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The National Sports Commission (NSC) has appointed Lekan Fatodu as President of the Nigeria Aquatics Federation. Mr Fatodu, who currently serves as Director General of the Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), will oversee the federation responsible for the development of swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming and other aquatic sports across the country. Friday’s appointment, approved by the leadership of the NSC, comes at a critical period for aquatic sports in Nigeria, as members of the sports community push for stronger institutional structures, improved athlete development pathways, enhanced technical capacity and greater competitiveness at continental and global levels. Announcing the…

A Senatorial aspirant for Edo South on the platform of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, Ehiozuwa Agbonayinwa, has pinpointed what he refers to as the issue facing the NDC. Agbonayinwa has been vocal regarding his purported exclusion from receiving the party’s ticket for the senatorial district, which he asserted he secured following the NDC primary elections held on May 29. The former member of the House of Representatives is among the dissatisfied members of the party who are displeased with how the party’s leadership has managed the candidate selection process. DAILY POST reports that the NDC has not yet disclosed…

With a few days remaining to commence the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament, Spain winger, Lamine Yamal is the world’s most valuable footballer. According to the CIES Football Observatory’s latest ranking, the Barcelona star has an estimated transfer value of €358 million ($416m). The 18-year-old tops the list ahead of Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe. Haaland is valued at €227 million ($256m), while Mbappe’s value is €166 million ($192m). The three players are at the top of the list in first, second and third positions, respectively. In fourth position is Bayern Munich winger Michael Oliseh, who…

The Anambra State Government has commenced free hypertension screening services in all public health facilities across the state as measures to strengthen preventive healthcare and promote early detection of non-communicable diseases. The wife of the state governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, who disclosed this in Awka, on Friday, urged residents to take advantage of this opportunity, adding that hypertension is currently one of the commonest and deadliest health conditions in the society. She added that the initiative reflects the state government’s commitment to building a healthier Anambra, where quality healthcare is accessible to everyone and preventable health conditions are detected before…

Lionel Messi has taken a step forward in his injury recovery and could play a few minutes in Argentina’s upcoming friendlies before their World Cup opener, coach Lionel Scaloni said on Friday. “Leo is doing well, he has already trained partly with the group, he’s no longer completely separated,” Scaloni said. “It’s possible he’ll play a few minutes in the friendlies. We’ll see whether that’s tomorrow’s game or the other one.” Defending World Cup champions Argentina will take on Honduras in College Station, Texas, on Saturday and play Iceland on Tuesday in Auburn, Alabama. “He’s much better and that gives…

Katie Holmes opened up about her viral reunion with Dawson’s Creek costar Joshua Jackson for their upcoming film, Happy Hours. “To be honest, it was unexpected,” the actress, 47, said of the fans’ excitement for her and Jackson, also 47, to share the screen again in an interview with Variety published on Friday, June 5. “I know we were on a show that a lot of people watched, but I guess we never fully realized the impact. It still kind of throws all of us.” Before Jackson signed on to the project, Holmes, who serves as the movie’s writer and…

Eight pastors have been remanded in a correctional facility after being arraigned by the Anambra State Government over allegations that they staged miracles using hired actors to deceive members of the public. The defendants were arraigned before a state high court in Awka, Anambra State, on multiple charges, including allegedly wielding fake supernatural powers, using places of worship for criminal activities, and obtaining money by false pretence. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Anambra, Tobechukwu Nweke, SAN, led the prosecution, according to a report posted on Facebook on Friday by the Anambra Broadcasting Service. The defendants are Ndubisi…

A political strategist, Baba Yusuf, has decried the upsurge of insecurity in Nigeria, stressing that it is getting worse. Speaking during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Friday, Yusuf lamented that it has gotten to a point where Nigerians now beg terrorists for their lives. According to him, for 17 years Nigeria has been facing multidimensional insecurity, stressing that and it has got to a point where citizens have lost trust in the leaders. He charged the government to kickstart the investigation of why so much money is going into security but the country is not getting the desired outcome.…

Former chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Sam Amadi, has said there is no significant difference between the opposition and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Featuring in an interview on News Central Television on Friday, Amadi said the majority of the politicians in the opposition sprang from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, apart from a few persons. He was speaking on the level of preparedness by the various political parties ahead of the 2027 general elections. According to him, primary elections in Nigeria have always been unfree and unfair, stating that the degree of chaos might differ. “Well,…

Five persons, including a female child, lost their lives while 12 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a lone road accident along the Nkalagu axis of the Enugu–Abakaliki Federal Highway in Ebonyi State on Friday. ‎ ‎The Ebonyi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Daniel Asanya, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent in Abakaliki. ‎ ‎According to him, the accident occurred at Edema Bridge in Nkalagu, Ishielu Local Government Area, involving a commercial white Toyota Hiace bus with registration number RSH 231 XE travelling from Abakaliki to Enugu. ‎ ‎Asanya said the vehicle was…