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Nigeria defender Ryan Alebiosu has stepped up his recovery from injury, DAILY POST reports. Alebiosu sustained a leg injury in the Super Eagles’ last group game against the Cranes of Uganda. It was his maiden appearance for the three-time African champions. The 24-year-old was involved in a light session with the team on Saturday. The Blackburn Rovers player is now in a race to be fit for Nigeria’s Round of 16 fixture against the Mambas of Mozambique. Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle will be hoping Alebiosu recover in time for the next stage of the competition in case his…
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has commended road contractors delivering quality jobs across Edo South Senatorial District, while warning that firms lagging behind risk losing their contracts. The governor stated this on Saturday during an inspection tour of ongoing road construction projects in Edo South, as part of his administration’s push to ensure timely delivery and value for public funds. In a statement released by his media aide, Patrick Ebojele, Okpebholo said the inspection was necessary to separate serious contractors from those failing to meet agreed standards and timelines. He said, “We’ve gone round several places today. We were at…
A woman and practitioner of traditional religion has accused her neighbours in Ilorin, Kwara State, of carrying out a targeted arson attack on her home following repeated threats due to her faith. The allegation was made public in a report accompanied with a video of the burnt property shared on X on Saturday by user Bennylee, known as #itsbennylee, who said the woman had been subjected to sustained hostility since relocating to the predominantly Muslim community. According to the report, the woman, described as a lawful property owner and an Oníṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ (traditional religion practitioner), legally built a house in the…
Lately, Facebook memories brought to my attention a November 1, 2015, post by Femi Adesina, media aide to late Muhammadu Buhari, in which he took issue with then the Peoples Democratic Party’s spokesman, Olisa Metuh, who had accused the President of “demarketing Nigeria”. Adesina had insisted, “President Buhari will not, in the guise of marketing the country, refrain from telling Nigerians and the world, the emerging truths about the abject state in which years of plundering by a PDP leadership has left the Nigerian treasury and economy.” He framed Buhari’s blunt description of the state of the country as “truth…
The National Publicity Secretary of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Ladipo Johnson, has assured that the party will withstand its internal crisis in Kano State, despite dissolving all party structures and speculation over a possible defection by its only sitting governor, Abba Yusuf. The NNPP National Leader and former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and Governor Yusuf have been embroiled in a political crisis. This comes amid reports of the governor’s alleged move to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress, a move strongly opposed by Kwankwaso. In response, the party’s National Working Committee on Friday dissolved its Kano State…
London’s benchmark FTSE 100 stocks index topped 10,000 points for the first time on Friday, extending a record run seen last year. In early deals on the first trading day of 2026, the capital’s top-tier index featuring the likes of energy group BP, telecoms firm Vodafone and banking giant HSBC — gained 1.0 per cent to an all-time high of 10,033.75 points. The index had risen more than 21 per cent in 2025, the biggest gain for 16 years, helped in large part by cuts to British interest rates alongside reductions to borrowing costs by the US Federal Reserve as…
Nigerian and Ghanaian athletes dominated the 5th edition of the annual 10km Owan Marathon race, which took place on Saturday in Edo State. The race took place in the Sabongida-Ora, Owan West Local Government area of the state. In the male category, 26-year-old Adetiba Michael from Kwara, who in September 2025 won the 21km Abuja marathon race, finished first with a time of 50:13. Kwabena Freepong from Ghana was second with a time of 50:37, while Yusuf Baaije from Plateau ran a time of 51:46 to take third place in the race. In the female category, Ghana’s Ayaaba Joyce, 25,…
Grammy Award-winning singer Beyoncé has become a billionaire following the massive commercial success of her recent music projects and global tours, placing her among a small group of entertainers to reach the milestone, according to a post by Forbes. On Monday, the 44-year-old singer earned the status after a highly profitable 2025 driven by her Cowboy Carter album, a world tour, and business ventures, making her the fifth musician to become a billionaire, alongside Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and Rihanna. The magazine said Beyoncé’s financial leap followed years of steady growth, highlighted by the Renaissance World Tour in 2023, which…
The founder of Blossom in Etiquette and Manners and an English Language educator, Salome Olajide-Buari, has harped on the importance of a reading culture among children. Olajide-Buari gave this admonition as the organisation wrapped up its second annual Christmas Reading Challenge, a three-day virtual programme that brought together young readers from across the globe. The programme aimed to foster children’s love for books, boost their confidence, and spark an early sense of purpose. The event, which ran from December 27 to 30, 2025, drew participants from Nigeria, Australia, England, Scotland, Norway, Canada, and the United States. Children participated in guided…
US Representative Ritchie Torres is preparing to introduce legislation aimed at curbing insider trading on prediction markets, following scrutiny around a highly profitable wager tied to the reported sudden capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.In a Sunday post on X, Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman said Torres plans to introduce the Public Integrity in Financial Prediction Markets Act of 2026. The bill would prohibit federal elected officials, political appointees and executive branch employees from trading prediction market contracts linked to government policy or political outcomes when they have nonpublic information through their official duties.“The restriction applies to buying, selling, or…
