The naira appreciated significantly against the dollar at the foreign exchange market to end the week on a good after several days of depreciation. FMDQ data showed that the naira gained to N1600.78 per dollar on Friday from N1660.49 exchanged on Thursday. This represents an N59.71 appreciation. The development comes as FX transactions increased to $350.72 million on Friday from $330.18 million on Thursday. This comes after three days of depreciation against the dollar. In the week under review, the naira had appreciated twice and depreciated thrice at the official FX market. Meanwhile, at the parallel market, the naira fell…
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Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has said Manchester United sold a “special player” in Jadon Sancho to them. United spent over £70 million to bring Sancho from Borussia Dortmund in 2021. But the England winger only made 58 appearances in the Premier League for the Red Devils, scoring nine goals. Sancho was then offloaded to Chelsea on transfer deadline day after falling out with manager Erik ten Hag. The 24-year-old has joined Chelsea on loan until the end of the season, with the Blues agreeing to sign him on a permanent transfer next summer for between £20 and £25 million. Sancho…
Manchester City are ready to break the bank for Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz as Kevin De Bruyne’s replacement. Wirtz is considered one of the most sought-after youngsters in European football. According to Sky Germany, City view Wirtz as the ideal player to fill De Bruyne’s shoes if the Belgian decides to leave for Saudi Arabia next summer. Al-Nassr are reportedly interested in getting De Bruyne, with Cristiano Ronaldo urging the club to sign the playmaker. Moreover, at 33 years old, questions are being raised about his long-term fitness and form, as the midfielder has already missed a bulk of the…
Three suspects are currently in police net for allegedly stealing a tipper truck worth over N30 million along the Kaduna-Abuja highway in Suleja, Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State. The suspects are Nura Ibrahim, Adamu Ibrahim and Abdulfatai Ibrahim, all of Kaduna Road, Suleja. The Niger State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed in Minna, said the three suspects were arrested for joint acts, theft and receiving stolen property. According to him: “On October 14, 2024, at about 1 pm, information was received that a tipper truck, white in colour, with engine number 071231, and…
Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo has given an update on the Super Eagles duo of Ola Aina and Taiwo Awoniyi after their ordeal in Libya. Speaking to the media on Friday ahead of his side’s Premier League clash with Crystal Palace at the City Ground this weekend, Santo described what Aina and Awoniyi went through in Libya as a mess. Both players, along with their Super Eagles teammates, were recently held hostage for 18 hours in Libya before a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Mediterranean Knights. The match was later cancelled by the Confederation of African…
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has bagged an award of excellence as the 2024 Best Civil Service Loving Governor in Nigeria. This is according to a statement on Friday by Kolapo Alimi, Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment. The statement also revealed that the award was presented to the governor by the President of the Nigeria Civil Service Union, NCSU, who also doubles as the Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Southwest Zone, Oluwole Adeleye. Receiving the award, Governor Adeleke appreciated Osun State workers for cooperating with his administration. He disclosed that he has been able…
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria lost 1-0 to Burkina Faso in their opening fixture at the WAFU B U-20 Championship in Togo. Fandino Abib Coulibaly scored the winning goal for Burkina Faso four minutes before the hour mark. The Flying Eagles’ performance was disappointing. For the entire 90 minutes, they failed to create any clear-cut chance. The defending champions will now need to win their last group game against Cote d’Ivoire to move to the semi-finals. The encounter will hold at the Stade Municipal next Thursday. Burkina Faso will next play the Ivorians on Monday in their second Group B…
The police in Ogun State on Friday, confirmed the death of 24-year-old Dada Adesonye, who committed suicide by hanging. DAILY POST gathered that Adesonye was found dead after reportedly hanging himself on a tree in the Afami area of Imasayi, Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State. Omolola Odutola who confirmed the incident to DAILY POST said the suicide was reported at about 8:27 am by an employee at Dangote Cement Transport in Ibese, Afami Road. Odutola stated that on investigation no sign on violence was observed on the victim’s body and the corpse has been released to the family…
The Defence Headquarters says troops have eliminated 101 terrorists, and apprehended a terrorist commander, Usman Maisaje, and 182 others in different operations across the country in the last week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on the operations of the armed forces on Friday in Abuja. Buba said the troops also rescued 157 kidnapped hostages, adding that Maisaje was a close associate of a wanted high-profile terrorist leader, Kachalla Boka. According to him, the arrest has been rewarding in intelligence value as he is cooperating and providing troops with much-needed information…
A Kano State High Court, on Friday, sentenced a 27-year-old man, Abdullahi Lawan, to seven years imprisonment for sexually abusing three teenage boys. Lawan of Rangaza Damagari area in Ungogo Local Government, Kano State, was convicted on a three-count charge of sexual abuse after he pleaded guilty to the charges. Delivering judgment, Justice Aisha Mahmoud, sentenced the convict to seven years imprisonment on each of the three-count charges preferred against him by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Kano Command. Mahmoud held that the prosecution had proven his case beyond reasonable doubt. She sentenced the…