Famous Nigerian music stars, Rema, Asake and Omah Lay will be headlining the 2024 Promise Land festival in Australia. The afrobeat stars will join other international singers to thrill the audience at the Promise Land Festival set for October 4, 5 and 6 2024, at Gold Coast. Rema is billed to perform at the international festival on October 5th alongside American singers, Jorja Smith, Fiji and Miguel. While Omah Lay and Asake will perform on the closing date alongside Busta Rhymes. The music bands Compozers, Sarz, Seyi Vibez, Tiwa Savage, Victony, Ruger, BNXN and Shallipopi are also going to take…
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Arsenal captain, Martin Odegaard, was spotted on crutches boarding a flight back to the UK on Tuesday. Odegaard sustained an ankle injury while away on international duty with Norway. The midfielder picked up an injury following a slide tackle from Christoph Baumgartner. He could be seen in tears as he was taken off 67 minutes into their 2-1 win over Austria on Monday. Odegaard has now travelled back to London, where he will be assessed by Arsenal club doctors. Gunners boss, Mikel Arteta, will be hoping for a positive diagnosis ahead of this Sunday’s North London Derby at Tottenham Hotspur.…
Real Madrid is pleasantly surprised that Kylian Mbappe is “totally different” to club legend Cristiano Ronaldo. The La Liga club finally landed Mbappe this summer after many years of pursuit as a free agent. The 25-year-old joined Real after his contract with Paris Saint-Germain ran out. Mbappe has, however, delivered a mixed bag since his arrival, with a goal on debut in the UEFA Super Cup followed by a run of three matches without finding the target at the start of the league campaign. But he opened his account in the Spanish top-flight when bagging a brace against Real Betis.…
Police operatives in Bauchi have arrested five people, including a female suspect, for allegedly stealing and selling tricycles stolen from Kano State. According to a statement issued by the Spokesperson of the Bauchi Police Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, on Tuesday, the female suspect, identified as Maryam Ibrahim, is accused of receiving and selling the stolen tricycles, Maryam allegedly sold the seven stolen tricycles, commonly known as “Keke Napep,” within Bauchi. Investigations by the Police further revealed that she conspired with four accomplices: Adamu Sale (30), Umar Ibrahim (31), Nasiru Usman (29), and Nasiru Musa Umar (27), all from different parts…
Man who allegedly set his girlfriend Rebecca Cheptegei on fire, Dickson Ndiema is dead. Ndiema, died on Monday from burns sustained during the attack on the Ugandan athlete. DAILY POST recalls that Ndiema had doused Cheptegei in petrol and set her ablaze while she was returning to her house from church in western Trans Nzoia County, Nairobi, on September 1. The 33-year-old athlete suffered burns covering 75 percent of her body and was being treated at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret City. However, the attack affected several organs in her body which ultimately led to her death.…
Val Obienyem, the Media Adviser to Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, has debunked rumours making the rounds that his principal was arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS, at his home in Anambra State. Obienyem, in a statement released on Tuesday, described the reports as false and baseless. According to him, Obi was not even in Anambra State at the time of the alleged incident. Obienyem said: “As of Saturday, Mr Obi was in Rwanda attending important engagements. He has since returned to Nigeria and is currently in Edo…
Popular Nigerian disc jockey, DJ Neptune has denied defrauding singer and former BBNaija winner, Laycon. DAILY POST recalls that Laycon recently called out DJ Neptune over unpaid royalties for their collaboration ‘Nobody Icons’ Remix’. The reality star had claimed that he was yet to receive a dime from the song which was released four years ago. Reacting during his appearance on the recent episode of the ‘Zero Conditions’ podcast, DJ Neptune insisted that he didn’t defraud the singer. DJ Neptune said: “Laycon is my brother regardless. Let me just establish here that nobody ate anybody’s money. I want to believe…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities today commenced a rally against the dismissal of five lecturers at Lagos State University, Ojo. The rally commenced at 10 am. A statement released by ASUU Owerri Zone said the lecturers were illegally dismissed. The union also listed other institutions where its members are facing victimisation, including Kogi State University (KSU), Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma (AAUE), Edo State, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Anambra State, and the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Imo State. The statement reads in part, “Fellow Nigerian and compatriots, we are disheartened by the deliberate…
Rwanda head coach, Torsten Frank Spittler, has revealed that the country’s Policemen stopped his team from going to the training pitch ahead of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifier with Nigeria on Tuesday. Spittler expressed his dissatisfaction with the poor conditions his team faced ahead of their clash with the Super Eagles at Stade Amahoro in Kigali. According to him, their training session started late because they were delayed by the Rwandan Police. Speaking at his press briefing on the eve of the match with the Super Eagles, Spittler told reporters: “We have a very difficult match coming…
The American Embassy, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of African Affairs, organized a three-day training course on disinformation and fact-checking at the American Center in Bangui. Twenty-four Central African journalists participated and received certificates of completion. In addition, on 5 September 2024, the Association of Central African Bloggers (ABCA) organized a meeting in Bangui to raise awareness on human rights issues on the Internet. The meeting was attended by about fifteen people, including human rights defenders, media practitioners, and officials from the Ministry of Digital Economy. Notably, the initiative is a part of the Governance of…