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Super Eagles head coach, Finidi George, has admitted that the Squirrels of Benin Republic will head into Monday’s (today) clash with his side in a confident mood after their morale boosting 1-0 win against Rwanda. The win against the Bees was Rwanda’s first in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying series. The Super Eagles, on the other hand, are still searching for their first victory after three consecutive draws. Finidi claimed the Super Eagles will face a team full confidence at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan. “They just won their last match and the morale is going to be…
The Director-General of the Niger State Agency for Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, Danjuma Suleiman Nalongo, has disclosed that a total of 14,342 IDPs dislodged due to insecurity are currently receiving refuge at various IDP camps set up by the state government in the state. The DG, who made this disclosure in Minna, said they were displaced following incessant violent attacks by bandits or insurgent groups on rural communities over the last few years. He explained that IDPs receiving succour fluctuates as a result of communities being attacked by gunmen or insurgent groups in the state. According to him: “When people…
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State was at the Military Hospital, Benin City, on Sunday, to check on soldiers who sustained injuries during an attack by assailants in Okomu community. DAILY POST reports that Obaseki, who expressed his displeasure over the incident, vowed that the State Government would fish out individuals and groups behind the attack. The governor, who was represented by the Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, promised to foot the medical bills incurred at the hospital. Obaseki, who said the state is confronted with the issues of cultism and Okaigheles, noted that the information…
Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi, has shifted attention to Monday’s clash with the Squirrels of Benin Republic, DAILY POST reports. The three-time African champions played a disappointing 1-1 draw with the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in Uyo on Friday. The Super Eagles now need a win against Benin Republic to get their qualification campaign back on track. Iwobi has, however, put the result against South Africa behind him and is firmly focused on the clash with their neighbours. ”Not The Result Wanted… Another Game To Look Forward To,” the Fulham playmaker wrote on X. The Super Eagles currently occupy…
Operatives of Kaduna State Police Command have apprehended two suspected bandits, recovering an AK-47 rifle and five motor vehicles. A statement issued on Saturday by the Command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, said, “At about 0310 hours on June 6, 2024, while conducting a routine patrol near the Agoro Level Crossing area, a team from the Tudun Wada Division in Zaria, intercepted a suspect identified as Babangida Sani, a 37-year-old male from Faskari Local Government Area in Katsina State. “He was traveling from Jos to Faskari and had boarded a commercial motorcycle en route the Flyover Garage.” The officers discovered an…
The Federal Government has increased its offer of a new national minimum wage to N62,000. This comes after the organized labour dropped its demand from N494,000 to N250,000. There was no consensus at the meeting and the Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage has adjourned. The organized private sector is also in agreement with the government over the N62,000 offer. Details later…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Vice Chancellor (VC) of University of Abuja, Prof. Rasheed Na’Allah, to appear before it on June 13 to show cause why the planned inauguration of the newly elected Internal Governing Council Members of the institution should not be stopped. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order in a ruling, shortly after the plaintiffs’ counsel, Maxwell Opara, moved an ex-parte motion to the effect. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the plaintiffs – Prof. Saint Gbilekaa, Prof. Edmund Nwanna, Prof. Sunday Ejaro, Prof. Kasim Umar, Prof. Wesley Nafarnda and Dr Uju…
Two unidentified labourers were brought out dead from a well after they drowned while attempting to retrieve a bucket used to fetch water in Ile-Ife. The two men, DAILY POST gathered, were engaged to work at a construction site in the town on Thursday. The incident, according to eyewitnesses, occurred around 1:09 pm at a construction site which is located opposite Ilesa Motor Park, along the Ife-Ilesa Expressway, Ile-Ife. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command, Kehinde Adeleke, said that operatives of the Corps and men of Federal Fire Service retrieved…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has said the state government has started getting credible intelligence on the killing of five soldiers on May 30 in Aba. Otti made this known on Thursday when he paid a morale boosting visit to the officers and men of the 144 Battalion, Nigerian Army, at the Ngwa High School, Aba. DAILY POST recalls that on May 30, five soldiers were killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen, at the Obikabia Junction in Aba. According to the governor, he was on the visit to address the soldiers on the killing. Otti added that the efforts made by the…
Fulham star Alex Iwobi has named his ideal Super Eagles starting lineup. The starting XI is composed solely of players he has shared the field with during his senior international career with the national team. In an interview with Victor Modo at the Super Eagles camp in Uyo ahead of Nigeria’s World Cup qualifier against South Africa, Iwobi selected former Wolves star Carl Ikeme as the goalkeeper in a 4-3-3 formation. In defence, he chose Efe Ambrose and the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations Best Player William Troost-Ekong as the centre-backs, with Ola Aina as the right-back and Elderson Echiejile…