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Victor Osimhen & Ademola Lookman- When False Prophecy Collides With Performance

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2026

By Dr. Bunmi Awoyemi There is a peculiar genre of public fraud that thrives only where amnesia is abundant and accountability is optional. It dresses superstition as insight, guesses as revelation, and noise as divine instruction. Nigeria knows it well. We have canonised it. We even fund it

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Lookman–Osimhen: Ambition Caught Between Two Stools

Daily Dispatch January 7, 2026

By Kunle Awosiyan Both are former African Footballers of the Year. Both have scored three goals at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. Both have assisted each other in those goals. Indeed, their partnership, past and present, has delivered significant success for the Super Eagles. Yet, personal ambition now appears to be threatening their collective […]

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Drogba delivers CAF petition over Lookman’s transfer

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2025

Chelsea legend, Didier Drogba, a prominent figure in African football, has reportedly submitted a 50-page petition to Atalanta, approved by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), advocating for a “fair and transparent” transfer process for Ademola Lookman, the reigning African Player of the Year. This action comes amidst a contentious transfer saga involving Lookman,

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Ademola Lookman and Banda named African players of the year

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2024

Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman has been crowned the 2024 African Footballer of the Year at the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Awards in Marrakesh. The Atalanta forward saw off competition from Ivory Coast’s Simon Adingra, Guinea’s Serhou Guirassy, Achraf Hakimi of Morocco and South Africa’s Ronwen Williams. Lookman is the second consecutive Nigerian to claim the […]