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Former Chelsea star, Shaun Wright-Phillips has urged the club to re-sign Lewis Hall, asserting that the Newcastle United defender would serve as a “fantastic replacement” for Marc Cucurella. Cucurella concluded his four-year tenure at the West London club last month, transferring to Real Madrid on a six-year contract. His exit has left Chelsea with limited […]
Former Nottingham Forest head coach, Sean Dyche, shared his thoughts on the footballing approach adopted by new Liverpool manager, Andoni Iraola, who took charge at Anfield this summer. Iraola has taken over from Arne Slot following an impressive 2025-26 season with AFC Bournemouth, where he led the Cherries to their first-ever European football qualification by […]
UEFA has reacted strongly to a report indicating that FIFA President Gianni Infantino is considering selling stakes in the World Cup to private investors, a move that could potentially generate tens of millions of pounds for him. On Tuesday, FIFA announced in a press release its intention to increase funding for football development to over […]
…Says funding cuts, inequalities threaten bid to end HIV, hepatitis, STIs by 2030 By Chioma Obinna The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that nearly nine million people living with HIV are still without life-saving treatment, raising concerns that funding cuts, humanitarian crises and widening inequalities could derail global efforts to end HIV, viral hepatitis […]
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on central banks and financial regulators to strengthen governance frameworks for Artificial Intelligence (AI), warning that the rapid adoption of the technology across the financial system could create new systemic risks if left inadequately supervised. The recommendation was made by the IMF’s Financial […]
—Screens 50,000 farms By Dayo Johnson Akure Agribusiness and manufacturing company, Johnvents Group, has published its inaugural Sustainability Report as part of efforts to strengthen responsible business practices across its operations. The report outlines the company’s policy framework for environmental stewardship, social responsibility and corporate governance, and aligns its operations with globally recognised Environmental, Social […]
By Dayo Johnson, Akure The African Peoples Movement (APM) candidate for Ondo Central Senatorial District, Sunday Falae, has said his ambition to represent the district in the Senate is driven by a desire to provide effective representation and bring governance closer to the grassroots. Speaking with journalists in Akure, Falae said legislative representation should go […]
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced plans to close the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Konduga as part of the state’s ongoing resettlement programme. The move follows the successful closure of the Bama IDP camp, the largest displacement facility outside Maiduguri, and the planned shutdown of the Gwoza camp. Speaking during […]
Former Barcelona player, Xavi Simons has opened up on why he left the club, asserting that the Catalan team never had faith in him, and he opted to remain silent about it. In an interview on The Sports Agents podcast, Simons mentioned that he was focused on improving his performance on the field, despite being […]
Kebbi State Police Command has launched a coordinated manhunt for the abductors of a Kebbi State High Court judge, Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza, following his abduction by suspected bandits in Bunza Local Government Area of the state.DAILY POST had earlier reported that the judge was kidnapped after armed men stormed his residence along Zogirma Road […]
Former Watford captain, Troy Deeney, has tipped Arsenal to successfully defend the Premier League title this season and has shared his predictions for the top four. After achieving three consecutive second-place finishes, Mikel Arteta successfully led Arsenal to their first league championship in 22 years last season. With the World Cup concluded and pre-season activities […]
United States President Donald Trump on Friday joked about seeking a third term and unveiled a ‘Trump 2028’ cap, despite the US Constitution limiting presidents to two terms.Trump made the joke at an annual event to mark press freedom in Washington, where he poked fun at journalists and political rivals before making the surprise remark. […]
Print article Share The European Commission has put forward new plans to cut emissions under the EU carbon market more slowly, from 2031 onwards. On 17 July, the commission presented its long-awaited proposal for reform of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS). It recommended a number of changes, including giving companies free allowances to cover […]
Kayode Tokede BUA Cement Plc has released its half-year (H1) unaudited financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2026 with profit before tax of N324,4 billion, about 79 per cent increase over N214.8 billion reported in the half year (H1) ended June 30, 2025. The company reported N728.9 billion revenue in H1 2026, a […]
By Luminous Jannamike The National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, on Friday openly defied Governor Ademola Adeleke’s order suspending its activities in Osun State, insisting that no state governor has the power to shut down the operations of the nationally recognised transport union. Read Also: Adeleke bans NURTW activities in Osun What began as a […]
Five months after the deadly attack on their communities, residents of Kaiama, Woro, Nuku and surrounding areas in the Kwara North Senatorial District, on Friday, protested the endless captivity of over 100 abducted victims still in kidnappers’ den. Aside scores who lost their lives, about 179 residents were abducted during the attack on the communities […]
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has warned that any uncompleted house discovered to be harboring kidnappers or other criminals will be demolished. Governor Otti made the vow on Thursday while responding to questions from J=journalists during his monthly media chat. He said that regular surveillance was being beamed on uncompleted buildings and forests, to ensure […]
