Napoli
30 Mar 2024
Napoli's Champions League hopes took a huge blow with Saturday's 3-0 home humbling by Atalanta as the outgoing Serie A title holders showed support for Juan Jesus after a racism controversy.
19 Mar 2024
Victor Osimhen will miss Nigeria's Super Eagles' two friendly games against Black Stars of Ghana and Eagles of Mali due to injury. Osimhen was an unused substitute for Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Inter Milan at San Siro and barely trained in the days before the match. According to Napoli coach, Francesco Calzona, Osimhen's absence was…
13 Mar 2024
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said beating Napoli to reach the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday was one of his finest moments in his post.
4 Mar 2024
Barcelona midfielders Pedri and Frenkie de Jong are expected to miss the Champions League clash against Napoli after the Spanish club confirmed Monday injuries picked up in Liga action at the weekend.
29 Feb 2024
Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen matched the late Diego Maradona's scoring achievement at Napoli after scoring a hat-trick in a 6-1 win at Sassuolo on Wednesday. It was Osimhen's second hat-trick in the Serie A. Osimhen's second goal against Sassuolo which put Napoli 3-1 up, took his league goals for the season to 10. According to…
22 Feb 2024
Osimhen in action for Napoli Victor Osimhen's strike against Barcelona has been nominated for the UEFA Champions League Goal of the Week award in the round of 16 first-leg fixtures. UEFA announced Osimhen alongside three other nominees on their Champions League X handle on Thursday. The other three players shortlisted are Robert Lewandowski of Barcelona,…
21 Feb 2024
Victor Osimhen made a special return to action for Napoli on Wednesday after his goal gave the Italian champions a 1-1 draw with Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League.
20 Feb 2024
Victor Osimhen and his teammates at Napoli will be playing under a third manager this season after the struggling Italian champions sacked Walter Mazzarri on Monday and brought in Slovakia national team coach Francesco Calzona just two days before hosting Barcelona in the Champions League. The 62-year-old Mazzarri became the second man to be sent…
23 Jan 2024
Nigeria and Napoli forward Victor Osimhen said he has already made his decision concerning his next move at the end of this season amid strong links away from Napoli. Osimhen signed a new deal at Serie A champions Napoli till 2026. However, the Super Eagles striker is being linked with some of Europe’s heavyweights. The…
Latest
2 mins ago
A late-night fire swept through Ipetumodu's well-known weekly marketplace, Akinola Market, on Friday and destroyed goods valued at millions. The fire reportedly started in the area where yams are kept. Many traders, who had closed for the day hours earlier, rushed back to the scene in distress after receiving news of the fire. “I was…
5 mins ago
The Narcotic Commander (NC) in charge of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA), Ogun Command , Mr. Tijani Rabe, has commended the effort of officers in disrupting illicit drug trafficking in 2024. Rabe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Saturday that the unwavering dedication reduced illicit drug trade in…
7 mins ago
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), on Saturday, inducted no fewer than 400 graduate engineers of Class 2024 of the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the induction marked a significant milestone in the careers of the graduate engineers. They were formally inducted into the engineering…
10 mins ago
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Sokoto State branch, on Saturday inaugurated its new leadership. This followed a resolution passed at the FIDA members’ congress in December 2024, which appointed a three-member electoral committee led by Hajiya Aisha Dantsoho to oversee the electoral process. While briefing the congress, Dantsoho announced that eight positions were…
13 mins ago
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated Sen. John Azuta-Mbata on his election as the 13th President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation. Mr Felix Morka, APC National Publicity Secretary, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja also congratulated the outgoing President-General of the organisation, Chief Fidelis Chukwu. Chukwu completed the tenure…
16 mins ago
The Benue Investment and Property Company Limited (BIPC) says it would soon establish the BIPC Trust Fund to provide financial support and resources for young entrepreneurs. The Managing Director of BIPC, Mr. Raymond Asemakaha, made the disclosure on Saturday during a virtual town hall meeting tagged “Advancing Economic Development in Benue State: Our Recent Achievements…
43 mins ago
Sierra Leone has reported its first confirmed case of mpox since the world's highest alert level for the potentially deadly viral disease was raised last year. "The patient is a 27-year-old man from the rural district of the Western Zone," near the capital Freetown, the National Public Health Agency stated in a social media post.…
50 mins ago
Indian search and rescue teams had recovered four bodies from a flooded coal mine by Saturday evening, days after gushing waters inundated the facility. At least nine men were trapped in the 90-metre (300-foot) deep mine in the northeastern state of Assam when it was flooded on Monday. Divers spent the following days scouring the…
52 mins ago
Syrian authorities foiled an attempt by Islamic State group jihadists to blow up a revered Shiite shrine in a Damascus suburb, a source within Syria's intelligence agency told state news agency SANA Saturday. Intelligence and security forces "succeeded in thwarting an attempt by IS to carry out a bombing inside the Sayyida Zaynab shrine," the…
54 mins ago
The Sudanese military and allied armed groups launched an offensive Saturday on key Al-Jazira state capital Wad Madani, entering the city after more than a year of paramilitary control, the army said. The armed forces "congratulated" the Sudanese people in a statement on "our forces entering the city of Wad Madani this morning". Sudan's army…