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    Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said Friday there was “no conflict” with Hansi Flick after the Barcelona boss last month criticised the national team’s handling of Lamine Yamal.   The 18-year-old winger made his first start for Barcelona since August in Wednesday’s 2-1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain ...

    Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City will have to wait until next season to see the best of Rodri again as the Spanish midfielder slowly finds his feet after knee surgery.   The 2024 Ballon d’Or winner missed last weekend’s 5-1 win over Burnley due to pain in the ...

    Arsenal have opened contract talks with defender Jurrien Timber as they look to secure his long-term future at the club.   The Gunners are keen to reward the Dutch international for his standout performances, which have seen him become a key figure in Mikel Arteta’s squad.   According ...

    The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has shut two Chinese supermarkets located in the Jabi District and eight cosmetics shops at Wuse Market, Abuja, for flagrant violations of extant laws governing the sale, distribution, and labelling of regulated products in Nigeria.   NAFDAC disclosed ...

  A blaze has ravaged a Solar and Electrical Company in the Iwo Road Area of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.   The incident was said to have occurred on Thursday.   PUNCH Online learnt that the fire destroyed the Training Office of Sun Watt’s Solar and Electrical Company located ...

    Former Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, has reacted to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s statement that he would step aside from the 2027 presidential race if a younger aspirant defeats him in the African Democratic Congress primaries.   PUNCH Online earlier reported that Atiku, in an interview with ...

    Reality TV star and Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner, Ijeoma Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has penned an emotional tribute to her late sister, Ruth Otabor, while also celebrating Ruth’s child who just turned six.   In an Instagram post on Thursday, Phyna poured out her grief ...

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday that Nigeria has recorded 166 deaths from Lassa fever from January 1 to September 14, 2025.   The Case Fatality Rate now stands at 18.5 per cent, higher than the 16.9 per cent recorded during the same ...

    The Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour Nigeria has commended the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for rescuing 24 victims of human trafficking and apprehending five suspected traffickers in Abuja.   The commendation was contained in a statement signed by NACTAL National President, ...

    The Lagos State Government has defended the ongoing demolition of illegal structures at the Trade Fair Complex in Ojo, insisting that the exercise is a technical enforcement of planning laws and not targeted at any ethnic group.   Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Olumide Oluyinka, made ...