A former striker for Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Anthony Ujah, announced his retirement from professional football on Friday at the age of 34. The announcement came via an emotional Instagram post on Friday, where Ujah revealed that he is stepping away from the game with immediate effect. Ujah, who spent most of his playing days in…
England boss Thomas Tuchel has unveiled his first squad of the 2025-26 season, handing senior debuts to Tottenham defender Djed Spence and Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson. This is as the Three Lions gear up for their World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Serbia. The 24-man list, announced on Tuchel’s 52nd birthday, features a mix…
Wayne Rooney believes Ruben Amorim’s remarks following Manchester United’s shock League Cup loss at Grimsby prove “something is broken” at the club. United came from 2-0 down to force a penalty shoot-out on Wednesday, but then lost 12-11 in a penalty shoot-out as summer transfer window signing Bryan Mbeumo hit the crossbar with what proved…
Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, has charged chairmen of the 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas, LCDAs, in the state, to deliver on their mandates and provide dividends of democracy at the grassroots. Obasa gave the charge, yesterday, at a summit with LG and LCDA chairmen, vice chairmen,…
A coalition of young Nigerians from the northern region, under the aegis of the Northern Youth Frontiers, has accused Amnesty International of releasing what it described as misleading and disruptive reports on Nigeria’s security situation. The group alleged that the human rights organisation’s recent publications on insecurity were “careless, mischievous, and designed to incite chaos.”…
The National Economic Council on Thursday unveiled the framework for the Renewed Hope Development Plan (2026–2030) aimed at consolidating Nigeria’s reform agenda and actualising the $1tn economy target of the administration of President Bola Tinubu. This was part of the resolutions reached at the 151st meeting of the council, which commended the Ministry of Budget…
Two opposition political parties, the African Democratic Congress and the Labour Party have queried the authenticity of the claim by the Independent National Electoral Commission that the South-West accounted for the highest percentage of the pre-registration numbers in its ongoing Continuous Voter Registration exercise. The electoral umpire, however, dismissed the claims as unfounded, noting it…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed allegations of irregularities in its online pre-registration data for the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), stating there is nothing “extraordinary” about the figures. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, made the clarification in a statement in Abuja. This followed a statement from…
The Federal Government has said that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product could receive a major boost from the digital economy, with contributions projected to rise to 21 per cent by 2030, if the proposed National Digital and E-Governance Bill is passed into law. The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, stated this…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday knocked the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, over claims that the government never signed any agreements with the union. Alausa made the clarification on Thursday while addressing journalists in Abuja. According to him, the documents often cited by ASUU as binding agreements were never signed, but…
