July 2025
French league unveils channel to broadcast Ligue 1
The French football league (LFP) announced on Tuesday the creation of its own channel to broadcast Ligue 1 matches next season, after clubs voted in favour of ending a deal with DAZN. An agreement was struck for a “TV and digital platform entirely dedicated to Ligue 1” following a meeting of club presidents, the LFP’s […]
Alara Felicitates Customs CG, Adeniyi on Election as WCO Chairman
The Alara of Ara Kingdom, HRM Oba Dr Olubayo Adesola Windapo, Abidogun 1, has rejoiced with the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, on his election as Chairman of the World Customs Organization (WCO). Kabiyesi notes that the Customs CG’s election to head the WCO Council, comprising heads of 186 Customs […]
2027: Igbo youths give Tinubu condition for support
Igbo youths under the auspices of the All Igbo Youth Forum have given President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, conditions to get their support in the 2027 general elections. The youths demanded the unconditional release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The group […]
Dangote, Otedola accompany Dantata’s remains to Madinah for burial
The President of Dangote group, Aliko Dangote, in the company of his billionaire ally, Femi Otedola, on Tuesday, escorted the remains of his late uncle, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, from Abu Dhabi to Madinah, where he will be buried. In a video shared by one Sanusi Dantata on X, the late Aminu will be buried at […]
Lagos monarch dethrones six chiefs for attending Labour Party campaign
The Ojora of Ijora and Iganmu Kingdom, Oba AbdulFatai Oyegbemi, on Monday took the decision to dethrone six chiefs. The chiefs had attended the campaign flag-off of the Labour Party, LP, in Apapa – ahead of the Lagos State local government polls. Oba Oyegbemi called a palace meeting, in which he made it clear that […]
Tinubu conferred with highest honour in Saint Lucia
The Government of Saint Lucia has conferred one of its highest national honours, the Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Lucia, KCOSL, on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A post on the official X handle of the Office of the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia said the Government of Saint Lucia was pleased to announce […]
Concerns as Nigeria’s debt balloons to N149.39tn amid worsening infrastructural deficit
Financial experts and economists have raised concerns over Nigeria’s N149.39 trillion debt profile at the end of the first quarter of 2025 without a commensurate impact on the country’s infrastructure, economy, and the well-being of citizens. The Debt Management Office debt figure released last Friday showed that Nigeria’s debt stock increased by N27.72 trillion, or […]
Club World Cup: Analysts weigh impact of FIFA competition on European clubs, others
The FIFA’s expanded Club World Cup currently going on in the United States has reached the knockout stage. DAILY POST takes a look at the impact the competition has on top European clubs like Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Manchester City who have reached the knockout stage. Having risen from 7 teams […]
Notorious bandit kingpin, Bello Turji sues for peace after death of top commander
Notorious bandit kingpin, Bello Turji is allegedly making overtures for peace in the aftermath of the death of his top field commander and cousin, Kachalla Yellow Danbokolo. Turji is one of the most wanted terror leaders in Nigeria’s North West. DAILY POST reports that Danbokolo was recently neutralised by security operatives. This was made known […]
‘They’re my only source of livelihood’ – Herder cries after mysterious lightning struck cows in Ogun
It was a black Saturday for Abdullahi Idris, a father of six and herder who lost about 32 cows to lightning strikes recently in Osara, a village in Obantoko area of Abeokuta, in the Odeda Local Government area of Ogun State. It all started with the dark cloud, and then moved to the continuous whistle […]