Ghana’s Parliament has approved a bill that criminalises homosexuality and the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities, introducing tougher restrictions on sexual minorities in the West African country. Under the proposed law, individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer could face up to three years in prison. The legislation also requires citizens to report […]
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World football governing body, FIFA, has reaffirmed that Nigerian football icon, Jay-Jay Okocha still holds the record for the most successful dribbles in a single FIFA World Cup match.
According to FIFA, Okocha completed 15 successful dribbles during Nigeria’s Round of 16 encounter against the Italy National Football Team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, a feat that remains unmatched more than three decades.
The former Super Eagles captain achieved the milestone against a formidable Italian side that featured renowned stars such as Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta and Demetrio Albertini.
FIFA noted that the record continues to stand despite the emergence of several world-class dribblers over the years. Former Brazilian forward, Jairzinho and former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne are joint second on the list with 13 successful dribbles in a single World Cup match.
Other legendary players recognised among the competition’s greatest dribblers include Eusebio, Johan Cruyff, Diego Maradona and Jamal Musiala.
FIFA also highlighted that Lionel Messi holds the record for the most successful dribbles across all World Cup appearances with 125, while Maradona remains the player with the highest number of successful dribbles in a single tournament, recording 53 during the 1986 World Cup.
The recognition further cements Okocha’s status as one of the most skilful footballers in World Cup history and one of Nigeria’s most celebrated sporting figures.
•You came back too late —Woman A 40-year-old businessman, Auwal Musa, has prayed a Sharia court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, Kaduna State, to order his ex-wife, Hauwa, to return to their matrimonial home. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Auwal, in his petition, said that his ex-wife forced him to divorce her after […]
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The media office of Senator Isah Jibrin Echocho, who represents Kogi East Senatorial District, has dismissed claims that Senate President Godswill Akpabio is influencing political developments in the district ahead of the 2027 elections. In a statement issued on Thursday by Mikail Ibrahim, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Senator Echocho, the office responded […]
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A governorship aspirant in Enugu State, under the platform of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Hon Dozie Ogenyi has urged his supporters to remain calm after party members waited for several hours without election officials showing up.
DAILY POST recalls that the NDC held its primary elections across the country on Friday.
However, in Enugu State where the party is factionalized, it appeared to be one of the worst cases, as party members waited endlessly without any official showing up.
Ogenyi, who was accompanied by a senatorial aspirant, Bishop Oscar Okwudili Ossai and other NDC chieftains in the state, moved round some of the venues in the local government areas, where he was received by a large gathering of party supporters.
While noting the non-arrival of election officials at any of the primary election venues despite the large turn-out of party supporters for the exercise, he urged the party members to remain calm as the National Leadership of the NDC would provide a clear direction.
Addressing his supporters in Nsukka, Igbo-Eze South, Uzo-Uwani and a few other local government areas he visited, he said: “Those being expected to come from Enugu to conduct the primaries have caused unnecessary delay.”
Our correspondent reports that the party supporters in Nsukka LGA, after waiting in vain for the arrival of election officials, formed long queues behind their preferred aspirants.
NDC Primary: Enugu guber aspirant, Ogenyi urges calm as officials fail to show up
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has said that the various states of the federation have benefited from the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu since May 29, 2023.
AbdulRazaq, who is also the governor of Kwara State, made this remark on Friday in Lagos when the NGF, led by Vice President Kashim Shettima, paid a Sallah homage at Tinubu’s Lagos residence.
He was speaking on President Tinubu’s bold decision to remove fuel subsidies since his inauguration in 2023.
According to him: “I remember we were in China when I got a call from the NSA and DSS DG to be informed that oil subsidy would be removed and there is no going back.
“We went into panic mode, and I sent a message to my colleague governors, and nobody wanted to hear that.
“I gathered my colleagues and decided to book an appointment with you to register our disagreement with the policy, but when the president invited us for dinner, we sat and listened to his vision for the country and at the end of his speech, we couldn’t even bring up the topic. We didn’t even know if he had gotten security reports about why we wanted to see him, but we couldn’t bring up the issue.
“We went back to our room and decided to implement it. So we agreed to call State executive council meetings because we were expecting serious riots due to the removal of fuel subsidies. There were already bad government riots, but lo and behold, there were no riots.
“I think the nation was shocked by the audacity of the president to implement that policy.
“Today, we benefit from that policy. In my own state, we have reduced our debt by 40%. Some states have also cleared their debts.”
We’ve benefited greatly from fuel subsidy removal – Kwara Gov, Abdulrazaq
•She’s free to go —Man A Mararaba Upper Area Court in Nasarawa, Nasarawa State, has dissolved the 10-year-old marriage between a couple, Mercy Okolie and her husband, Henry Nwaodi, on grounds of battery. Delivering judgment, the judge, Abubakar Tijjani, said all efforts to reconcile the parties failed. “This union was dissolved in the interest of […]
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The Executive Chairman of Obudu Local Government Area, Peter Undiandeye, has congratulated Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, on the third anniversary of his administration and his emergence as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2027 general elections. Speaking with journalists in Calabar, Undiandeye described Otu as a visionary leader whose […]
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Marycynthia Chiadikobi Osefo graduated as the best student of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), for the 2024-2025 session. She finished with a cumulative Grade Point Average. (CGPA) of 4.96 on a 5.0 scale. In this interview by KINGSLEY ALUMONA, she speaks about her academic journey and other things. You must […]
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A woman, Dotun, has filed for divorce against her husband, Waheed, at the Grade A Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, citing irresponsibility, neglect, and battery as reasons for seeking the dissolution of their marriage. According to Dotun, Waheed neglected his responsibilities towards her and their children and failed to provide for their […]
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