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Barcelona striker, Robert Lewandowski, has spoken on Real Madrid icon, Luka Modric’s goal against Poland in their Uefa Nations League clash on Sunday. Modric fired home the only goal in a 1-0 win for Croatia over Poland at the Opus Arena. Croatia came into the game on the back of a 2-1 defeat to Portugal, while Poland beat Scotland 3-2 in their opener. Croatia skipper, Modric scored from a stunning free-kick from just outside the box in the 52nd minute to give his side all three points. The Vatreni created numerous chances but couldn’t add to the scoring and survived…

American rapper, Lil Durk has warned his fellow artistes against making friends with their colleagues. According to him, the music industry is “fake.” The ‘All My Life’ crooner urged artists to focus on making money. On his X handle, he wrote, “The industry fake, stop trying to be friends and just get money and stay with who you locked in with…. Free the world.” ‘Music industry fake, stop making friends’ – Lil Durk tells colleagues

Big Brother Naija ‘No Loose Guard’ Parrot has exposed Onyeka’s claim of turning down advances from male housemates. Recall that Onyeka had a few days ago, during her diary session, claimed that a lot of the male housemates in romantic relationships in the house approached her before moving to other ladies after she rejected them. Parrot: “A lot of this ship you are seeing here, I was the first person they moved.” The housemates were quick to discern that Onyeka was the one being exposed by the Parrot. Wanni, Handi and Ocee berated Onyeka after the Parrot exposed her. The…

Former England internationals, Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer have defended the Three Lions manager, Lee Carsley over national anthem row. This was after the coach refused to sing the England national anthem before their game against Ireland in the Uefa Nations League. Three Lions’ fans were shocked that their new boss did not sing along when the anthem was played and the Englishman has received a lot of bashing for not doing so. Speaking on ‘The Rest Is Football’ podcast (via The Metro), Gary Lineker, a former Barcelona star, defended Lee Carsley. According to him, people like to find problems…

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has advised State Attorneys General (AGs) to eschew nepotism, political witch-hunting, rivalry, and bigotry in the fight against corruption just because they want to please their governors. Fagbemi gave the advice at a roundtable meeting organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, for state AGs, on Monday in Abuja. He also said that those found guilty of corruption should not get State pardon. In a statement by Kamarudeen Ogundele, Special Assistant to the President on Communication and Publicity, office of the minister,…

Nigerian-American musician, Collins Obinna Chibueze, popularly known as Shaboozey, has relished bagging two nominations at the 2024 Country Music Awards. Shaboozey was nominated in the New Artist of the Year category, while the hit chart-topping song, ‘Tipsy (A Bar Song)’ was nominated in the Single of the Year category. Celebrating his achievement in a statement on X on Monday, Shaboozey said he sang about winning a CMA in 2016. He wrote, “Wrote a song about winning a CMA in 2016, and now I’m nominated for 2! Thank you @CountryMusic and congrats to the other nominees. What an honor would be…

Lobi Stars Technical Adviser, Eugene Agagbe, has said his team was unlucky in the draw against Akwa United. The Makurdi club started their 2024/25 Nigeria Premier Football League campaign with a 0-0 draw against the Promise Keepers. Lobi Stars dominated the game but were let down by their poor finishing. A disappointed Agagbe said his team deserved more from the game. “My boys played with character, but luck escaped them,” he stated in a post-match interview. “We hope to do better in our subsequent games.” NPFL: Lobi Stars unlucky in draw against Akwa United – Agagbe

The U17 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifiers draw for WAFU A has been completed. The U17 AFCON qualifiers draw was conducted on Monday. The Confederation of African Football, CAF, disclosed this in a post on their X account. Here is the draw in full: Group A: Senegal Liberia Guinea The Gambia Group B: Mali Sierra Leone Mauritania Guinea-Bissau. AFCON U17 qualifiers draw out

Rwanda head coach, Torsten Spittler, has said his side have what it takes to beat the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The Amavubi will face their biggest test since Spittler took charge of the team last year. The East Africans have lost once in seven outings under Spittler’s tutelage. The Super Eagles boasted an attacking talents that include the likes of Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman, Moses Simon, Taiwo Awoniyi and others. The German is, however, adamant his side can stop the Super Eagles. “We are in a good process and what we have done so far is promising. We know Nigeria…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Joint Campus Council (JCC) Ondo Axis has enjoined Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State to fish out security operatives who allegedly assaulted some students in the state. The union made this declaration via a statement signed by Oluwarotimi Tobiloba Joshua (Chairman), Oluwanishola Ajibola (Secretary General) and Kehinde Blessing, (Pubic Relations Officer). The statement was made available to DAILY POST on Monday. Our correspondent gathered that some students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko were on Monday assaulted by security operatives accompanying Aiyedatiwa. The incident occurred when the Student Union President, Boladale Oyindamola, along…