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Brendan Rodgers looks set to keep faith in the Kelechi Iheanacho as a show of strong support for the Nigerian in the wake of his missed chances in the Foxes defeat to Southampton last Saturday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Kelechi Iheanacho missed three golden opportunities in the encounter as the Foxes suffered a 1-0 defeat
A substantial shareholder of the Nigerian Exchange Group, Miri Strategic Emerging Markets Fund LP, has bought over N38m shares of the Group. This was revealed in a notice on insider trading issued on Tuesday. It said the Fund bought 1,480,000 units of NGX Group shares at N26.09 per share. In the financial year 2022, the
Chelsea kept their season alive by beating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at Stamford Bridge to progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2-1 on aggregate on Tuesday. Raheem Sterling and Kai Havertz, with a twice-taken penalty, got the goals as the Blues relieved the pressure on manager Graham Potter. The Englishman’s job was on the
Brazil’s justice minister asked federal police Monday to investigate reports ex-president Jair Bolsonaro tried to illegally import jewelry worth $3.2 million gifted by Saudi Arabia, as tax officials probe a second present of jewels. The far-right former president has faced mounting questions over the jewels since newspaper Estado de Sao Paulo reported Friday that customs
The Obidient Movement in Oyo State and some Labour Party candidates contesting for the state House of Assembly, on Monday, distanced themselves from the endorsement of Governor Seyi Makinde as their consesus candidate for Saturday’s governorship election. This was made known in a communique read by one of the House of Assembly candidates, Ayodeji Babalola
After putting up a Man-of-The-Match display for Ajax in their 1-0 victory over Nijmegen on Sunday, Nigeria international Calvin Bassey admitted that sitting on the bench had helped him improve his game and learn the Dutch’s style of play. Bassey became the third most expensive signing by Ajax after his €23m transfer from Scottish club Glasgow Rangers last
The recent court order outlawing the South-East security outfit, Ebubeagu, in Ebonyi, culminates months of public dismay over the group’s oppressive and overbearing activities in the state. Riman Fatun, a judge of the Federal High Court, Abakaliki, ordered the disbandment of the state’s component of the regional security agency due to its serial rights abuses,
Twitter on Monday suffered a brief but unprecedented outage with users worldwide reporting they could no longer read links to articles from outside websites. “Some parts of Twitter may not be working as expected right now,” the company’s tech support account said in a tweet, blaming the problem on “unintended consequences” from an update to
The Anambra State Police Command has launched a manhunt for three suspects for allegedly stabbing a man, identified simply as Chikodili, to death during a disagreement over N1,600 in Ogidi, in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. PUNCH Metro gathered that until his death, Chikodili, who hailed from Ebonyi State, was a
The situation room of the All Progressive Congress gubernatorial candidate in Niger State, Umar Bago, was on Sunday, invaded by men of the Niger State Police Command. According to the Director of Digital and Strategic Communications of the Bago Campaign Organisation, Abdulberqy Ebbo, who spoke to our correspondent after a post on Facebook, the policemen
Following the conclusion of the presidential and National Assembly elections, questions have been raised about the performance of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and Election Result Viewing Portal deployed by the Independent National Electoral Commission to enhance the electoral process. In this piece, Temitayo Jaiyeola writes about how BVAS and IReV underperformed in their first
The 2023 presidential election has been concluded and the result announced. The electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission has declared a winner, issued a certificate of return to the presidential and vice-presidential candidate of the ruling party and converted them in the eyes of the law to a president and vice president-elect. But there
Two major political parties in Osun State, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, on Sunday accused each other of amassing weapons ahead of the next Saturday’s State Assembly Elections. The APC, in a statement by its chairman, Mr Tajudeen Lawal, obtained in Osogbo, expressed concern over sophisticated arms and ammunition in the
The Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State has rejected the declaration that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Sharafadeen Alli, won Oyo South Senatorial District in the February 25 National Assembly election. The PUNCH reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Alli as the winner, having polled 111,513 to defeat PDP’s
An actress, Shirley Igwe, has said she does not prioritise friendships on social media. She also stated that she would not take offence if any of her friends does not celebrate her on social media. She told Sunday Scoop, “Let those who derive joy from Instagram do so for themselves. I am yet to prioritise
Suspected gunmen have abducted the two wives and a son of the Chief of Sarkin Kudu in the Ibi Local Government Area of Plateau State, Dan-Salama Adamu. This is coming barely three weeks after the two wives and five children of the Chief of Mutum-Biyu were abducted and murdered by bandits. Family sources said the
The Lagos State Government said it would oppose the exhumation of the corpse of Miss Whitney Adeniran, the 12-year-old student of Chrisland Schools, Opebi, Lagos State, who died during the school’s inter-house sports in February. The government made the disclosure on Saturday in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs in the state Ministry
The World Bank has disbursed at least $12bn, almost half of which was to Africa, to help beneficiary counties cope with food shortage. In a new report titled “Food Security Update | World Bank Response to Rising Food Insecurity” the bank noted that domestic food prices remained high all over the world, especially in low
A member of the National Youths Service Corps, Mr Emeh Nnamdi, who was declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force for impersonation and defamation of character, has been arrested. Nnamdi was reported to have been arrested during a joint operation by INTERPOL operatives of Benin Republic and Nigeria on Friday, March 3, 2023. The 26-year-old
The senatorial candidate of the Anambra Central District on the platform of the New Nigerian People’s Party, Helen Mbakwe, has stated that she will seek the cancellation of the senatorial election in court. Mbakwe stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission deliberately blurred her party’s logo on the ballot papers. She spoke in Awka, on