AS Roma legend, Francesco Totti has chosen late Diego Maradona ahead of Lionel Messi. The former Italy international also chose Maradona ahead of himself. Maradona is widely considered by many as the greatest footballer of all-time. The Napoli legend helped Argentina to win the 1986 World Cup. However, when Messi first broke into the Argentina team, he was hailed as the heir to Maradona’s throne in world football. The Inter Miami forward fulfilled that prophecy in December 2022 as he also helped La Albiceleste to win another FIFA World Cup. However, when recently asked to choose between Maradona and Messi,…
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Real Madrid legend, Iker Casillas has made known his choice of those he believes are better footballers. The legendary goalkeeper had to choose between Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and other superstars to pick his combined El Clasico XI. Casillas himself is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in Real Madrid’s history. Casillas made his debut for Real Madrid in 1999 and went on to play a whopping 725 games for Los Blancos, keeping 264 clean sheets across competitions. He won three Champions Leagues, five LaLigas, one FIFA Club World Cup, two UEFA Super Cups, and many other accolades…
The National Democratic Front, NDF, has called on the Chief Judge of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, to intervene in what it described as a severe erosion of integrity within Nigeria’s judiciary. DAILY POST recalls there have been disturbing judgements emanating from the crisis in Rivers State. Earlier in the week, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho was summoned before the probe panel of the National Judicial Council NJC over judgments being churned out by his court in respect of cases on the Rivers political crisis. Reacting to the developments on Thursday, the NDF accused…
Popular social media influencer, Martins Otse, also known as Verydarkman, VDM, has been detained by the Nigeria Police Force. His lawyer, Deji Adeyanju stated this on Thursday night via a post on his official Facebook page. According to the activist lawyer, the social media critic was arrested after honouring an invitation from the police. He wrote, “Our client, VDM has been detained after honouring police invitation just like yesterday. “VDM has been consistent in saying the Nigerian Police are our friends even when we all know they are not”. This may not be unconnected to the recent use of police…
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Communications and Orientation, Sunday Dare, says his principal should be commended for the removal of fuel subsidy. Dare stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today, calling for patience over Tinubu administration’s reforms. He said the president is working tirelessly to fix the issues and make good his promises to the country. “Tinubu is adept at governance. [He is] a man who burns the midnight oil when other men of easy virtue are carousing around. “This is a man I worked with for seven years and we sleep at 4, 5, 6 in…
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Communications and Orientation, Sunday Dare, has said that former President, Muhammadu Buhari, would not have emerged as President in 2015 if not for Bola Tinubu. The former Minister of Sports and Youth Development hailed Tinubu’s role in the emergence of Buhari. Before dislodging the Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government in 2015, Buhari had contested for the presidency in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 elections but failed. However, prior to the 2015 general elections, a merger of political political parties – Buhari’s Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Tinubu’s Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN,…
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, has said that the wreckage of the helicopter that crashed in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has been located. This disclosure was made on Thursday by the NSIB Director of Public Affairs and Family Assistance Bimbo Oladeji. The agency further assured that recovery efforts for the wreckage were in progress. DAILY POST reported days ago that the copter, operated by East Wind Aviation and engaged by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, crashed along the waterways in the Rivers State capital. The helicopter took off from the Rivers State capital’s Military Base with its…
Arsenal legend, Paul Merson has predicted the Premier League match-day 10 taking place this weekend in England. Newcastle United will host Arsenal in an early kick-off on Saturday afternoon, while Liverpool will face Brighton at Anfield in the evening. Manchester City will tackle Bournemouth on Saturday, and Manchester United will take on Chelsea on Sunday evening at Old Trafford. Providing his prediction, Merson said (via Sportskeeda): Newcastle United 1-2 Arsenal Liverpool 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion Ipswich Town 2-1 Leicester City Bournemouth 0-2 Manchester City Southampton 2-1 Everton Nottingham Forest 2-1 West Ham United Wolves 1-0 Crystal Palace Tottenham Hotspur…
The naira depreciated to N1675.49 and N1750 against the dollar at the official and parallel foreign exchange markets on Thursday. This comes as FMDQ data showed that the weakened further to N1675.49 per dollar on Thursday from N1631.17 exchanged on Wednesday. This means that it lost N44.32 against the dollar on Thursday compared to the N1631.17 exchange rate on Wednesday. Meanwhile, at the black market, it remained flat at N1750 per dollar on Thursday, the same exchange rate traded on Wednesday. The depreciation of Naira comes despite the foreign exchange transaction turnover increase to $166.61 million on Thursday from $128.98…
The Kaduna State Police Command has recovered two stolen vehicles and arrested suspects. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the developments in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna. Hassan said on October 25, at approximately 20:00 hours, a patrol team from the Rigachikun division spotted a suspiciously parked black Kia Rio behind NDC Quarters. He said the lone occupant fled the scene, abandoning the vehicle. “A search revealed a Tecno KL4 handset, an iPad, and vehicle documentation photocopies. Preliminary investigations identified the owner as a resident of Sardauna Close in Badarawa, Kaduna. “The vehicle was stolen…