Author: Vincent Osuwo

Liverpool has issued lifetime bans to more than 400 individuals involved in ticket touting offences as the club ramps up its efforts to combat illegal ticket sales. The club, in collaboration with Merseyside Police, seized assets worth more than £1.2 million linked to organised ticket touts as part of an operation to combat the laundering of criminal proceeds from illegal ticket sales. According to BBC Sports, Liverpool imposed 432 lifetime bans and 115 indefinite suspensions on individuals found guilty of ticketing violations following the investigation. Merseyside Police Detective Chief Inspector Nick Suffield praised the police-Liverpool partnership, calling it an important…

Pep Guardiola has spoken with the Italian Football Federation about being the next head coach of the Italian national team, federation president Giovanni Malago has stated. The former Manchester City manager is being considered for the position following Italy’s failure to qualify for a third straight FIFA World Cup and Gennaro Gattuso’s departure as head coach in April. Guardiola left Manchester City this summer following a stellar 10-year tenure that included six Premier League titles, three FA Cups, five League Cups, and the UEFA Champions League. Sky Italia had already reported communication between the FIGC and the 55-year-old Spaniard, with…

Southampton’s head coach Tonda Eckert has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association (FA) for his involvement in the club’s Championship “Spygate” controversy. The FA confirmed to BBC Sport on Wednesday that Eckert has been charged with three breaches of Rule E3.1 pertaining to suspected wrongdoing between December 2025 and May 2026. The governing body claimed that the Southampton coach acted unlawfully and brought the game into disgrace by ordering and/or authorizing the observation of opposing training sessions. Southampton were kicked out of the Championship play-offs in May after admitting to spying on three clubs throughout the season. An…

Nigerian content creator, Ademola Abiodun, also known as DJ Chicken, has sparked reactions on social media after changing his Instagram profile picture to that of Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, a day after regaining his freedom. DJ Chicken, who was released from the Kirikiri Correctional Centre on Tuesday after completing his bail conditions, posted a snapshot of Seyi Tinubu on Instagram Stories on Wednesday, captioned “Hmm ddddy”. He also shared footage of Seyi Tinubu dancing at an occasion and one of Seyi with his wife. He made the social media posts less than 24 hours after the content…

The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) has reduced the cost of textbook assessment and ranking and directed that publishers who paid the previous, higher assessment fees be reimbursed in an effort to alleviate the financial burden on stakeholders ahead of the implementation of the Federal Government’s National Textbook Ranking System. The decision was announced in a statement signed by the Council’s Executive Secretary, Prof. Salisu Shehu, and released on Wednesday in Abuja. According to the statement, the assessment fee has been reduced “from N2,000 to N1,500 per page, while the ranking fee has been reviewed downward from N1…

Abdullahi Ganduje, a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, has stated that the Nigerian Democratic Congress’ presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, lack the governance records and political legacy required to win the 2027 presidential elections. Ganduje, who talked with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, also discounted the prospect of an Obi-Kwankwaso presidential ticket on the Nigeria Democratic Congress platform, claiming it would not gain traction in Kano State. “I don’t think Peter Obi’s and Kwankwaso’s ticket will succeed in Kano. It will not succeed. In fact, it is dead on arrival,” he said.…

The Credit for Laptops, Internet, Connectivity, and Knowledge Digital Devices Programme, which was just announced by the federal government, is now accepting applications from Nigerians looking for inexpensive, credit-based access to computers, smartphones, and tablets. The programme, implemented by the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, was unveiled on Tuesday in Abuja by the minister, Dr Bosun Tijani, and CREDICORP’s managing director and chief executive officer, Uzoma Nwagba. C.L.I.C.K.D. is intended to assist Nigerians in purchasing digital gadgets through structured, spread-out payments rather than paying the full cost upfront,…

The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has stated the President Bola Tinubu-led Muslim-Muslim ticket is not a religious exclusion plot against Christians. The Nasarawa State Governor mentioned that he prays for a day when Nigeria will produce an all-Christian presidential ticket. Sule expressed confidence that such a pairing would emerge victorious at the polls. The governor spoke on Tuesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he responded to concerns raised by the Nigeria Democratic Congress’s vice-presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, over the possibility of another same-faith presidential ticket in 2027. He dismissed suggestions that the APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket…

The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has stated that he prays for a day when Nigeria will produce an all-Christian presidential ticket. Sule expressed confidence that such a pairing would emerge victorious at the polls. The governor spoke on Tuesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he responded to concerns raised by the Nigeria Democratic Congress’s vice-presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, over the possibility of another same-faith presidential ticket in 2027. He dismissed suggestions that the APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket amounted to religious exclusion. He stated that the country was long overdue for a Christian-Christian coupling to test the…

Troops rescued 27 kidnap victims, foiled fresh abduction attempts, and recovered rustled livestock and motorcycles during coordinated operations in Sokoto and Zamfara states. The operations, which took place between July 20 and 21, 2026, also disrupted terrorist activity in portions of Sokoto State and along the Gummi-Sokoto Highway. Lt. Col. Aliyu Danja, Media Information Officer of the Joint Task Force (North West), Operation FANSAN YAMMA, said the military achieved these in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, on July 20, troops from the forward operating bases in Shagari and Sifawa responded to indications of terrorist activity in the…