Former lawmaker, Shehu Sani has urged President Bola Tinubu not to weaponise electricity supply against Niger Republic in handling the leadership crisis in the West African country. According to Sani, the President should be careful not to be the new apprentice of French neo-Colonialism in the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, sub-region. In…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has appealed to workers in the state to return to their respective duty posts on Monday (tomorrow). The governor made this declaration in a state-wide broadcast on Saturday. Makinde, while speaking at the broadcast monitored by DAILY POST, maintained that food security, transportation and the sectors are among the…
Says foreign interest should not supercede local interest A peacebuilding think tank, Foundation for Peace Professionals also known as PeacePro has cautioned the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) over its advocacy, encouraging ECOWAS on a misguided mission of military intervention in Niger Republic. PeacePro also noted that, USIP’s advocacy for military intervention in Niger…
The Nigeria’s women basketball team, D’Tigress, has won the AfroBasket Women championship AfroBasket Women is the women’s basketball continental championship of Africa, played biennially under the auspices of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the African zone thereof. Holding at the BK Arena in Rwanda, Nigeria defeated perennial rivals, Senegal to lift the…
The Nigerian Senate has rejected a request by President Bola Tinubu that Nigeria intervene militarily in the Niger Republic. Lagosreporters reports that the Nigerien military overthrew the democratically elected government in the country last week, and Tinubu had written to the Senate requesting that they pass a resolution to allow Nigeria to intervene to restore…
The French foreign ministry has reacted to report of the military junta in Niger Republic cutting ties with it and other countries. France stated that the junta’s decision to scrap bilateral military pacts is invalid as only a “legitimate” leadership can do that. AFP reported that France’s foreign ministry said “the legal framework of France’s…
Mercy Abire, a Nigerian long jumper, is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in the United States. This admission puts Abire at risk of a huge 20-year prison sentence, a significant development in a case that exposes an intricate web of fraudulent activities involving Nigerian athletes. In a statement, the…
Hinata Miyazawa scored her fifth goal of the Women’s World Cup on Saturday to seal a 3-1 win over Norway and put Japan into the quarter-finals against Sweden or holders the United States. In a last-16 clash in Wellington between two former champions, an Ingrid Syrstad Engen own goal gave Japan an early lead in…
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta has admitted he considered his future at the Emirates after losing the Premier League title to Manchester City last season. The Gunners almost ended their 19-year wait to win the title after staying top for over 240 days. However, Arteta’s men suffered a late collapse, winning just three of their final…
After being called the worst athlete in history to have participated in international games, Somalia runner Nasra Abukar Ali has responded. In a statement shared online, Abukar wondered why she was being criticised yet she represented her country well despite being injured. “Somalis do not deserve to be represented in a running competition, I ran…
