Health workers under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, and the Assembly of Healthcare Professionals Association, AHPA, have suspended their seven-day warning strike effective from midnight October 31 in the spirit of the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, and in general public interest. The National Chairman of JOHESU, Mr Kabiru Minjibir, said this in a communiqué jointly signed by Mr Martin Egbanubi, National Secretary of the union on Thursday in Abuja. DAILY POST recalls that JOHESU had embarked on a seven-day warning strike on October 25, to press home its demands from the Federal Government. It said that…
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Yobe State Government is proposing to spend the sum of N320.8b in the incoming fiscal year. Governor Mai Mala Buni stated this while presenting finance and appropriation bills before the State House of Assembly. According to him, the sum of N144,036,787,000, representing 44.9% is proposed as recurrent expenditure, while N176,774,213,000, representing 55.1% is allocated for capital expenditure. He said the 2025 budget would seek to entrench policy of completing all ongoing, as well as embark on new essential projects, hence tagged the budeget as, “the Budget of Economic Consolidation and Poverty Reduction”. “Our watchword would remain the observance of due…
The Labour Party governorship aspirant for the upcoming 2025 election in Anambra has condemned the plan of Governor Chukwuma Soludo to build a close to N1 billion water fountain in his local government secretariat. Soludo and his executive council had, in the last meeting, approved the construction of some roads in Anambra State, including the building of a water fountain in Aguata Local Government Secretariat, where he hails from. Nwosu, in a post shared on his verified X handle, condemned the move, describing it as a waste of public funds. He said: “We note the recent infrastructural projects approved by…
A South African group, Progressive Forces, has launched a petition against Chidimma Adetshina from competing in the Miss Universe 2024. This comes after the arrival of Adetshina in Mexico on Wednesday. DAILY POST reports that the newly crowned Miss Universe Nigeria arrived in Mexico to represent the country at the 2024 edition of the global competition scheduled to be held in November. Chidimma Adetshina had faced criticism in South Africa during the announcement of her Miss South Africa contest. In response to the controversy, the South Africa Department of Home Affairs, DHA, said preliminary evidence suggests Chidimma’s mother committed fraud…
Al Hilal defender Kalidou Koulibaly has tipped Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson to win the Ballon d’Or in the future. Koulibaly said his fellow countryman has the talent to win the top individual award. Jackson has so far enjoyed a brilliant start to the 2024/25 season at Chelsea. The Senegal attacker has scored six goals and provided three assists in 10 matches across competitions. “He has the talent to do it (win the Ballon d’Or) and I hope he will be one of the best players in Africa, and why not in the world?” Koulibaly told talkSPORT. “I try to give…
The Ogun State Police Command said it has arrested 26-year-old Segun Owoduti, a member of a three-man armed robbery gang terrorising residents in Sagamu Local Government Area. Owoduti was arrested on Wednesday along the Agbele-Igbepe route, while two other escaped with gunshot injuries. The command’s public relations officer, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident to DAILY POST on Thursday, saying the gang specialised in using motorcycles to rob victims of their valuables. Odutola said: “A daring armed robbery attempt was thwarted by swift police action in Sagamu on October 30, 2024. Thanks to a timely tip-off from residents, the Sagamu Divisional…
Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi has named the top three sports that he loves playing besides football. Messi is widely considered one of the greatest players in the history of football. The Argentina forward is the most decorated player in football, having won 46 trophies. Messi, who has won eight Ballon d’Ors, has played for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain in the past. However, when asked about his favourite games besides football, Messi said in a recent interview with acclaimed journalist Fabrizio Romano (via @AlbicelesteTalk on X): “The other than football, I love padel, tennis and basketball, but I play padel…
Abia Comets head coach Okechukwu Ejeh has called for more skill development initiatives for coaches in the Nigeria National League, NNL. DAILY POST recalls that the NNL recently held a workshop for coaches and media managers in the league. Ejeh expressed satisfaction with the programme. He believed that the training would benefit coaches and the league, respectively. “I’m very pleased with the capacity building by the NNL,” Ejeh told Sports Light Hub. “This is the second edition of the capacity building, the first one that took place last season, we all saw the result with an NNL club winning the…
Details have emerged of how former Kwara State lawmaker Christopher Ayeni perished in a fatal auto crash on Thursday along the Ajasse-Ipo highway. According to a statement by the Kwara State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Ilorin on Thursday, the accident occurred at about 10:10 am. The corps responded within 15 minutes, arriving at the scene of the accident at 10: 25 am, about 500 metres away from Igbaja Junction. FRSC identified the vehicles involved as a grey-coloured commercial truck with registered No. T-17488LA and a white-coloured Toyota Hilux pickup vehicle. Five persons, comprising three males…
Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira has warned Mikel Arteta about rushing to give Ethan Nwaneri regular first-team minutes before the youngster is ready. Nwaneri has been seen as the next great young talent since he made his Premier League debut at the age of 15 in 2022. The 17-year-old scored a superb goal on Wednesday as Arsenal defeated Preston North End 3-0 in the Carabao Cup. Nwaneri has made just four brief cameo appearances in the Premier League this season. However, there are calls for Arteta to give Nwaneri more playing time in the Premier League this season. But Vieira has…