Dangote Refinery has commenced the rollout of its first Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) from its 650,000 barrels per day Lagos-based refinery. The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, disclosed this during a press conference with journalists on Tuesday. He stated that the company’s petrol will substitute import dependence, bring down inflation, and stabilize the Naira against the dollar. According to him, the petrol will hit the Nigerian market as soon as discussions are finalized with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. “The quality will match that of anywhere in the world. “It is a day of celebration. It is a…
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Former Manchester United midfielder, Paul Scholes, has named Mark Bosnich as the club’s worst-ever signing. Scholes told the Overlap, that the former goalkeeper was quite sub-par at shot-stopping and kicking. “I thought he was a good keeper at Aston Villa, but he came to us, he was so unprofessional. Honestly, it was ridiculous. “In shooting practice, you normally have like 15/20 shots. “But after three shots, he’s knackered and I never realised, he couldn’t kick a football.” Scholes, who played as an attacking midfielder, played 713 games for Manchester United. “Honestly, I’d never seen anything like it. We played Everton…
Nasarawa State Government has charged the newly-appointed board of Nigeria Premier Football League side Nasarawa United to be dedicated to the discharge of their duties. The state deputy governor, Emmanuel Agbadu Akabe, gave the charge when he hosted the board in his office in Lafia. Akabe promised that the government would provide all necessary supports to the club and its staff to achieve both domestic and continental success. “I charge you all to be dedicated, passionate, and committed to excellence in all you do”, Akabe stated his his address to the Nasarawa United board. “May I, on behalf of my…
Gunmen operating in Anambra State have again attacked a police station in Oba, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. This would be the third recent attack on police in the state, after those of Nnewi and Nnobi, which happened in August, where some operatives paid the supreme prices. In Tuesday morning’s attack, DAILY POST gathered that a police corporal whose identity was not revealed was killed. Police authorities in Anambra State have confirmed the attack, saying that the police operative was killed after a petrol bomb was tossed into the police station by the gunmen who were suspected…
Moses Simon says it is important for the Super Eagles to start their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with a win. The West Africans will host neighbours, Benin Republic in a matchday one encounter at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Saturday. Gernot Rohr’s side defeated the Super Eagles 2-1 the last time the two teams met in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier in June. Simon stated that it is important for the Super Eagles to avenge the defeat this time around. “Of course all Nigerians are expecting a win, so we will just go there,…
Inter Miami striker, Luis Suarez, has pointed out the 2011 Copa America as his most beautiful moment with the Uruguay national team. The former Barcelona and Liverpool attacker said this at a news conference on Monday as he announced his response from international football. Recall that Suarez opened the scoring in the 2011 Copa America final as Uruguay defeated Paraguay 3-0 to win their 15th Copa America title. “That Copa America trophy in 2011 was the most beautiful moment I experienced in my career as a professional player. “I would not change it for anything and look, I won a…
Management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has reacted to reports of agitations by some Prospective Corps Members, PCMs, who arrived late to their respective Orientation Camps for the ongoing 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream 2 Orientation Course, and were consequently not registered. The Scheme, in a statement signed by Caroline Embu, Acting Director, Information and Public Relations, said its policy on mobilization and orientation programmes was clearly spelt out in the enabling Act and Call-Up Letters issued to the PCMs. The NYSC said the “first paragraph of the Call-Up Letters for this Batch of Corps Members stated that registration…
Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti has said his dad, the late afrobeat pioneer and socio-political critic, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, didn’t fight the Nigerian government, contrary to popular opinion. Fela was renowned for using his music to speak against societal ills and bad governance. Featuring on a recent episode of the ‘Zero Conditions’ podcast, his son, Seun claimed he fought against the rich folks and not the government of the country. He said, “People have a lot of misconceptions about my family and what we’ve done or what we didn’t. For example, I even believed for a long time that my dad bought…
Manchester City midfielder, Ilkay Gundogan, has branded Victor Osimhen’s move from Napoli to Galatasaray as “crazy”. The news of Osimhen’s loan agreement with the Turkish club was broken by transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, on social media. Gundogan, who has Turkish roots, simply commented and said: “wow… crazy”. Osimhen is set to sign a one-year loan deal with Galatasaray. It is understood that the deal has a break clause in January, which allows the Super Eagles striker leave for another club if Galatasaray receive a fee. Gundogan himself returned to City as a free agent this summer after only one year…
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, has boasted that he recorded all his hit songs sitting down. Speaking in a viral video, Wizkid said he doesn’t stress himself to make hits. The ‘Essence’ hitmaker also claimed he dislikes promoting his music or granting media interviews. “All my biggest songs from ‘Holla At Your Boy’ to ‘Soco’, ‘Joro’, ‘Ojuelegba’, I recorded them sitting down,” he said. “You [P2J] know how my things be for Lagos. You’ve been in my house. You know what I do. I’m chilling. You get me, no stress. “You see promo, I hate doing that sh*t.…