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Former Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, has insisted that a ‘calm’ Victor Osimhen doesn’t play well for the national team. According the Ighalo, Osimhen needs to be angry for you to see the best out of him. The Manchester United star spoke on SuperSport on Saturday as Nigeria defeated Algeria 2-0 in the AFCON quarter-final stage. This comes after Osimhen recently had a heated argument with Super Eagles teammate Lookman Ademola during Nigeria’s 4-0 win against Mozambique. However, both players have already settled their differences and were impressive against Algeria on Saturday. “We have seen Ronaldo do that [Osimhen’s heated…

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the South-East, have endorsed President Bola Tinubu as their sole presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. The endorsement was done on Saturday at the Izu Umunne gathering of APC stakeholders held in Enugu, where party leaders reviewed national political developments and the position of “Ndigbo” ahead of the next electoral cycle. In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, the APC leaders said the South-East could no longer afford internal divisions and politically “scattered”…

There is a shade of embarrassment that comes not through grand errors but through minor, avoidable oversights, the kind that makes you wince because the cost of avoiding it was so negligible. Last Sunday, that embarrassment arrived via a tiny watermark at the bottom-right corner of a photograph. The image showed President Bola Tinubu and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame dining in Paris. It was shared on the President’s official X account. Both leaders appeared to be at an upscale Parisian restaurant, engaged in what the caption described as a discussion on “the current state of world affairs and advancing Africa in…

The spokesperson for the Julius Abure’s bloc of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, speaks with IMOLEAYO OYEDEYI, on the defection of the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to the African Democratic Congress You recently said the Labour Party regretted presenting Peter Obi as its presidential candidate in 2023 following his defection to the ADC. Considering the nationwide visibility and electoral relevance he brought to the party, on what basis does the party now describe his candidature as a regret?  I am not sure I ever said we regretted fielding Obi in 2023, because at that time, we assumed he…

Electricity distribution companies funded only 90,172 meters nationwide between 2019 and the third quarter of 2025, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s Third Quarter 2025 report, underscoring their limited contribution to closing Nigeria’s widening metering gap. This indicates that the DisCos appear to have abandoned one of their duties, which is metering all eligible customers. Stakeholders have argued that it is the responsibility of the DisCos to meter their customers at no cost to them. However, this has remained a major challenge, as the utilities made customers pay for meters with promises that they would be refunded. Many customers…

Antoine Semenyo scored on his Manchester City debut as the Ghana forward’s new side crushed Exeter 10-1 in the FA Cup third round on Saturday. Semenyo netted in the second half of City’s ruthless display at the Etihad Stadium and injury-plagued midfielder Rodri also scored for the first time since May 2024. Semenyo joined City from Bournemouth in a £65 million ($87 million) move on Friday and wasted no time making an impact with Pep Guardiola’s team. Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham were amongst the other clubs interested in Semenyo, who had a buyout clause that would reportedly expire on…

Katie Cassidy completely transformed into Karen Read for Lifetime’s new film, Accused: The Karen Read Story. “I just tried to embody the character, and I do believe that there’s three sides to every story,” Cassidy, 39, exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the TV movie’s Saturday, January 10, premiere. “There’s her side, there’s their side, and then there’s the truth, and the truth always comes out.” Read, 45, was arrested in 2022 for the second-degree murder of her then-boyfriend, John O’Keefe. She pleaded not guilty and, in June 2025, was ultimately acquitted of all charges in connection to O’Keefe’s death…

Abdul-Azeez Adediran, known as Jandor, says Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State remains politically safe within the APC despite renewed impeachment threats. The Rivers House of Assembly initiated fresh impeachment proceedings against Mr Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu. The proceedings, which began on Thursday, are based on allegations of misconduct levelled against the governor and his deputy. The impeachment move is linked to the lingering political crisis between Mr Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is the minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Mr Adediran, the 2023 PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State, spoke after participating in the…

Renowned Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie has accused a private hospital in Lagos of negligence and impropriety, leading to the death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu Nnamdi. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Nnamdi, one of Ms Adichie’s twin sons, died on Wednesday after a brief illness. The newspaper reported that the author and her husband, Ivara Esege, a Nigerian-American doctor, welcomed their twins in April 2024. Ms Adichie stated that her son’s death was avoidable, blaming what she described as critical failures in care during medical procedures that ought to have been routine. The Purple Hibiscus author said in a statement that,…

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has urged Abians to disregard recent remarks by some leaders of the opposition in the state. Governor Otti who was speaking on Saturday at Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Umuoriehi, Umuahia North LGA, during the dedication of the church building, said that those who are gathering against him were the same people that failed to develop the state in the past. Otti was reacting to an alliance formed against his re-election by former Abia governors Orji Uzor Kalu, Theodore Orji and Okezie Ikpeazu. The governor slammed the opposition members for pursuing personal interest above the collective development…