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Taiwo Awoniyi has endured a difficult year with a goal drought of 348 days, but the Nigerian striker says he never lost belief that he could still compete at Premier League level. Coming off the bench at the Gtech Community Stadium marked only Awoniyi’s ninth appearance of the season for Nottingham Forest. Finding the back of the net proved a significant moment for the forward, who sustained a serious abdominal injury towards the end of last campaign. “For me, I have always believed this is where I want to be,” Awoniyi told BBC Radio Nottingham. “I have always believed I…

Republican Senator Roger Marshall has reportedly agreed to hold back on pushing an amendment aimed at credit card swipe fees when the Senate Agriculture Committee marks up a major crypto bill next week. Marshall filed an amendment to the committee’s version of a crypto market structure bill last week that would force companies to compete on swipe fees, but later privately agreed not to add the provision, Politico reported on Monday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.The Senate Agriculture Committee was expected to mark up the bill on Thursday, but pushed the meeting to Tuesday, Feb. 3, as most of…

James Van Der Beek is getting a little (financial) help from his friends amid his stage 3 cancer battle. Paul Walter Hauser announced his partnership with Cameo on Monday, January 26, with the goal of raising $20,000 dollars by March 1 to aid Van Der Beek, 48, in paying for his ongoing treatment after the Dawson’s Creek alum began selling his personal memorabilia to help with costs. “James Van Der Beek started selling his old stuff from his past acting jobs to pay for his colorectal cancer treatments, and it didn’t sit well with me,” Hauser, 39, wrote via Instagram…

The Nigerian government said it has released N50 billion out of the N200 billion promised Needs Assessment Fund as part of the recent agreement reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Speaking during an interview on Arise Television on Sunday, the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, said another N50 billion will soon be released, bringing the total to N100 billion. Mr Alausa said the education ministry would meet the heads of universities, polytechnics and colleges of education to decide how the Needs Assessment Fund will be spent. The Needs Assessment Fund is a component of the contentious 2009…

Victor Boniface’s season has been halted, but not his ambition. The Super Eagles striker has returned to Bayer Leverkusen to begin a carefully managed rehabilitation programme following successful knee surgery, a process expected to keep him sidelined for the remainder of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season. The 25-year-old Nigerian forward, who has been on loan at Werder Bremen, underwent the procedure on 10 January to address persistent issues in his right knee, a problem rooted in a long and painful history that has threatened to derail an otherwise upward career trajectory. A career interrupted, again Boniface’s knee troubles are not new.…

Veteran journalist and former presidential aide, Dr. Reuben Abati, has urged President Bola Tinubu to retain Vice President Kashim Shettima ahead of the 2027 general election, insisting that the President should stand by his choice of running mate. Speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Tuesday, Abati said recent comments by the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, on the political implications of changing the Vice President were neither offensive nor inappropriate. He noted that Musawa rightly pointed out that altering the ticket could affect political calculations in the North, particularly among Kanuri and Hausa-Fulani voters. According to…

Ambassador-designate, Reno Omokri, on Monday, said only those who are delusional would think that they can defintely at President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Omokri said with 30 state governors behind Tinubu, it would be difficult to defeat him in 2027. He was reacting to speculations surrounding the reported move of Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State from the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Posting on X, Omokri wrote: “As Kano Makes 30: Anyone Thinking They Can Defeat President Tinubu In 2027 Is Delusional! “If the opposition could not defeat then-candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in…

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed a well-known community businessman, Alhaji Habibu Mai Shago during a night attack in Tiga town, Bebeji Local Government Area of Kano State. The development was contained in a post shared on X on Tuesday by security analyst, Bakatsine. According to Bakatsine, the attackers invaded Tiga town late at night and stormed the victim’s shop, where he was shot dead. The gunmen were said to have carted away valuables from the shop before fleeing the area. “Last night, gunmen suspected to be bandits invaded Tiga town in Bebeji Local Government Area of Kano State.…

Former Arsenal player, Bacary Sagna is confident Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe will win the Ballon d’Or this year. Sagna hailed the individual performance of his countryman, saying that the only thing that could prevent him from doing well is a bad performance at the FIFA World Cup. Sagna told Goal that he believes Mbappe will win the Ballon d’Or this year. He doesn’t think any other player is as good as the Frenchman has been this season, and he believes that the good form will keep going into the World Cup next summer. He said, “He will win it. I…

The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has said that it has discovered a fake party membership card of bandit leader, Bello Turji, in circulation, describing it as a mischievous attempt to tarnish the image of the party. The party’s spokesman in Zamfara, Yusuf Idris, disclosed this on Monday in a statement made available to newsmen. Idris said the party came across a forged APC membership card allegedly bearing the name and photograph of the notorious bandit kingpin, making it appear as though he is a registered member of the party. “This was carried out by mischievous elements…