This summer has seen Europe suffer through a series of record-breaking heatwaves. Amid widespread media coverage of the number of deaths and the influence of climate change, the UK’s Daily Telegraph reported on new research with the incorrect headline: “Heatwaves caused by fall in pollution.” The article was shared on social media by Richard Tice […]
By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government has released the merit admission list for candidates who sat for the 2026 screening test into Lagos State Model Colleges and upgraded secondary schools following the screening exercise. In a statement issued on Friday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Abisola Dokunmu-Adegbite, the government […]
By Gift Chapi Odekina Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, on Friday defended the agency’s role in the controversial budgetary allocation to the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), insisting that despite provisions made in the 2026 Appropriation Act, not a single kobo was released or spent because the statutory conditions […]
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kaduna State chapter, has called for the conduct of a primary election to validly nominate its gubernatorial candidate, either through consensus or a direct primary election. A statement issued on Friday by Tanko Marafa Tsoriang, the State NDC Publicity Secretary, said, “The Kaduna State NDC members are about to be […]
Women from Uzoagba Ancient Kingdom in Ikeduru LGA of Imo State have staged a protest against the chairman of the council, Justice Nze, accusing him of imposing a traditional ruler and President General, PG, on the community without following laid down rules. The protesters described the alleged action of the council chairman as unconstitutional as […]
African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has waved off the recent insinuation by President Bola Tinubu in respect of the Federal Government pension backlog, describing it as unnecessary ghosting and futile political shadow chasing by an inept APC-led administration. DAILY POST recalls that Tinubu blasted Atiku for ‘privatizing government assets and leaving pensioners […]
The United States Department of State has warned Americans to avoid unofficial websites offering passport renewal services, saying many of them pose as government portals while charging unnecessary fees for services available free through official channels. In a public advisory, the department said some third-party websites are designed to look like official government pages but […]
Google has unveiled a new selfie video sign-in feature that allows users to access their accounts using facial verification, marking another step in the technology industry’s shift away from traditional passwords toward biometric authentication. The company announced on Thursday that the feature is designed to provide users with an alternative way to regain access to […]
A 56-year-old US-based Pastor, Dale Sanders has been convicted on multiple federal fraud charges after a jury found he stole more than $340,000 from two churches and used the money to fund his personal lifestyle, including gambling, dining and living expenses. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, David I. Courcelle, announced that […]
Andreas Sieber is head of political strategy at 350.0g. Cat Abreu is director of the International Climate Politics Hub. From the US abduction of Venezuela’s president at the start of this year to the Iran war which rumbles on, disruption is the new normal for global geopolitics, more often than not linked to conflict over […]
By Steve Oko The management of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), has firmly defended Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ursula Akanwa, against allegations surrounding the controversial recruitment exercise, while blaming the mess on the immediate past management, which superintended over the exercise, for not restricting itself to the approved quota. It said Prof. Akanwa neither supervised […]
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has warned candidates sitting for its 2026-2027 Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination Aptitude Test against examination malpractice and violation of guidelines. The warning is in a statement issued on Tuesday by the university’s registrar and secretary to council, Mrs Abosede Wickliffe. She stated that the online aptitude test would be held […]
– Denies withdrawing case against Oden Ewa By Emma Una SENATOR Eteng Williams representing Cross River Central has denied withdrawing his court case challenging the emergence of Mr Oden Ewa as the winner of the APC Senatorial ticket for the Cross River Central district The Senator on Tuesday rejected claims that the dispute over the […]
The bodies of a prospective bride and groom were among four additional victims recovered on Tuesday from the scene of the canoe accident at Malamawar Yandutse in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State, bringing fresh grief to families and residents as recovery efforts continue. The village head of Malamawar Yandutse, Umar Habibu, confirmed the recovery of […]
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, once maintained that he would rather remain at home than accept a position in the administration of President Bola Tinubu, despite their longstanding personal relationship. Speaking during an appearance on Politics Today on Channels Television in October 2025, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain revealed that Tinubu had offered him an appointment, […]
The management of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, has said that the Vice Chancellor, Professor Ursula Akanwa, had no hand in the last recruitment exercise carried out in the university. The institution also said the Vice Chancellor did not substitute the names of employed workers, as being alleged by some job applicants. […]
