Former Manchester City and Newcastle United goalkeeper, Shay Given has criticized Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso’s decision to deploy striker Victor Boniface as a left winger against Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday. Alonso’s 3-5-2 formation tactics left Leverkusen without a recognized centre forward against Liverpool at Anfield. His tactics seemed to be working for the visitors as they did not concede a goal in the first half. But after holding Arne Slot’s men for an hour, the Bundesliga champions suffered a heavy 4-0 defeat. Luis Díaz scored a hat-trick and Cody Gakpo also netted a goal. Speaking…
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President Bola Tinubu has directed that the Federal Executive Council meeting be postponed to another date which will be announced in due time. This was made known in a statement signed by Tinubu’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga on Wednesday. The meeting which was initially scheduled for today was postponed in honour of Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff, who passed away on Tuesday night. The statement reads, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, has rescheduled the Federal Executive Council meeting till another date to be announced. “Initially scheduled for today, the council meeting was postponed…
Former Sevillar star, Nolito has backed Kelechi Iheanacho to become a key player for the Rojiblancos. Iheanacho has struggled to make positive impact since linking up with Sevilla on a free transfer in the summer. The forward scored twice in Garcia Pimienta’s side Copa del Rey victory over La Rozas last week. The 28-year-old is however yet to find the net in six league appearances for the former UEFA Europa League champions. Despite his slow start at the club, Nolito believed the Nigerian will soon rediscover his best form. “He’s a good guy, and I hope he brings us some…
Not fewer than four persons have been reportedly killed and houses set ablaze following a renewed cult war between rival groups in the North Bank area of Makurdi, the Benue State capital. A source stated that the victims were killed in different parts of the North Bank area during a violent clash between the Black Axe and Supreme Vikings confraternities on Sunday and Monday. The cult clash caused pandemonium in and around the North Bank area as residents and traders closed their shops and fled for safety. DAILY POST gathered that, for fear of reprisal attacks, many of the residents…
A Kano State High Court has restrained the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) from withholding allocations for the 44 Kano State Local Governments. The court issued the order following a motion ex-parte filed on November 1 by the Chairman of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ibrahim Muhammed, and five other concerned residents of the state. The others are Ibrahim Shehu, Ibrahim Abubakar, Usman Isa, Sarki Kurawa, and Malam Usman Imam. The motion ex parte was filed through the applicants’ counsel, Mr. Bashir…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja. DAILY POST recalls that the presidency on Wednesday morning confirmed the death of the army chief, who has been away for a while due to an undisclosed ailment. Atiku, in a condolence message via his official X handle on Wednesday, condoled with the family of the late General and the Nigerian Army. He wrote, “It is with a heavy heart and sorrowful spirit that I received the news of the tolling of the bell for the Chief of Army…
A former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has mocked the presidency, saying that President Tinubu was on a roller-coaster race to become Nigeria’s most clueless president. Eze told the presidency that deriding Atiku Abubakar and subjecting him to contemptuous media ridicule would not serve as enough damage control for the presidency to cover up the mess the alleged clueless administration of Bola Tinubu has made of the Nigerian state. Eze was reacting to a piece in circulation titled “Atiku Would’ve Plunged Nigeria Into Worse Economic Situation,” credited to Special Adviser…
Andy Kim has made history by winning a U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey, marking a significant milestone as the first Korean American elected to the Senate. The 42-year-old Democrat defeated Curtis Bashaw of the Republican Party in the general election on Tuesday. He emerged as the Democratic Party’s candidate after beating New Jersey’s first lady, Tammy Murphy, in the party’s primary. Kim currently represents New Jersey’s 3rd district in the U.S. House of Representatives. He will be sworn in later this month, taking over the New Jersey’s Senate seat previously held by Robert Menendez, who resigned after being convicted…
The Republican candidate for the 2024 United States presidential election, Donald Trump, has praised his loyal supporter and tech billionaire Elon Musk, calling him a “super genius.” Trump, on Wednesday, informed his supporters that Musk’s Starlink satellite service played a crucial role in saving “a lot of lives” during Hurricane Helene, which struck the southeastern United States in October. “I told Elon they need it badly in North Carolina. Can you get it? He had that there so fast, it was incredible. It saved a lot of lives. They saved a lot of lives,” Trump stated. He further described Musk…
Donald Trump has been declared the winner of the US presidential election. The US media, including CNN, on Wednesday, announced his landslide victory, defeating Democrat Kamala Harris. Trump’s victory was called by multiple television networks. He secured victory in the United States presidential election by surpassing the crucial threshold of 270 electoral college votes. With Wisconsin confirmed, Trump now holds 276 electoral college votes, successfully crossing the necessary mark to reclaim the White House. Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party, currently with 219 electoral college votes, is preparing to deliver her concession speech shortly. This makes him the first president…