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Super Eagles striker, Terem Moffi has agreed to join Portuguese giants FC Porto on loan for the remainder of the season, DAILY POST reports. Porto have the option to make the move permanent for €8m at end of the season. The 26-year-old is already in Portugal to undergo his medical. Moffi was physically attacked by Nice supporters after the defeat to Lorient. The striker failed to make an appearance for the club after the incident. Turkish Super Lig giants Besiktas were also keen on the Nigerian but didn’t move on time.

The Christian Association of Nigeria in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory has faulted the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria over its call for the removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Joash Amupitan, warning against what it described as the politicisation of religion. Northern CAN described the demand as dangerous, unjustified and capable of undermining public confidence in a critical national institution, insisting that competence and integrity—not religious affiliation—should remain the basis for assessing public office holders. The SCSN had called for the immediate removal and prosecution of Amupitan, accusing him…

The Katsina State Police Command on Thursday announced the arrest of two suspected gunrunners and the recovery of 305 rounds of live AK-47 ammunition along the Zaria–Funtua highway in Katsina State. PUNCH Metro learnt from the command that the suspects, Shu’aibu Musa, also known as Abba, aged 30, and Ahmed Sani, aged 27, were arrested on January 27, 2026, at about 2:00 p.m. during an intelligence-led stop-and-search operation by police operatives. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, in a statement shared on the command’s Facebook page, the suspects were intercepted while riding a motorcycle. A search…

Life’s many troubles come in varying shades, shapes and characters to people.  The rich man has his own volley of troubles, and the poor daily deals with his own deluge of struggles. You must have heard stories of people clobbered and hit by cyclones of difficulties and piercing pangs of life’s challenges. Millions of men, women, and children are in the trenches of horrible situations from which they see no hope of escape or liberty. They are our neighbours, friends, and family members. They are men who are not spared from the hammer of trials, and they are also women…

The Federal Government may raise excise duties on alcohol, tobacco, and other so-called “sin goods” as part of sweeping tax and revenue reforms tied to a $750m World Bank financing programme, according to an official implementation report on the facility. The World Bank, in its Implementation Status and Results Report on the Nigeria Accelerating Resource Mobilisation Reforms Programme-for-Results financing, said Nigeria’s excise rates on sin goods remain “very low”, but concrete steps are now underway to review and increase them, with effect from 2026 under the reform programme. A 2020 tax summary published on the website of PwC shows that…

Super Eagles head coach Éric Chelle was a guest of Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal on Wednesday, as the governor seeks to use sports as a tool for youth engagement and development in the state, The PUNCH reports. Chelle recently led Nigeria to a third-place finish at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Although the Super Eagles missed out on a fourth AFCON title, the team’s performance drew praise from several quarters. His contract situation, which runs until the end of the year, has also been a subject of discussion. While Chelle has been linked with other African…

The Smiles for the Orphans and Vulnerable Children Initiative donated educational materials to over 100 pupils of public primary and secondary schools in the Oto-Ijanikin area of Lagos State in commemoration of this year’s International Day of Education. The event held at the Prof. A.O.K. Noah Hall, Lagos State University of Education, Oto-Ijanikin, brought together schoolchildren from various public schools in Ijanikin. The founder and team lead of SOVCI, Mr Euriel Momah, said the donation was aimed at supporting children and keeping them in school. He explained that the donation, under the initiative’s Street to School programme, which started in…

Michael Selig, chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), announced that the agency would join the efforts of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Project Crypto.In remarks prepared for an SEC-CFTC discussion on harmonizing the agencies’ approach to digital assets, Selig said that the CFTC would partner with the SEC on its Project Crypto, an initiative launched in July to establish clarity on regulations for digital assets. According to the CFTC chair, the joint collaboration aims to “advance a clear crypto asset taxonomy, clarify jurisdictional lines, remove duplicative compliance requirements, and reduce regulatory fragmentation.” “Fragmented oversight imposes real economic costs—raising barriers…

Taylor Sheridan critics may be in for a surprise with his Yellowstone spinoff The Madison already being applauded for its apparent “female-gaze-oriented” vision. Star Kurt Russell, who filmed two seasons of the upcoming Paramount+ series, praised Sheridan’s ideas, telling Entertainment Weekly on Wednesday, January 28, “I really like what The Madison is. It’s a smart show.” Russell, 74, referred to Sheridan, 55, as a “really good writer.” “Taylor’s excellent, and Michelle [Pfeiffer]’s great, and she’s really great in this show. Talking about awards — I think they’re going to be looking Michelle’s way,” he noted. “They’re all really good, but…

‎‎The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has raised fresh concerns over insecurity in the country and particularly in the South-west, calling on governors of the region to do more to stem the tide.‎‎In a communique issued after its meeting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Tuesday, the group noted its earlier calls for urgent attention by the respective governments and agencies to the current situation in the country.‎‎The group led by Reuben Fasoranti noted that the situation of insecurity in the land leaves a lot to be desired.‎‎Afenifere expressed concern that banditry and kidnapping have become so rampant that they…