Новости за 17.04.2024

Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong has donated his future camp allowances and match bonuses to Akwa Ibom kids, in a bid to help them achieve their football dreams, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The kind gesture by the 30-year-old PAOK Thessaloniki centre-back, who hails from Akwa Ibom State, was aired on Brila FM on Monday. Born

Napoli are leaning heavily on proceeds from Victor Osimhen’s sale to shore up the team ahead of 2024/25, The PUNCH reports. The Azzurri look to quickly shake off their nightmarish season that has seen them falter terribly in their Serie A title defence. The club’s president, Aurelio De Laurentiis, is aware that a decisive response

After helping Bayer Leverkusen to their first-ever Bundesliga title in the club’s 120-year history, no one is more proud of Nigerian striker, Victor Boniface, than his grandmother, Lucy Okoh, who enrolled him at an academy in Akure, the Ondo State capital some years ago, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. On Sunday, Boniface scored the opening goal

Barely one month to the 2024 WAFU B U-17 tournament in Ghana, Golden Eaglets coach, Manu Garba, said he has invited 51 players to camp, ahead of the tournament, which will be played from May 15 to 29 in Accra, Ghana, The PUNCH reports. The coach hinted that the team’s camp would open on Wednesday

Israel’s foreign minister Israel Katz has disclosed that he wrote to 32 countries and spoke with dozens of foreign ministers following the major Iranian attack on Israel. He called for sanctions to be imposed on Iran’s missile programme and for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be declared a terrorist organisation. “This morning I sent

The faction of New Nigeria People’s Party under the leadership of Major Agbo on Tuesday suspended the Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, for six months over his failure to appear before its disciplinary committee to defend an alleged Infraction on the party’s constitution. Yusuf’s suspension was announced by the National Secretary of the faction,

Transcorp Power Plc says it is planning to raise its power-generating capacity to 740 Megawatts, up from the current 550MW capacity by December 2024. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the company, Peter Ikenga, disclosed this Monday while presenting the company’s report for the year 2023. Ikenga said the company was able to increase its

World Boxing Council silver title holder, Efe Ajagba, and former unified heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, are on a collision course for the WBC main title following the former’s second successive title defence, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Both of Nigerian descent, Ajagba and Joshua enjoyed three-fight win streaks in 2023 and have also won their first

Many who go into sports are motivated to better their families, especially in Nigeria, where footballers like Victor Osimhen, who was a hawker before becoming the 2023 African Player of The Year, are inspiring the new generation. For 15-year-old Yusuf Lawal, the dream to lift his family from poverty is what drives him. Born and

Head coach of the Female Yellow Greens, Leke Oyede, says the team will begin closed-camping in the first week of May for the 2024 Kwibuka cricket tournament in Rwanda, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Nigeria, hosts Rwanda and six other countries have been confirmed for the expanded 10th edition of the tournament, which is scheduled for

The management of the Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo State, on Tuesday, denied having any of its lecturers among the suspected Yoruba Nation agitators. On Saturday, some masked persons with weapons invaded the state Government Secretariat at Agodi in Ibadan, the state capital and 21 of them were arrested by the joint security personnel

A customer of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, Festus Onifade, has urged a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission from continuing with the implementation of multi-year tariff order 2024 which classified electricity consumers into Band A to E. On April 3, the NERC increased the electricity tariff for customers

Kylian Mbappe struck twice as Paris Saint-Germain battled back to beat 10-man Barcelona 4-1 and book a place in the Champions League semi-finals with a 6-4 aggregate triumph on Tuesday. Raphinha fired Barcelona ahead early on but Ronald Araujo’s 29th-minute red card turned the tide in PSG’s favour, despite the Spanish champions leading by two

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said it is discussing with the Nigerien and Beninese governments over plans to reopen comon land borders. The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this after the inauguration of the National Single Window Project at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Adeniyi said he had met representatives of

Borussia Dortmund fought back to beat Atletico Madrid 4-2 in their quarter-final second leg on Tuesday, securing a 5-4 aggregate victory and the first Champions League semi-final since 2013. Trailing 2-1 from the first leg hosts Dortmund raced into a 2-0 half-time lead but fell behind again in the tie before Niclas Fuellkrug and Marcel