Turkish side, Galatasaray have signed Super Falcons defender, Tosin Demehin, DAILY POST reports. Demehin announced her departure from French D’Arkema outfit, Stade Reims earlier his week. The centre-back spent two successful seasons at Reims, where she made 26 league appearances. Galatasaray won the Turkish Women’s League title last season. The Istanbul giants are battling for a place in the group stage of the UEFA Women’s Champions League. They were held to a 2-2 draw by Sparta Prague in the first leg of their playoff tie on Thursday. Transfer: Galatasaray sign another Nigerian
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Edo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has identified 60 flash spots in Edo ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The state Commandant of the NSCDC, Gbenga Agun made this disclosure on Friday in Benin during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. Agun, who said that the spots cut across the three senatorial districts, noted, however, that personnel of the corps had been deployed to those areas for maximum security. Earlier, while briefing the 6,464 personnel deployed to the state for the election, Mr Philip Ayuba, the Deputy Commandant-General for the…
A month after the gruesome killing of a popular Akure-based caterer in Ondo State, Debbie Adene, her driver, who allegedly participated in the murder, has been arrested by the police. The driver, whose name was yet to be disclosed by the police, had been on the run since committing the crime in August 2024. The late Adene was murdered in her house on July 25, 2024, on Oda Road by the driver and her 17-year-old personal assistant, Philip Emmanuel, shortly after celebrating her 54th birthday. https://dailypost.ng/2024/07/31/popular-ondo-caterer-killed-days-after-celebrating-birthday/ The driver, who hails from Idanre, was alleged to be the mastermind behind the…
Jewish priests under the aegis of Unique Forum of Orthodox Judaism have called on President Bola Tinubu to release the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The group made this call in an open letter to the President, stating that Kanu’s release would help restore peace and stability to Nigeria, especially South-East, which has been experiencing increased tension over his continued detention. According to the leader of the group, Rosh Nasishemtov Ihe Madunweiheyah, who led the members to the Isiama Afaraukwu palace of Kanu’s late father, the IPOB leader is unjustly detained. They urged the…
Ahead of the Edo gubernatorial elections, the Nigeria Police Force has ordered the restriction of all vehicular movement on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday. This was made known in a statement on X by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobbi on Friday. According to the statement, exceptions will be made for those on essential services, including accredited media, electoral officials, ambulances and emergency responders. The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, also banned all security aides and escorts from accompanying VIPs to polling booths and collation centres.…
As political parties ended public campaigns on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, normal socioeconomic activities have continued in the state. Political parties and candidates had since April 24, 2024, in line with the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, guideline for the election, commenced public campaigns, which ended on September 19, 2024. DAILY POST reports that throughout the public campaigns, noises of different political parties’ slogans laced with musical activities pervaded the air. This is besides the various banners and uniforms paraded by different political associations and groups across the 192 wards in the 18 Local Government Areas…
Some civil society groups have cried out over the large number of awaiting trial inmate’s in Nigeria’s correctional centres. The groups, during the Cvil Society Organisations meeting in Adamawa State, hosted by the Public & Private Development Centre (PPDC), noted that about 70 percent of inmates are awaiting trial. Stressing that the rise in the number of pre-trial inmates was alarming, they disclosed that as at December 2023, more than 53,000 inmates were awaiting trial across 253 correctional centres in Nigeria. “The growing number of pre-trial detainees, many held for years without trial under dire conditions, poses significant human rights…
The member representing Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency of Benue State, Terseer Ugbor says he has engaged lawyers to challenge Governor Hyacinth Alia and the Benue State Government in court over allegations that he diverted palliatives. Ignore said his legal team is expected to examine the allegations and take appropriate action to safeguard his image in order to set the records straight in the court of law. He said he is suing the Alia government for defamation of character and is requesting for N1 billion as compensation. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Friday, he explained that he intends to invest the…
Ola Aina has said he is open to discussing a new long-term contract with Nottingham Forest, DAILY POST reports. Aina will become a free agent at Forest next summer but the Tricky Trees are keen to secure him to a longer contract. “All I can say is I am really happy at Forest. Fantastic club, I feel at home and we’re just building,” he told BBC Radio. “I’m building, the club’s building. Let’s just see what happens in the future.” The Nigeria international has become a key figure at Forest since his arrival on a free transfer two years ago.…
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has said he is hoping that Raheem Sterling does not have a good game for Arsenal on Sunday. The Gunners travel to City who are yet to lose any Premier League fixture this season in a top-of-the-table clash. Sterling signed for Arsenal on a season-long loan deal on deadline day and is in line to face his former club. Guardiola said: “For all the players who behaved unbelievably, in this club, who helped us to be who we are and where we are. “We could not have done the first years of my tenure in…