Manchester United legend David Beckham has claimed that the club’s failure to qualify for the UEFA Champions League is ‘painful.’ This season’s Champions League competition started on Tuesday. Man United failed to qualify for the Champions League after finishing outside of the top four last season. Erik ten Hag’s side ended up qualifying for the UEFA Europa League, thanks to their FA Cup triumph. “It is a little bit painful not seeing United there [Champions League], but they are going through something,” Beckham told CBS. “We are too big to not be back on this stage. So at some point,…
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The Benue State House of Assembly has approved a supplementary budget of N170.8 billion for Governor Hyacinth Alia. The approval was given on Wednesday during a plenary presided over by Speaker Hyacinth Aondona Dajoh. Following the approval of the supplementary appropriation bill, Benue’s cumulative budget for 2024 stood at N396, 621, 868, 343. The passing of the supplementary budget followed the consideration of the report from the Committee on Finance and Appropriation on the Supplementary Appropriation Bill presented during the assembly’s plenary session. Presenting the report, the committee chairman, Cephas Dyako, reminded members of the house that the 2024 approved…
The British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Mr Richard Montgomery, has disclosed plans to establish a five-million-dollar British battery recycling company in Ogun State. Montgomery noted that the company when established, will be the first of its kind in Africa, making Ogun the leader in battery recycling in Africa. He stated this on Wednesday when he led some officials of the commission on a courtesy call to Governor Dapo Abiodun in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Montgomery said: “My brief visit to this state is about the deal put together for recycling, which is moving out of Lagos State and establishing…
Former Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Petit has warned Manchester United fans that their summer signing Manuel Ugarte will not fix all their problems in the midfield. Ugarte joined Man United from Paris Saint-Germain for an initial fee of £42.2 million. He made his first start for the Red Devils on Tuesday as they defeated Barnsley 7-0 in the League Cup. “I’m sorry to say this, Manchester United fans, but Manuel Ugarte is not going to fix all of your midfield problems,” Petit told topoffshoresportsbooks. “I watched him at PSG. He started the season in the starting eleven at the beginning of…
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of deliberately planting moles within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State. The governor alleged that the ruling party’s strategy is to fuel internal divisions for political gains. Mohammed made the accusations when the PDP Board of Trustees, BoT, paid him a visit on Wednesday. DAILY POST reports that the visit comes just 24 hours after the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party visited the governor, who doubles as the chairman of the PDP Governors Forum. Governor Mohammed expressed concern over the ongoing power struggle…
Only five political parties in Kwara State registered to participate in the state local government polls fixed for September 21, 2024. The political parties are All Progressives Congress, APC, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, All Peoples Movement, APM, Social Democratic Party, DSP, and Accord Party, AP. Mohammed Baba Okanla, Chairman of the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, KWASIEC, disclosed this at the 42nd edition of the Media Parliament held by the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in Ilorin on Wednesday. Similarly, over 21,000 jobless people applied for ad hoc jobs for next Saturday’s local government elections…
Ahead of the Saturday gubernatorial election in Edo State, Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has vowed that the electorate would make it difficult for those plotting to rig the election. Obi spoke on Wednesday in Benin at the grand finale rally for Olumide Akpata, LP candidate in the Edo governorship election. According to the former governor of Anambra State, the era of election rigging is over in Nigeria, stating that anyone who tries to rig the September 21 election would be rigged. “Election rigging is coming to an end in this country. This time…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has called on members of the party’s dissolved National Working Committee, NWC, led by Julius Abure, to sheath their swords and join hands with the National Caretaker Committee to rebuild the party. Obi, who was represented by Datti Baba-Ahmed, stated this at the inaugural meeting of the caretaker committee of the party held in Abuja on Tuesday night. He stated categorically that nobody but the constitution of the party unseated former chairman Abure after the expiration of his tenure. Obi said: “Listen, my friend, no governor unseated…
Nigerian musician Paul Okoye, aka Rudeboy of the P-Square duo, has insisted on splitting with his twin brother, Peter Okoye. DAILY POST recalls that the crisis between the two brothers became public after Paul, in an interview, accused Peter of petitioning the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arrest him. However, expressing his frustration during an Instagram live session on Wednesday, Paul claimed he did most of the work while others benefitted. Speaking in pidgin, he said: “Those days of monkey dey work, baboon dey chop, I no dey do again. So I would rather continue working for myself.…
Troops of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army and Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, have again dismantled a notorious criminal network allegedly responsible for various acts of violence and insecurity within Karim-Lamido Local Government Council of Taraba State. A statement made available to journalists on Wednesday by the acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 6 Brigade, Captain Oni Olubodunde, said the operation led to the arrest of two suspects. According to the statement: “Acting on credible intelligence, troops conducted a well-coordinated operation targeting the criminal syndicate, which has been linked to a series of violent crimes, including armed robbery, kidnapping,…