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Former Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, has called on the Italian Football Federation to consider appointing departing Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, as the new head coach of the national team. Conte announced on Sunday his departure from Napoli after the team secured second place in Serie A, finishing 11 points behind champions Inter Milan. The ex-Chelsea and Tottenham manager has been widely speculated to be returning to Italy’s national team following their failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup this summer. However, after his final match in charge of Napoli, which concluded with a 1-0 victory at home against Udinese, Conte…
The senator representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, Shehu Buba, has reportedly defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Redemption Party following his withdrawal from the APC governorship race in Bauchi State. The development comes days after the senator announced his withdrawal from the APC governorship contest, citing alleged irregularities and constitutional breaches in the conduct of the party’s primaries in the state. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Sabo Muhammad, the senator accused some party officials of manipulating the primaries process by allegedly announcing predetermined results without conducting actual voting exercises. “The…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has disclosed that 10,634 environmental offenders were arrested across the state within one year as part of intensified enforcement activities aimed at promoting environmental sanitation and restoring order. According to a statement on Sunday by the ministry’s Director of Public Affairs, Kunle Adeshina, Wahab disclosed this during the 2026 Ministerial Press Briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa. Giving a breakdown of the arrest, Wahab noted that 5,715 persons were arrested for illegal highway crossing, while 3,886 others were apprehended for offences including street trading, environmental pollution,…
The Nigeria Cricket Federation has appointed Zimbabwean tactician Stephen Mangongo as the new head coach of the Yellow Greens and the federation’s high-performance manager, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Our correspondent confirmed Mangongo’s appointment on Sunday ahead of his unveiling ceremony scheduled to take place on Wednesday, May 27, at the TBS Cricket Oval. Mangongo replaces Kenyan coach Steve Tikolo, who held the role for more than three years between October 2022 and January 2026. His appointment ends the NCF’s four-month search for Tikolo’s replacement as Nigeria prepares to compete in the ICC 2028 T20 World Cup qualifiers later this year.…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has reportedly postponed its plan to allow trading of tokenized stocks after stock exchange officials raised concerns over how the plan would be implemented.Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter, that the SEC’s “innovation exemption” for crypto-based stocks was expected to be released during the week, with SEC staffers having already reviewed a draft of the tokenized stock trading proposal.The SEC has reportedly received input from hundreds of market participants on how to best implement the rules, but it has not made a decision to change its proposal.Under the SEC’s proposal,…
Influencer Jeff Nippard is opening up about his mental health struggles after the death of his fiancée, Stephanie Buttermore. “I’ve been staying in my friend’s basement for the past few weeks and he has a barbell and a dumbbell down there, so I’ve been getting back to my roots with some basic strength training again. A part of me likes having a minimal set up like this because the constraints force me to get creative,” Nippard wrote via Instagram on Sunday, May 24, alongside videos of him exercising. “Working out during grief has been one of those things that I…
Zayd Ibn Isah …The Nigerian Spirit Is Special announces Zayd Ibn Isah as a prolific writer and a public intellectual of genuine promise. But it also makes a broader, quieter case: that critical thinking and the rigorous engagement of ideas are not luxuries in the project of nation-building, but necessities. A country finds its way forward not only through policy and governance, but through the quality of its self-understanding. Books like this one, which demands that Nigerians see themselves with both honesty and pride, are part of that essential work. One of the hardest things to write about as a…
Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, ADS, has appealed to both Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to fast track the release of students and teachers who were abducted in the state recently. The society made the call in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday. Recall that about on the 15th of May 2026, from some communities in Oriire local government area of Oyo. The Muslim group, in its reaction, described the incident as unfortunate and worrisome. The ADS Council Chairman, Bashiru Aminu, and Secretary, Mutiu Alade, in the statement, urged the Oyo and federal governments…
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday elected Oladipupo Adebutu as its governorship candidate for the forthcoming 2027 gubernatorial election. Chairman of the Election Committee and national representative, Ariyo Afolabi, made the announcement on Sunday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Afolabi noted that after the collation of results from the 236 wards across the 20 local government areas of the state, the sole aspirant, Oladipupo Adebutu, emerged as the governorship candidate of the party. “The Ogun State governorship electoral panel hereby declares Honourable Oladipupo Olatunde Adebutu as the winner and consensus candidate,” he added.…
Nigeria has intensified nationwide surveillance and emergency preparedness measures against Ebola Virus Disease following the growing outbreak in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Saturday. In a fresh public health advisory issued by the Director-General of the NCDC, Jide Idris, on Sunday, the agency said Nigeria has not recorded any confirmed case linked to the ongoing regional outbreak but warned that the risk of importation remains high because of international travel, population movement and the scale of transmission in affected East African countries. The agency said its latest risk…
