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Nigerian-born Antonio Nusa Gains Global Limelight After Scoring For Norway Against Cote d’Ivoire
RB Leipzig of Germany’s Nigerian-born winger, Antonio Eromonsele Nordby Nusa popped into global limelight on Monday night, following his stunning goal for Norway in their 2-1 victory over Cote d’Ivoire at the ongoing FIFA World Cup.
Sports247 reports that several posts flooded social media in the wake of Nusa’s sizzler, which became Norway’s first knock out stage goal in World Cup history – after 88 years of trying – and he was duly named man of the match.
Nusa’s performance on the night blossomed into huge stats for him, which included 100% successful long balls, all of his shots on target and three ball recoveries, as the dazzler pulled off one of this World Cup’s best individual performances.
It turned out to be a truly defining moment for the 21-year-old fast-rising star, who started his career at Langhus, then moved to Stabæk’s youth section at the age of 13 and later signed his first professional contract at the same club in May 2020.
In the summer of 2021, Nusa signed a contract with Club Brugge of Belgium and scored a goal during his UEFA Champions League debut, which came in a 4-0 win away to FC Porto of Portugal on September 13th, 2022.
That made him become the youngest Norwegian player to feature in the UCL and second youngest of any nationality to score in the elite clubs’ competition, following which he later signed a five-year contract to join Leipzig on August 13th, 2024.
Two years on, Nusa has become a major talking point in his father’s country (Nigeria), the nation of his birth (Norway) and across the world at large, following Tuesday night’s heroics by the youngster fondly called ‘Norwegian Neymar.’
As a flood of accolades continues trailing the Nigerian-born ace, a post on X by renowned football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano noted, “Antonio Nusa makes history for Norway: first goal at WC knockout stages in 88 years!”
A British national has tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UK government has confirmed.
According to the BBC, the British man tested positive for the virus while in the DRC. Reuters subsequently reported that he would be medically evacuated to the UK for specialist treatment. However, the exact time of the evacuation was not immediately known.
This marks the first confirmed case of a British national contracting the virus during the ongoing outbreak in the DRC, which has claimed more than 5,000 lives.
Ebola is a viral disease that can cause severe illness and spreads mainly through direct contact with the blood or other bodily fluids of an infected person.
Symptoms include fever, headache, vomiting, muscle pain, weakness, and diarrhoea.
“The UK has well-established procedures for dealing with cases like this, and those processes have been activated,” a UK government spokesperson was quoted as saying.
“Further information will be shared in due course as appropriate. The risk to the UK public from Ebola remains low.”
Ebola outbreak
The current outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a species of Ebola virus, and was first declared in DRC in May 2026.
According to the latest figures from the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the outbreak had recorded 10,563 confirmed cases and 5,130 deaths across five countries as of 1 November 2026.
The DRC accounts for the majority of the cases, with 10,532 confirmed cases and 5,126 deaths. The outbreak has affected eight provinces in the country.
Kenya has recorded nine confirmed cases and two deaths, while Uganda has recorded 20 confirmed cases and two deaths, alongside one probable case and one probable death.
Nigeria confirmed its first case on 20 October after a traveller with a history of travel to Uganda tested positive for the virus. The patient was subsequently medically evacuated to Switzerland for treatment.
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According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 62 contacts linked to the Nigerian case had been identified and were under follow-up as of 29 October.
Symptoms and transmission
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has explained that Ebola survivors may transmit the virus through sexual intercourse if it persists in their semen after recovery.
However, survivors who have met the criteria for discharge from treatment are not expected to transmit the virus through sweat or saliva, as the virus is cleared from their blood.
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday wondered why Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State is afraid of having the Rainbow Coalition in his state.
Wike said he owes no apology to Uzodinma over his friendship with a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha.
Speaking during his monthly media chat in Abuja, the minister declared that he is only interested in President Bola Tinubu's reelection.
He said: "I'm not in the APC, and before that judgment was given, he (Uzodinma) had openly warned that there is no Rainbow Coalition in Imo State, very uncivilized. So, when that happened, it was credited to me; how would it have been me?
"Why is Hope Uzodinma afraid of the Rainbow Coalition? What's the problem? You are running an election, and he is supporting you; you tell your supporters to vote for you, and I tell my supporters to vote for me, and we compound it together.
"Your business is to make sure that Mr President wins the election, and I owe you no apologies that Rochas is my friend, so will you kill me because my friend has an issue with you in your state?
"He also has friends in my state who are my political enemies; would I go and kill him? No."
You’re afraid of Rainbow Coalition, Okorocha is my friend – Wike to Hope Uzodinma
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