Kwara United technical adviser Tunde Sanni has blamed lack of composure for his team’s defeat to Niger Tornadoes. The Harmony Boys lost 2-1 to Tornadoes in their opening game of the season. Sanni expressed disappointment with the overall performance of his players. “We are not composed and I don’t know what brought panic into our game,” Sanni stated in a post-match interview. “It was a team-wide issue, not just one person. We were not coordinated until the second half towards the end of the game; we had a lot of chances but we didn’t start well.” NPFL: Sanni disappointed with…
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The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the forthcoming November 16 gubernatorial election in Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, at the weekend, lashed out at Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa over his appointment of 344 aides. According to Ajayi, the appointments of the aides as Senior Special Assistants, SSAs, and Special Assistants, SAs, was a ploy to manipulate the election. The PDP governorship candidate expressed concern that the sudden appointments of the aides three months before the election seems like ward canvassers for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Aiyedatiwa had on Friday stated that the appointments were spread across the…
The Benue State Government has dissolved the management board of Nigeria Premier Football League side, Lobi Stars. The disengagement of the board was contained in a statement signed by Solomon Iorpev, Technical Adviser to the Governor on Media, Publicity and Strategic Communication. The state government also constituted a new board with Dr. Philip Nongu as chairman. Other members of the board are Dr. Iorngulum Malu, who will serve as secretary; Chief Solomon Andiir; Harry Yachi; Francis Ejiga; and Sir James Iorpuu. The new board is expected to resume work with immediate effect. Lobi Stars will start their 2024-25 campaign with…
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Victor Olaiya, has met with transporters unions over recent disruptions in the transport services in Ilorin arising from the increase in fuel pump price by the federal authorities. He met with representatives of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, Motorcycle Operators Union of Nigeria, MOUN, and Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria, TOAN, on Friday, September 6, 2024, at the command headquarters following the strike action embarked on September 5, 2024 in response to the recent hike in the price of PMS also known as petrol.…
Victor Osimhen is rooting for his Super Eagles teammate Ademola Lookman to succeed him as Africa’s best player. Lookman has been widely tipped to win the individual accolade following his impressive displays for club and country. The talented winger had an outstanding campaign for Nigeria at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations earlier in the year in Cote d’Ivoire. The 26-year-old scored three goals in seven outings for the Super Eagles in the competition. Lookman was also named in the Team of the Tournament. The player scored a hat-trick for Atalanta in the final of the UEFA Europa League against…
Matchday one fixtures of the 2024-25 Nigeria Premier Football League season produced three away wins. Record champions Enyimba destroyed oriental rivals Heartland 3-1 at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri. Suraj Lawal gave Heartland the lead in the 53rd minute. Enyimba, however, rallied to win the game through goals from Ifeanyi Ihemekwele and Clinton Jephthah who scored a brace. In Umuahia, last season’s runners-up, Remo Stars recorded a 2-0 victory over Abia Warriors. Sodiq Ismail and Jide Fatokun scored the goals for Remo Stars. Niger Tornadoes also won on the road, edging out Kwara United 2-1 in Ilorin. Godstime Joseph gave…
A man identified as Amadi Alozie has been apprehended by youths in Umudosi, a community in Obingwa LGA of Abia State, for allegedly killing his mother with cutlass. He is also being held for allegedly cutting the genital of his son for suspected ritual purposes. DAILY POST learnt that the Umudosi indigene pounced on his little son and cut his genital, which made the boy to scream and attracted Mrs Alozie, the mother of the suspect, who rushed in to know why her grandson was crying out. But on noticing that his mother had found out his evil act, the…
The chairman of the Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Senator Shehu Umar Buba, has asked the Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, to swiftly access the N3 billion earmarked by the Federal Government for flood disaster relief to states to alleviate the sufferings of victims in the state. The fund, approved by the National Economic Council and allocated by the Federal Government, is specifically intended to assist victims of natural disasters like the recent flooding across the country. In a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday, Senator Buba called for urgent and swift actions to…
Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has revealed what he told teammate Semi Ajayi before his acrobatic goal against Benin Republic in Saturday’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifying match. Osimhen came off the bench to score an acrobatic goal in the second half as Nigeria defeated Benin 3-0 at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium. His teammate Ademola Lookman scored a brace during the encounter. However, Osimhen has revealed that he communicated with Ajayi in Yoruba, urging the defender to leave the ball for him. Speaking to Counter Attack Podcast, Osimhen said: “I have watched it [the goal] close to…
The Imo State Police Command apprehended five suspected members of Black Axe Confraternity that operate within Owerri, the state capital. A press statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Henry Okoye, informed that their arrest was carried out through an intelligence-based operation by the operatives of the command’s Quick Intervention Team, QIT. The five suspected cultists were arrested at Irete on September 2, 2024. “The suspects, identified as Uche Ibejiako, 26, from Owerri Municipal; Mariano Daniel, 24, from Delta State; Micheal Chukwuemeka, 23, from Umuokwu Izombe in Oguta Local Government Area; and Annointing Ezeh, 23, from…