The Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, His Majesty Ahmed Tijani Anaje, has commended the World Bank, Federal Government and Kogi State Government for investing heavily in the livestock sector to generate enormous income for Nigerians. The royal father stated this when staff and management of the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project, KOGI L-PRES, led by the state project coordinator, Dr Olufemi Bolarin, visited the palace of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Okene as part of stakeholder engagement with traditional rulers in the central senatorial district of the state. According to the monarch, crops and livestock farming have been the trademarks of the…
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Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah has agreed personal terms with Premier League club Nottingham Forest ahead of his £30 million move away from Mikel Arteta’s side this summer. Arsenal have been eager to offload Nketiah this summer transfer window but have remained determined to see their full valuation met before allowing the player to leave Emirates. The Gunners had rejected offers from Marseille, who eventually ended their interest in the 25-year-old. Nottingham Forest also saw an offer said to be worth £25 million plus add-ons rejected by Arsenal. However, according to Fabrizio Romano, Nketiah is now all set to join Forest…
Pakistani police said on Thursday that gunmen opened fire on a school bus, killing two girls and injuring five other children. Police official, Usman Haider, said the attack occurred in the town of Attock in the central province of Punjab when the children were travelling to attend classes in the morning, adding that all of the dead and wounded children were aged between five and 10. According to him, the motive of the crime was not immediately known, but the preliminary investigation pointed towards a feud between two families. “We are also looking into the possibility of terrorism,” Haider said.…
Eight retired and active members of the Taiwanese military were on Thursday sentenced to prison for up to 13 years for leaking classified information to China. According to NAN, the Taiwan High Court said the eight defendants were handed sentences ranging from a year and a half up to 13 years for crimes including violating the National Security Law. The crime also included delivering classified information and accepting bribes. They can still appeal. The case involves the Taiwanese Army’s Aviation and Special Forces Command, which was Taiwan’s special operations force. According to prosecutors, some defendants cooperated with China in filming…
Rangers captain Ugwueze Chinemeren said the team wants to do a double over US Zilimadjou of Comoros. The Nigerian champions will host US Zilimadjou in the second leg of their CAF Champions League preliminary round tie at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, on Friday. The Flying Antelopes won the first leg 1-0. Ahead of the reverse fixture, Ugwueze claimed they do not underestimate their opponent. “Since the end of the first leg, which we won by God’s special grace, we have shifted our preparation gear to the next level, which I believe will see us through the second leg,”…
The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, said the 2025 budget for State House agencies will be based on a needs assessment. Gbajabiamila made this known while speaking with journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, following a one-day fact-finding tour of some government agencies under the supervision of the State House. According to him, this was to ensure that funding allocated to agencies was based on actual requirements. “In any country in the world, resources are limited. For us, it is about prioritising. Where are we so far? What have the agencies done? How have they measured up to…
A former news editor of the defunct Sketch newspaper, Mr Olusakin Babalola, is dead. DAILY POST gathered that Babalola, a native of Ipetumodu in Ife North Local Government Area, died in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. DAILY POST learnt that Babalola, who was once the editor of Oodua News newspaper, died in the early hours of Wednesday at the age of 73. The deceased had worked with some national dailies, such as Newswatch Daily, Leadership newspaper and Legit.com, an online news platform. The deceased was, until his demise, the publisher of Spheres News Online, based in Ibadan, the Oyo State…
Nigerian highlife singer Chinedu Okoli, popularly known as Flavour, has agreed with Jamaican reggae icon Buju Banton that afrobeats music lacks depth. DAILY POST recalls that Banton sparked controversy after claiming in an interview that Afrobeats music is “f*ckery.” He claimed that Afrobeats had no substance and would fade with time. Reacting in a recent episode of the ‘In My Opinion’ podcast, Flavour said Banton was on point. According to him, Afrobeats lacks depth because its artists are lazy. “I understand what Buju Banton is trying to say. Kids of today [present crop of afrobeats artists] don’t want stress; they…
A Central Bank of Nigeria survey indicated that business activities in Nigeria’s economy are expected to improve in the next six months. This is according to July’s Business Expectations Survey report released by CBN on Wednesday. The survey said that the growth would be driven by Nigeria’s services and agriculture sectors. It also noted that the sector with the highest prospect for employment is the agriculture sector, followed by the industry and services sectors. The apex bank report, however, said that insecurity, interest rate hikes, insufficient power supply, and high taxes impeded business activities in July 2024. “Respondent firms expect…
Nigerian filmmaker and producer Seun Egbegbe has recounted his experience during his time in prison. Speaking in his latest interview with actress Biola Adebayo on the ‘Talk to B’ podcast, Egbegbe said he prayed fervently for survival during his stay in jail. While appreciating God for saving him, the filmmaker noted that inmates are dying daily in prison. “People died every day in that prison. It is not a good place. I told God that if you truly exist, then I must leave here alive. “If you go and return, thank God. Know that He loves you and has given…