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The gubernatorial candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the November 8th Anambra State governorship election, John Chuma Nwosu, has deposed to an affidavit to serve for only one term if elected. Nwosu hails from Nnewi in Anambra South, same zone as the incumbent governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, who hails from Isuofia in Aguata Local Government Area. Soludo is serving his first term and also seeking re-election. Anambra has an unwritten governorship zoning formula that supports rotation of the seat among the three zones. Nwosu had early pledged that he will serve for just one term to complete the…

Reigning Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, top scorer, Anas Yusuf has expressed his determination to make a strong impact with Nasarawa United in this campaign. Yusuf has not featured regularly for the Solid Miners since the start of the 2025-26 season. He has netted only one goal in the current campaign. Yusuf said that he is ready to improve on his performance with Nasarawa United. “When he arrived, he call to talk and told me: I already know that you like to play on the left, but I’ll also need you in other positions, and I told him that I…

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has made a fresh Premier League title prediction involving Arsenal, Manchester City and the Reds. Arsenal are currently on top of the Premier League table ahead of second-place Liverpool and fifth-place Manchester City. However, Carragher believes “only thing” can stop the Gunners from winning the Premier League title this term, adding that Mikel Arteta’s side will drop points and they have the best squad. The Englishman also insisted that Liverpool and Man City could win the Premier League title ahead of Arsenal. “The only thing that can stop [Arsenal] is the same thing that has stopped…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reiterated its strength and unity despite reports of planned defections by some of its governors. The opposition party also declared that its foundation is rooted in the people and not in individual ambitions. The party’s National Publicity Secretary and Secretary of the Media and Publicity Sub-Committee for the party’s 2025 National Convention, Debo Ologunagba, made this declaration during an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. Ologunagba said the party would not be distracted by what he described as ‘orchestrated defections’ allegedly engineered by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. According to him,…

Super Eagles head coach, Éric Chelle has said it is important for his players to give their best against Lesotho, DAILY POST reports. Nigeria will be up against the Crocodiles in a 2026 FIFA World World Cup qualifying matchday nine encounter on Friday. The encounter will hold at the New Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane. A draw or defeat in the game could end the Super Eagles’ slim chances of qualifying for the global soccer fiesta. Chelle declared that the Super Eagles must start the game with intensity and be aggressive. “Everybody can’t go to the World Cup, in football anything…

Abia State Universal Basic Education Board, ASUBEB, has reacted to the trending teaching job offers circulating online, describing the advertisement as fake. One of the fake employment offers requests applicants interested in a fresh round of teaching jobs, particularly in rural areas of Arochukwu LGA and some other LGAs, to apply. Following the fake report, some unsuspecting job seekers started inundating government educational agencies to confirm if the offer emanated from them. But responding to the issue, Uzomaka Amah-Mbah, who signed on behalf of the Executive Chairman of ASUBEB, said that the directive did not emanate from its office and…

China and India are strengthening their bilateral relationship on the heels of the recent talks between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday confirmed that China and India will recommence direct flights before the end of October this year. According to spokesperson Guo Jiakun, the development demonstrates President Xi and PM Modi’s commitment to the understandings reached during their meeting in Tianjin on August 31. “The direct flights will facilitate the friendly exchanges of over 2.8 billion Chinese and Indian people,” Jiakun said at a press conference. China expressed readiness to work with…

Algeria has become the fourth African nation to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. The Desert Warriors booked their spot with a 3-0 win over Somalia on Thursday night. Wolfsburg’s Mohamed Amoura scored a brace, while Riyad Mahrez, who assisted Amoura both times, also got on the scoresheet. Algeria now lead Group G with 22 points after nine matches. They have four more appoints ahead of their closest contenders Uganda with just one match remaining. It will be their fifth appearance at the World Cup. They will join Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia as the only African nations to be assured…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has disqualified an aspirant in Ekiti State, Engr Kayode Ojo, from participating in the party’s primary election and gubernatorial race in the state. This announcement was made shortly after Kayode Ojo visited the party’s secretariat in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, where he was given no reception. APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Duro Meseko, who made this known while addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, said Governor Abiodun Oyebanji and Omolayo Oluremi were cleared to contest in the primary. Recall that Kayode Ojo was accompanied by thousands of supporters across the 16 local government areas of the…

Community stakeholders from Ningi Emirate in Bauchi State have raised alarm over looming communal tension that may arise if the government merges the old Ningi settlements with Kudu/Yamma from the existing Ningi Emirate to form the proposed Ari Chiefdom/Emirate. In a seven-page petition addressed to the Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleiman, the communities outlined the historical background of the Ningi Emirate and cautioned against tampering with its history. DAILY POST recall the State Government’s High-Powered Committee on the Creation of Chiefdoms and Emirates, chaired by Hamza Koshe Akuyam, submitted its report recommending 13 additional emirates,…