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Barcelona winger, Lamine Yamal has named two football icons he does not want to be better than in his career. Speaking to L’Équipe ahead of Spain’s Nations League clash with England on Saturday, Yamal said, “I don’t want to be better than Pelé or Messi. “I want to be Lamine Yamal and be remembered as Lamine Yamal.” Yamal has been a revelation since breaking into Barcelona’s first team in 2023 under former manager Xavi. Recommended The 19-year-old has won several trophies, including LaLiga, the UEFA European Championship (Euro 2024), and the 2026 World Cup. The Spain international finished second in the 2025…

The prospective successor to Lionel Messi in the Argentina national team, Franco Mastantuono, has lamented the departure of the football legend from the Albiceleste. The Fiorentina forward stated that seeing Argentina play without Lionel Messi would be a sorrowful experience. Argentina are poised to begin an era without Messi for the first time since 2005, with Mastantuono anticipated to occupy the position vacated by the forward. Mastantuono, 19, is regarded as one of the emerging talents expected to define Argentina’s next generation. Recommended He acknowledged that the ensuing international break would constitute an emotionally charged period for the national team…

Plateau United forward Gideon Monday has expressed happiness with his contribution to the team’s 3-1 win over Shooting Stars. Monday scored the equaliser for Plateau United, cancelling out Taheer Abubakar’s opening goal for Shooting Stars. Seiyefa Jackson gave Plateau United the lead for the first time in the game before Jibril Ibrahim added the third for the hosts in a 3-1 win. The forward said he attacked the goal with determination to give Plateau United the lead. Recommended “I’m really happy with the victory, and also delighted to have scored my first goal for the club,” Monday told Plateau United…

The Super Eagles held their first training session on Tuesday night ahead of Friday’s 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying Matchday 1 encounter against the Barea of Madagascar, DAILY POST reports. Twenty-three players took part in the session held at the practice pitch of the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo. Only the first 15 minutes was open to the media and members of the public. Captain Wilfred Ndidi, goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali and winger Samuel Chukwueze arrived in camp a few hours before the team hit the training ground. Recommended Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye is expected to arrive at the team’s…

Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has inaugurated a nine-member Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the deaths of 37 persons who died in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Niger State Command. Bago inaugurated the commission at the Government House, Minna, on Tuesday, shortly after its members were sworn in by Justice Muhammad S.A. Muhammad of the Niger State High Court, who is also the chairman of the commission. The governor congratulated the members and urged them to justify the confidence reposed in them by the state government and the people of Niger State. He…

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, today announced its executive engagements on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81). Taking place under the broader UNGA theme of restoring trust and managing transformation, Flutterwave is positioning its payment, banking, and stablecoin capabilities as the modern financial infrastructure necessary to accelerate Africa’s next decade of economic growth. As the centerpiece of its UNGA 81 presence, Flutterwave is hosting its flagship UNGA event, an invitation-only executive forum titled “Africa Forward: Investing in the Next Decade of Growth” on September 23rd, 2026. Convening senior decision-makers across the public and private…

The vice presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has lambasted governors elected under the All Progressives Congress, APC, stating that they are not in charge. Kwankwaso made the assertion on Tuesday during an interview on Arise Television. He said he does not envy President Bola Tinubu’s governors, stating that the current governors are not as powerful as governors were in 1999. According to him, many of the current governors enter Government House believing they have defeated everybody and then stop listening to advice. Recommended “Governors are not in charge. Today’s governors are not as powerful as…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has asked the National Assembly to clarify the constitutional status of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu following his prolonged absence from Nigeria. The opposition party questioned whether the constitutional procedure for transferring presidential functions had been followed after Tinubu stayed outside the country for more than 21 days. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC said Tinubu left Nigeria on August 30 and asked whether he had transmitted the required written declaration to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives. The party said Tinubu had been…

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, is currently in a closed-door meeting with the national leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Henry Seriake Dickson. The meeting came some months after he resigned from the African Democratic Congress, ADC, after the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the party’s presidential candidate. At the time of filing this report, the purpose of the meeting has not been officially disclosed. DAILY POST reports that Lawal, who served as SGF under former President Muhammadu Buhari, had been involved in opposition efforts ahead of the 2027 election.  Recommended…

Nigerian influencer and entrepreneur, Sophia Momodu, has revealed that she was subjected to emotional and psychological abuses after she got pregnant out of wedlock for singer Davido. Speaking at a United Nations General Assembly event in New York on Monday, Sophia said she was mocked for getting pregnant out of wedlock because she was a pastor’s daughter. She explained that the trauma of the abuse she was subjected to made her lose her voice even as a famous person. “I am a pastor’s daughter who got pregnant out of wedlock by a global superstar. And I was mocked. It was…