreign rice in 2024, signaling a sharp reversal of the self-sufficiency gains claimed by the previous administration. Data from UN Comtrade confirms that local rice has become uncompetitive against cheaper imports. High production costs and expensive energy are pricing Nigerian farmers out of their own market. President Bola…
A senior official of the All Progressives Congress has issued a sweeping dismissal of Nigeria’s opposition parties, declaring them intellectually bankrupt and existentially unprepared to contest the 2027 general elections while asserting that the ruling party has already secured insurmountable political and governance advantages under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Tolu Bankole, who serves as the…
Augustine “Jay-Jay” Okocha, the Nigerian football icon widely regarded as one of the most gifted midfielders of his generation, has spoken candidly about the full arc of his time at Paris Saint-Germain, describing a tenure marked by brilliant football, unexpected leadership, deep personal bonds, and the persistent frustration of falling short of the silverware…
Adamu Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has resigned as Commissioner for Works and Energy Development in Adamawa State, days after Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. In a resignation letter dated March 2, 2026 and addressed to the governor,…
