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Manager of Flamengo, Filipe Luis has named Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid as the best player in the world at the moment. No doubts, Vinicius has been a key part of the Spanish capital city club’s recent success. Vinicius was Flamengo’s former player and joined Real Madrid from the Brazilian side in 2018. The winger has scored 22 goals and made 19 assists from 55 games this season. While at Real Madrid, the Brazil International has won three LaLiga titles and two Champions League trophies. He also has the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de Espana, the UEFA Super Cup,…
The Super Falcons have the quality to win a record-extending 10th title at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, according to former striker Stella Mbachu. Justine Madugu’s side alongside holders South Africa, hosts Morocco, Zambia, and Ghana are the favourites lift the title. The Super Falcons underlined their readiness for the competition with a 3-1 thumping of Black Queens of Ghana in a friendly on Sunday. They held Portugal to a 0-0 draw in Lisbon in their previous friendly. Mbachu is now backing the team to go all the way in Morocco. “The Super Falcons will win every game…
A political leader in Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District, Senator Effiong Dickson Bob, said actualization of legislative autonomy would be a mirage if the ‘rubber-stamp syndrome’ is allowed to thrive and seasoned personalities denied access to the process. He stated this over the weekend during the review of his book titled, ‘Independence of the Legislature in Nigeria: Matters Arising”, at the Uyo Book Club. Bob represented by his brother, Victor Bob (Esq), explained that independence of the legislature cannot be complete without financial autonomy. According to him, financial autonomy would empower the legislature to act independently without operating as…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, will hold its National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting on 24th July, 2025. Deputy National Secretary, Barr. Festus Fuanter, disclosed this after Monday’s National Working Committee, NWC, meeting. DAILY POST reports that Umar Ganduje on Friday resigned as the party’s chairman and in his place, Ali Dalori was appointed in acting capacity. Details shortly…
Controversial singer, Speed Darlington has reacted after he was declared wanted by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP. DAILY POST reports that the agency had a few days ago declared Speed Darlington wanted for alleged rape, cyberbullying and cyberstalking. The development came after the singer failed to honour NAPTIP’s invitation after he confessed in a video shared on his Instagram page to have slept with a 15-year-old girl. In a video shared on his Instagram page on Monday, the musician vowed not to turn himself in for interrogation. While daring NAPTIP to bring evidence that…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has disclosed that 36,297 Nigerian pilgrims have so far been brought back home safely after completing the 2025 Hajj in Saudi Arabia. This number makes up over 86 percent of the total 41,668 pilgrims who made the spiritual journey, with the return process well underway and nearing completion. Speaking about the progress, NAHCON Chairman, Prof. Abdullahi Saleh Usman, explained that the return trips have been carried out through 88 different flights. “Umza flight UY3540, which departed Jeddah to Kaduna @ 01:46hrs with 476 Kaduna Pilgrims and 8 Officials, make the Total Airlift =…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed October 6 to hear a suit filed by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, stop the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from selling off all the properties that were seized from her. The court, presided over by Justice Abubakar Umar adjourned the suit to ena6 the former minister respond to processes the anti-graft agency served on her. In the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/21/2023, which she filed through a team of lawyers led by Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, Alison-Madueke prayed the court to order the EFCC to retrieve from persons (natural…
Two people have been confirmed dead and four others abducted after armed bandits attacked Gidan Tamba village in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to a post on Monday by security analyst Zagazola Makama on X, the incident happened on the night of June 29 around 10:45 p.m. when the attackers attacked the quiet village and started shooting randomly. “One of the victims, 60-year-old Ashiru Shafiu, was reportedly shot and died on the spot. “Another resident, Suleiman Yusuf, also aged 60, collapsed from shock during the raid and later died of a heart attack. Both men were rushed…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has urged the Nigerian government to review the ongoing trial of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, amid a recent judgment by the High Court of Kenya, which found that his arrest and transfer from Kenya to Nigeria in 2021 breached international legal norms and constitutional protections. IPOB, in a statement by its Director of Legal Affairs, Research and Global Communications, Onyedikachi Ifedi, praised the Kenyan court’s ruling as a significant development in what it described as a legal process that deserves fresh scrutiny. The group said that the Kenyan court found that the events surrounding…
The Benue State Police Command has revealed how it successfully rescued 11 kidnapped passengers who were abducted from a Benue Links Hummer Bus on June 22, 2025, along with the arrest of one of the suspects linked to the incident. According to a statement released by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Udeme Edet, the operation was carried out by the Inspector-General of Police Special Intervention Squad (IGP-SIS) in collaboration with the Command’s Tactical and Patrol Teams, the Military, and other security agencies. Acting on credible intelligence, the rescue team tracked the kidnappers’ movement through the bush path around Ondo…