Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, Katsina United has invited five players for screening.

The players are goalkeeper Umar Yusuf, Nasir Ahmed, Kabir Mohammed Kabir, Usman Abdallahi and Hassan Abubakar.

The players were selected from non-league clubs across Katsina State.

They are all expected to resume at the club’s Secretariat on Monday, July 14th.

The players invitation was contained in a letter signed by the Chanji Boys secretary Salah Yusuf on Sunday.

Katsina United are currently beefing up their squad for the upcoming season.

The 2025-26 campaign will commence on Friday, 22 August.

Nigeria’s Super Falcons were held to a 0-0 draw by the Fennecs of Algeria in their final group game at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

Justine Madugu’s side finished top of Group B with seven points from three matches.

The nine-time champions will face the Copper Queens of Zambia in the quarter-finals on Friday.

Nigeria dominated possession, but the Algerians stood firm at the back.

Ifeoma Onumonu and Jennifer Echegini also came close to opening the scoring for Nigeria in the first half.

The Super Falcons struggled to create scoring chances in the second half.

Algeria finished second in the group with five points from three matches.

Tunisia and Botswana battled to a 1-1 draw in the other group game.

Former Nigeria President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed sadness over the death of Muhammadu Buhari, saying he played his role as a soldier, administrator and statesman.

OSUNDAILY NG reports that Buhari died in London at about 4:30 pm on Sunday following a prolonged illness.

Obasanjo, reacting to his death in an interview on Sunday, said the former president passed at a time when the totality of his experience was needed to help steer the affairs of the country.

He noted that the late president would be sorely missed and prayed that God grant him Aljanah Firdaus.

Obasanjo said, “It is with a heavy heart that I received this afternoon the passing to glory of a colleague, a comrade, co-patriot, General Muhammadu Buhari, who, as a soldier he played his role as soldier; as an administrator, he played his role as an administrator; as a statesman, he played his role as a statesman.

“His demise comes at a time like this that we need the totality of the experience and what I may call statesmanship of all of those who have had opportunity to run the affairs of this country in the past to get us out of the situation we are in.

“He will be sorely missed, and may his soul respect in perfect peace.”

OSUNDAILY NG reports that Muhammadu Buhari first became Nigeria’s Head of State as a military ruler from December 31, 1983 to August 27, 1985, after overthrowing the civilian government of Shehu Shagari.

Decades later, he returned as a democratically elected president, serving two terms from 2015 to 2023.