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Emma Coronel Aispuro,(C) wife of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman arrives at the US Federal Courthouse while the trial for Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman takes place on February 12, 2019 in Brooklyn, New York. – A New York jury is deliberating the fate of Guzman after a three month drug trial that laid bare the loves, schemes and escapes of Mexico’s most famous drug lord. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) Mexican mobster Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was found guilty Tuesday by a New York jury of crimes spanning a quarter of a century as head of one of the world’s most powerful drugs gangs. The 61-year-old former head of the Sinaloa cartel — famed for his brazen escapes from Mexican prisons — faces a possible life sentence after being convicted of smuggling tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States. He was also found guilty of money laundering and illegal weapons possession charges. In a three-month trial that unfolded like a real-life telenovela, Guzman’s fo...

The office of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, in Awka, the Anambra State capital is currently on fire. DAILY POST observes that helpless staff of the commission and other people gathered at the scene to watch the raging fire doing damage to the property within the office. The fire inside the Anambra State headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, started at about 2:10 pm. The fire allegedly started from a container bearing election materials dispatched to the centre earlier. Attempt to speak with the Anambra INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Nkwachukwu Orji could not yield any result as he did not take his call, nor did the Public Relations Officer of the Commission, Leo Nkedife responding to calls put across to his phone. DAILY POST gathered that part of the materials in the container are card readers to be used for Saturday’s election. Update please: But the head of Public Relations Unit and voter educati...

Frank Lampard Following Sunday’s 6-0 humiliation at the hands of Manchester City, Maurizio Sarri’s position has been placed under further scrutiny. Frank Lampard has impressed so far this season with Derby County in the Championship in what is his first job as a manager since ending his illustrious playing career. Lampard has been installed as 2/1 favourite with a few firms, edging out three-time Champions League winner Zinedine Zidane, who is yet to return to management since leaving Real Madrid. Jose Mourinho, sacked by Manchester United in December, is out at 12/1 for a return to Chelsea for a third spell. Impressive Wolves boss Nuno is with Portuguese compatriot Mourinho at 12/1 while World Cup-winning manager Didier Deschamps is at 16/1. Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/02/frank-lampard-to-become-next-chelsea.html

Tottenham Hotspur’s Argentinian head coach Mauricio Pochettino (R) gestures at Tottenham Hotspur’s Spanish striker Fernando Llorente during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City at Wembley Stadium in London, on February 10, 2019. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) / Mauricio Pochettino faces a defining moment in his Tottenham reign as the in-demand Argentine tries to keep his bid for a first major prize alive against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. Pochettino has taken to defending his failure to win silverware in almost five years at Tottenham by insisting he values qualification for Europe’s elite club competition more highly than success in the domestic cups. But for all of Pochettino’s protestations that reaching the Champions League is his primary goal, that claim rings a little hollow when they never make it to the business end of the tournament. Tottenham have never been past the last 16 of either the Champi...

Manchester United’s French midfielder Paul Pogba (2nd L) celebrates with teammates after scoring their third goal from the penalty spot during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Manchester United at Craven Cottage in London on February 9, 2019. (Photo by Ian KINGTON / AFP) / Paris Saint-Germain must cope without the injured Neymar and Edison Cavani to halt the surge of a revitalised Manchester United if the French champions are to avoid more pain in the Champions League last 16. PSG’s trip to Old Trafford Tuesday’s first leg could not have come at a worse time for Thomas Tuchel’s side as injuries to key players have pilled up for the Parisians, just as United have hit form under caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Neymar will miss both legs of the tie due to a foot injury and will joined on the sidelines by Cavani due to a hip problem and Belgian international Thomas Meunier with concussion. Midfielder Marco Verratti, who returned from a three-week...

The Army has refuted reports that it retired over 200 officers from service. According to an Army spokesman, Colonel Aliyu Yusuf, force recently advised some categories of officers to apply for voluntary retirement from service, however, the number being flaunted in the media is far from the truth. The Army spokesman also noted that it is equally not correct that those affected were mostly officers who attended the Nigerian Military School, Zaria. Colonel Aliyu Yusuf in his statement on Monday said while this is strictly a service matter, it is essential to address the deliberate misinformation being peddled to erroneous information. He said, “It is important to note that pursuant to Rule 020810 Paragraph 1 of the Public Service Rules (PSR) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2008, the compulsory retirement age for all Grades in the service shall be 60 years or 35 years of pensionable service whichever is earlier. Also, rule 020810 paragraph 2 of the same PSR provides that no...

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont holds a press conference on February 12, 2019 in Berlin, on the day of the beginning of the trial in Madrid of twelve Catalan separatist leaders involved in an attempt to break from Spain. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) Twelve Catalan separatist leaders involved in an attempt to break from Spain went on trial on Tuesday under intense scrutiny, as tensions over the future of the region flare again. The defendants, some of whom have been in pre-trial custody for over a year, sat on benches in the ornate room of Madrid’s Supreme Court, facing seven judges and a discreet Spanish flag in proceedings broadcast live on television. All are on trial over an independence referendum that was held on October 1, 2017 despite a court ban, as well as a short-lived declaration of independence, which sparked Spain’s worst political crisis since the death of dictator Francisco Franco. Separatist officials demonstrated near the courthouse, where more th...

