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Super Eagles striker, Kelechi Iheanacho has revealed that the Leicester City players are excited to lock horns with Liverpool in a Premier League fixture at the King Power Stadium this evening. The Nigeria international was in the Foxes side that played out a thrilling 3-3 draw with Jurgen Klopp’s team in the quarterfinal of the Carabao Cup only to lose 5-4 on penalties. Iheanacho has said that the players can take confidence from their display at Anfield when they take on the Reds today. The Super Eagles striker was statistically Leicester City’s standout player in a 6-3 defeat to Manchester…

According to reports, former Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo will be interested in a move back to the Premier League amid interest from Newcastle United. The Nigerian striker has emerged as a transfer target for the Magpies this January as Eddie Howe looks to add to his attacking options as his team currently averages just one goal per game in 18 Premier League matches so far. Ighalo has had two previous impressive stints in the Premier League at Watford and Manchester United. The Nigerian later joined Saudi side Al Shabab after his time at the Theatre of Dreams and is…

Reuben Abati By the time we meet again on this page, right here, this very space, it would be a new year, and it is just so amazing that that is the way of the world. A year begins. It ends. From January to December, we go through the same cycle, inexorably. And as I look back, what I remember is a year that whizzed past just like that. But it was a bad year for many, and for Nigeria, whatever the vuvuzelas of the corridors of power may say. The year 2021 will be remembered by Nigerians also…

Ralf Rangnick accused his Manchester United stars of lacking aggression after Edinson Cavani rescued a 1-1 draw at struggling Newcastle on Monday. Rangnick’s side trailed to Allan Saint-Maximin’s eye-catching early goal and were out-played for long periods at St James’ Park. Cavani came off the bench to bag his first goal since October in the second half, ensuring Rangnick avoided a first defeat in four games as United’s interim manager. But United remain in seventh place in the Premier League, seven points behind fourth placed Arsenal with two games in hand. Rangnick had won his first two league games since…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent working visit to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, was eventful and richly rewarding in many ways. Apart from the many impactful projects that he was invited to commission, the ‘warm reception’ by the Boko Haram/Islamic State of West African Providence (ISWAP) achieved prominence. In his Christmas homily, Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Reverend Father Matthew Hassan Kukah, tasked state and federal governments “to develop a more honest, open, and robust strategy for ending the humiliation of our people and restoring social order.” The ISWAP terrorists saw the President’s visit, not only as a good opportunity to…

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against white minority rule, died on Sunday at the age of 90. In 1984 Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent opposition to apartheid. A decade later, he witnessed the end of that regime and chaired a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up to unearth atrocities committed during those dark days. The outspoken Tutu was considered the nation’s conscience by both Black and white, an enduring testament to his faith and spirit of reconciliation in a divided nation. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the…

There is something about the next African Cup of Nations holding in two weeks’ time that does not snugly fit into my spirit. To start with, AFCON 2021 will be taking place in January 2022. That’s the first anomaly. In two weeks, all things being equal, I intend to be in Cameroon. The last time it was held there in January of 1972, when the country failed to win it on home soil. That disappointment of that failure has lingered since then, and the psychological Calabash is to be shattered after 50 years. Unfortunately, there is a growing threat to…

• Meeting ‘Waste Of Time,’ Says Spurs Boss Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has raised the possibility of players going on strike over their welfare following the spread of COVID-19. He said he does not think it will happen, but that a strike may be the only way to get the authorities to listen. Norwich boss Dean Smith said yesterday it was “lunacy” his side are having to play two games in 48 hours despite more COVID cases in the squad. The Canaries, who bottom of the table and three points from safety, host Arsenal on Sunday at 15:00 GMT…

As Christians worldwide celebrate Christmas, a cleric, Pastor Isaac Oyetayo, has advised them to spend much time to thank God for the gift of Jesus Christ and the salvation he brought to mankind. Oyetayo, the Pastor in charge of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Mount Zion Cathedral, Oyo Province 1, Ibadan, gave the advice during a church service to celebrate Christmas. The pastor also said that Nigerians should thank God for His goodness, mercy, protection and deliverance upon families and the entire country. “Thank God for life, deliverance from the snares of the devil and death; many people who…

• Urges Joint Effort To Confront Insecurity • ‘Despite Successes, We Still Have Challenges’ • Nigerians Won’t Forget 2021 In A Hurry, Says Kaigama • Deepen Your Faith In God, Lawan, Others Urge Christians As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ today, President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that there is a silver lining in the horizon for Nigerians despite the machinations of those he described as “wicked ones” who conspire to inflict pain and trauma on citizens. In his Christmas message to Christians, Buhari expressed the need for citizens to rise up…