Former Real Madrid and Manchester United ace David Beckham has revealed what he loves about Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka. Saka has enjoyed an excellent start to the 2024/25 season. The England international has scored two goals and provided seven assists in seven Premier League appearances this season. Speaking about Saka, Beckham declared his love for everything the player represents both on and off the pitch. “You look at Bukayo, I love him as a player. I love him as a person, firstly, but I love him as a player,” Beckham said on the Rio Ferdinand Presents YouTube channel. “Everything that he…
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Ahead of the Kaduna local government election scheduled for Saturday, October 19, 2024, the state Labour Party chairman, Isah Chiroma, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kafachan Ward B Jema’a LGA councillorship candidate, Abdullahi Imrah, have defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Chiroma, who spoke during the flag-off of the campaign and presentations of flags to councillorship candidates, said the inclusive system of governance of Senator Uba Sani and the infrastructural development in Southern Kaduna motivated him to join APC in moving the state forward. Similarly, Imrah said though it is a few days to elections, he decided to…
Rivers United extended their unbeaten streak to seven games after dispatching Shooting Stars 2-0 in Port Harcourt on Thursday. The first 45 minutes failed to produce a goal, with both teams failing to convert their chances. Rivers United, however, took the lead in the 51st minute through Aniekeme Okon, while Ndifreke Effiong doubled the advantage 14 minutes from time. Finidi George’s side moved to the summit following the win. Remo Stars dropped to second position following a 3-1 defeat to Plateau United at the New Jos Stadium. Ebuka Anthony bagged a brace for Plateau United, while Abubakar Adamu scored the…
The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Ambassador Abdu Zango, has said that this month’s local government council election in Kano is the responsibility of the state independent electoral commission. Zango told newsmen on Thursday that his office is not participating in the elections. According to him, everything about the election is solely the responsibility of the Kano Independent Electoral Commission, a body he declared competent enough to handle the conduct of the electoral exercise. There were various suggestions that INEC should handle local government council elections to ensure a free and fair poll. However, the…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has taken the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, to task over the increasing number of out-of-school children in the country, calling on the agency to intensify efforts to reverse the trend. Wike said the number of out-of-school children in the FCT has become annoying when he received in his office in Abuja on Thursday a delegation from UBEC, led by the Executive Secretary, Hamid Bobboyi. According to the FCT Minister: “All of us know the problems of not just girl child education but out-of-school children. I don’t know what you are doing…
The naira further depreciated against the dollar in the foreign exchange market. The FMDQ data showed that the naira again weakened to N1660.49 per dollar on Thursday from N1659.69 exchanged on Wednesday. Though the naira depreciated by N0.8 against the dollar on Thursday, it has lost N107.5 in the last three days. Meanwhile, at the black market, the naira exchanged at N1705 per dollar on Thursday, the same rate as Wednesday. This comes as FX transaction turnover stood at $330.18 million on Thursday from $217.86 million recorded on Tuesday. Olayemi Cardoso, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, said…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Anambra State, Pharm Chinedu Ikeagwuonwu Klinsmann has expressed his displeasure with the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, for stating that granting full autonomy to Nigeria’s 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) could lead to “humongous chaos and hinder sustainable development.” It could be recalled that Governor Soludo made this remark on Tuesday at the Governor’s Lodge in Amawbia, Awka, after signing into law the Anambra Local Government Administration Law 2024, which the State House of Assembly passed last Thursday. Justifying the enactment of thie law, Governor Soludo had cited Section 7…
The Niger State Commissioner of Police, Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, has advised students’ representatives, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Joint Campus Council, Niger State axis, led by Ismail Muhammad Mubarak, to be agents of peace, change and progress in their various campuses. Danmamman gave this advice during a courtesy visit by the executives of the association in Minna. The Commissioner of Police, who congratulated the new executives, assured them of an open-door policy for cooperation, synergy, understanding and intervention on general issues affecting students in the state. Danmamman also commended the student leaders and stated…
A thunderstrike has killed a 70-year-old man identified as Malam Abu Yusuf in Abocho, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. The incident happened at about 5:40 pm on Thursday as a result of a heavy downpour in the community. DAILY POST gathered that the sad incident has thrown many residents of the community in shock and mourning. An indigene of Abocho, identified as Dansoho Sulaiman, told DAILY POST that Yusuf was hale and healthy before his demise. Narrating what happened, Sulaiman said: “Someone very close to the family just called to inform me of his death. There was a…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has said Nigeria is no longer blacklisted globally as its rating rose to 75.5 percent. Keyamo disclosed this at the commissioning of the Juhi-2 Aviation fuel depot on Thursday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Lagos. According to him, the new status of the Country’s aviation means that airlines can now access dry lease aircraft. The minister assured that very soon, there would be more aircraft in Nigeria, and Juhi-2 aviation fuel may need to increase its capacity to cater to the influx of aircraft into Nigeria. Earlier, Patience Dappa,…