The World Bank has scrapped its headline climate finance target under pressure from the Trump administration, but experts believe the survival of its wider climate programme should preserve support for clean energy and resilience in developing nations. Following tense negotiations between its government shareholders, the global lender announced this week it would extend its Climate […]
In Guatemala’s southwest region lies a large lake with a storied history. Lake Atitlán is one of Central America’s most critical local sources of drinking water, and is surrounded by volcanoes, a thriving tourism industry and an ancient Mayan culture. The Sololá region has long been home to Indigenous communities who have been attracted to […]
A new global rainforest fund, unveiled by Brazil at COP30, will likely struggle to meet its initial funding target this year, after the UK failed to announce an expected pledge during London Climate Action Week and other donors have been slow to come on board. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) was launched on the […]
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will have nearly $6 billion more to spend on emissions-reduction and climate adaptation projects in developing countries, after its board agreed to a management proposal to reduce the proportion of money it has to keep in reserve. At a meeting in Tajikistan this week, the government representatives who make up […]
Rich Wilson is CEO of the Iswe Foundation and co-founder of the Global Citizens’ Assembly. The numbers are stark. According to the 2026 Global Report on Food Crises, 266 million people across 47 countries experienced high levels of acute food insecurity last year, nearly double the figure recorded a decade ago. Meanwhile, disruptions to oil, gas […]
Shaun Martin is vice president for adaptation and resilience at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in the United States. “Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” A century later, H.G. Wells’s warning reads less like philosophy and more like a prediction for the near future. Last week, the World Meteorological Organization forecast […]
Four Ugandan farmers filed a case with London’s High Court on Tuesday, aiming to stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) from starting to operate by asking the court to apply Uganda’s laws against the project’s UK-registered company. The controversial 1,443-kilometre (897-mile) pipeline, majority-owned by French energy company TotalEnergies, aims to carry crude from […]
As countries gathered in Geneva this week for the first UN dialogue on the governance of artificial intelligence, campaigners said the debate around the fast-evolving technology has overlooked the potential harm it could cause to nature and biodiversity. Not only has nature been absent from discussions on the environmental impacts of AI data centres, which […]
As governments and institutions pledged billions for offshore wind, cleaner shipping and marine protection at last month’s Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, countries are increasingly turning to the ocean as a source of jobs and climate action. But civil society groups warn that the push to expand the “blue economy” may reproduce familiar inequalities unless coastal communities have a […]
Transcorp Power Plc, one of the power subsidiaries of Africa’s leading listed conglomerate, Transnational Corporation Plc (“Transcorp Group”), announced its unaudited financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2026, demonstrating resilience despite significant operational challenges arising from recurring transmission infrastructure vandalism. The company maintained a strong financial position despite a decline in revenue […]
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Emir of Zuru, His Royal Highness, Muhammad Sanusi Mikailu, Sami Gomo III, has commended Kebbi State Governor, Dr. Nasir Idris, for what he described as remarkable achievements in security, infrastructure and people-centred governance, saying the administration has restored hope and accelerated development across the Zuru Emirate. The commendation came during an […]
The Taminu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has hinted at the real reason behind court ruling in favour of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike’s camp. It claimed that ‘politics of power, money and greed’ may have influenced the decision of the Federal High Court to strike out its suit seeking the recognition […]
Africa has long served as fertile ground for distinctive forms of leadership to emerge. Figures such as Nelson Mandela, Kwame Nkrumah, Haile Selassie, and Julius Nyerere, among others, represent the “Mount Rushmore” of African leadership, having left an enduring imprint on the continent’s history and beyond. Notably, some of these leaders’ political trajectories bear a […]
Wamuyu Manyara is country director for Trócaire Malawi and Tarcizio Kalaundi is its climate resilience officer. This week, the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) faces a significant decision that will determine its ability to address the harms being done by climate change. Discussions on the Fund’s Resource Mobilisation Strategy must get the […]
Tucked among forested slopes and pristine valleys in a corner of northeastern India, young villagers have been busy knocking on doors – hoping to convince sceptical elders that graphite mining would bring much-needed jobs to their distant region. “The youth in our village migrate to cities for work. What’s better than to have jobs near […]
Disruptions to global fuel markets caused by the war in Iran have hit Africa’s efforts to expand clean cooking with gas, prompting the International Energy Agency (IEA) – backed by the US, a major fossil gas exporter – to launch a programme aimed at strengthening security of supply. Although a fossil fuel, liquefied petroleum gas […]
The board of the UN’s fledgling Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) has decided to consider its first package of projects for support at its next meeting in December, confounding expectations that it might back an initial set of four proposals this week. The fund faces a substantial dilemma about how to select […]