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Former National Publicity Secretary of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Ladipo Johnson, has said that former presidential candidate of the party, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, is putting Nigeria’s unity above personal ambition. Johnson made this statement on Monday in an interview on Arise Television. He was reacting to the recent defection of two opposition leaders to the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC. DAILY POST recalls that Kwankwaso and former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, dumped the African Democratic Congress, ADC, for the NDC ahead of the 2027 elections. “If you are not satisfied with what is happening in the country, there are other…
Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand, has named Paris Saint-Germain’s Luis Enrique as the best manager in the world at the moment. Speaking on his Rio Ferdinand Presents YouTube channel, the former England centre-back also singled out the Parisians as the current best team to watch on earth. “PSG are the best team on the planet to watch, and their manager is the best right now at this point,” Ferdinand stated. Ferdinand further insisted that Arsenal under manager Mikel Arteta will win the Premier League title this term. He added, “I said Arsenal would win the league this year, and I…
A chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Rabiu Kwankwaso, says the death of former President Umar Yar’adua caused the confusion over power rotation between Nigeria’s North and South. He added that giving the 2027 presidential ticket to the South is the only way to end the argument. Kwankwaso said this in an interview on Arise TV on Monday, defending the NDC’s decision to zone the presidency to the South. “We believe the best way to go now is to take it to the south so that we can eliminate the confusion, the confusion that emanated from the death of our…
The Lagos State Security Trust Fund has donated 150 bulletproof vests and 150 ballistic helmets to three military formations in Lagos. In a statement on Monday, the LSSTF disclosed that the intervention underscored its commitment to supporting security agencies operating within Lagos and across Nigeria. The statement read, “Beyond weapons and warfare, the true strength of a nation lies in the collective resolve of institutions, citizens, and strategic partners to protect lives and sustain stability. “It is against this backdrop that the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, LSSTF, under the Executive Secretary/CEO, Dr Ayodele Ogunsan, continues to deepen its commitment…
Public procurement corruption remains one of the greatest obstacles to sustainable development in Nigeria. Procurement accounts for a significant proportion of government expenditure—estimated at between 60 and 70 per cent of public spending. When corruption infiltrates this critical sector, the consequences are far-reaching, affecting infrastructure, service delivery, investor confidence, and the overall credibility of governance. Although Nigeria has established legal and institutional frameworks to regulate procurement practices, weak enforcement, political interference, and poor professionalism continue to undermine the system. The enactment of the Public Procurement Act 2007 was widely regarded as a major step toward transparency, accountability, competition, and value-for-money…
Former Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said he and his supporters got nothing in return after delivering nearly two million votes to bring former President Muhammadu Buhari to power in 2015, and that the experience pushed him toward seeking political change. Kwankwaso said this in an interview on Arise TV on Monday, speaking about the personal cost of backing Buhari in the election that ended 16 years of Peoples Democratic Party rule at the federal level. “I worked so hard. We brought about 1.9, almost 2 million votes. But as politicians, we are not recognised. We put our lives…
Tyson Fury has questioned Anthony Joshua’s ability to withstand heavy punches, using Daniel Dubois’ stoppage victory over Fabio Wardley on Saturday night as the backdrop for a pointed assessment of his upcoming opponent’s chin, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The day after Dubois retained the WBO heavyweight title with an 11th-round stoppage of Wardley in Manchester Fury took to Instagram to highlight what he described as a telling pattern in the record of the man he is due to face later this year. “Well, I’ve just been sat here thinking after Dubois’ unbelievable fight last night,” Fury said. “Dubois fought ‘Big…
Ether treasury company Bitmine Immersion Technologies has slowed the pace of its Ether purchases after previously increasing its buying rate and acquiring more than 100,000 tokens over the last three weeks.Bitmine said on Monday that it purchased 26,659 ETH over the last week, down from the over 100,000 tokens a week it was previously maintaining, but that it was still on track for its goal to buy 5% of the token’s 120.7 million circulating supply by the end of the year. “We have decided to slow down our pace of weekly accumulation from >100,000 per week as we originally targeted reaching…
Hayden Panettiere is pulling the curtain back on her past. While promoting her new memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, she reflected on a deeply unsettling time in her life when she says she was “told to perform” sexual acts with an older man she met via a trusted friend. “The fact that I was 18, even though I’d lived such a huge life and I thought I was oh so mature at 18 … scientifically, your frontal lobes don’t develop until we’re what, 25, 26?” Panettiere, 36, said during the Monday, May 11, episode of the “On Purpose with…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said he would not resign but would instead contest the panel report on his “farmgate scandal.” “I will not resign,” he said during a televised address on Monday. “To do so will be to pre-empt a process designed by the constitution. To do so will give credence to a panel review that, unfortunately, has grave flaws. To do so will be to abdicate the responsibility that I assumed when I became President of the Republic.” Calls for his resignation intensified after the constitutional court ruled last Friday that the National Assembly’s decision to block…
