Following the confirmation of Real Madrid as LaLiga Champions on Saturday, DAILY POST reports the top scorers in the Spanish top-flight league this season. Girona’s Artem Dovbyk is currently the top scorer in the LaLiga with 20 goals with four games left. Dovbyk is ahead of Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham, who has 18 goals. Recall … Read more
Real Madrid boss, Carlo Ancelotti has suggested that the club does not want him to field younger players. The veteran Italian gaffer was clear on why he replaced Arda Guler in Real Madrid’s easy 3-0 home win over Cadiz on Saturday, The Santiago Bernabeu landlords clinched their 36th La Liga title on Saturday following Barcelona’s … Read more
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has warned his players that they cannot afford to drop any point in their last three Premier League fixtures. The champions crushed Wolves 5-1 on Saturday, to stay one point behind leaders Arsenal, who beat Bournemouth 3-0. City however have three games left this season, while the Gunners have two. … Read more
Manchester City striker, Erling Haaland has responded to a recent unpleasant comment made against him by former Premier League icon, Roy Keane. Keane called Haaland “almost League Two level” following Manchester City’s 0-0 draw with Arsenal last month. By then Haaland had not scored in five matches and City had failed to score in a … Read more
Opta has made Manchester City big favourites to win the Premier League title. This follows their 5-1 victory over Wolves on Saturday. The win came hours after Arsenal thrashed Bournemouth 3-0 in the early kick-off. Following the completion of those matches, Opta’s title predictor now has 67% in favour of City winning the Premier League. … Read more
Prominent members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State, have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Among them are a former member representing Abakaliki/Izzi Federal Constituency and former governorship aspirant in the 2023 general elections, Hon. Sylvester Ogbaga, former Senator and ex-member National Working Committee of the PDP, Sylvanus Nguji … Read more
The Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, has announced a new date for the rescheduled matchday 21 clash between Remo Stars and Rivers United. The encounter was initially scheduled for Sunday, May 5. It will now hold at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne on Monday, May 6. The reason for the date change was not … Read more
Wolves manager Gary O’Neil has hit out at his players for making it “easy” for Manchester City in their 5-1 defeat on Saturday. Erling Haaland scored four times for the Premier League champions, with two coming from the penalty spot. Substitute Julian Alvarez came on to replace Haaland and got on the scoresheet. O’Neil, who … Read more
Former England defender Micah Richards has said Manchester City’s trip to Tottenham Hotspur on May 12 is “the game you would look at.” Richards was speaking on Sky Sports after City thrashed Wolves 5-1 on Saturday. The result means Pep Guardiola’s men are still one point behind Arsenal, who beat Bournemouth 3-0 earlier in the … Read more
The Archbishop of the Province of Niger and Bishop of the Diocese of Awka, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Alexander Ibezim, said on Saturday that poverty and hunger are major threats to the nation’s peace and unity. Ibezim said this while delivering the Archbishop’s Charge during the 2nd Session of the 13th Synod of the Diocese … Read more
Peter Onyekachi has tipped Enyimba to win the 2023–24 Nigeria Premier Football League title. The People’s Elephant currently occupy third place on the NPFL table with 53 points, four points behind league leaders Rangers. Onyekachi believed his former club have a more formidable team this season. “Enyimba are good for the 2023–24 NPFL title,” the … Read more
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said they can only win the Premier League title by winning all their remaining fixtures. Guardiola spoke to Sky Sports after their 5-1 win over Wolves on Saturday. The result sees City close the gap to Arsenal to one point after Mikel Arteta’s men beat Bournemouth 3-0 in the … Read more
The chairman of the Senate Committee on Youth and Community Engagement, Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South), said that the recently passed National Youths Service Corps Trust Fund Bill would provide jobs for graduates. Adaramodu disclosed this when he led a delegation of the committee on an official visit to the Oyo State NYSC Orientation Camp … Read more
Real Madrid have been confirmed as LaLiga champions for the 2023–2024 season. This follows Girona’s 4-2 win over Barcelona in the late kick-off. Carlo Ancelotti’s men had defeated Cadiz 3-0 at home, thanks to goals from Brahim Diaz, Jude Bellingham and Joselu. These results mean Real now have 87 points after 34 fixtures. Barca’s loss … Read more
Former Liverpool star Jamie Carragher has said that Lionel Messi was desperate to beat Cristiano Ronaldo for important awards. Messi’s and Ronaldo’s achievements in football would be nearly impossible for any other player to reach. They made it almost impossible for any other player to become the best in the world for more than a … Read more
The paramount ruler of Jenjo community of Karim-Lamido local government council, David Robert, has urged the Taraba State government to upgrade the Jen chiefdom to second class status and create more district heads. The monarch made the request on Saturday during the Jenjo Cultural Day Celebration, held at Major General Boniface Robert Sinjen Sports and … Read more
Former Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole has said that he sees no fault in the current Arsenal team, insisting that Mikel Arteta’s side looks like champions. This was following the Gunners’ 3-0 win over Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday. The Gunners defeated the Cherries at the Emirates with a calm, composed and extremely clinical … Read more
Youths of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Zamfara State have asked Governor Dauda Lawal to use the state’s resources for the benefit of the citizens. The APC youths wondered why the governor did not set up a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to try the immediate past governor, Dr Bello Matawalle, for alleged corruption. According … Read more
Former Minister of Defence, Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), has identified culture and tradition as veritable tools for strengthening unity, national cohesion and integration amongst Nigerians. He stated this in a message to the 2024 Zuru Emirate Uhola Cultural Festival and Agricultural Show held in Zuru Emirate of Kebbi on Saturday, NAN reports Danjuma, who was … Read more
The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom, CWPPF, have called on the Inspector General of Police to ensure that the Cybercrime Act, 2015, ceases to be a weapon used for the harassment and arbitrary detainment of journalists and media workers. The coalition made the call on Saturday while reacting to the reported arrest and … Read more
A farmer from Katsina State, Sanusi Muhammad Burdugau has appealed to the State Government and Malumfashi Local Government Council of the State to return the displaced villagers of Burdugau back to their community to enable them participate in rainy season farming. Burdugau noted that about three months ago, a man and eleven married women were … Read more
A group, Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Youth Frontier, has rejected Mona Anyebe as the consensus chairmanship candidate of the party in the state. The group, in a statement signed by the President, Umar Francis on Saturday in Lokoja, maintained that the chairman must emerge from among the interested candidates screened by the committee. … Read more
The World Health Organisation, WHO, and other stakeholders have urged the Nigerian Government to invest in data and effective sustainable approaches to malaria elimination in the country. Speaking at the Ministerial Roundtable Meeting – Rethinking Malaria Elimination in Nigeria, held in Abuja, WHO regional director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, emphasised on the importance of … Read more
