Jack Porter has become the youngest-ever player to start a game for Arsenal. The 16-year-old has been picked by Mikel Arteta for Tuesday night’s Carabao Cup tie against Bolton Wanderers. The teenager only signed scholarship terms with the Premier League this summer, having turned 16 in July. Porter doesn’t have many appearances for Arsenal’s Under-23s side, let alone the first-team, under his belt. But with David Raya picking up a knock at Man City on Sunday and Neto cup-tied, the teenager gets his chance. Ethan Nwaneri, 17, became Arsenal’s youngest-ever Premier League player against Brentford in September 2022. The midfielder…
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The Delta State Government has sacked the entire management board of the Nigeria National League, NNL side, Warri Wolves and Nigeria Women Football League club Delta Queens. The disengagement was announced by the Delta State Sports Commission on Wednesday. A new management board is expected to be put in place for the two clubs before the commencement of the new season. Warri Wolves and Delta Queens are currently preparing for the 2024-25 season. Both teams missed out on a championship playoff spot last season. A date for the new season is yet to be announced by the organisers. Warri Wolves,…
Aliu Salaudeen has extended his contract with Sporting Lagos, DAILY POST reports. Salaudeen penned a new two-year contract with the modest club. Sporting Lagos expressed delight with the goalkeeper’s decision to remain at the club. “We are delighted to announce that Aliu Salaudeen has signed a two-year contract extension,” Sporting Lagos wrote on X. Salaudeen was a subject of interest from top Nigeria Premier Football League clubs during the transfer window. Sporting Lagos were relegated from the NPFL last season. NNL: Salaudeen extends contract with Sporting Lagos
The Zamfara State Sector Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps, FRSC, has demanded collaboration with the State Fire Service. The demand was made by state FRSC sector commandant, Umar Massaudu, during a courtesy visit to the director of the Zamfara State Fire Service Board, Abdullahi Jibbo, in Gusau, the state capital. According to the FRSC sector commandant, part of the reason behind the visit was to establish collaboration on training and retraining of FRSC personnel on firefighting for effective rescue of accident victims. Massaudu further stated that sometimes road crashes involve fire outbreaks, and the personnel would be helpless…
Former Manchester United goalkeeper, Tim Howard has hit out at Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola for ‘ruining’ football and making every coach think their side can play like his team. Howard said that most of the managers in the Premier League are now looking to replicate Pep Guardiola. Howard noted that even Gregg Berhalter tried to make his United States side play like Pep Guardiola’s City. He said this led to the US manager getting sacked. He told Metro: “What [former US manager] Gregg Berhalter did was, you look back at my generation and we were just a bunch of…
South-South leader Edwin Clark has called on the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio not to allow powerful politicians to hijack state judiciary and local governments. The leader of the Southern and Middlebelt Leaders Forum made this call in a statement on Wednesday. He warned Akpabio against powerful politicians, who according to him have been regrouping for the aforementioned purpose, adding that he should endeavour to halt the hijacking of the public debates in the various state houses of assembly. Clark said the anti-democratic group in the National Assembly is regrouping and wants to control their various state judiciary and…
The Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission, JISIEC, said it has concluded all the necessary precautions for the conduct of the upcoming local government election. The chairman of the commission, Auwal Harbo, said this while briefing newsmen at the commission’s headquarters in Dutse. DAILY POST reported that the JISIEC has fixed October 5, 2024, for the conduct of the election. According to him: “We have concluded all the necessary preparations for a free and credible electoral process.” Harbo explained that 11 political parties will participate in the election, including the major opposition parties, NNPP and PDP. “Also, 95 per cent of…
At least 25 observer groups on Wednesday thumbed down last Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, saying it fell short of expectations. In a statement by Mrs. Rose Akhigbe, Peter Nwokolo, Anyasor Gabriel and Sunny Elekwa on behalf of others, the groups said that the collation of results at some levels did not comply with the Electoral Act of 2022. They expressed their satisfaction with the more than 4,500 polling unit results and some wards but rejected the collation of wards and local governments’ results in the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Benin City, which they…
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading the new budget request for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. President Bola Tinubu, through a letter to the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen, had requested the passage of a new N419 billion supplementary budget for the territory. The budget proposal comprises N38 billion for overhead costs and N381 billion for capital projects. The budget was read for the first and second time on Wednesday and was referred to the House Committee on the FCT. During the hearing, the Chairman of the Committee, Muktar Betara, informed his colleagues of the need to give the…
The naira continued its depreciation streak against the dollar at the foreign exchange market on Wednesday. FMDQ data showed that the naira fell further to N1667.42 against the dollar on Wednesday from N1658.48 exchanged on Tuesday. This represents N8.94 drop. Further analysis showed that in the last 48 hours, the naira has lost N104.76 against the dollar at the official foreign exchange market. Similarly, at the black market, the naira slumped to N1705 per dollar on Thursday from the N1675 exchange rate recorded on Tuesday. At the parallel market, the naira crossed the N1700 against the dollar mark for the…