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Napoli manager, Francesco Calzona believes Victor Osimhen is gradually getting back to his best. Osimhen fired a hat-trick in Napoli’s 6-1 victory against Sassuolo at the MAPEI Stadium on Wednesday night. The Nigeria international has now scored five goals in three games since returning from the Africa Cup of Nations. “Victor is returning to his levels. Clearly, he wasn’t in …

Police operatives in Bauchi have arrested one Tijjani Ahmadu Diye over an alleged attempt to kill his wife in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Ahmed Wakili, who confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday in Bauchi, said the 35-year-old was arrested for assault and attempt to commit culpable homicide. He added that the suspect disguised …

One Ganbo Adamu has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for scamming his mother-in-law, Sa’adatu Aliyu with marriage to former President Muhammadu Buhari. Adamu, who was sentenced by a Magistrate’s Court in Minna, the Niger State capital, was said to have also extorted the sum of N5 million naira from the mother-in-law, a divorcee with a promise to connect …

  A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, said in Abuja on Tuesday that the candidate of the Labour Party, (LP) Peter Obi, won the February 25 presidential election and not Bola Tinubu as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).   Lawal, a close ally of Tinubu, asserted that available factual data as …

A combined photo of Professor Adesina and Dr Farounbi Two prominent Nigerians, Professor Olutayo Adesina and Dr Yemi Farounbi who were Panelists on the popular BOILING POINT ARENA interview/discourse have concluded that Nigeria, the once acclaimed giant of Africa, is in a confused state, needing total reworking. Appraising developments in the country since attaining nationhood at Independence in 1960, both …

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday charged the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, to develop practical solutions to challenges confronting the country. The president made the call at the graduation of the institute’s Senior Executive Course (SEC) 45. Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of Transportation, Saidu Ahmed, promised to support the NIPSS toward achieving its …

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr. Aliyu Ahmed as the new Federal Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI). The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, confirmed the development in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the appointment took immediate effect. READ ALSO: Tinubu appoints …

On Monday the 16th of October 2023, the media space was agog with reports of how a detachment of operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS) stormed the Ondo State secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) sealing it off. The action of the security agencies, according to reports, was to forestall a planned …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has appealed to the Supreme Court to allow him to present fresh evidence against President Bola Tinubu in his push for nullification of the February 25 election results. The former Vice President had alleged that Tinubu forged the documents he presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the election. …

Nigerian street hop singer Habeeb Okikiola popularly known in music circles as Portable has reacted to rumours of dating one of the wives of the late Alaafin of Oyo. The controversial musician who addressed the rumour on the latest edition of the the newest episode of the Honest Bunch podcast said that he does not follow people’s wives. Portable also …