Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is reportedly plotting a sensational bid to unseat Gianni Infantino as president of FIFA when football’s world governing body holds its next election in March 2027. The 77-year-old Frenchman is preparing to mount a leadership challenge against the beleaguered Swiss administrator, positioning himself as aContinue Reading

Ghana’s Black Stars finally got their Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualification campaign back on track with a 2-0 victory over Somalia on Thursday at the Essipong Sports Stadium, Sekondi-Takoradi. Interim coach Kim Lars Björkegren, who replaced Carlos Queiroz after a disastrous start, secured his first win in charge. GhanaContinue Reading

Bendel Insurance technical adviser Kennedy Boboye has expressed confidence in his team’s readiness ahead of their Matchday 13 Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, encounter against Shooting Stars. The highly anticipated fixture will take place on Friday at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan, as both sides prepare to renew theirContinue Reading

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, has insisted that the North should wait until 2031 before seeking to reclaim the presidency, arguing that President Bola Tinubu deserves to complete the South’s eight-year turn under the country’s established power rotation arrangement. Akume warned political leadersContinue Reading

No fewer than 1,011 out-of-school children in Jakusko Local Government Area of Yobe State have been integrated into the formal education system after completing a non-formal learning programme implemented by GHIV Africa in partnership with UNICEF and other development partners. The children were mainstreamed into conventional schools under the AlternativeContinue Reading

Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute for Sports (NIS), Philip Shaibu, has charged the Super Eagles to secure maximum points in their two-match 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying encounter against Tanzania. Shaibu urged the players and technical crew to build on Nigeria’s recent sporting successes inContinue Reading

Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has said Nigeria’s N68 trillion federal budget translates to just about N772 per Nigerian daily, warning that the country’s fiscal capacity remains too weak to fund the massive investments required for economic transformation. Soludo argued that despite the huge figures attached to governmentContinue Reading