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Former Arsenal forward, Theo Walcott, has suggested why manager Mikel Arteta trusts Mikel Merino over Viktor Gyokeres in big games. Walcott spoke after Arsenal’s Premier League London derby 1-1 draw against Chelsea on Sunday. Recall that Arteta opted to start Merino in Arsenal’s attack ahead of Gyokeres at Stamford Bridge. Merino’s goal and Trevor Chalobah’s strike ensured both the Gunners and the Blues shared a point each. “Mikel Merino is more trusted in the big games, he is a player that you know what you are going to get,” Walcott was quoted by TouchlineX as saying. “I think Gyökeres will…

Association of Igbo Community in Abuja has renewed its call for a political solution to the case involving Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. DAILY POST reports that Kanu is currently being detained at the Sokoto Correctional Centre after he was sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The development appears to have led to renewed attacks on security formations in the South-East. Igbo Community in Abuja is now urging for calm in Igbo land, just as it is preaching immediate political solution to Kanu’s case. The…

An erstwhile President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Rev Felix Omobude, said that despite the deliberate targeting of Christians by terrorist groups for killings and abductions, they would not advise Christians to take up arms against criminals. Speaking in an interview with newsmen on Sunday, Omobude said there is nothing wrong with churches and Christians organising protection through appropriate channels during services and activities. He was speaking on pressing national issues, stressing that there is nothing wrong with the Nigerian government seeking external assistance to combat terrorism. He added that if anyone had prophesied about 15 years ago…

Fresh details have emerged regarding the large-scale abduction of hundreds of pupils and 12 teachers from St Mary’s Private Catholic School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, more than a week after the incident. AIT.live reports that the school’s principal, Felicia Gyang, and head teacher, Blessing Amodu, said they heard a helicopter during the attack, while vehicles and motorcycles were used to cart the children away. They added that no security personnel intervened during the raid. “They should abduct the children so that they can have money,” the teachers recalled hearing some of the attackers discussed. Investigations…

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, said its airstrikes has neutralized several terrorists across the North-West and North-East, Nigeria. Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame. Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force in a statement said the success followed an intelligent driven air interdiction. According to the statement, in Katsina State, NAF aircraft executed two coordinated strikes on 27 November 2025 adding that the first strike, launched at about 0630 hours, targeted the fortified base of a notorious terrorist kingpin linked to serial kidnappings, violent attacks and livestock rustling across Kankara, Faskari and Malumfashi LGAs. “Guided by real-time Intelligence, Surveillance…

Bandits late Saturday night attacked Yankamaye village in Tsanyawa Local Government Area of Kano State, killing an elderly woman and abducting three residents. The incident was said to have thrown the community into panic as many residents were asleep when the armed men stormed the area. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed the incident, said operatives had already been deployed to track down the attackers. “We are doing everything possible to rescue the kidnapped victims and restore calm to the area,” Kiyawa said. The gunmen reportedly arrived on motorcycles, parking at the outskirts of the…

Crystal Palace midfielder, Christantus Uche, will not be able to leave the club this January over FIFA regulations. This is despite Uche’s struggle for playing time at the Premier League side. Uche, a key player at Getafe, left the LaLiga for Palace in the summer of 2025 but has had a very limited opportunity in the Premier League under manager, Oliver Glasner. Since arrival at Selhurst Park, the Nigeria international has made just seven appearances across all competitions. There are suggestions he could be heading out of the club with interest from Bundesliga clubs. But the Athletic reports that Fifa…

Bandits who abducted 10 residents of Tsanyawa Local Government area of Kano State have threatened to kill them if their family failed to pay ransom. Father of one of the victims told a local radio in Kano, on Sunday, that the bandits are using him as a channel to reach other families, asking them to pay certain huge amount as ransom. “They on daily basis call me thrice or even four times warning me to abide by their requests or they would kill our family members. “I told them that the money they are asking for, we have never seen…

The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has praised President Bola Tinubu for nominating former Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, as an ambassador. In a statement issued by its chairman, Amah Abraham, on behalf of the State Working Committee, SWC, and other members, the party said the nomination was well deserved. According to the Abia PDP, Ikpeazu’s nomination by President Tinubu is a clear recognition of his dedicated service, visionary leadership, and unwavering commitment to peace, progress, and the development of Nigeria at large. “This appointment is a clear recognition of Dr Ikpeazu’s years of dedicated…

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has said that he has “been transformed” by the special grace of God almighty, just as he called on Nigerians to be more committed to working for God in any position they found themselves in life Akpabio stated this on Saturday in his brief remarks, at the blessing and official commissioning of the Regina Coeli Parish Rectory in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. According to him, “as the most ranked Christian in government, God has specially and graciously transformed and prepared me for the task ahead. I belong to all denominations, but I am lucky…