Egusi melon seeds sourced from Oyo State are set to make history as the first agricultural product from West Africa, and the first item from Nigeria, to enter orbit, The PUNCH has learnt. According to a statement, the space-bound seeds will be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre, Florida,…
The Federal Government has begun training three million Nigerian exporters on the understanding and application of rules governing the export of goods under the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement. The training is part of the government’s preparations to take advantage of the AfCFTA agreement. It is being implemented by the Nigeria AfCFTA Coordination Office…
Unions in the aviation sector have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, over the prolonged delay in implementing a new salary structure for workers under the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency. They threatened to totally withdraw the services of NAMA workers if the issue is not resolved, a…
Atalanta have rejected another Inter Milan bid for Ademola Lookman, turning down an offer worth €42m plus €3m in add-ons as they continue to hold out for their full €50m asking price, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. According to Fabrizio Romano on Friday, Atalanta informed Inter of their decision to reject the latest proposal, which came after…
Tottenham captain Son Heung-min said on Saturday that he will leave the club this summer after a decade in north London. The 33-year-old attacker joined the Premier League side from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015 and went on to play more than 450 times for Spurs. In May he lifted the Europa League trophy but he…
The recent appointment of a new technical adviser by the newly promoted Barau FC didn’t come to me as a surprise because I knew that having qualified for the Nigerian topflight, the club, founded and sponsored by the Deputy President of Nigeria’s Senate, Barau I. Jibirin, would surely strengthen itself, preparatory to the new and…
In a bid to spread the growth and development of football around the world, the world football governing body FIFA initiated what it termed the FIFA GOAL Project. The FIFA GOAL Programme was initiated by former FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter for the benefit of national associations and ratified by the 1999 Extraordinary FIFA Congress…
It’s been an incredible twenty-one years since one of Nigeria’s foremost football technocrats, Patrick Okpomo, who was a former Secretary General of Nigeria Football Association (NFA), died in Lagos. ‘Secto’ as yours sincerely fondly called him was a panache of sports administration with panacea for its challenges to the envy of his colleagues who couldn’t match his…
The transfer merry-go-round continues without a pause. Manchester United will line up at the start of the season with Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford. Fortunately for the Red Devils, AC Milan have reported their interest in United’s striker, Rasmus Hojlund and with Viktor Gyokores moving to the Emirates with Arsenal. Benjamin Sesko and Nicolas Jackson are…
Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have risen to become the undisputed powerhouse of African basketball, with a legacy built on consistency, skill and unmatched team spirit. Over the past two decades, they have etched their name into the history books of the FIBA Women’s Afrobasket, claiming the continental crown six times, and counting. Two years…
