AC Milan are on the verge of landing Nigerian striker Victor Boniface after reaching a verbal agreement with Bayer Leverkusen, with only final paperwork and personal terms left to complete. Transfer specialist Fabrizio Romano revealed on Wednesday that the deal will take the form of a loan with a €30 million buy option, though the clause is not mandatory. “AC Milan and Bayer Leverkusen are preparing formal documents after a verbal agreement for Victor Boniface. A loan deal with a €30 m buy option clause is not mandatory. AC Milan now in direct talks with Victor Boniface’s agent over personal…
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The lawmaker representing Delta North Senatorial District, Ned Nwoko, has urged security agencies to ensure that culprits who stage kidnappings face the full weight of the law. Speaking via a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, he condemned the growing trend of staged kidnapping. He asserted that cracking down on the culprits would deter others from carrying out the act and clearly show that such deceit has no place in Nigerian society. According to him, he recently received a distress call from a parent whose son was said to have been kidnapped, with a viral video showing…
The Enugu State Police Command has apprehended one Obodoagu Wisdom for the alleged kidnapping and murder of his five-year-old second cousin. The Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed the development in a statement on Thursday. According to the statement, the suspect’s accomplice, one Sunday Michael, aged 24, a security guard at 9th Mile and a native of the Mayo-Belwa Local Government Area of Adamawa State, was also arrested. The suspects were said to have been apprehended on August 11 and 12, 2025, by operatives of the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad, following intelligence gathered after ransom demands were reported. Ndukwe…
Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has called on community development unions in the state to ensure that only credible and upright individuals are elected into leadership positions. Otti, who expressed concern over the calibre of persons occupying such offices in some communities, insisted that his administration would not tolerate leaders with questionable character. “We don’t want thieves. We don’t want drug dealers, and we don’t want 419 people as leaders of town unions. Because if your leader is a thief, he will teach people to steal. If he is a drug addict, if you arrest somebody, he would want…
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, has stated that he does not need to be involved in any supremacy battle with any monarch in Yorubaland or anywhere in the world. Naija News reports that a fresh battle between Oba Owoade and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, started Monday after the Alaafin faulted the latter’s decision to confer the title of Okanlomo of Oduwa on a businessman, Dotun Sanusi, during the unveiling of an indigenous social media network- 2geda, at Ilaji Hotel, Ibadan. The Alaafin also issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Ooni to revoke the chieftaincy title, but…
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its 2027 zoning formula has taken a new twist as stakeholders from the South have distanced themselves from a meeting scheduled to hold today in Lagos. Party leaders, including state chairmen, former governors, National Assembly members, as well as serving and former National Working Committee (NWC) members, dismissed the Lagos gathering as “illegal” and lacking legitimacy. In a strongly worded statement, the Southern PDP leaders declared that any resolutions or communiqués emanating from the Lagos meeting “are neither binding on, nor reflective of, the collective will and aspirations of the PDP…
Nollywood actor, Monsuru Ayanfe, has recounted an experience with his colleague, Funke Akindele, on a movie set. Naija News reports that Monsuru, in an interview with media personality, Jeff Owolewa, on YouTube, admitted to spoiling Funke’s car during a movie production. The thespian said he was trying to pack the car after the movie production when he mistakenly spoiled the new vehicle, and Funke expressed anger over the situation. Monsuru described Funke Akindele as someone who gets angry easily but apologises when she is calm. He said, “I was the one who spoiled Funke Akindele’s new car while I was…
World Athletics has confirmed that quarter-miler Emmanuel Bamidele has officially switched nationality from Nigeria to the United Arab Emirates. Emmanuel Bamidele, a 26-year-old Nigerian sprinter, has already been listed as eligible to compete for the UAE on the governing body’s database. Bamidele’s debut race under his new flag will come this Friday at the Brussels Diamond League finale, where he lines up in the men’s 400m invitational against six Belgian runners and Jamaica’s Antonio Watson. Bamidele’s career has been anything but straightforward. Back in 2018, just weeks after storming to victory at the Nigerian Commonwealth Games trials in Abuja with…
Reactions have continued to trail the recently released 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results, with stakeholders in the education sector describing the outcome as a national embarrassment and calling for urgent reforms. Naija News reports that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) recently admitted to marking errors in the serialised objective questions in the recently released West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) 2025 results. The examination body disclosed this during a briefing with journalists on Friday, August 8. Speaking with a journalist in Lagos, Head of National Office (Nigeria), Dr Amos Dangut, said with the review,…
Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Murtala Asada, has faulted suggestions for peace talks with bandit leader, Bello Turji, warning that such moves would endanger communities in the North West. According to Daily Post, Asada, on Wednesday, dismissed recent comments by Professor Abubakar Usman Ribah, who had urged the Federal Government to initiate dialogue with Turji as part of efforts to address insecurity in the region. According to the cleric, negotiations with the notorious bandit kingpin will only embolden criminals. “Dialogue with Turji is not the solution. People should not waste time hoping for peace talks with someone who has killed, kidnapped,…
