The Nigeria National League (NNL) has warned clubs against crowd violence in the new season. The league organisers emphasized the need for crowd control and urged clubs to desist from restriction of live streaming of matches. The NNL chairman, Mr George Aluo, gave the advice at the closing ceremony of the coaches and media managers workshop in Ikenne. Aluo assured clubs participating in the league of prompt payments of referees indemnities. “We are dedicated to creating a league where clubs can achieve victory solely on their performance, regardless of venue. Referees’ indemnities will be paid on time to support unbiased…
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Amid hunger and blackouts in some parts of the country, Nigeria’s former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, has said citizens must return to the street and speak the languages the government understands. Dalung said Nigerians cannot surrender to the ignorance of a few while watching the country fall. In a post on his X handle on Thursday, the former minister said northern states have blackouts added to their predicaments while hunger, poverty & misery have taken citizens hostage. “Northern states have blackouts added to their predicaments; hunger, poverty & misery has taken citizens hostage. While @officialABAT lavishly…
At least 10 persons lost their lives, while seven others were rescued in a building collapse in Jegede Olorunsogo, within the Ona Ara local government area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital. The incident was said to have occurred at 2 am on Thursday. While confirming the incident, the General Manager of Oyo State Fire Services, Rev. Akinyemi Akinyinka, said they received distress calls from the people in the neighbourhood at 2 am. “May I inform you that Oyo State Fire Services Agency received a distressed call at around 2 am at Jegede Olunloyo area, Ibadan, of which 10 persons have…
Thousands of primary and secondary school children and teachers across Cross River State were stranded Thursday morning following the sudden declaration of a two-day public holiday by Governor Bassey Otu. According to a press release by the Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor, Nsa Gill, the public holiday is to allow teachers, public officials, and other citizens to travel to their respective wards and local government areas to participate in the local government and ward elections. Gill released the announcement late last night, by which time many school authorities were unaware of the development. Many school principals spoken to…
The House of Representatives has introduced a bill to amend Section 49 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) to allocate six special seats for women and persons living with disabilities (PWDs). The bill, titled “Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Sixth Alteration) (Six Special Seats for Special Interest Groups) Bill, 2024 (HB.1811),” was presented for its first reading during plenary on Wednesday. Sponsored by House Spokesman Akintunde Rotimi (Ekiti-APC), the proposed amendment seeks to increase the total number of representatives in the House from 360 to 366, with the six additional seats…
No fewer than 10,517 persons have been deployed for the local government and ward elections scheduled to hold in Cross River State on Saturday, November 2, 2024. This was confirmed by the Chairman of the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC), Dr. Ekong Edet Boco, at their office in Calabar. He stated that 9,843 ad hoc staff have been trained, with three of these staff members assigned to each of the 3,281 INEC-recognized polling units across the 18 LGAs of the state. In addition, 460 supervisors, 18 returning officers, and 196 collation officers were trained and will be involved…
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested no fewer than eight suspects in connection with kidnapping, armed robbery, criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide and other related crimes in the state. The command’s spokesman, Abubakar Sadiq, who paraded the suspects before the Command Headquarters in Katsina, noted that the Command arrested 16-year-old Nuhu Haruna of Fenza village, in the Dutsinma Local Government Area in connection with a suspected case of culpable homicide. Haruna was arrested on October 21, 2024, at about 1300hrs, following a misunderstanding with 40-year-old Rabi Haruna of the same address, who happened to be his stepmother. According to him,…
Famous Nigerian songstress, Tems has narrated how three international singers, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Drake reached out to her within a 3 days span. The 29-year-old said this in an interview with BigBoy TV. While speaking about her journey to stardom, Tems stated that Beyoncé’s team first reached out, followed by direct messages from Drake and Rihanna. “I never imagine becoming this big. We did ‘Essence’ and I started getting messages. In 2020 Beyoncé team reached out and I was like God, what’s going on? “And I got DMs from people that I looked up to like Rihanna and Drake. These…
A female resident medical doctor at the National Eye Centre in Kaduna State, Ganiyat Popoola, who was abducted by bandits in December 2023, has regained her freedom after being held captive for 10 long months DAILY POST recalls that Popoola, a Registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, was kidnapped alongside her husband, Nurudeen Popoola, who is a military officer and her nephew, Folaranmi Abdul-Mugni who lives with them. The abductors had earlier demanded a whopping N40 million ransom, which was paid after which they released her husband on March 8, 2024, and still refused to…
Social critic Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has apologized to the Nigeria Police Force for wearing a police uniform in one of his recent videos. DAILY POST recalls that the police had condemned his unauthorized use of the uniform and initiated an investigation. In the controversial video, VeryDarkMan was seen wearing a police uniform and introduced himself as a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, of the Online Division. Amid the backlash, the social media critic released a video on Thursday apologizing for using attire resembling the official police uniform. He also advised Nigerians to seek proper authorization before wearing…