Author: Alade Adisa

…Struggling club who sacked Wayne Rooney beat EPL leaders 1:0 …3 Nigerians, Sorinola, Obafemi, Tijani star in victorious team Plymouth Argyle produced a classic FA Cup giant-killing as the Championship’s bottom club stunned Premier League leaders, Liverpool at a raucous Home Park. Liverpool manager, Arne Slot made 10 changes from the side that swept Tottenham aside to reach the Carabao Cup final – and paid the price as Plymouth made the most of the opportunity to secure a place in the fifth round. A scrappy tie came to life eight minutes after the interval when Plymouth were awarded a penalty…

Donald Trump’s shock tactics may have pushed Beijing away from negotiating table, experts say China and the US risk renewing a full-blown trade war unless the two largest economies can defuse the dispute before Chinese tariffs on $14bn of American exports take effect on Monday, analysts warned. President Donald Trump last week unveiled an extra 10 per cent tariff on Chinese goods to force Beijing to do more to tackle fentanyl-related exports to the US and Mexico and threatened more if China retaliated. When the US duties took effect three days later, Beijing immediately hit back, announcing additional 10…

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has announced new visa rules affecting travelers from Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Tunisia, and Yemen. According to the new schedule, visitors from these countries can now only get single-entry visas valid for 30 days with no option for extension. The policy affects tourists, business travelers, and family visitors but does not apply to Hajj, Umrah, diplomatic, or residency visas. Saudi authorities say the change is to prevent visa misuse, as some travelers used multiple-entry visas to stay illegally or attend Hajj without proper authorization. The government…

A former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has revealed the motive behind his recent trip to Indonesia. The former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, said the trip was to understudy the progress made so far by the Asian country and compare with Nigeria’s as a wake-up call. The opposition politician revealed this on his X handle on Sunday. Obi wrote, “Driven by my firm conviction that what is imperatively required now is to learn from and strictly apply the successful lessons that other comparable nations have used to achieve progress, as I had expressly…

Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen had reportedly rejected an €80 million offer from Saudi Arabian club, Al-Ahli to remain at Galatasaray. According to Italian outlet, Le Cronache di Napoli, Osimhen, currently on loan at Galatasaray from Napoli, was not swayed by the lucrative deal, which exceeds his €75 million release clause for foreign clubs. The Super Eagles forward has made it clear he wants to continue his career in Europe, despite multiple offers from Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Juventus have also shown interest in signing the 26-year-old Nigerian striker, but negotiations with Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis could be complicated. Unlike…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over his administration’s failure to prosecute contractors who allegedly collected over N167 billion from 31 ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) without executing any projects. The lawsuit, filed at the Federal High Court, Lagos, under suit number FHC/L/MISC/121/2025, also named the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), as a respondent. Filed on behalf of SERAP by its legal representatives Kolawole Oluwadare and Oluwakemi Agunbiade, the lawsuit asserted that granting the reliefs sought would help restore transparency and accountability in the…

…As part of ceasefire deal with Hamas Israeli forces began withdrawing from a key Gaza corridor on Sunday, Israeli officials said, part of Israel’s commitments under a tenuous ceasefire deal with Hamas that is moving ahead but faces a major test over whether the sides can negotiate its planned extension. Israel agreed as part of the truce to remove its forces from the 4-mile (6-kilometer) Netzarim corridor, a strip of land that bisects northern Gaza from the south that Israel used as a military zone during the war. At the start of the ceasefire last month, Israel began allowing Palestinians…

The first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek, the country’s current leader has announced. Nujoma led the long fight for independence from South Africa in 1990 after helping found Namibia’s liberation movement known as the South West Peoples’ Organisation (Swapo) in the 1960s. After independence, Nujoma became president in 1990 and led the country until 2005. Nujoma had been hospitalised over the past three weeks with an illness from which he “could not recover”, Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba said in a statement announcing the death with “utmost sorrow and…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is in a race against time to complete the international switch of allegiance of on-loan Chelsea midfield duo, Carney Chukwuemeka and Lesley Ugochukwu, NEW DAILY PRIME reports. Both players were named in the provisional list of 31 players called up by the newly appointed coach of the senior male national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle for the world cup qualifiers games against Rwanda and Zimbabwe, respectively. Ugochukwu, who is on loan to Southampton represented France at various youth levels, but is still eligible for Nigeria at senior international level and has already submitted his papers…

Eighty-five times champions of Portugal, Benfica, have completed the signing of 18-year-old Nigerian forward, Peter Osayande Edokpolor from a Nigerian academy, N-Youth Sports, based in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), NEW DAILY PRIME reports. Peter have been training with the team for a while and did enough to convince the hierarchy of the club to offer him a deal, which was made official by the club on Saturday. According to OwngoalNigeria, he is expected to start from the lower division which is with the U23 of the club from where his performance will be monitored for a possible promotion…