Injury
23 Dec
Bukayo Saka will be sidelined for "many weeks" after suffering a hamstring injury in Arsenal's 5-1 win at Crystal Palace, with manager Mikel Arteta describing his loss as a "huge" blow. The England winger went down midway through the first half at Selhurst Park on Saturday and had to be replaced by Leandro Trossard. "It…
22 Nov
Bayer Leverkusen and Nigeria striker Victor Boniface is set to miss "a few games" after returning from international duty with a leg injury, coach Xabi Alonso said Friday. "He's got a small injury in his thigh muscle, it's a shame," Alonso told reporters ahead of Saturday's home clash with Heidenheim. Nigerian media reported Boniface could…
30 Sep
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is set to miss a couple of weeks after his club diagnosed him with a hip muscle injury. Spanish media estimate he will return in mid-October after the impending international break, missing the Champions League visit to Lille on Wednesday and next weekend's home La Liga match against Villarreal. "After…
25 Sep
Manchester City confirmed on Wednesday that Rodri suffered ligament damage to his right knee during their weekend clash against Arsenal, although the full extent of the injury remains unclear. The midfielder has been in Spain this week consulting specialists after limping off midway through the first half of the match at the Etihad Stadium on…
7 Mar 2024
South African pop star Tyla has announced that she is cancelling her world tour due to a worsening injury that has been affecting her for the past year. The singer shared the news with her fans—Tygers—on her Instagram account on Thursday. Tyla, who rose to international fame with her hit single ‘Water’, said that she…
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The Senate said on Sunday that it won't investigate allegation of sexual harassment made against its president, Godswill Akpabio, by the Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Spokesman to the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, who disclosed this in an interview with journalists Sunday evening, said there is no petition before the Senate regarding sexual harassment and as…
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Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a fake soldier and armed robbers operating between the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, and Nasarawa State. This was revealed by the command's spokesperson, SP Ranham Nansel, in a press statement made available to The Guardian on Sunday in Lafia, the state capital. According to the statement, Police operatives…
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Tragedy struck in Zamfara State as Zarah Abubakar Shehu, a 21-year-old student of the Federal University Gusau, died in captivity four months after she was abducted alongside her two siblings. Zarah, a 300-level student, was taken from her home in the Damba area of Gusau in the early hours of Sunday, November 3, 2024, by…
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A psychotic Nigerian armed robber and crack cocaine dealer has been permitted to stay in the United Kingdom (UK) because he believes he is ‘possessed.’ According to UK news website, The Telegraph, the Nigerian, who believes he is ‘suffering from demonic forces,’ can stay in the UK on human rights grounds, the judge ruled. "A…
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has directed the Heads of Local Government Administration (HLGA) to immediately assume control of the administration of all 23 local government areas in the state. This directive follows the Supreme Court judgment mandating the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to withhold the state’s allocations. In a statewide broadcast on Sunday,…
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The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed all staff and legislative aides to work remotely from home indefinitely to prevent potential violence arising from the ongoing leadership crisis. The directive, issued by Acting Clerk Mr. Babatunde Ottun Abubakar in a memo addressed to all staff, was aimed at ensuring their safety and preventing a…
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Nigerian women have commended President Bola Tinubu for approving the recommendation of the Director General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Mr. Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, to appoint Ms. Folashade Adekaiyaoja as the first-ever Deputy Director General of the Service. In an unprecedented move, President Tinubu, in January, approved Ms. Adekaiyaoja's appointment as Deputy Director…
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Troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, in a major breakthrough in the fight against oil theft have arrested 16 suspected oil thieves and confiscated over 24,000 litres of stolen products in a series of operations conducted from February 24 to March 2, 2025. The operations, which were carried out in collaboration with other agencies, resulted…
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The Ogoni Dialogue Committee has urged communities in Ogoniland to be vocal and active in the oil resumption processes, assuring them that their concerns will be articulated and presented as a unified demand from the Ogoni people to the Federal Government. Co-Chairman of the Committee, Archbishop Ignatius Kattey (Rtd), gave the charge during a meeting…
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Eddie Howe will consider appealing against Anthony Gordon's red card in Newcastle's FA Cup defeat against Brighton as he tries to stop the England forward missing the League Cup final. Gordon was dismissed for violent conduct seven minutes from the end of normal time in Sunday's 2-1 loss at St James' Park after shoving Jan…