The stage is set for the biggest Premier League match of this weekend as Liverpool hosts Chelsea at Anfield following the international break. The Reds head to the game following a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace in their last game. Liverpool manager, Arne Slot will be hoping to consolidate his lead at the top of the Premier League table. Slot’s side currently tops the Premier League table with 18 points from seven matches. They are ahead of second position Manchester City who have 17 points from the same number of matches. A victory for Liverpool against Chelsea will see them…
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Victor Osimhen has backed his incredible strike in Galatasaray’s win against Antalyaspor to win the Puskas Award. Osimhen scored a superb overhead kick goal in the closing stages of the game. Asked whether his goal deserved a Puskás nomination, the reigning African Men’s Player of the Year didn’t hide his feelings. “Of course it could be. It was an incredible goal. It’s a classy goal, why not, it could be,” he told the club’s official website. The 25-year-old has scored three goals for the Turkish Super Lig champions this season. Osimhen joined the Yellow and Reds on loan from Napoli…
Harmony Chidi is delighted to open her goal account for Nigeria’s Flamingos at the ongoing 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Bankole Olowookere’s side overpowered Ecuador 4-0 in their second group game on Saturday night. Chidi scored Nigeria’s second goal of the encounter in the 54th minute. The forward also provided the assist for Shakirat Moshood’s fourth goal. The youngster, who scored 12 goals for Nigeria’s during the qualifiers shared his thoughts after the game. “I’m very happy. I don’t know how to express this. It’s a joy for me right now because in the last game, when the goal…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned that progress would continue to elude Nigeria since the country has become a burial ground for unimplemented policies. Obasanjo expressed worry that Nigeria appears to be taking one step forward and three steps backwards due to leadership inability to implement policies. The former president spoke at an event in Abuja yesterday. Obasanjo said Nigeria is not bereft of policies to achieve greatness but blamed leaders for the country’s lack of progress. According to Obasanjo: “It is not enough for leaders to have policies or make statements. We are not short of policies in Nigeria.…
The Lokoja Local Government Chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in the October 19 Council election, Yunusa Chado, has described the just concluded exercise as a charade, which he claimed further exposed the insincerity of Governor, Ahmed Ododo on credibility and justice. Chado in a statement on Sunday said the so-called state Independent Electoral Commission, has eventually proven the apprehension of the opposition parties that they are merely puppets in the hands of their employer, the state Governor. “I am completely disappointed in the government of APC led by Ahmed Usman Ododo. Since his assumption to office, Kogites…
A former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has given reasons why he kicked out Uche Secondus as the national Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, prior to the 2023 general elections. Prince Uche Secondus, an elder statesman, was the Chairman of the PDP National Working Committee in 2017 and was suspended by the party in 2021 Wike, while addressing his followers and members of the PDP in Port Harcourt on Saturday, said he kicked out Secondus because as National Chairman, he wanted to bring Tele Ikuru to run for the governorship position of the state. According to him,…
Popular media personality and critic, Solomon Buchi, has blasted celebrity UK pastor, Tobi Adegboyega for going clubbing with Davido. Pastor Tobi made headlines on Saturday after a clip of Davido and Wizkid being in the same club amid their rift went viral on social media. In the trending video, the clergyman was seen sitting beside Davido in the club. Reacting to the video on his X handle, Solomon Buchi called Adegboyega a shame to the office of a pastor. Buchi urged the celebrity pastor to leave pastoral calling and focus on driving his luxury cars and clubbing. “Tobi Adegboyega is…
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has said those fighting him are indirectly digging their graves. He said this on Saturday while addressing his followers and members of his faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state. DAILY POST reports that Wike has been at loggerheads with his former stooge and Governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara for various uncertain reasons. “Everybody now must fight Wike. Which Wike are you fighting? You people are digging your graves. Let me tell you, it has not started. “We have capacity. We have capacity. Forget them. In…
Rapper, CDQ has wadded into the beef between singers Wizkid and Davido. DAILY POST reports that Wizkid and Davido, who renewed their beef on social media earlier this year, caused a stir at a London nightclub at the weekend after they snubbed each other. Reacting to their reoccurring controversy, CDQ said it’s unwise to take side in the beef, stressing that the duo are like husband and wife. He urged fans and pundits to let the duo “play.” On his Instagram story, CDQ wrote; “Woss Dem no dey put mouth for Wiz n David fight. Ori e lon ma fi…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Ilyas Damagum, is not his friend and never supported him. DAILY POST reports that the opposing factions in the PDP are back in their trenches, restrategising ahead of the party’s NEC meeting coming up on Thursday. The governors are calling for the meeting of the NEC to find a lasting solution to the crisis, which has polarised the party. On one side are Atiku and his supporters while on the other are Wike and those who accuse…