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Bayelsa United have promoted two of its youth team players to the senior team. The players are David Weke and Stanley Idon. The duo were drafted into the main team following their impressive performance and their dedication to training. Bayelsa United technical adviser Ladan Bosso hailed the players for showing consistency in their training, urging them not to rest on their oars. DAILY POST recalled that Bayelsa United had earlier recruited 10 player for the new campaign. The new NPFL season will commence on Saturday. NPFL: Bayelsa United promotes two youngsters to main team

Liverpool’s latest signing, Federico Chiesa, has explained why he joined the club as a free agent. Liverpool officially announced the signing of Chiesa on Thursday. The 26-year-old forward joined the Premier League giants on a long-term deal after his contract with Juventus expired. Speaking after signing for Liverpool, the Italy international suggested that he joined the Reds because of the club’s history and what its fans represent. “I’m so happy to be a Liverpool player. When Richard Hughes called me and he said, ‘Do you want to join Liverpool?’ – and the coach called me – I said yes immediately…

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero has vowed that the union would not be deterred by any distraction from any quarters, insisting that the struggle for the good welfare of Nigerian workers continues. Ajaero spoke on Thursday after he returned from the Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT office located at Guzape in Abuja where he was questioned following allegations of terrorism financing and other related offences. The NLC president was accompanied back to the Labour House by the Deputy Lead Counsel, Maxwell Opara from the Falana & Falana’s Chambers and some other lawyers. Addressing journalists, Ajaero…

Arsenal have launched a bid to sign Espanyol goalkeeper, Joan Garcia this summer transfer window. According to Fabrizio Romano, the Premier League North London club has submitted a £17 million offer to Espanyol for Garcia’s signature. The report added that the Spanish La Liga club wants Garcia’s £25 million release clause to be triggered instead. The Spanish keeper has already agreed personal terms with Arsenal. He is Arsenal’s planned replacement for Aaron Ramsdale, who is set to join Southampton. Transfer: Arsenal submit £17m for Garcia after reaching agreement

Details of the interview between the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero and the police have emerged. DAILY POST reports that the police had interviewed Ajaero over an ongoing investigation of one of the EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters. The police had summoned Ajaero for questioning over allegations of terrorism financing, cybercrime, subversion, criminal conspiracy, and treasonable felony. On Thursday, Ajaero in the company of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Femi Falana and a coalition of lawyers stormed the police Intelligence Response Team, IRT command at Guzape as early as 10:20am. Less than two hours later, the NLC President and…

Loan to the Private Sector in Nigeria increased by 33.69 percent to N75.48 trillion as the Money Supply in the country rose to an all-time high of N106.3 trillion in July 2024 despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent monetary policy measures. This is according to recent data from CBN. The figure for loans to Private in July represents a significant increase from the N56.46 trillion in the corresponding period of June 2023. Similarly, on a month-on-month basis, loans to the private sector increased by 3.13 percent from N73.19 trillion in June 2024. This comes as the country’s money Supply…

Nottingham Forest manager, Nuno Espirito Santo says it is important to rally around Taiwo Awoniyi despite his penalty miss against Newcastle United on Wednesday. The Reds fell 4-3 on penalties to Newcastle United in their Carabao Cup clash. The two teams were tied 1-1 after full-time. Awoniyi was in action for the entire duration of the keenly contested encounter. The Nigeria international struggled with injuries last season and did not play much during pre-season due to fitness concern. The clash with Newcastle United was his first start of the season. Santo said he was happy Awoniyi got more game time…

Researchers from the Observatory of Religious Freedom in Africa, ORFA have reported over 55,910 civilian deaths in Nigeria during a comprehensive four-year study from October 2019 to September 2023. Operating under the Foundation Platform for Social Transformation, ORFA said it was committed to monitoring religious freedoms and documenting violations of rights across Nigeria. Their research highlights the escalating violence, particularly in the North Central Zone and Southern Kaduna, where widespread mass killings, abductions, and family torture are reported to occur with minimal intervention from security forces. The findings, disclosed in a press release issued on Thursday by Frans Vierhout, Data…

A former Presidential Spokesperson, Dr Doyin Okupe, says the present economic indicators show that the nation’s economy is beginning to make a recovery and an obvious turnaround is now clearly observable. Okupe, a former Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, made this remark in an interview with NAN on Thursday in Lagos. He was reacting to the criticism of President Bola Tinubu by Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, over the socio-economic challenges in the country. NAN reports that Afenifere had expressed concern on Wednesday about what it described as the near collapse of the economy. The Yoruba group…

Journalists in the South East have been challenged to use a credible and investigative system of reporting to expose the wrong actions of state governments in the region and to always engender good governance. These were contained in the lectures delivered by guest speakers during a one-day training workshop organized for Journalists in Umuahia, Abia State by Ikenga Media and Cultural Awareness Initiative on improving the quality of Journalism in South East for good governance. Delivering his lecture, one of the Speakers, Chinagorom Ugwu tasked Journalists in Abia and South East at large to brace up for the challenges of…