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By Abubakar Ojima-ojo Yunusa The stage is set for a thrilling quarter-final clash at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. AFCON as Nigeria and Algeria are set to trade tackles on Saturday. Algeria, known as Les Fennecs, booked their place in the last eight after a hard-fought 1-0 extra-time victory over DR Congo on Tuesday. The win sets up a high-stakes encounter with the Super Eagles, who earlier on Monday delivered an emphatic 4-0 victory against Mozambique, showcasing their attacking prowess. Both teams will now face off in what promises to be a tactical and exciting showdown, with fans eagerly…

By Abubakar Ojima-ojo Yunusa A top official of the Super Eagles team has dismissed circulating rumours that Super Eagles forward and Galatasaray striker, Victor Osimhen, is leaving the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) camp in Morocco. According to FIFA and CAF-accredited journalist Adepoju Samuel, quoting a team official, the incident between Osimhen and Ademola Lookman during Nigeria’s 4-0 round of 16 win over Mozambique has now been settled. Samuel tweeted on Tuesday: “A top team official just confirmed the latest situation over yesterday’s incident. The official said everything has been sorted since last night, and we are all good.…

By Abubakar Ojima-ojo Yunusa Manchester United have held initial talks with former players Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer about becoming the club’s caretaker manager until the end of the season. Amorim was sacked on Monday after a turbulent 14 months in charge, with former United midfielder Fletcher appointed interim manager. He would be the interim manager until the club appoints a permanent successor for Amorim in the summer. Michael Carrick, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Darren Fletcher all won multiple Premier League titles with Manchester United. The former players have been contacted for the permanent role, while another…

By NEXTER Yobe state’s most prominent governorship aspirant, Barr Kashim Musa Tumsah has expressed deep sorrow over last Sunday’s Nguru/Adiyani boat mishap which claimed the lives of about 30 persons from both Yobe and Jigawa states. Malam Abubakar Ahmed, the KMT Campaign Organization spokesman.said Tumsah was deeply touched by the death of such promising Nigerians who were struggling to make it true life’s trying times. “He sent his heartfelt condolences to all the bereaved families of the deceased persons and prayers for the wounded for quick recovery. “The aspirant who is currently outside the country while wishing he was around…

By Abubakar Ojima-ojo Yunusa When traders in Port Harcourt locked up early one humid March afternoon, it was not flooding or fuel scarcity that sent them home. It was politics. News had broken that President Bola Tinubu had suspended an elected governor and imposed emergency rule on Rivers State. For many residents, it felt like history looping back. That moment captured the mood of Nigeria’s politics in 2025 — tense, polarising and relentlessly dramatic. From courtrooms to party secretariats and the Senate chamber, power was contested with unusual ferocity. Institutions were stretched, alliances fractured and citizens watched, often helplessly, as…

By Usman Muntari Yobe State in Nigeria’s northeast is in the news again for apparently wrong reason. Reports of the outcome of a preliminary findings from a Chronic Kidney Disease research conducted by the Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BIORTC) have raised serious public health concerns across communities and questioned early responses to epidemic on tne part of the authorities as well as access to healthcare facilities by the masses. The revelation also exposed an apparent lack of access to portable water supply, a basic necessity the people need to enhance their standard of living. The research led by…

By NEXTER Former Labour Party (LP)’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The former governor of Anambra state announced his defection at the Nike Lake Resort, Enugu on Wednesday. He urged Nigerians and opposition forces to unite under a broad national coalition to rescue Nigeria from poverty, disunity and democratic decline. “This decision is guided solely by patriotism and national interest. I now respectfully call on my political associates, the Obidient Movement and opposition leaders across the country to join this broad national coalition under the African Democratic Congress…

By Abdulrahman Sirajo In Aesop’s Fable, the Greek fabulist tells the story of a dog who, while crossing a bridge with a bone in his mouth, catches his reflection in the water below. Unfamiliar with his own reflection, the dog mistook it for another with a larger bone than his. He snaps at it, only to drop his bone into the water and watch it disappear. Charles Omole’s book, Buhari: From Soldier to Statesman, has predictably stirred the dust, peeled back the curtains, and revealed that the villa, during Buhari’s presidency between 2015 and 2023, was essentially a kennel where…

By NEXTER An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Yobe state, Barr. Kashim Musa Tumsah has donated assorted foodstuffs to the Female wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria CAN in Yobe state as part of his contributions for them to celebrate the festive period of Christmas and new year. The gesture which included over a hundred bags of rice, cartons of spaghetti and other ingredients were handed over to the beneficiaries by KMT representatives in Damaturu, the state capital. Tumsah, a topmost development advocate in the state while wishing the Christians pleasant celebration also urged them to continue…

By NEXTER Musa Ahmed Mohammed, the Accountant-General of Nasarawa State, has congratulated the people of the state on the occasion of Christmas, describing the season as a time for love, peace, and reflection. In his Christmas message issued on Thursday in Lafia, Mohammed extended warm greetings to Christians across Nasarawa State, urging them to use the celebration to promote unity and peaceful coexistence. He noted that Christmas represents the values of sacrifice, compassion, and selflessness, which, according to him, are essential for building a harmonious and progressive society. The former speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA) called on residents…