. .Asks members to vote massively for ex-VP .Suspends executive members who convened last week’s illegal NEC, adopted Buhari .Prof. Adeniran, Gabam, others affected By Joseph Erunke FOUR days after a faction of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, adopted candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, President Muhammadu Buhari, in Saturday’s election, another faction has adopted candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  Atiku Abubakar, Monday. Social Democratic Party The faction, led by Chief Supo Shonibare, who, as the new national chairman of the party, its own National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, yesterday, in Abuja, endorsed Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and asked all members of the party to cast their votes massively for the former Vice President. This was even as the faction suspended some executive members who participated in last Thursday’s factional National Executive Council, meeting where it endorsed President Buhari. The N...

Winner of the Ekiti Governorship election, Kayode Fayemi An Appeal Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital has upheld the judgement of the Federal High Court which held that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kayode Fayemi, was eligible to have contested the party’s primary. An aspirant, Mr Segun Oni had appealed the lower court’s verdict, insisting the candidate violated electoral and constitutional provisions by not resigning 30 days to the party primaries and for contesting despite being indicted by a judicial panel of inquiry. Oni who came second at the primary wanted the court to nullify Fayemi’s victory and nomination as the party’s candidate, and declare him the validly elected candidate of the party for its primary and the governorship poll. But the appeal court judges unanimously held that Fayemi, though a public servant, was not an employee of the public service and thus not under compulsion to resign his position as Minist...

Before and after photos of Mo' Salah The 'Egyptian King' is sporting a new look on this Sunday afternoon. He has gone for a fresh clean shave. Here's the picture he uploaded on Instagram. Salah who is currently Premier League leading goalscorer with 17 goals, took to social media to show off his new look as he shared a selfie from his car on Sunday morning while heading to training. His colleagues have been teasing him online. Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/02/liverpools-mohamed-salah-has-shaved-off.html

Former US President, Bill Clinton, has canceled his planned trip to Nigeria ahead of Saturday’s general elections, saying the visit could be “politicized.” Clinton was scheduled to visit the capital, Abuja, this week alongside Baroness Patricia Scotland, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. The planned trip was facilitated by the Kofi Annan Foundation and the National Peace Committee (NPC). “Over the course of the last several days, and after various conversations with the different stakeholders, it’s become apparent that President Clinton’s visit to Nigeria has the potential to be politicized in a way that is not in line with the goals of the Committee. Therefore, he will not be traveling to Abuja,” Clinton’s spokesman, Angel Ureña said in a statement. Clinton, according to the statement, would continue to support the NPC ‘s work towards peaceful and fair elections in Nigeria. He had been set to deliver a keynote speech at a ceremony for the signing of a peace accor...

Court Chief Ademola Odunade, President of a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Monday dissolved a 31-year marriage between one Azeez Muritala and Ramota over religious differences. Odunade held that he dissolved the relationship because the duo had refused to be pacified. The Arbitrator, Odunade however, awarded custody of the four children produced by the union whose ages ranged between 11 and 30 to Azeez because they were grownups. In his petition to the court, Azeez, a truck driver said that he wanted the court to put an end to the union with his wife on ground that she was not ready to practice Islamic religion with him. “My lord, I have decided to call it quit with Ramota because I have exhausted my patience with her for too long. “I got married to Ramota in 1988 so that she could practice the same faith with me. “Right now, I no longer know anything about her movement as she now became stonehearted. “Without my knowledge or approval, Ramota started going to chu...

Former Arsenal midfielder, Ray Parlour, has said Mesut Ozil could get Unai Emery sacked at the club. Ozil signed a new £350,000-a-week contract at the Emirates last year, but has fallen out of favour under Emery. The German playmaker has started just 13 of Arsenal’s 26 Premier League fixtures this season, but remains one of the most influential players in North London. Emery reportedly lost the dressing during his time with PSG after clashing with Neymar and Parlour fears a similar situation could play out at Arsenal with Ozil. “It’s been a little bit like PSG with Neymar. “Neymar ended up getting Emery the sack. “He lost the dressing room and Neymar was pulling the strings there. Maybe it could be the same at Arsenal,” Parlour told Sky Sports. Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/02/epl-ray-parlour-reveals-arsenal-player.html

Everything you need to live well Months after several teasers, Disney has finally released the first official trailer for the Aladdin live-action remake. The trailer, which aired Sunday night during the 2019 Grammys, introduced audiences to Will Smith as the blue Genie. The remake is set to arrive about 27 years after the original animated version debuted. The newly released trailer also provides a look at Mena Massoud as the titular character, Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine, and Marwan Kenzari as Jafar. We also get a glimpse at the Cave of Wonders as well as the city of Agrabah. The remake which wwas directed by Guy Ritchie will hit U.S. theaters May 24th. watch full trailer below; Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/02/first-official-trailer-for-aladdin.html

The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has apologised to President Muhammadu Buhari, over the violence that marred the presidential rally held on Monday in Abeokuta, in which many members of the party were pestered with stones. The party, however, accused the Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, of sponsoring thugs to cause havoc during the rally, saying the development was a display of high level of disrespect, indiscipline and misconduct on the part of the Governor and his ‘agents’. According to a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary of the APC’s Caretaker Committee in the state, Mr. Tunde Oladunjoye, a copy which was sent to DAILY POST, the party described the incident as a huge embarrassment to the state and it’s people across the globe. It called on security agencies, especially the Department of State Security to come up with details of the event and send same to the presidency for further action. “The Ogun State Caretaker Committee led by C...

