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Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele has been named the 2025 Ballon d’Or winner. Dembele won the coveted individual prize ahead of Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal. The prize was presented by former PSG and Barcelona superstar, Ronaldinho. It is a reward for an incredible year. Dembele takes over from Manchester City’s Rodri, who won it ahead of Real Madrid winger, Vinicius Junior. The women’s Ballon d’Or winner is Aitana Bonmati of Barcelona. Aitana beat Arsena’s duo of Mariona Caldentey and Alessia Russo to the award.

Popular Nigerian musician, Shallipopi, has advised men to avoid going into relationships. The singer, who described relationships as a “financial trap”, also tagged marriage a “financial mistake”, especially for those from modest backgrounds. While advising men to live within their means, Shallipopi offered what he considered a safer alternative. Speaking on Monday in a series of posts on X, the singer posted: “The biggest financial mistake, when you and your papa nor dey the Top 10 list of richest people in Africa, you go cry bro. OS na financial mistake, Girlfriend na financial mistake, stay celibate.”

The 2025 Ballon d’Or was announced on Monday at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé won the Ballon d’Or this year ahead of the likes of Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé. Below is the full list of winners from the 2025 Ballon d’Or awards ceremony: Kopa Trophy (Men, Best Player Under 21) – Lamine Yamal Kopa Trophy (Women, Best Player Under 21) – Vicky López Best Striker of the Year (Gerd Müller Award) – Ewa Pajor and Viktor Gyökeres (joint winners) Yachine Trophy 2025 (Men) – Gianluigi Donnarumma Yachine Trophy 2025 (Women) – Hannah…

Barely 48 hours after the conduct of by-elections into 59 wards by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, EDSIEC, the acting chairmen in the 18 local government areas have been replaced by councillors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC. DAILY POST reports that the acting chairmen were originally elected as councillors in their respective wards on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on September 2, 2023. The councillors later emerged as acting chairmen following the suspension of the 18 elected local government chairmen and their deputies by the House of Assembly in December 2024.…

The 2025 Ballon d’Or nominees have been confirmed ahead of the ceremony on Monday night. Throughout the day, organisers France Football carried out a countdown of the top 30 nominees. Before the gala commenced, the top 10 had been determined. They include the leading favourites Ousmane Dembélé (PSG), Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) and Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid). The winner will be announced later tonight. Ballon d’Or 2025 top 10: Ousmane Dembélé (PSG) Raphinha (Barcelona) Vitinha (PSG) Achraf Hakimi (PSG) Cole Palmer (Chelsea) Nuno Mendes (PSG) Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG/Man City) Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State, has described the plan by the state government to spend one hundred and ten million naira on a football match between Nigeria and Rwanda as insensitive. The APC condemned the move by the Makinde administration to bankroll the international soccer match between the Nigeria’s Under 20 female team and their Rwandan counterparts with N110 million, describing it as misplaced priority. The party made the claims in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Wasiu Olawale Sadare. The statement was made available to DAILY POST on Monday. Sadare in the statement, claimed that…

Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, have rescued a kidnap victim and recovered arms following a successful operation against armed bandits in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. According to a statement by the Acting Media Information Officer of OPWS, Lieutenant Ahmad Zubairu, the troops acted on credible intelligence about suspected kidnappers terrorizing residents around Agera Nagu in Mbagina, Michihe Council Ward. The troops, operating in conjunction with the Benue State Civil Protection Guard, BSCPG, engaged the criminals in a gun battle, forcing them to flee and abandon their victim, 43-year-old Mr Teryima Torbee, who…

The Presidency says President Bola Tinubu has no intention of remaining in office beyond May 28, 2031, if re-elected in 2027, affirming that he remains committed to democratic principles. This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the president on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. Onanuga stated that the speculation by former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai that the President wants to remain in power beyond his tenure is “baseless and absurd.” El-Rufai had during a solidarity visit from former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over the weekend, alleged that the Tinubu administration is veering toward authoritarianism, comparing…

The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has foiled an attempt to sneak illicit substances into the Kuje custodial centre in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The incident was disclosed in a statement by the spokesman of the FCT Command of NCoS, Samson Duza, on Monday in Abuja. Duza, who said the incident occurred around 12:45pm on Saturday during a routine search, identified the suspect as Njimogu Ikedi, who had “concealed substances believed to be cannabis sativa and other psychoactive drugs in his clothes while trying to visit an inmate”. According to him, the Controller of Corrections in the FCT, Christopher Jen,…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday paid an emotional tribute to slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, calling him “a giant of his generation” during a massive memorial service that drew tens of thousands of mourners and the full weight of the Trump administration. Speaking inside State Farm Stadium alongside Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk, Trump described the 31-year-old Turning Point USA founder as “a devoted husband, father, son, Christian, and patriot,” declaring that he was “violently killed because he spoke for freedom and justice. For God and country. For reason and for common sense.” The service, which some U.S. media compared…