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Manchester City have suffered an injury setback ahead of their Premier League derby against Manchester United on Sunday. Forward Omar Marmoush picked up a knee injury while on international duty with the Egyptian national team this week. Marmoush was substituted in the ninth minute of Egypt’s FIFA World Cup qualifier against Burkina Faso on Tuesday. […]
World football’s governing body, FIFA, appears to have reversed its earlier stance and has initiated an investigation into South Africa for fielding the ineligible Teboho Mokoena during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier. FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee recently confirmed that South Africa’s national team, Bafana Bafana, would not face any sanctions concerning the eligibility of midfielder […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to hosting the first-ever Commonwealth Games on African soil in 2030. Tinubu expressed this commitment through Shehu Dikko, Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), during a welcoming event for members of the Commonwealth Sport Bid Evaluation Committee in Abuja, as part of Nigeria’s ongoing bid process. […]
Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles, had their first training session in Santiago, Chile on Wednesday evening at Cancha Liga Training Pitch. The session, which lasted for 2 hours, was supervised by head coach Aliyu Zubair. This comes after a recovery session in the morning at the team’s base, Le Meridien Hotel. The Flying Eagles were […]
Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs has endorsed China’s Global Governance Initiative (GGI), describing it as a timely platform to address pressing challenges in global order. The GGI held in Abuja, jointly convened by Nigerian academics and Chinese officials, called for urgent reforms in international institutions to make global governance more inclusive and reflective of the […]
JosPlay Rise Fund, an initiative targeted at promoting the careers of independent artistes, ended recently without most of Nigerian female musicians featured on the streaming platform. The maiden contest was won by Rheed1 (nee Raheem Rilwan Tobiloba), but data from the event showed that only a few female artistes applied for the fund, dedicated to […]
Reactions have continued to trail the ambitious United States (US) project, the American Golden Dome, which is designed to reshape the global balance of power. Among the reactions are reports from the Union of Concerned Scientists, which revealed that the number of military satellites orbiting Earth has surged by 35 per cent over the past […]
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, has said she will dedicate her 65th birthday on Sunday, September 21, 2025, to the completion of the National Library project. In a statement yesterday, the president’s wife said she had chosen to mark the day quietly in thanksgiving to God, appealing to friends, associates and well-wishers not to […]
Igwe E.A. Mbanefo, the Ozuruoha II of Orsumoghu, has marked this year’s New Yam Festival with an in-house celebration at his residence in Lokogoma, Abuja. At the event, Igwe Mbanefo emphasised the cultural and spiritual significance of the annual celebration among the Igbo people. According to him, the New Yam Festival is more than a […]
The South East Zone National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons and the Abia State government have intensified the campaign to control small arms and light weapons in the state. The zone director, Captain Chris Anusiem and Governor Alex Otti stated this during the director‘s courtesy visit to the governor at […]