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Turkish Super Lig club, Besiktas have provided an injury update on Super Eagles captain, Wilfred Ndidi, reports Completeports.com. Ndidi sustained the injury in Nigeria’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final victory over the Desert Foxes of Algeria. The defensive midfielder was suspended for the semi-final defeat to the Atlas Lions of Morocco. The 29-year-old was, […]
Super Eagles: Besiktas give injury update on Ndidi 

At least two people have been confirmed dead, while several others sustained injuries following a multiple-vehicle accident at Kara Bridge inward Mowe on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, disclosed this in a statement, noting that the crash occurred at about 3:15 p.m. and involved a fully loaded articulated […]
Two dead, many injured in multiple-vehicle crash on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Former Super Eagles forward, Odion Ighalo, has criticised Real Madrid and Morocco man, Brahim Díaz, for wasting a golden opportunity to hand his country the Africa Cup of Nations trophy on home soil. Ighalo wondered why Diaz could decide to play with the emotions of millions of Moroccans both those in the stadium and at […]
AFCON 2025: ‘You don’t try this’ – Ighalo hits out at Diaz over Panenka penalty

Suspected armed men have reportedly kidnapped Prince Emorioloye Owoloemi, a prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State and Director-General of the Asiwaju Media Team, a political support group for President Bola Tinubu. It was gathered that the abduction took place at about 9 a.m. on Friday at the Okonga/Olodo Junction in […]
Gunmen abduct APC chieftain in Ondo

Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has accused the United States, US, of cover up using Nigerian story of Christian genocide. He was reacting to a post by former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, lamenting New York Times report that the report of Christian genocide in Nigeria was sourced from one Emeka, an Onitsha-based screwdriver trader. […]
Christian genocide in Nigeria: US covering up – Gumi replies Shehu Sani

Former South Africa international, Teko Modise, has slammed Morocco forward, Brahim Diaz over his penalty kick in their 1-0 defeat to Senegal in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday. Modise said he would never speak to Diaz again if they were teammates and he missed such a golden opportunity while trying […]
AFCON 2025: ‘I would never talk to you’ – South Africa’s Modise slams Diaz over strange penalty kick

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has neutralised more than 40 terrorists during coordinated close air support and air interdiction operations in Azir and Musarram areas of Borno State. The operations were carried out on January 15 and 16 by the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI, following actionable intelligence and in close coordination with ground […]
NAF neutralises over 40 terrorists in Borno air operations

A Nigerian national based in Thailand, Ukoma Jefta Nuzbech, has been re-arrested by Thai authorities for allegedly evading an ongoing court trial linked to a drug trafficking case in the Koh Pha Ngan area. DAILY POST gathered from a report published by Thailand News that the suspect was arrested on January 14, 2026, following intelligence […]
Thailand police re-arrest Nigerian over alleged drug trafficking 

Development has dismissed claims by the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, that the Federal Government plans to establish a gold refinery in Lagos, describing the allegation as false and misleading. The NEF had earlier, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Prof. Abubakar Jiddere, argued that siting a gold refinery in Lagos would amount to a […]
Nigerian govt did not site gold refinery in Lagos – Solid Minerals Ministry counters NEF

Sule Gurmu, the man accused of killing his wife, Umaima Maidawa, in an alleged case of domestic violence has been apprehended by the Kebbi State Police Command. Gurmu reportedly struck his 25-year-old wife with the wooden handle of a hoe on January 13, 2026 during a domestic dispute at their residence in Bayawa. Police confirmed […]
Police nab suspected killer of wife in Kebbi