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The experience of watching a football match is a sacred ritual for millions. The visuals provide the drama, but the voice guiding the experience—the commentator—can either elevate it to an epic or render it an endurance test. This duality was on full display this past Wednesday during Nigeria’s match against Tanzania, where the commentary by former Super Eagles captain and coach, Sunday Oliseh, became a louder talking point than the on-pitch action for many viewers. Faced with his delivery, I found myself in a familiar viewer’s dilemma: mute the television or switch channels entirely. I opted to reduce the volume…
A Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, RSUTH, Dr. Otto Nimi Aria, has called on Nigerians to end the stigmatization of children born with cleft lip and palate, describing the condition as a correctable deformity rather than an abnormality. Cleft lip and palate are congenital conditions that occur when a baby’s face or mouth does not fully form during early pregnancy, often affecting the child’s facial appearance, feeding, and speech. Speaking during the Cleft Awareness Flag-Off Campaign in Monday, organized by RSUTH in collaboration with Smile Train Global, Dr.Aria emphasized that children born with the conditions…
Spanish club Valencia have been credited with an interest in Nigerian striker Emmanuel Dennis, DAILY POST reports. Dennis was released by Premier League club, Nottingham Forest in the summer. The 28-year-old has been linked with several clubs leaving the Tricky Trees. According Spanish media outlet, Fichajes, Valencia have strong interest in the striker. Los Che are looking to bring in a new striker when the transfer window reopens in January. Dennis, who can play either as a striker and winger is one of the names on their list. The fact that they won’t pay a transfer fee also makes the…
The Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo, has called on Christians to seize the sacred moment of Christmas to pray fervently for Nigeria and to live lives of service, humility, love and sacrifice, as exemplified by the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday and made available to newsmen in Lokoja by the Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo. In his Christmas message to the people of Kogi State and Nigerians at large, Governor Ododo described Christmas as a season of deep reflection, spiritual renewal and recommitment to the values that bind humanity…
Emergency responders are still battling a massive fire that erupted on Christmas Eve at the 22-storey Great Nigeria Insurance House on Martins Street, Lagos Island, more than 10 hours after it began. PUNCH Online learnt that the blaze, which started around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, spread to at least four adjacent buildings, causing widespread damage in one of the city’s busiest commercial hubs. The fire reportedly originated on the fourth or fifth floor of the high-rise, which is primarily used as a warehouse for clothing, before escalating to other floors. Video footage from the scene, shared by the NTA Network…
Former Super Eagles midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi, has called on the current squad to win the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations as an apology to Nigerians following their World Cup qualification failure, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 2013 AFCON winner said that the tournament in Morocco presents an opportunity for the team to restore hope and pride to disappointed fans across the country. “Right now, fans are very disappointed, but I just want to encourage them. They must turn things around by giving people new hope in this Africa Cup of Nations that we are playing now,” Onazi told PUNCH Sports…
Blockchain tokenization is transforming money beyond fiat currencies such as the US dollar by allowing users to save and instantly move virtually any asset across platforms, said a Kraken executive.“I think we’re past the point where money only means fiat or your local currency,” Kraken head of consumer Mark Greenberg told CNBC on Wednesday, adding that “anything can be money” with tokenization.“You can save in Tesla xStock, you can save in Bitcoin, or — as a Canadian — you can save in US dollars, euros, euro-denominated stablecoins, or even gold.”Kraken’s xStocks is one of several tokenized stock offerings to hit…
Kevin O’Leary and Timothée Chalamet’s intense bare-butt paddle scene in Marty Supreme was just as crazy to film as it appeared on screen. “We had a fake paddle that had a hinge thing and a foam thing. It was supposed to not hurt. Didn’t work. It broke immediately,” O’Leary, 71, exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of Marty Supreme’s Thursday, December 25, release. “So we got to a real paddle, wood, like, a real paddle, with grooves on the surface of it.” O’Leary, who plays businessman Milton Rockwell in the biopic, explained that while there was an “ass double” for Chalamet,…
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday in Lagos, inaugurated a Committee on Strategy, Conflict Resolution and Mobilisation to resolve conflicts within the All Progressives Congress as it approaches the 2027 general elections. The committee, which comprises party governors, members of the Federal Executive Council, and other notable stakeholders, is chaired by the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Bala Buni, and has Muiz Banire, a former Legal Adviser of the APC, as a member/secretary. Other members include Adamu Aliero, a senator, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbduRazak, Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum and Governor of…
The newly inaugurated Governing Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has outlined a reform agenda aimed at repositioning the regulator as a central driver of Nigeria’s digital economy, amid rapid technological change and growing demand for digital infrastructure. The agenda was unveiled at a board retreat where members reviewed the commission’s mandate under the Nigerian Communications Act (2003) and examined governance frameworks required to steer regulation in an increasingly complex digital landscape. Nigeria’s telecommunications sector has grown into one of the country’s most critical economic pillars, contributing over 16 per cent to national GDP in recent years, according to…
