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The Cross River State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation has cautioned the management of the University of Cross River State on the imperatives of financial prudence. This advice was given yesterday when the committee interfaced with the school management, led by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Francesca Bassey, during the ongoing 2025 Mid-Year Budget Performance Review at the Assembly’s Complex in Calabar. Chairman of the committee, Okon Owuna, advised them to abide by the Financial Regulations of the State in the discharge of their statutory duties. He also encouraged the school to improve their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR),…

Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand has urged the club to sign Ollie Watkins from Aston Villa. Ferdinand said the 29-year-old striker has experience and would be a good addition for the younger strikers at Man United. Watkin has been linked with a move to the Red Devils this summer. Man United have already signed the likes of Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha and are still keen to add more firepower upfront. Speaking on his Rio Ferdinand Presents YouTube channel, the former England defender said: “I think he [Watkins] would be a very, very good addition to the Manchester United squad.…

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has reacted to comments by former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, that election results are written in Rivers State. Sani said Amaechi’s comment was more of a confession than a revelation. Posting on X, he wrote: “‘Results are written in Rivers’ is more of a confession than a revelation.” DAILY POST had reported that Amaechi said Rivers State was notorious for rewriting election results. Speaking during his visit to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Amaechi urged members of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, to stop such rigging machineries. The former Rivers State governor also cautioned…

Immediate-past Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), Prince Paul Ikonne, has backed additional state creation in the South-East region of Nigeria. He made this known in a statement released Thursday in Abuja by his media aide, Chiagoziem Enoch. His stance comes amid the separate views held by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma and Abia State Governor Alex Otti during the hearing on the 1999 Constitution review, held in Owerri on July 19, 2025. Uzodinma had backed additional state creation, contrary to his Abia State counterpart, Otti, who hinted that Nigeria does not need extra states since…

About 3,688 condemned inmates are presently caged in custodial centers across the country awaiting the hangmen, according to the Acting Comptroller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Sylvester Nwakuche. Speaking during his screening before the Senate Committee on Interior, he disclosed that the population of condemned inmates increased from 3,590 in September 2024 to 3,688 in March 2025, reflecting a gory picture of the challenges facing the country’s prison system. While 77 of the condemned inmates are housed in the Okekura Custodial Center in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, the rest are being detained in various custodial centers across the…

The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the death of three teenagers after they reportedly drowned in a river at Jinkiri Village, Bauchi Local Government Area. The command’s spokesman, CSP Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Bauchi on Wednesday. Wakil said the victims, identified as Habibu Mohammed, 16, Abubakar Mohammed, 16, and Zailani Sule, 14, all residents of Durum Village, lost their lives following the tragic incident that occurred around 1 pm on Sunday. Preliminary investigations revealed that the teenagers were engaged in mining activities in the area before they decided to swim in the river. “Despite prompt…

Spanish giants Atletico Madrid were reported admirers of Ademola Lookman earlier in the summer before Inter Milan made concrete moves to sign the Super Eagles attacker Ademola Lookman’s immediate future remains unresolved after Atlético Madrid reportedly ruled out a move for the Nigerian forward, Soccernet.ng reports…Read More

Super Eagles attacker Victor Osimhen donned the colours of Italian Serie A side Napoli from 2020 to 2025, leading them to their first Scudetto title in 33 years…Read More

Borussia Dortmund forward Karim Adeyemi has taken a significant step by switching to the agency of Jorge Mendes and his renowned company Gestifute, Soccernet.ng reports.  The Portuguese football agent is known to manage global superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, Lamine Yamal, David de Gea, José Mourinho, Rúben Dias…Read More

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off in December, and Nathan Tella has sounded a clear warning to some of his Super Eagles teammates… Bayer Leverkusen winger Nathan Tella has stated that he is targeting a place in Nigeria’s squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in December…Read More