Manchester United legend, Gary Neville feels Arsenal will miss William Saliba and Declan Rice more than their captain, Martin Odegaard if the pair were to pick up injuries. Odegaard is currently recovering from an ankle injury he sustained while on international duty with Norway. The midfielder is expected to miss some matches for Mikel Arteta’s side and be back to action in the coming weeks. Speaking on The Overlap, Neville said: “If you were [Manchester] City, you have just said want Odegaard out, but he wouldn’t be the first player I’d take out of Arsenal’s team. “I’d pick Rice or…
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Libya head coach, Nasser Al-Hadiri has unveiled a 28-man squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Nigeria, DAILY POST reports. Al-Hadiri kept faith with some of the regular players in the team. Al-Ittihad star, Abu Shaibab, Mohammed Al-Tabbal of Al-Nassr and Ahmed Al-Masmari of Barcelona B are some of the key stars in the team. Libya will face the Super Eagles in a matchday three encounter at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Friday, October 11. The North Africans will host the three-time African champions in Benina four days later. The Mediterranean Knights are bottom…
Manchester United have finally completed the transfer of Chido Obi-Martin. Obi-Martin’s move from Arsenal as a free agent has been held up by the Premier League’s five-step process. However, according to football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, that process was concluded on Friday morning. Romano wrote on X: “BREAKING: Chido Obi Martin can now be considered a new Manchester United player after Premier League approval! “PL’s 5-step process concluded this morning with positive feedback, as @AcademyScoop reports. “Former Arsenal talent joins #MUFC, medical/signature already done.” EPL: Chido Obi-Martin finally completes move from Arsenal to Man Utd
Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has expressed deep grief over the demise of the First Lady of Akwa Ibom State, Mrs. Patience Umo Eno, describing it as a huge loss to her family, Akwa Ibom and the nation as a whole. In a statement, which he personally signed in the early hours of Friday, Governor Mbah also commiserated with Governor Umo Eno and the Government and people of Akwa Ibom State, noting that the late First Lady, was a resourceful woman and philanthropist, who gave her best to humanity. “I woke up this morning to the sad news…
The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has confirmed the rescue of eight young girls trafficked to Ghana. While receiving the young ladies at the NiDCOM Annex Office in Lagos, Abike Dabiri-Erewa said the rescued girls have been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, to ensure that they have safe and comfortable accommodations pending their formal rehabilitation and reintegration with their families. The rescued girls, aged between 15 and 22, hail from various states across Nigeria, including Ebonyi, Akwa-Ibom, Imo, Plateau, and Cross River. They were allegedly lured to Ghana…
No less than 1,331 All Progressives Congress, APC, members from the Dawakin Tofa hometown of the National Chairman of the Party, Dr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje have decamped to the ruling New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano State. The decampees, said to be mainly from 11 wards of Ganduje’s Dawakin-Tofa local government area, vowed to work against the return of APC in Kano. Prominent among the former APC leaders who decamped to the NNPP included a former Vice Chairman, Dawakin-Tofa local government area, Malam Isyaku Dahiru Kwa, former state House of Assembly aspirant, Hon. Audu Magaji Tumfafi, Bashir Musa Sani,…
The Southern Governors’ Forum has described the death of Patience Umo Eno, wife of Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, as sad and tragic. DAILY POST reports that the Akwa Ibom First Lady passed away on Thursday after a brief illness. In a statement by the SGF Chairman, Governor Dapo Abiodun, who is also the Governor of Ogun State, he described the late Pastor Eno as a remarkable woman who was the pillar behind her husband’s success in both the private and public sectors. According to the statement, the invaluable contributions of Mrs. Umo Eno would be greatly missed.…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and recognize Chief Olusola Nehemiah and Ezekiel Awude as the governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the Labour Party (LP) for the Ondo State gubernatorial election. The court ordered that Nehemiah and Awude must be accorded recognition, rights and privileges as governorship candidates for the November 16 Ondo State governorship poll. Justice Emeka Nwite issued the order on Friday in Abuja while delivering judgment in a joint suit instituted against INEC and others by the Labour Party, Nehemiah and Awude. In his judgment in…
The All Progressives Congress youths in Akwa Ibom State under the aegis of APC Media Network, have tackled the Uyo Senatorial District Media Practitioners Forum, USDMPF, over derogatory remarks claimed to have been made against the Senate president, Senator Godswill Akpabio and the Minister of Petroleum Resources (Gas), Obongemem Ekperikpe Ekpo who are APC Chieftains. Recall that USDMPF in a statement signed by its Director, Public and Strategic Communication, Victor Etim warned the Minister (Obongemem) against advising Governor Umo Eno on convoking a peace meeting between Senator Akpabio and former governor Udom Emmanuel saying that he has no locus standi…
The Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria, MEMAN on Thursday revealed that the landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit dropped to N981.08 per litre in September 2024 from N1,130 in July. MEMAN disclosed this in its Competency Centre Energy Bulletin data released on Thursday. The data showed that the landing of PMS dropped by N148.92 per litre in the period under review. The drop is attributed to the persistent fluctuation of Crude oil prices at the global market to around $70 per barrel and $75 in September 2024 from $80 traded in August However, Nigerians buy Petrol between N950 and…