Monday, October 5, 2026

Victor Olorunfemi

Victor Olorunfemi is a sports reporter with Peoples Gazette. Prior to working with The Gazette, he was with Sports247 Nigeria, a grassroots football news platform. He is on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram @herovicofficial
February 12, 2026

INEC can’t use results uploaded on IReV for collation: House of Reps

Mr Balogun maintained that the INEC’s Form EC8A, also known as the manual statement of the poll results from polling units, would remain the only means to collate from.

VOTERS IN KOGI
February 12, 2026

Winter Olympics: IOC expels Ukrainian skeleton racer for wearing war dead helmet

The IOC kicked out a Ukrainian skeleton racer for wearing a helmet honouring Ukrainians killed in the ongoing Russian invasion.

Heraskevych with war dead helmet
February 11, 2026

EPL: Man City thrash Fulham 3-0; Liverpool, Aston Villa record wins

Antoine Semenyo opened the scoring for the hosts in the 24th minute. 

Erling Haaland of Manchester City
February 11, 2026

Milroe, Emmanwori, Nwosu, Mafe, Oluwatimi: Latest Nigerian-born American football players with Super Bowl rings

They joined previous Super Bowl winners of Nigerian descent, including Nelson Agholor, Ufomba Kamalu, Osi Umenyiora, Morotoluwa Ojomo, Jay Ajayi, Derrick Nnadi, and Troy Pelshak.

Jalen Milroe, Nick Emmanwori, Uchenna Nwosu, Boye Mafe, Olu Oluwatimi
February 11, 2026

Sesko’s late goal rescues Man United in 1-1 draw at West Ham; Tottenham, Everton lose

United remain fourth on the table, with one point ahead of Chelsea, which was forced to a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge by Leeds United.

Benjamin Sesk
February 10, 2026

Senate’s adoption of manual, e-transmission of election results recipe for chaos, unacceptable: Atiku

Mr Abubakar maintained that Nigerians were expecting outright real-time electronic transmission.

Atiku Abubakar
February 10, 2026

Tinubu hails Nigerian heritage stars for winning 2026 Super Bowl with Seattle Seahawks

Mr Tinubu commended the players for bringing honour to Nigeria, noting that their accomplishment further signified Nigerian excellence.

Nigerian heritage players
February 10, 2026

Kenya denounces Russia’s conscription of nationals for Ukraine war

Twenty seven Kenyans fighting in Russia had been repatriated to the East African country so far. It is unclear the number of Kenyan fighters that have been killed.

Ravaged Ukraine
February 10, 2026

Electoral Act: Amaechi joins protest ahead of Senate’s emergency session

Mr Amaechi joined protesters to force the Senate to rescind its decision not to make real-time electronic transmission of election results mandatory in the Electoral Act.

Amaechi at the protest
February 10, 2026

U.S. official faces 100 years’ imprisonment for helping Nigeria-based fraudsters launder millions of dollars

Prosecutors alleged the offences occurred between July 2023 and December 2025 when Mr Marcus served as a money mule for online scammers operating out of Nigeria.

Unidentified scammer behind a computer+U.S. Department of Defence