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Former Manchester United defender, Gary Neville has criticized Alejandro Garnacho, Jorrel Hato, and Benoit Badiashiele after Chelsea beat West Ham United 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday. He mentioned that those players had ‘very bad experiences’ while playing for Chelsea against West Ham on Saturday, adding that Garnacho’s confidence is ‘completely broken.’ Garnacho, 21-year-old, moved to Stamford Bridge from Manchester United last  summer and has played 26 matches across all competitions, scoring six goals. He started the game against the Hammers last weekend on the left wing. However, it was a difficult day for Garnacho, who had to be…

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has approved the appointment of Mr Daniel Eke as the new Sporting Director of Enyimba International Football Club, Aba. The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Sunday by the state Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, who said the move aligns with the state government’s resolve to restore Enyimba FC to its rightful place among Africa’s elite football clubs. Kanu said the decision is part of efforts to reposition the club for sustainable growth while strengthening its business, professional, and administrative structure. He also disclosed that the former Sporting Director, Mr Ifeanyi Ekwueme, has…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a Brazil-based Nigerian businessman, Uche Onyekwere, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, for allegedly concealing cocaine on his body and in his footwear. The agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that the 47-year-old suspect was arrested on Thursday at the airport’s arrival hall during the inward clearance of passengers on a South African Airways flight from Brazil via Johannesburg, following actionable intelligence. The statement said, “A Brazil-based Nigerian businessman, Uche Franklin Onyekwere, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the…

International Breweries Plc recorded a rebound in its financial performance in the 2025 financial year, as revenue rose by 26.8 per cent to N620.1bn, from N489.0bn in the corresponding period of 2024, driven largely by improved beer sales volumes, better pricing, and stronger market demand. The revenue growth reflects a gradual recovery in consumer spending and increased patronage across the company’s beer portfolio. In its profit and loss statement for the year ending 31 December 2025, the cost of sales rose to N415.7bn, up 16.3% from N357.6bn in 2024, driven largely by higher expenses for raw materials, packaging, energy, and…

The historic Gombe Emir’s Football Competition, also known as the Emir’s Cup is set to return after several decades, with organisers introducing the Video Assistant Referee technology, in a move aimed at raising officiating standards and professionalism in grassroots football. Chairman of the Gombe Emir’s Football Competition, Ahmed Shuaibu-Gara, disclosed this on Saturday, saying the deployment of VAR would set a new benchmark for community-based football tournaments in Nigeria. “There will be nine referees for the competition, and they will all undergo VAR training. VAR will be deployed during the opening match and the final. This is one of its…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a new creator token model that combines decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) with prediction market mechanics to incentivize higher-quality content creation.Creator tokens, or content coins, are blockchain-based assets that can grant fans a slice of ownership, access rights, or even royalties for the content creator’s work, which could be in the form of posts, photos, music, or videos. However, in a post on X on Sunday, Buterin said existing creator token platforms notably prioritize mass content creation over quality, and that this is now being exacerbated by AI-generated content.To combat this, Buterin said one idea would…

NBA superstar and Philadelphia 76ers shooting guard Paul George has been suspended for 25 games, the league announced on Saturday, January 31 — but Charles Barkley isn’t buying the explanation. “It’s something fishy going on here,” the NBA Hall of Famer said on Saturday’s episode of Inside the NBA. “Now, I don’t joke around about mental health, but if you’re taking something for mental health, that’s got to be an outlier to the NBA. Like my girl Judge Judy says, ‘If it don’t make sense to me, it don’t make sense,’ because I like Paul George … but if you’re…

The 2023 governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in Enugu State, Ray Kene Ogbodo, has expressed concern over what he called worsening suffering by the masses of Enugu State. Ogbodo, in a statement he made available to journalists at the weekend, said it was worrisome that despite increased revenue, there was worsening hardship and rising poverty after Governor Peter Mbah’s 32 months in office. In the statement signed by his media aide, Mr. Azubuike Akam, Ogbodo stated that thirty-two months into the Mbah administration, silence was no longer an option. He there was the need for him to…

Terrorists have again attacked Niger State, killing one person, abducting five others, and setting ablaze a church building and a police station in Agwarra Local Government Area. The attackers reportedly burned down the United Missionary Church of Africa in Agwarra and also torched the police station in the area during the assault. PUNCH reliably learnt that the assailants set the church on fire at about 6 am before moving to Sokonba village, which shares a border with Kabe, a community that was attacked recently. The terrorists were said to have carted away food items and other valuables before killing an…

The Edo State Police Command has arrested 13 suspects for kidnapping and vandalism and rescued three abducted victims during separate security operations across the state. The command disclosed this in a statement on Sunday by its spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, who said the operation followed targeted intelligence, swift response and coordinated bush-combing operations in Esan West and Owan West Local Government Areas. She explained that the operations were part of sustained security measures ordered by the Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, to dismantle criminal networks and deny offenders safe haven. According to the statement, on Monday, January 26, 2026, at about…