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The Premier League ended on Sunday, with some of the teams confirming the European competitions they will play in next season. Before today, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Aston Villa had confirmed their Champions League qualification. Liverpool became the fifth team to join them, despite their 1-1 draw at home with Brentford. Bournemouth narrowly failed to qualify for the Champions League, as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Nottingham. They will play in the Europa League along with Sunderland, who beat 10-man Chelsea 2-1 at the Stadium of Light. Brighton qualify for the Europa Conference League after a 3-0…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has defended the apex bank’s return to orthodox monetary policy and warned against renewed calls for interventionist programmes, saying such measures previously distorted the institution’s balance sheet and weakened policy effectiveness. Cardoso made the remarks during the opening session of a Monetary Policy Committee workshop held on May 21, 2026, according to a statement issued by the CBN on Sunday. The statement said the governor reaffirmed the bank’s commitment to orthodox monetary policy, transparency and evidence-based decision-making, describing the ongoing reforms as critical to restoring confidence in the Nigerian economy…
Businessman and contender for the All Progressives Congress presidential ticket, Stanley Osifo, on Sunday said his defeat in the party’s primary will not deter him from working for its success in the 2027 elections, adding that “God knows better.” “I think God knows better, and God knows tomorrow,” Osifo said when he spoke exclusively to our correspondent immediately after the collation and declaration at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja. He polled 16,503 votes against President Bola Tinubu’s 10,999,162 in the nationwide direct primary conducted across 8,809 wards on Saturday. Asked if he was satisfied with the outcome,…
Former England international Chris Waddle has urged Newcastle United to move decisively for Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen this summer, insisting the 27-year-old is tailor-made for the Premier League, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Osimhen is once again among the most coveted forwards in European football after inspiring Galatasaray to a 26th Turkish league title while also helping the club advance into the knockout rounds of the UEFA Champions League. Galatasaray, who signed the Nigerian for a club-record €75m last year, have reportedly placed a €100 million asking price on the striker in a bid to deter interested parties. That has…
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The police in Imo State say they have arrested two men who allegedly raped and beheaded Wendy Achumba, a female nursing student in Umulogho, a community in Obowo Local Government Area of the state. Henry Okoye, the police spokesperson in Imo State, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the victim’s decapitated body was found on Thursday evening in her hostel room in the Umulogho Community in the Obowo Local Government Area of the state. The victim, who hailed from Abia State, was a student of the College of Nursing Sciences in Umuadara village in…
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has warned against growing calls for unbridled importation of petroleum products. It argued that such a policy could undermine Nigeria’s industrialisation drive, weaken domestic refining investments, and deepen economic vulnerability. In a statement issued on Sunday, CPPE’s Chief Executive Officer, Muda Yusuf, said the debate around petroleum imports went beyond fuel supply and touches on the broader issues of economic sovereignty, industrial development, and macroeconomic resilience. The advice comes amid an ongoing legal dispute between Dangote Refinery and the federal government following the issuance of fresh fuel import licences to major…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has returned to Abuja after attending the inauguration of Romuald Wadagni of Benin Republic. DAILY POST reports that Shettima headed straight to the Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre for the final collation of the APC presidential primary results. The Vice President had on Saturday, jetted to Benin Republic for the inauguration. He was joined by other leaders across Africa and beyond at the event, which was held at the Presidential Palace in Cotonou.
Stakeholders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) across the South West have formally endorsed the presidential aspiration of Mohammed Hayatu-Deen (OON) ahead of the party’s presidential primaries scheduled for Monday, describing him as the candidate best prepared to reposition Nigeria and lead the country out of its current economic and governance crisis. The endorsement was conveyed in a statement issued on Sunday by Babajide Dosunmu, Leader of the ADC South-West Professionals Forum, following consultations with party stakeholders, youth leaders, professionals, and mobilisers across the South West zone. According to Dosunmu, the decision to support Hayatu-Deen was driven by what he described as “a…
Operatives of Obowo Divisional Police Headquarters, in collaboration with community youths, have arrested two suspects linked to the rape and gruesome murder of Wendy Achumba, a 21-year-old nursing student of Mercy College of Nursing Science, Umulogho, whose lifeless body was found in her off-campus residence at Umuadara, Umulogho, Obowo, LGA, Imo State. The spokesperson of the Imo Police, Henry Okoye, in a press statement, said the two suspects were identified as Onyema Okonkwo, 32, and Emmanuel Onyekachi, 25. Both are natives of the community where the crime was allegedly committed. Okoye said the two suspects were arrested following sustained, intelligence-led…
