A Champions League Supercomputer has predicted that Manchester City will emerge victorious in the newly-revamped competition. Recall that the format for the Champions League has radically changed for this season. The group stage changed to a league phase with UEFA hoping for more clashes between the ‘big’ clubs. However, According to Grosvenor Sport’s Supercomputer, Man City and Real Madrid will reach the final, which will be held in Munich on May 31, 2025. It added that the Premier League champions will beat Los Blancos 2-0 in Munich to lift the trophy. The Supercomputer also predicted that all the Premier League…
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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Twenty persons have died as a result of devastating floods that ravaged the Bade Local Government Area of Yobe since early August, its Chairman, Alhaji Babagana Ibrahim, has said. Ibrahim told newsmen on Friday in Gashua that most of the deceased were people trapped under the debris of collapsed mud houses. 2. President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the recent hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. Speaking on Friday at a meeting with Nigerians in Beijing, China, after rounding off his official engagements…
It’s back to regular programming for the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, and the Super Eagles. A coaching fiasco that will be salvaged by a familiar interim manager. The NFF embarrassed themselves by announcing Bruno Labbadia as the new head coach without actually agreeing the fine details of a contract. Of course, it all fell apart, due to a disagreement over payment of taxes. In comes their favourite fire fighter – Augustine ‘Cerezo’ Eguavoen. This is his fourth stint in the role and his immediate task will be the two Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin Republic and Rwanda. “Cerezo…
The management of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, and the students have demanded justice for a 21-year-old student of the institution, Abdulqoyyum Bamidele, allegedly killed by the police in Ilorin, the state capital. DAILY POST reports that on Thursday, students of the polytechnic, led by the institution’s Students’ Union President, Olalekan Isola, and the National President of the National Association of Kwara State Students, Abdulwahab Habeebullahi Arewa, marched to the state police command headquarters in Ilorin to demand justice for the fellow student, Abdulqoyyum Bamide, a National Diploma two (ND) 2 student of Electrical/Electronics Engineering of the institution. A statement…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has approved the sale of 20,000 Dollar each to legible Bureau De Change operators at N1580 exchange rate. This was contained in a notice on Friday signed by CBN acting director, Trade and Exchange Department, W Kanya. The apex bank noted that All BDCs are allowed to sell to eligible end-users at a margin not more than 1 percent above the purchase rate. “This is to meet the demand for invisible transactions”, CBN stated. “Eligible BDCs interested in this transaction are directed to make the Naira payment to the CBN Deposit Account Numbers with them.…
Justice Juan M. Merchan on Friday delayed the sentencing of former United States President Donald Trump, in his hush money trial until after the November election. This was after the judge granted Trump a hard-won reprieve as he navigated the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the pressure of his presidential campaign. Merchan, who is also weighing a defence request to overturn the verdict on immunity grounds, delayed Trump’s sentencing until Nov. 26, three weeks after the final votes are cast in the presidential election. The sentencing was initially scheduled for September 18, about seven weeks before election day. The…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has provided the reason for its decision to declare the result of the 2023 presidential election in the middle of the night. The electoral umpire announced Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the presidential election with 8,794,726 votes, ahead of his challengers, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi. INEC, led by Professor Mahmood Yakubu, declared Tinubu’s victory on Wednesday, March 1, at about 2 am before the media. Most Nigerians who awaited eagerly for the…
Former Arsenal defender Carl Jenkinson has claimed that William Saliba is better than Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk. Jenkinson spoke when he recently appeared on talkSPORT. When asked by former Tottenham Hotspur striker Darren Bent if Saliba is one of the best defenders in the world currently, Jenkinson said: “He is definitely in the conversation [as the best defender in the world]. I don’t watch enough football around the world to comment on if he is the best in the world.” He added: “I think now, as we sit here, he’s better than Van Dijk. I think Van Dijk in…
The Nigeria National League, NNL, has confirmed that its annual general meeting will hold in September. The meeting will deliberate on the scheduled kick-off date of the 2024/25 season. A date and venue for the meeting will be announced at a later date. The NNL confirmed this in a communiqué after a virtual board meeting. The board also agreed that there will be an equal number of teams in the conferences for the new season. DAILY POST recalls that Beyond Limits won the NNL title last season. NNL Annual General Meeting to hold in September
The Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a suspected bandit and the arrest of two others in an operation aimed at curbing banditry in the state. In a statement released on Friday, the command’s spokesperson, Nafiu Abubakar, reported that three AK-47 rifles and ammunition were recovered during the operation. Abubakar stated that the incident occurred on June 21, 2024, when armed bandits on motorcycles invaded Kurgeye village in the Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area, kidnapping two individuals, Malami Danladi and his son, Bello Danladi. He stated: “Upon receiving the report, a team of 36 Police Mobile Force (PMF)…