Finidi George is delighted with Rivers United’s promising start to the 2024/25 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season. The former Super Eagles head coach has guided the Port Harcourt club to three wins and one draw in four outings. Finidi masterminded Rivers United’s lastest victory over his former club, Enyimba on Sunday night. The Pride of Rivers defeated the nine-time NPFL champions 2-0 to move to second position on the log behind Remo Stars. “We are quite happy with our run in the League even if not 100% perfect,” Finidi told Sports Boom. “Every game is difficult in the NPFL…
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Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, Monday, inaugurated the 17 Local Government Council chairmen and the deputy chairmen elected during the September 21 council elections in the state, charging them to hit the ground running, delivering people-centered projects and programmes in line with their campaign promises. Mbah also directed the new chairmen to relocate to their council areas, as the era when council chairmen lived in townships and far from their people were over, urging them to key into his government’s Smart Green School, rural infrastructural projects, agriculture, among others, to fight crime and create opportunities and brighter future…
Kris Kristofferson, an iconic United States country singer is dead. Kristofferson died on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at the age of 88. Announcing his passage in a statement on Sunday, Kristofferson’s family said “It is with heavy heart that we share the news of our husband, father, and grandfather, Kris Kristofferson, who passed away peacefully on Saturday at home. “We are all so blessed for our time with him. Thank you for loving him all these years, and when you see a rainbow, know he’s smiling down at us all.” Kristofferson’s songwriting career made him a staple in country music,…
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin, has warned the newly-installed Mogajis and Baales in the ancient city to avoid land dispute matters. Olakulehin made this declaration during the installation of six new Mogajis and five Baales on Monday. DAILY POST reports that the installation of the new Mogajis and Baales was held Monday at the Olubadan palace, Oke Aremo Ibadan. The event was witnessed by members of the Olubadan-in-Council, among whom are Oba Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland; Oba Tajudeen Abimbola Ajibola, Balogun of Ibadanland; Oba Eddy Oyewole-Foko, Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland; Oba Olubunmi Dada-Isioye, Osi…
The newly-inaugurated Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Motomori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun, vowed on Monday in Abuja that obedience to court orders will not be negotiable under her watch. She said that no individual or institution, irrespective of their standing, would be permitted to treat judgments of the court with levity or disregard. The CJN spoke on the occasion of the commencement of the 2024/2025 legal year and the inauguration of the 87 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) held at the Supreme Court. Justice Kekere-Ekun stated that the judiciary stands resolute in ensuring that the sanctity of legal decisions…
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers Branch (PTD) of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has commended the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration’s renewed commitment to ensuring motorable federal highways across the country. The union said it was optimistic that repairs and reconstruction of roads across the nation would stabilize fuel supply and distribution. The PTD-NUPENG gave the commendation as part of its resolutions at the end of its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, over the weekend. In a communique issued and sent to DAILY POST on Monday by Comrades Augustine Egbon…
Condemnation and shock have greeted the judgement delivered by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, that the Electoral Act is the law for Local Government elections, and not state electoral laws giving legal backing for State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs). Expressing disappointment and disillusionment over the strange judgment, Constitutional Lawyers said if not vacated, the ruling portends danger of undermining the already held local government elections in Kwara, Anambra, Imo, and other states which depended on their enabling SIEC laws respectively. Constitutional Lawyers, led by Obe Agu, Esq, in a statement reacting to Monday’s verdict by Justice…
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sentenced a man, Niyi Oyerogbe to 14 years imprisonment for attempted sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced Oyerogbe to 14 years imprisonment following his plea bargain agreement to the sole amended charge of attempted sexual assault. The convict was initially arraigned on Dec. 2, 2021 on the charge of defilement but he later opted for a plea bargain after the prosecution had called two witnesses. The witnesses were Dr. Alagbe Oyedeji’s (PW1) and Insp Adaobi Iwerebor’s (PW2), who gave compelling evidence that significantly implicated the convict. Documents were…
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has called on Abuja residents to be vigilant and report suspicious activities ahead of the 2024 Independence Day celebration. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, made the call in a statement on Monday in Abuja. She urged the residents to take advantage of the command’s emergency lines:, 08032003913, 08028940883, 08061581938 and 07057337653 to report suspicious activies in their surroundings. The PPRO said the command had strategically deployed adequate personnel and equipment throughout the FCT ahead of the celebration. According to her, the deployment was to ensure hitch-free Independence…
Russian President, Vladimir Putin has vowed that his country will accomplish ‘all goals set’ in Ukraine. Putin released a video message to mark the second anniversary of “Reunification Day”, two years since Russia formally claimed the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as its own. Russia held a referendum in the four regions on 30 September 2022 with Putin signing a document with the Russian-installed leaders of the occupied regions to unilaterally incorporate them into the Russian Federation, despite Moscow not fully controlling the territories. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion was launched in February 2022, Kyiv has stepped up its…