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Arsenal have landed a big punch. The Gunners crushed Sunderland 3-0 on Saturday afternoon and are now nine points clear at the top of the table. Aston Villa’s 1-1 draw at Bournemouth means only Manchester City can cut their lead this weekend. And City are away at Liverpool on Sunday. Anfield has historically been a difficult stadium for Pep Guardiola’s men to play at. They have only picked up one win there since 2003, and that came when there were no fans in attendance in 2021. It doesn’t help that they arrive this time around, knowing they trail Arsenal by…
The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Protocol, Issa Niniola, has said the Federal Government is not sleeping over the spate of insecurity in the country. Niniola stated this on the sidelines of the 27th Oba-Oke Day celebration in Olorunda Local Government Area of Osun State held on Saturday. According to him, insecurity in the country is worrisome and has become a front-burner issue, assuring that the Federal Government is not neglecting it. “As it is today, insecurity has become an international concern, and I can assure you that the Federal Government is going to tackle it frontally.…
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday alleged that the state government had concluded arrangements to manipulate some retirees into staging protests at branches of the United Bank for Africa, in relation to the ongoing crises in local government areas. The opposition party, in a statement by the Director of Media of Osun APC, Mr Kola Olabisi, on Sunday, claimed the government planned to use the pensioners to protest the payment of federal allocations to APC local government chairmen and councillors on Monday. It subsequently appealed to the state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gothan, and other security…
Grief has continued to trail the death of Nigerian footballer, Saburi Adeniji, popularly known as Ola, following revelations that his wife and young daughter arrived in the United Kingdom barely a day after he passed away. Adeniji, a left winger for Kings Park Rangers Football Club of Sudbury, a non-league side competing in the Eastern Counties League Division One North, died on Friday morning after battling a severe brain stem injury. The club confirmed his death in a statement on Saturday, noting that the 26-year-old footballer had fought to stay alive until arrangements were completed for his family to travel…
Last month, over a dozen automobile and smartphone manufacturers gathered in Palo Alto, California, for the 16th annual “Plugfest,” hosted by the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) to test out the latest in digital key technology.Digital keys, which allow vehicle owners to lock, unlock, and start their cars using smartphones or other digital devices, are becoming more commonplace. And the goal of Plugfest was to provide a place for CCC members — ranging from automakers and smart device manufacturers to cloud providers and chip makers — to come together to test interoperability and real-world performance across vehicles, devices, and wireless technologies.…
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Mary Cosby’s son, Robert Cosby Jr., has broken his silence after recently being released from a Utah jail. “I’m back :),” Robert 23, posted via Instagram on Friday, February 6, alongside a carousel of photos of himself and his pet bulldog. Robert’s attorney Clayton Simms confirmed to People on Wednesday, February 4, that the Bravo star was released from Salt Lake County Metro Jail on Tuesday, February 3, after two months behind bars. Per court documents, Robert will be required to serve 36 months of probation and complete 75 hours of community…
Constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Professor Sebastine Hon has dismissed the call by the Sharia Council of Nigeria for the sack of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Joash Amupitan SAN as an unguided request. He said the call predicated on possible bias against a particular interest was not only ridiculous but amounts to an invitation to President Bola Tinubu to breach the provisions of the 1999 Constitution. In a statement in Abuja on Sunday, the senior lawyer maintained that the reasons advanced by the Council to back the call are not tenable…
Nigerian musician, Innocent Idibia, also known as 2Baba, has named Burna Boy the top Afrobeat artiste on the global stage. 2Baba gave the verdict amid the controversy surrounding the “Top 3” artiste in the Nigeria music industry. DAILY POST reports that the popular ‘Big 3’ term is used to refer to Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Davido who are celebrated as Nigeria’s most dominant global musical exports. However, the singer during his latest appearance on Mic On Podcast with Seun Okinbaloye, stated that “Burna Boy is currently at the top”, globally. “I have favourite songs from the three. But I think…
Ademola Lookman is in line to make his LaLiga home debut for Atletico Madrid against Real Betis on Sunday (today). The encounter is slated for the Metropolitano Stadium. Lookman linked up with Diego Simeone’s side from Atalanta on Monday. The Nigeria international made an impressive debut for the Rojiblancos, providing a goal and an assist in the club’s Copa del Rey 5-0 win over Real Betis on Thursday. Atletico Madrid’s fans will be desperate to catch a glimpse of their newest addition. Atletico sits in third position on the LaLiga table with 45 points from 22 matches.
The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Benue State, Ardo Risku, on Sunday, appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the state governor, Hyacinth Alia, to intervene in the detention of his son, Mahmuda Risku. PUNCH Online reports that Mahmuda was arrested on February 1, 2026, while allegedly grazing cattle near a stream in Ogobia community, Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. Risku, who made the appeal during a press conference in Makurdi, the state capital, on Sunday, said his son had taken 48 cows in search of pasture when some vigilantes…
