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Rights Group Flays NAFDAC Over Extortion Of Onitsha Drug Market Traders

The Human Rights Liberty Access and Peace Defenders'Foundation (HURIDE) and Campaign for Democracy (CD), South East Zone, have condemned the alleged exploitative and extortion of the drugs market traders, Onitsha, Anambra...... Read more SWAN Lagos Chapter and United Nations Partner to Unveil 2025 United Nations World Nutrition Month

Theme: “PATH TO WELLNESS BEGINS FROM HEALTH TO THE MEAL” (FOOD CONNECTS US) The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Lagos Chapter, in partnership with the United Nations, is proud to...... Read more Anambra Keke Drivers Endorse Soludo’s Reelection Bid, Unveil Campaign Stickers

he Anambra State Keke Drivers Forum (AKDF) has unanimously endorsed Gov. Chukwuma Soludo’s bid for a second term. The group also unveiled a campaign sticker in support of Soludo ahead of...... Read more Kwara wins gold, silver in women’s squash singles

Nigeria’s highest-ranked women’s player, Rofiat Abdulazeez, and her Kwara teammate, Blessing Issac, completed a 1-2 finish in the women’s singles of the squash event at the 2024 National Sports Festival in Ogun...... Read more Golden Eaglets cruise into semi-finals

Five-time world champions Golden Eaglets cruised into the semi-finals of the football event at the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival in Ogun State after delivering a commanding 5-0 victory over Ebonyi State...... Read more Prof. Arinze-Umeobi Formally Takes Over As UNIZIK Acting VC

Prof. Carol Arinze-Umeobi, has formally assumes office as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka after a handover ceremony on Monday at the University Administration building. Arinze-Umobi received handover...... Read more Soludo Leads Anambra’s Team At National Sports Festival In Ogun

The 22nd edition of the National Sports Festival, tagged Gateway Games 2024, commenced in grand style in Ogun State with a colourful opening ceremony that drew dignitaries from across the federation. ...... Read more NSF 2025: Anambra To Storm Ogun With 150-.Man Contingent For 20 Events

Anambra is presenting a 150 man team at the National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun State, which commenced on May 15. Emeka Obidimma, the Director of Sports who disclosed this...... Read more Analysing IOC/NOC Advanced 3rd Module Sports Management Course (ASMC)

The International Olympic Committee and Nigeria Olympic Committee (IOC/NOC) Advanced Sports Management Course (ASMC) 3rf Module recently concluded at the University of Ibadan marked a significant development in the professionalisation of...... Read more CKC leads other schools into the zonal finals of 2025 ANSSI

1976 World cup winning school, Christ the king College (CKC), Onitsha and Modebe Secondary Onitsha, will lead other schools from Onitsha South Council Area to the zonal finals of 2025 ANSSI...... Read more Why Do New Popes Change Their Names After Election?

When a new pope is elected, one of his first and most symbolic acts is choosing a new name. This tradition, which dates back to the early Middle Ages, carries deep...... Read more Vatican Announces Date For Inauguration Of Pope Leo XIV

The Vatican has announced that the inauguration mass of Pope Leo XIV will take place on Sunday, May 18. Naijaonpoint reports that the inauguration mass would take place at St Peter’s...... Read more Shooting Stars deny match fixing allegations

Shooting Stars Sports Club have denied allegations of match fixing made by a radio presenter, Sola Aiyegbajeje, during a sports programme on Prince FM, Ibadan, Saturday PUNCH reports. In a press statement issued...... Read more U-20 AFCON: Flying Eagles unfazed by Morocco’s foreign stars

Flying Eagles head coach Aliyu Zubairu has downplayed concerns about Morocco’s Europe-based contingent ahead of their next U-20 Africa Cup of Nations group stage clash, insisting Nigeria will approach the fixture...... Read more Nnadozie faces defining moment in historic final

The 2025 Coupe de France Féminine final promises a historic encounter as Paris FC take on holders Paris Saint-Germain at the Stade de l’Épopée in Calais today (May 3) in the first...... Read more FA bans transgenders from women’s football

Transgender women have been banned from playing women’s football in England after the Football Association changed their policy in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling in April. The ban will be...... Read more Nigeria defeat Tunisia in U-20 AFCON opener

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles earned a hard-fought 1–0 victory over Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles on Thursday to open their U-20 Africa Cup of Nations campaign at the June 30 Stadium in Cairo, PUNCH Sports...... Read more Can 2025 U-20 squad match the Golden Generation?

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles claimed a fifth U-20 AFCON trophy in 2005 in Benin and then used that as a springboard to the maiden FIFA U-20 World Cup where a Lionel Messi-inspired...... Read more N200m-NPFL champions Remo to lift title May 11

Champions of the 2024/25 Nigeria Premier Football League season, Remo Stars would be presented the league title on Sunday, May 11, after their last home game of the season against Southwest rivals...... Read more NPFL will be best league in Africa – Elegbeleye

Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League, Gbenga Elegbeleye, is optimistic that the Nigerian topflight could become the best league in Africa, following the strides of the league board in the...... Read more We’re committed to youth development – Aiyedatiwa

The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, says his administration is committed to supporting sports and programmes that harness the potential of young people. Aiyedatiwa, represented by his Special Adviser on Power,...... Read more World stands still for NPFL champions Remo Stars

The world of Nigerian football has come to a standstill in celebration of Remo Stars, whose long-awaited elevation to champions of the Nigeria Premier Football League has triggered an outpouring of...... Read more Nigeria To Celebrate King’s Baton Relay Ahead of 2026 Glasgow Games

The King’s Baton Relay will be hosted in Nigeria between June 15 and June 18, 2025, under the auspices of Commonwealth Sport and the Commonwealth Games, Nigeria. Tony Nezianya, Nigeria Olympic...... Read more Bullying: NWSL probes coach amid Oshoala’s posts

The United States National Women’s Soccer League has launched an independent investigation into Bay FC after allegations of bullying and a toxic workplace environment surfaced against head coach Albertin Montoya, PUNCH Sports...... Read more 2025 JOF KIDS U-13 CUP: VARSITY FOOTBALL ACADEMY WINS 6TH EDITION

It was all entertainment game yesterday as the curtain for the finals of the sixth edition of the U-13 JOF Kids Cup football summit was drwan at the University of Lagos...... Read more