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Chelsea manager, Enzo Maresca, has dropped Cole Palmer and two other players from his squad for the next stage of the UEFA Conference League. Palmer will not feature for the Blues due to “load management”. Wesley Fofana and Romeo Lavia have also been left out by Maresca. Chelsea’s season could go on until July 2025, as they will be playing in the expanded Club World Cup. Football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, wrote on X today: “Chelsea confirm squad for next stage of Conference League. “Wesley Fofana, Cole Palmer and also Romeo Lavia have been left out. “Decision taken due to…

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Beijing, China, emphasized the importance of global collaboration in achieving shared progress and prosperity. The advice came just as Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged $50billion for development in Africa, including military aids to the continent. The Chinese leader also pledged another $280 million in aid to African countries while proposing partnership actions to jointly advance modernization with Africa. While speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, President Tinubu highlighted the success of the China-Africa partnership as…

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to prioritise the welfare of Nigerians by urgently reversing the price increase of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS. Its Lagos State Chairman, Dr Babajide Saheed, made the appeal in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Saheed said such a move would provide the much-needed relief to citizens, especially its members who are grappling with the weight of the recent removal of petrol subsidies. According to him, the citizens are also weighed down by escalating inflation, high electricity tariffs, insecurity and excessive taxation on wages. He said the hike in PMS…

The North Central All Progressives Congress, APC Forum has described the denial by the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule of endorsing or supporting the embattled National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje, as a welcome development. Governor Sule had last week visited Ganduje at the national Secretariat of the party in Abuja where he canvassed support for him. But according to the North Central APC forum, Governor Sule’s action was an act of betrayal which they rejected, considering that the region has been pushing for the position of the National Chairman, as is the arrangement of the party, noting that…

Convener of the defunct OurMumuDonDo advocacy group, Charles Oputa aka Charly Boy on Thursday highlighted reasons why the Premium Motor Spirit also known as fuel produced by Dangote’s refinery is pure white in colour. Charly Boy explained that the fuel from Dangote’s refinery was refined from ethanol, making it efficient for engines. He disclosed that fuel from Ethanol has a good amount of oxygen which lessens the amount of carbonation in engines. According to the Maverick entertainer, fuel refined from Ethanol reduces air pollution which comes as Carbon dioxide. In a post titled: “Why Dangote fuel is white,” Charly Boy…

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command on Thursday rescued two kidnapped victims at their abductor’s hideout in a forest at Umunede community, Ika North East Local Government Area of the State. The State Police Commissioner, Mr Abaniwonda Olufemi, who disclosed this at a press briefing at the State Command headquarters, Asaba, said the two persons were abducted along the Asaba-Benin Expressway. He said, “On 31/08/2024, at about 0250hours, acting on credible information relating to a kidnapping incident of two persons kidnapped on 30th August 2024 along Asaba-Benin Expressway, I directed the Special Anti-Kidnapping and cybercrime squad to ensure that…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Edozie Njoku, has issued a stern warning to the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, saying his patience is running out. Chief Njoku gave the warning while addressing the press in Abuja on Thursday, saying there is still room only if the Governor makes himself available for that. The crisis in the Anambra ruling party has persisted despite several judgements by all levels of the courts of competent jurisdiction ruling in favour of the Imo-born politician. The Sylvester Ezeokenwa faction of APGA returned to the Appeal Court court seeking…

Amid the biting economic hardship and current fuel scarcity in the country, the Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa, on Thursday said President Bola Tinubu wants to use the first two years of his administration to serve his family, friends and associates. Giwa said Tinubu will use the remaining two years to serve a few Nigerians. Speaking with DAILY POST, the clergyman said the economic situation in Nigeria has never been this bad, with citizens now buying fuel at N1,300 per liter. The clergyman said Nigerians need God’s divine intervention to come out of…

Barely 16 days to the governorship election in Edo State, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Monday Okpebholo has challenged other candidates to compulsory drug tests. DAILY POST reports that the APC candidate opined that the test was necessary to ascertain the candidates’ level of sanity. A statement by Prince Kassim Afegbua, Director of Media, APC Governorship Campaign Council, called on the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to subject the leading candidates to compulsory drug tests. Afegbua said the NDLEA should zero in on all the frontline candidates of the major political parties. He noted that…

The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, has called for increased awareness programmes to promote the rule of law at the grassroots level. The National President of ALGON, Aminu Maifata, made this call on Thursday in Abuja while presenting the concerns of the 774 local government areas at the National Summit of Fiscal Responsibility Agencies. The summit, with the theme: “Building Resilient Fiscal Framework: A Collaborative Approach,” aimed to promote a collaborative approach to building a resilient fiscal framework for effective governance. Represented by the Executive Chairman of Jalingo Local Government of Taraba state and National Welfare, ALGON-NEC, Hassan…