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Nigerian midfielder, Alex Iwobi has spoken on breaking the record set by Chelsea legend, Mikel Obi. He broke Mikel’s record for most minutes played by a Nigerian player in Premier League history. Iwobi broke the record when he featured in Fulham’s 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United on matchday 32 of last season. Playing the minutes of that particular game took his number of minutes played in the English top-flight to 16,289 minutes, surpassing Mikel’s minutes while playing for Chelsea. After making his debut for Arsenal in the 2015-16 season for Arsenal, the 28-year-old has gone on to feature prominently for…
The chairman of the Ekiti State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Olatunde Kolapo, has directed the leadership of all affiliate unions in the state to ensure full compliance with the national strike as directed by the national body of NLC. Kolapo, in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, noted that any affiliate union that fails to comply with the directive will be treated as a saboteur. The NLC Chairman directed that all workers should stay back home until further directives from the national body. He called on all leaders of affiliate unions to meet at…
Former Ogun state governor, Gbenga Daniel, has said his administration laid the foundation for the present Ogun oil exploration status. DAILY POST reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) had on Friday declared Ogun State as a frontier state for oil exploration. The former governor in a statement on Sunday, congratulated Governor Dapo Abiodun on the development. According to the statement, Daniel noted that the declaration of the state as a frontier state for oil exploration was a fulfillment of the vision started by the establishment of the Gateway Oil and Gas Development Limited in 2003, by the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted large consignments of codeine-based syrup and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, worth over N2,185,000,000.00 at the Port Harcourt seaports, Onne, and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja. NDLEA also said its officers, with the cooperation of other security agencies, on Friday, May 31, 2024, intercepted a large consignment of Loud, packed in eight suitcases containing 320 parcels with a total weight of 164.50 kg of the strong psychoactive substance, coming from Canada on a KLM flight via Amsterdam, Netherlands. According to the Agency, the consignment, estimated…
A former national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Chekwas Okorie, has demanded that Prof Mahmood Yakubu should resign his position as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, without further delay. Okorie alleged that the INEC boss had already been found guilty of contempt of court for refusing to obey a court order to recognise the current National Chairman of the APGA, Chief Edozie Njoku. DAILY POST reports that the leadership matter of APGA had gone to the Supreme Court and Chief Edozie was declared authentic National Chairman. However, INEC reportedly failed to obey the…
Nigeria defender Olisa Ndah was in action as Orlando Pirates secured a 2-1 victory over Mamelodi Sundowns in the final of the Nedbank Cup at the Mbombela Stadium on Saturday. Orlando Pirates claimed the title for the 10th time. Themba Zwane broke the deadlock for Sundowns in the 54th minute, tapping into an empty net after a perfect setup by Lucas Ribeiro. Patrick Maswanganyi equalised for Pirates from the spot 11 minutes from time. Substitute Relebohile Mofokeng was the hero for the Buccaneers, as he scored the winning goal in stoppage time. Ndah, who was in action for 90 minutes…
The Ekiti State Agro Marshalls has announced the arrest of two individuals, Sheyi Alaba and Ayodeji Ajayi, in connection with the possession and trading of illicit drugs. Commander of the Corps, Mr Olamide Oni, said Alaba is suspected of specializing in the trading on Indian hemp, while Ajayi is suspected of dealing on Indian hemp, cocaine, heroin and Colorado. Oni, a retired Commissioner of Police, noted that Ajayi was arrested on 29th May at Adebabayo. He said, “On questioning he (Ayodeji) said he was sent by a woman Eya Iyin who gave him the substance worth N700,000 and at the…
The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, NIPC, has launched the Enugu State edition of the Nigerian Investment Certification Programme for States, NICPS, a programme designed to prime the states to attract both local and foreign investments. This came on a day the Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, said the state was quick to grab the investment certification opportunity co-signed by the Federal Government and the United Nations Development Programme to boost the state’s attractiveness to investors. Speaking during a working visit to the governor on the sidelines of the flag-off programme, the Executive Secretary of NIPC, Aisha Rimi, said…
The lingering political crisis in Rivers State took a new turn on Friday following the announcement by Governor Siminalayi Fubara that his administration cancelled 10, 000 jobs in the State Civil Service approved by the immediate past government. The employments were approved by his predecessor and the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike. The governor during an interactive session with stakeholders in Port Harcourt, on Friday, stated that a fresh recruitment process would be carried out soon. DAILY POST recalls that before his tenure elapsed, Wike had approved the immediate employment of a significant number of…
The identities of the soldiers murdered by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have been revealed. On Friday, the military high command confirmed that no fewer than five of its troops deployed at Obikabia Junction Checkpoint in Obingwa Local Government Area adjourning Aba metropolis in Abia State were killed. Those who died include two sergeants, two corporals and one lance corporal. The soldiers are: – Sergeant Charles Ugochukwu (94NA/38/1467) – Sergeant Bala Abraham (03NA/53/1028) – Corporal Gideon Egwe (10NA/65/7085) – Corporal Ikpeama Ikechukwu (13NA/70/5483) – Corporal Augustine Emmanuel (13NA/70/6663) The assailants also made away with five AK-47…