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Rivers United technical adviser, Finidi George said he is counting on Ikorodu City in the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, title race. Ikorodu City will entertain Rangers in their last match of the season at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos on Sunday.  Rivers United need Ikorodu City to avoid defeat to have a chance of winning the league title. The Pride of Rivers will host Katsina United in Port Harcourt and must secure a win to take advantage of any slip from the leaders. Finidi said his side is focused on winning their own game, and will wait to see…

Shooting Stars have secured a place in next season’s CAF Confederation Cup after finishing third in the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League, ending a 27-year absence from continental football despite a final-day 1-0 defeat to Niger Tornadoes, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Ibadan-based side accumulated 60 points from 38 matches to clinch third place, finishing two points ahead of Ikorodu City, who ended the campaign in fourth position for the second consecutive season. The result ensures Shooting Stars return to continental competition for the first time since 1999, when they featured in the CAF Champions League following their 1998 league…

The Imo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspects, Onyema Okonkwo and Emmanuel Onyekachi, over the alleged rape and murder of a 21-year-old nursing student, Wendy Achumba, in Umuadara Umulogho, Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State. This came as the traditional ruler of Umuadara Umulogho, Eze Patrick Uwalaka, alongside members of the community where the nursing school is located and where the deceased lived in an off-campus apartment, publicly denounced the killing and dissociated themselves from the crime. Until her death last Thursday, Wendy was a student of Our Lady of Mercy Nursing School, Obowo, where…

Professor Is-haq Oloyede is, by all standards, regarded as one of the most influential education administrators in Nigeria today. As a transformational leader who assumed office on August 1, 2016, as the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, he took it upon himself to introduce necessary and far-reaching reforms aimed at transforming the agency from an institution hitherto remarkable for corruption and inefficiency into one now widely acclaimed for its transparency, accountability, and technological innovation. This year 2026 would mark the end of his second and last tenure as the indefatigable Registrar of the Board, and he would…

French Ligue 1 club Stade Rennais are reportedly interested in signing Nigerian attacker Zadok Yohanna, who has also been linked with several high-profile moves across Europe, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 18-year-old winger has become a regular for AIK Stockholm this season, impressing with his performances after joining from Ikon Allah FC of Kaduna last summer. Aside from the transfer links, Yohanna recently earned his first Super Eagles call-up, although AIK refused to release him for international duty, citing his recovery from a recent injury. However, there are strong indications that Yohanna could be on the move this summer, as…

Barbra Streisand is speaking out after canceling her appearance at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where she was set to receive the honorary Palme. “I was mesmerized by those images on the screen,” the iconic singer, 84, said via virtual message, per Variety. “They were so powerful that they’re still in my head. I wanted to be an actress and live in those other more interesting worlds.” Streisand explained that she later realized she was always “looking at the movie as a whole” and asking a lot of questions. “I didn’t realize at the time, but I was thinking like…

A faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) aligned with the party’s former presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, has dissolved the National Working Committee (NWC) led by David Mark. The faction subsequently constituted a new NWC to manage the affairs of the party. The development was announced at the faction’s national convention held in Abuja on Sunday and attended by delegates from across the country. Abdulkadir Bashir was announced as its national chairman, while Johnny Derek emerged as deputy national chairman. Kennedy Odion was named national secretary, Joe Aro as national treasurer, Chris Ugwu as national publicity secretary, and Elias as…

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday referred to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike as “landlord”. This happened when both politicians were exchanging pleasantries at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Wike and a few other government officials were at the airport on Sunday to receive the president, who returned from Lagos State. In a video, President Tinubu could be heard telling the former Rivers State Governor, “Landlord, you are back?” Wike has been in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to ensure that his loyalists scale through the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary elections in the state. Watch video

Kelechi Anosike has won the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State as the party concluded its primary election on Sunday. Anosike scored 16,543 votes to defeat the former Commissioner for Information in Abia State, John Okiyi Kalu, who scored 3,145 votes. The former Deputy Chief of Staff to former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Olugu Kalu Ugba, scored 961 votes. The election victory was announced by the Chairman of the PDP in Abia State, Abraham Amah, at the PDP office in Umuahia, with the approval of the PDP electoral panel for Abia State, led by Chris Nnadi.…

Three clubs have officially been relegated from the English Premier League. This follows the conclusion of this season’s English top-flight league on Sunday. The three clubs are West Ham United, Burnley and Wolves. They recorded the lowest points in the Premier League this term. Wolves have 20 points from 38 games, Burnley recorded 22 points, while West Ham has 39 points from the same number of matches. West Ham was unable to survive relegation after Tottenham defeated Everton 1-0 at home. Meanwhile, Arsenal are champions of England, having won the league ahead of Manchester City a few days ago.