Governor Chukwuma Soludo has voted at his Ofuiyi Square, Pollling Unit 002, Umueze-Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area, in the ongoing Anambra State local council election. The election is holding 11 years after the last exercise. The governor said the anticipated victory of his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, will be a foretaste of his victory in the Anambra 2025 governorship election, which is expected to hold around November next year. He also adjudged the ongoing process as being seamless and an example of what an election should be. Speaking to journalists, Soludo said: “Today is a promise made…
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Former Arsenal and Dundee forward, Fabian Caballero is dead. Caballero, who was born in Paraguay, died at the age of 46. Dundee made the announcement in a statement on Saturday. “All at Dundee Football Club are extremely shocked and saddened this morning to learn of the passing of former Dundee player Fabian Caballero,” Dundee’s statement partly read. “Fabian passed away at the age of 46 and will be greatly missed by everyone at Dundee Football Club.” “The thoughts of everyone at the club are with Fabian’s family at this very sad time.” Caballero was signed by Arsene Wenger in 1998…
Enugu State Government has created the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. The initiative was taken as the government begins to introduce Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses as part of the efforts to preserve the environment and also make transportation affordable for citizens. These were made known by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, and the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Obi Ozor, after a meeting of the State Executive Council at the weekend. Briefing Government House correspondents after the meeting, Prof. Onyia said, “Recall that earlier in this administration, the governor signed the Enugu State Electricity Law…
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has said his players made “bad decisions” in their 1-1 draw at Newcastle United in Saturday’s early kick-off. The Premier League champions took the lead in the first half through Josko Gvardiol. However, the Magpies were awarded a controversial penalty, with Nick Pope producing an excellent stop to deny City a late winner. Guardiola told TNT Sports: “They had moments in the first ten minutes and after their goal, but in general we played really good. “We made bad decisions at the last minute to make it 2-0. It is always difficult here with their…
Stanley Uzochukwu Foundation has taken humanitarian to a new height in Nigeria as it commits to rebuild an uncompleted Orphanage Home, revamping educational and general well-being needs of over 120 orphans in JOFIN Orphanage Home, Jos, Plataeu State. The transformation of the Home includes rebuilding of the uncompleted building and classrooms currently housing the orphans, drilling of bole hole, provisions of total health care, nutrition (daily feeding – breakfast, lunch and dinner) and the educational needs including provision of well equipped modern classrooms, modern teaching and learning materials, clothing and school fees of the orphans at all levels. The particular…
A former governorship candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2023 election in Benue State, Mr Ewaoche Benjamin Obe, has been thrown out of his Abuja house after his wife allegedly used the property as collateral for a loan. DAILY POST gathered that the house located at the Sagwari Layout of Dutse, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Terrritory, FCT, was built by the politician. The wife identified as Christiana Obe had been married to Obe since 2006. The couple hailed from Ogbadibo Local Government Area LGA of Benue State. It was gathered on Saturday that the…
The Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus, NG-Cares programme has issued a strong warning to beneficiaries to be vigilant against fraudsters demanding money before or after the support. Jigawa NG-CARES State Project Coordinator, Umar Idris, issued the warning at the launch of distribution of food items to 16,200 beneficiaries under Fadama Office, held in Taura Local Government Area. He said the warning become necessary to inform the beneficiaries that the support is a grant and free. According to him: “NG-CARES is aimed at providing support to Nigerians affected by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; it is entirely…
Ikorodu City head coach Bright Ozebagbe has said that his players need to be decisive and go all out to secure victory against Nasarawa United. Ikorodu City will host Nasarawa United in a matchday four fixture at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Saturday. “We have work on areas where we needed to be more decisive,” the young tactician stated to the club’s media. “And we have made strategies to take it all out to our opponent and hopefully this works out for us. “We lost our last home game and we have to face the reality that we need to…
Niger Tornadoes head coach Majin Mohammed said the team will build on last weekend’s impressive away performance when they take on Bendel Insurance on Sunday. The Ikon Allah Boys stunned former champions Plateau United in Jos last Saturday. The Minna club are unbeaten in the NPFL this season. Niger Tornadoes will welcome Bendel Insurance to the Bako Kontagora Memorial Stadium on Sunday. Mohammed stated that the home support will serve as an added advantage to his team. “We’ll build on our away win, utilising our home advantage to secure a win for our fans,” Mohammed stated in a pre-match interview.…
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has said he expects Vinicius Jr to win this year’s Ballon d’Or award. The ceremony to announce the winner is exactly one month away – October 28th. Vinicius Jr is the standout favourite to claim the 2024 award and has reportedly been informed about his future win already. “I think so [Vinicius Junior will win the 2024 Ballon d’Or], thanks to the effectiveness he had in the Champions League, scoring in the semi-final and the final,” Ancelotti has told the media. “I think he will win it. If he doesn’t, we’ll move on.” Vinicius Jr…