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Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Abia State chapter, Kingsley Ononogbu has identified disunity among the party members and sabotage of party’s interests as some of the factors that stopped APC from  winning Abia State during the 2023 election. Ononogbu, who was speaking to journalists on Monday in his office after receiving the members of Renewed Hope Ambassadors, said that the identified mistakes have now been corrected, for the 2027 task. The Abia APC Chairman said that his party was working hard to win the 2027 election in Abia, and appealed to all party members to shun  sabotage but…

Officers of the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force have brought a man, Israel Onen, before the Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged N60 million visa fraud scheme. Onen was arraigned on Monday before Justice Ibrahim Kala on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, fraud, obtaining money under false pretence, money laundering, and stealing. The charges, filed by the police, are contained in suit number FHC/L/1203C/2025. At the arraignment, the prosecution told the court that the defendant allegedly conspired with other individuals who are currently at large to defraud the complainant, Akinola Ayodele Emmanuel, between 2024…

Former Chelsea forward, Timo Werner’s new club has been revealed. According to Fabrizio Romano, Werner will be joining Major League Soccer, MLS, side, San Jose Earthquakes this January transfer window. Werner is leaving Leipzig and will sign at San Jose in the next days after a verbal agreement reached between both parties today. The 29-year-old’s contract with San Jose Earthquakes will be a permanent deal. Meanwhile, in another development, Chelsea announced on Monday that midfielder Oriane Jean-Francois has completed a permanent move to Aston Villa Jean-Francois joined Chelsea in July 2024, after a two-year stint at Paris Saint-Germain. The 24-year-old made her…

The Confederation of African Football will conduct the draw for the preliminary round of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Tuesday, officially beginning the road to the tournament, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. CAF on Monday released the official pots for the teams involved in the preliminary stage, setting the framework for the opening fixtures of the qualification campaign. Pot 1 includes Lesotho, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eswatini, South Sudan and Mauritius, while Pot 2 comprises Chad, São Tomé & Príncipe, Djibouti, Somalia, Seychelles and Eritrea. According to CAF, each team in Pot 1 will be paired against a team from…

Suspected cultists have shot dead a man, identified as Tyohee Aseer, in the Wurukum area of Makurdi, Benue State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident occurred on Sunday night, which was barely a week after scores were killed in rival cult clashes across the state. In a statement issued on Monday by his media aide, Teran Nathaniel, the Executive Chairman of Makurdi Local Government Council, Joseph Keffi, condemned the killing. He also declared Wurukum, in Walomayo Council Ward, a place of particular concern following a spate of youth killings in the area. According to the statement, the attack occurred at…

Nigeria is deemed the giant of Africa. As such, it is expected that Nigerian President Bola Tinubu should have added his voice to the ongoing quagmire between the United States of America and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The silence in a situation such as this is unfathomable. It’s more confusing as the Nigerian President has a very eloquent and vibrant spokesman, Bayo Onanuga. Onanuga has mastery of his job and has never lacked words in any situation. Is anything fishy, or is Onanuga on vacation? Onanuga, please say something. For example, recently, when US President Donald Trump threatened a forceful…

The Club Cricket Committee Lagos League is hitting new gears in the new year as the 2025/26 season hots up in the Premier and First Divisions, to the excitement of the organisers and their headline sponsor, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Action entered week six during the weekend, with Premier League leaders Ibeju Lekki Cricket Club maintaining their strong start to the new year with a three-wicket win over Rocks of Abeokuta. Government College Ibadan also grabbed a 78-run win over MRI Warriors, while reigning champions Rising Stars Cricket Club beat Federal Government College Warri by eight wickets. The race for…

The Vice-Chancellor of Anchor University, Lagos, Prof. Samuel Bandele, has renewed calls on the Federal Government to extend the Nigerian Education Loan Fund to students of private universities. Bandele, in a statement issued on Monday, said the exclusion of students in private universities undermines the broader objective of ensuring equitable access to higher education. “There is no doubt that the education loan fund has brought succour to many students whose parents could not afford to send their children to higher institutions,” he said. “This government initiative has restored hope to many Nigerian students who crave higher education. I hope successive…

Eric Adams has made his first major public move since leaving the New York City Mayor’s Office, launching a New York City–themed crypto token aimed at addressing antisemitism and “anti-Americanism.”In a post to X on Monday, Adams announced the launch of the NYC Token, with a link to a website that says it also aims to inspire the next wave of innovation in NYC.“I always say there are two types of Americans, those who live in New York and those who wish they could,” Adams said in a video, adding that “We’re about to change the game.”“If you can’t make…

A California mother has been found guilty of murder after her 2-year-old daughter drowned in a pool while she was busy talking on the phone to men she’d matched with on a dating app. The Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that Kelle Anne Brassart was convicted of second-degree murder and child neglect stemming from the death of her daughter Daniellé Pires in September 2025. Prosecutors said that police officers responded to a Turlock, California, home on September 12, 2025, around 3:30 p.m. after they received a report of an unresponsive child in a swimming pool. Upon their arrival, officers found…