The South African Football Association (SAFA) and midfielder Teboho Mokoena are under the spotlight after FIFA officially opened disciplinary proceedings regarding the player’s eligibility during a crucial 2026 World Cup qualifier. The development, announced this week, could have major ramifications for Bafana Bafana’s qualification hopes. The Issue at Hand The controversy surrounds the March 21, 2025, World Cup qualifying match against Lesotho, played in Polokwane City. South Africa won the…

Los Angeles FC forward Son Heung-min announced himself in style on Wednesday night with his first Major League Soccer hat-trick, inspiring his side to a 4-1 victory over Real Salt Lake. The 33-year-old South Korean, who only joined LAFC last month after a decade at Tottenham Hotspur, wasted no time in stamping his mark on the American game. Lightning Start from Son Son opened the scoring inside 10 minutes with…

Chelsea’s return to the Champions League ended in a 3-1 defeat to Bayern Munich on Wednesday, highlighting the challenges of competing at Europe’s elite level

By Boluwatife Kehinde  ‎‎The Nigeria National League (NNL) has announced that the highly anticipated 2025/2026 season will launch on November 8 with an exciting star match. ‎ Following this inaugural event, the remaining fixtures for Week One are slated to take place from November 14 to November 16 across a selection of approved venues, ensuring the matches are accessible to fans nationwide. ‎These decisions were part of the significant resolutions…

President Bola Tinubu has lifted the state of emergency in Rivers State, reinstating full democratic governance six months after the suspension of the Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Deputy Governor, and members of the State House of Assembly. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, announced the development in a statement released on his social media platforms on Wednesday. Below is the full text: “My Fellow countrymen and, in particular,…

Manchester United have announced record annual revenues of £666.5 million for the year ending 30 June 2025, even as the club endured one of its poorest seasons on the pitch in decades. The financial update comes just months after United finished a dismal 15th in the Premier League, their lowest placing since the relegation campaign of 1973-74. Yet, despite the footballing struggles, the club’s commercial muscle continues to flex, largely…

Partey’s case has generated a mix of reactions among fans, commentators, and the wider football community.

Adewole Adebayo, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, has described President Bola Tinubu as a “well-known tax collector,” while also acknowledging some of his administration’s economic progress. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Adebayo noted that Tinubu’s approach to tax collection is an improvement over the “disorganized system” he inherited. “He did tax collection in Lagos and he came to do tax collection in Abuja,”…

The University of California and its unions have filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing it of using civil rights laws to suppress academic freedom and curtail free speech.

Lagos, Nigeria — Chaos and panic erupted in Nigeria’s commercial capital yesterday as office workers jumped from the upper floors of Afriland Tower, a six-storey commercial building in the Marina district of Lagos Island, to escape a fast-moving fire. The dramatic scenes captured in videos now circulating widely on social media, showed men and women clinging to window ledges, some forced to leap several storeys to the ground while bystanders…

Gender equality is often described as a journey. Still, according to the latest UN Women and UN DESA “Gender snapshot 2025” report, it feels less like a purposeful trek and more like a drive where we have forgotten the map. While we all agree on the destination, our current pace suggests we are in no rush to get there. The report sounds a loud, clanging alarm, warning that if we…

‎Boluwatife Kehinde  ‎The National Sports Commission (NSC) has confirmed the clearance of allowances and bonuses for team Nigeria athletes competing at the ongoing 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. ‎The disclosure was made in a statement issued by the NSC’s Director of Press, Kehinde Ajayi. According to the release, the Director General of the Commission, Bukola Olopade, reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to the welfare of Nigerian athletes during…