Real Madrid have congratulated Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portuguese reached the monumental landmark of 900 goals for club and country. Ronaldo, who enjoyed much of his football career at Los Blancos, reached the mark in Portugal’s UEFA Nations League opener against Croatia in Lisbon on Thursday. After Diogo Dalot’s seventh-minute opener, Ronaldo ended his five-game scoreless drought for Portugal With that strike, Ronaldo became the first player to net 900 career goals. Ronaldo was at the Santiago Bernabeu between 2009 and 2018. Real Madrid congratulated Ronaldo in a tweet that read (as translated from Spanish), “Another historic milestone: 900 goals…
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No fewer than 17 pupils have been confirmed dead following a fire incident at the Hillside Endarasha Primary School, Central Kenya. DAILY POST learnt that the unfortunate incident occurred on Thursday night when the pupils were asleep. The spokesperson of the Kenyan Police, Resila Onyango confirmed the development to local media on Friday morning. According to the police, a team of investigators has been deployed to the school to unravel the remote cause of the fire incident. Similarly, the Kenya Red Cross said it is providing psychosocial support services to the pupils, teachers and affected families, and has set up…
Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo has spoken about his latest record in the world of football. The former Manchester United ace made a big claim after scoring the 900th goal of his career in Portugal’s 2-1 over Croatia in Lisbon on Thursday. The 39-year-old tapped home from point-blank range from Nuno Mendes’ perfect cross. The former Real Madrid man became the first player to score an impressive 900 goals. Speaking after the match against Croatia, Cristiano Ronaldo said (via Fabrizio Romano): “900 goals seems like any other milestone, but only I know how hard it is to work every day to…
Manchester City defender, Kyle Walker, has admitted he was ‘disappointed’ not to be called-up to the England squad for their Nations League matches against the Republic of Ireland on Saturday and Finland on Tuesday. Recall that England interim manager, Lee Carsley recently released his squad and omitted Walker, who was part of the Three Lions’ Euro 2024 squad that lost to Spain in the final some weeks ago. Reacting, Walker also conceded that Carsley had made ‘the right call’. “Obviously with a new manager and everything like that, you are always expecting a few changes,” Walker said on his podcast,…
The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said the founder of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has demonstrated his tenacity and “can do spirit”. Atiku made the remark while commending the businessman for the commencement of Dangote Refinery. A few days ago, Dangote had said his Refinery was ready to commence the production of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol. Dangote also disclosed that the pricing of petroleum products from the Refinery would be done by the Federal Executive Council, FEC. However, Atiku said Dangote has shown “what corporate Nigeria can do to recover the…
Manchester United ace, Bruno Fernandes has said that his national team captain, Cristiano Ronaldo must feel good in order to continue playing for Portugal. Ronaldo scored in the 34th minute to help Portugal beat Croatia 2-1 in the opening game of the UEFA Nations League in Lisbon on Thursday. The goal was the 39-year-old’s 900th goal in his illustrious career. The Al Nassr frontman has a target of 1000 goals set for himself. Speaking to the press after Portugal’s victory, Fernandes was asked about Ronaldo potentially spearheading Portugal at FIFA World Cup 2026. And the Manchester United captain said, “He…
The Nigerian government has declared that any facility that uses or produces batteries and violates the battery control regulations will pay a N2 million fine or face a six-month jail term. The Director General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, Innocent Barikor disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at the launching of the National Environmental (Battery Control) Regulations for Civil Society and Press. According to Barikor, the use of batteries is now an alternative energy source due to the rising cost of fossil fuels. “Hence there is an urgent need to regulate the hodgepodge of batteries that…
Manchester United legend, Roy Keane, has ruled out any possibility of midfielder, Casemiro leaving the club this summer. According to Keane, the Brazilian will stay at United until January despite his worrying form. Casemiro suffered criticism for his display for Erik ten Hag’s side against Liverpool last weekend and was linked with a move away from Old Trafford. “I think he will [play again]. Where else is he going to go, unless something is done in the next week? He will definitely be here until January,” Keane said on The Overlap. “The one thing I would say… he had a…
Victor Boniface says supporters will always criticise the Super Eagles no matter who is in charge of the team. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has come under fire for not appointing a substantive head coach for the team since Finidi George left the post in June. Opinion is also always divided on which coach (local or expatriate) should manage the team. Boniface however said he doesn’t have a preference between local and expatriates. “The truth is even if we bring in Guardiola, Nigerians will still have something to say, but I’m the type of person that doesn’t care about what…
Zamfara State Government has said it remains resolute in the fight against banditry, kidnapping and other criminality across the state. It disowned some documents being circulated, insinuating that it had released huge funds to some bandits’ kingpins for dialogue in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Abubakar Nakwada who addressed newsmen in Gusau on Thursday said the documents “were not only fake but also mischievous, misleading, malicious and false.” Nakwada said that the documents with his signature and other top government officials were forged. He said the security agencies had been properly briefed and were on trail…