10 Nigerian stars to watch out for in the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League

10 Nigerian stars to watch out for in the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League

VICTOR OSIMHEN (Galatasaray vs. PAOK Thessaloniki) Unarguably Nigeria’s biggest star in Europe club competitions, Osimhen will be expected to bring his A-game for Galatasaray against the Greeks tonight at RAMS Park in Istanbul. Unfazed by the protracted summer transfer saga, the 25-year-old has hit the ground running at Galatasaray following his season-long loan arrival from Napoli earlier this month, providing two assists in as many Turkish Super Lig games that ended […]

September 25, 2024 9

NEWS

Nigerian drug baron flees South Africa, arrested in Imo mansion

A drug baron on the wanted list of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, identified as Joachin Mbonu, has been arrested. Mbonu was arrested by operatives of the NDLEA in his village mansion in Imo State on July 5. A statement on Tuesday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said Mbonu was arrested along with his associate. He stated that Mbonu belongs to a drug cartel behind the production of […]

July 10, 2024 38

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Nigerian In Diaspora, Dr. Francis I. Ayomoh Advocates Synergy To End Impacts Of Climate Change

By Toffa Momoh, Abuja The President, Oxford Global Health Society, a Nigerian in the diaspora, Dr. Francis Ayomoh, has called for collaborative efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change on global public health. The learned medical practitioner said the rapidly warming climate is the greatest threat to global public health, urging world leaders to cut heat-trapping emissions to avoid catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse. […]

June 26, 2024 31

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Should Nigerian politicians earn N62,000?

Each time a country goes through minimum wage negotiation, you can take it for granted that the argument to put politicians on that same salary scale will come up. It is a common argument, one that the Victorian Socialists Party in Australia included in their campaign promises. Granted, they were an upcoming party—the equivalent of the many political parties in Nigeria that exist through their press releases until elections are […]

June 13, 2024 6

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Smuggled Nigerian petrol floods W’African markets, sells N1,700/litre

The Federal Government, on Monday, raised the alarm over the renewed smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, following the massive hike in the pump price of the commodity in neighbouring countries. It stated that while the average price of petrol in Nigeria was about N701/litre, the average cost of the product in neighbouring countries was N1,787/litre, a development that heightened PMS smuggling out of Nigeria in the past […]

June 11, 2024 8

SPORTS

Young Nigerian basketballer bags US scholarships after street encounter with Calabar lawyer

A young Nigerian basketballer, David Etim, has bagged three United States scholarship offers after encountering a Calabar-born lawyer, Faithfulness Okom. Narrating how he met Etim to our correspondent on Thursday, Okom said he met Etim in 2021 while driving in Calabar that fateful Saturday and was fascinated with his height and decided to lure him into playing basketball. According to him, Etim was not the only one he dragged to […]

May 3, 2024 37

SPORTS

Frankfurt offer €18m for Nigerian striker

German club, Eintracht Frankfurt are in negotiations with Czech side, Viktoria Plzen over the signing of Rafiu Durosinmi in January with the Bundesliga outfit offering €18m for the Nigerian striker, Frankfurt see Durosinmi as an ideal replacement for Randal Kolo Muani who joined Paris Saint Germain last summer. According to reports in Bild, Durosinmi held initial discussions with The Eagles, which has gone well with both clubs (Frankfurt and Viktoria Plzen) […]

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