Big Brother Naija Season 10 housemate Kuture has opened up about his reluctance to become Head of House, HOH, until Week 4. Speaking to the show host, Ebuka, during the live eviction on Sunday, Kuture stated that being HOH comes with significant responsibilities that he is not yet ready to handle. According to the Big Brother Naija housemate, managing housemates seems like controlling animals. The 27-year-old highlighted the challenges that come with leadership roles in the house. He expressed concern that some housemates lack respect for the current HOH, Jason Jae, which further solidified his decision to delay taking on…
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The Big Brother Naija Season 10 housemates breathed a collective sigh of relief as they learnt that no one would be evicted from the show in the first week. During the live eviction show on Sunday, host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu eased the tension in the house as he announced that all 29 housemates were safe for now. “You’re all safe this week,” Ebuka said with a laugh. Earlier in the week, Biggie had instructed housemates to confidentially nominate two fellow contestants for possible eviction. Unbeknown to the housemates, it was only a strategy designed to stir emotions and create drama. However,…
South Korea international Son Heung-min’s next possible club has been revealed. Heung-min played his last game for Tottenham Hotspur in their pre-season friendly 1-1 draw against Newcastle United on Sunday. The 33-year-old had announced that he is leaving Tottenham because he had “already achieved everything at the Spurs and wanted a new challenge.” However, according to football transfer expert Ben Jacobs, Major League Soccer (MLS) side Los Angeles FC have reached an agreement in principle to sign Heung-min. Terms between both parties are already in place, with Son expected to join Los Angeles this summer. An arrival date for Heung-min…
New Chelsea signing Jorrel Hato has suggested why he joined the Blues in this summer transfer window. Chelsea on Sunday evening announced the signing of Hato from Ajax. The Netherlands international penned a long-term contract at Stamford Bridge running through to 2032. The 19-year-old defender will join up with his new teammates this week ahead of the new Premier League season. Speaking to the club’s website, Hato said he joined the west London Premier League club because he wanted to take the next step in his career. “I’m very excited, I’m so happy to be here,” said Hato. “I thought…
Super Falcons attacker Asisat Oshoala has named Cristiano Ronaldo and Louis Saha among the male footballers she admires. Oshoala revealed this while reflecting on her early inspirations in football, insisting that Manchester United and Barcelona players have always been her favourites. The six-time CAF Women’s Player of the Year made the comments recently while speaking on Arise News. “I did not have a female idol that I looked up to when I was younger because the games weren’t televised,” Oshoala said. “You don’t see them in newspapers, news, and all that. I used to follow the male teams, I supported…
The Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, has zoned the 2024–25 U-19 Youth League into three groups. The competition will be played in Ikenne, Umuahia and Kano. The Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne will host Shooting Stars, Ikorodu City, Sunshine Stars, Kwara United and Bendel Insurance. The fixtures will run from Monday, August 4, to Saturday, August 9. Teams zoned to Kano are hosts Kano Pillars, El-Kanemi Warriors, Katsina United, Nasarawa United, Niger Tornadoes and Plateau United, with their matches slated for August 10 to 16. To battle in Umuahia for a place in the final playoff are Abia Warriors, Akwa…
Popular Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has lamented the worsening economic situation citizens are experiencing in the country. Specifically, Adichie, who was a guest on Channels Television, lamented how the ongoing hardship reduced middle-class Nigerians into beggars. According to her, “Life has become so hard in Nigeria, and me I can see it. For example, people who were formerly kind of securely middle class, not that life was rosy for them, but they got by—are now people who beg and are in need. That worries me greatly.” Adichie further stated that considering the level of suffering in the country, the…
A coalition of professionals, civil society groups, and religious leaders from Benue State has appealed to the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union to grant emergency asylum and protected status to the Internally Displaced Persons in the state. Citing ongoing ethnic cleansing by gunmen, the coalition announced a global campaign to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis and seek justice for the IDPs in Benue. The coalition, while addressing a press conference in Makurdi, disclosed that over 6,000 lives had been lost in the last decade, with more than 200 people killed in the first half of…
The family of Abubakar Yaqub, Chief Imam of the Kuchibuyi community in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory, is in mourning after his son, Attahiru Abubakar, was allegedly shot dead by police officers during a land dispute in the area on Saturday. PUNCH Metro gathered that Attahiru died instantly after being hit by a police bullet, while his elder brother, Abass, sustained gunshot wounds and is currently battling for his life at a hospital. The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, in a statement released Saturday, had stated that the police were responding to a civil disturbance…
Nigeria currently has 220 open oil blocks scattered across its onshore and offshore basins, data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has revealed. This is despite its growing debt burden and crude shortages affecting local refineries. The NUPRC data showed that the deep offshore terrain accounts for the highest number of unlicensed blocks at 59, highlighting the country’s underexploited energy wealth in its most technically advanced but capital-intensive region. The Benue Trough follows with 41 open blocks, while the Chad Basin hosts 40. In the Sokoto Basin, there are 28 blocks yet to be awarded, and the Bida Basin…