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Officials have confirmed that the new Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), will kick off on January 15, 2017. This was confirmed after all the participating clubs came out of their Annual General Meeting on Sunday night in Enugu. Fixtures for the first week have already been released. Former champions, Kano Pillars, will get the new […]

Real Madrid forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, is expected to take home his fourth Ballon D’Or on Monday night. The 31-year-old won the Champions League for the second time in three seasons this year and also captained Portugal to their first major title at Euro 2016. Francesc Aguilar, a well-connected journalist with the Spanish sports daily, Mundo […]

Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, has said that it will be “a joke”, if they are slammed with points deduction. The Premier League leaders may be hit with a points deduction (http://dailypost.ng/2016/12/11/premier-league-chelsea-facing-points-deduction-brawl-manchester-city/), after being charged over player behaviour for the fifth time in 19 months. The Blues and Manchester City have already been charged by the […]Read More

At least three persons are reported dead, following a stampede at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Ikotun, Lagos. According to The Punch, the incident happened early Saturday morning during SCOAN’s healing service, as worshippers trooped to see the General Overseer of the church, Prophet T.B Joshua. An eyewitness, who spoke on the […]

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has ordered the immediate arrest of the contractors and engineers, that constructed the Reigners Bible Church, which collapsed in Uyo on Saturday. The Governor and his Deputy were attending the ordination service of Bishop Akan Weeks, when the building came down. He, however, escaped death. One of Emmanuel’s personal […]

Two days after making a u-turn by rejecting the outcome of the last presidential election citing serious anomalies, Gambia’s incumbent, Yahya Jammeh according to the ruling party will contest the poll result before the country’s Supreme Court. Jammeh who seemed to have called time on his 22-year reign following his loss to opposition candidate Adama […]

Rivers United have emerged winners of the 2016 Super Four Tournament, organized by the League Management Company (LMC) in Enugu. The competition which began last Wednesday, featured all the teams that finished top four in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) last season. The Port Harcourt club finished above champions Enugu Rangers with six points […]

The police in Lagos have arrested a gambler, Yakubu Bashir, for alleged fraud at the Bendel Inn on Ipodo Road, Ikeja, Lagos. Bashir was picked up for his inability to pay for drinks and food worth N145,000. PUNCH Metro learnt that Bashir had gone to the hotel on Wednesday with his friends to celebrate winning […]

The General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Major General Kasimu Abdulkarim has denied that the military was used to disrupt the Rivers rerun elections as alleged in different quarters. He further denied that there were mass arrests of civilians by the troops. He made this known in a statement: “The alleged killing… […]

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Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers Ltd (SISL), a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, has been awarded the best dealing member firm on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) for 2016. A statement released to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos by the NSE. said the award was in recognition of the company’s outstanding…This […]

Integration commissioner says, despite progress, chances of success later in life are still far too dependent on whether or not a child comes from an immigrant background Syndicated from Independent.co.uk