Arsenal midfielder, Aaron Ramsey, has signed a pre-contract agreement with Juventus, for a deal worth just over £400,000 a week, the BBC reports. Ramsey, 28, will become a free agent this summer, when his current contract at The Emirates expires. The Welshman had been linked with several clubs including Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea. But he has now committed to a four-year contract with Juventus and will join the Italian champions at the end of the season. The deal will make him Juve’s second-highest earner behind Cristiano Ronaldo, who earns £500,000 a week. Ramsey won three FA Cup trophies during his 11 seasons at Arsenal. Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/02/aaron-ramsey-signs-bumper-400000-week.html

Chika Chukwu A 19-year old girl, Chika Chukwu has been arrested for alleged possession of firearms in Amahusa quarters Nnewi, Anambra state. The suspect, of Okpunoegbu Nnewi was found with a pump action gun loaded with four live cartridges and one expanded cartridge. The Nation gathered that the suspect concealed the gun inside a bag containing mopping stick to avoid being noticed. Confirming the arrest, the state Police Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, said the suspect was nabbed by Police detectives in conjunction with local vigilante. He said, “On 7/2/2019 at about 6am, following intelligence report, Police detectives attached to Nnewi Division in conjunction with Okpuno vigilante men arrested the suspect with a Pump Action Gun loaded with four live cartridges and one expanded cartridge at Amahusa quarters Nnewi.” He said the case was being investigated to ascertain the motive behind her action. “She will be arraigned after investigations were concluded,” he adde...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday inaugurated a Drug Rehabilitation and Skill Acquisition Centre in Ajah built by Senator representing Lagos Central District, Chief Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, expressing optimism that the project would go a long way to benefit Lagosians and especially the immediate community. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (right), with the new Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola (middle) and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (left) during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Head of Service at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Monday, December 31, 2018. Speaking while unveiling the Centre, named after Prince Tajudeen Oluyole Olusi (OON), Governor Ambode commended Senator Tinubu for devoting constituency funds to life changing projects, saying that the facility remains one of her legacy projects. Describing her as a dogged, committed, consistent and determined woman, Governor Ambode said Senator Tinubu, despite the challenges that she encountered...

Everything you need to live well Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas Markle, has opened up about the content of a five-page letter she sent to him after her celebrated marriage with Prince Harry in May. In the lengthy letter, she writes that her father broke her heart after speaking critically of her marriage in the papers. In an exclusive reveal with Daily Mail, he revealed the letter dated August 2018, three months after the wedding. “Daddy, it is with a heavy heart that I write this, not understanding why you have chosen to take this path, turning a blind eye to the pain you are causing. “Your actions have broken my heart into a million pieces – not simply because you have manufactured such unnecessary and unwarranted pain, but by making the choice to not tell the truth as you are puppeteered in this. Something I will never understand. “If you love me, as you tell the press you do, please stop. Please allow us to live our lives in peace. Please stop lying, please stop crea...

Chelsea will not rush into appointing a permanent replacement for Maurizio Sarri, if the Italian is sacked but will hand the reins over to Gianfranco Zola until the summer instead, Sport Mediaset reports. Sarri is set for crunch talks over his future at Stamford Bridge, following Sunday’s 6-0 defeat against Manchester City. It was the biggest loss Chelsea have suffered since 1991 and leaves them in sixth place in the Premier League table. The club is yet to make a decision over whether to stick with Sarri, though his dig at owner Roman Abramovich in the wake of the defeat, will have done little to help his cause. Should he be sacked before the end of the season, assistant coach Zola will be put in charge on a caretaker basis, until the end of the season. Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/02/epl-chelsea-take-decision-on-sarris.html

Liverpool legend, Jamie Carragher has identified Manchester City striker, Sergio Aguero, as the “greatest goalscorer” in the Premier League history. Carragher stated this after Manchester City thrashed Chelsea 6-0 in Sunday’s Premier League encounter. The former center-back believes that Aguero, who scored a hat-trick to hand Pep Guardiola’s men all three points against Maurizio Sarri’s side at Etihad, is the greatest goalscorer the Premier league has ever seen. “Aguero is just clever. He’s switched on, he’s alive,” Carragher told Sky Sports. “I’ve played against him and at times he can be quiet in a game, but before you know it something just happens. In terms of a goalscorer, he’s the greatest we’ve seen in the Premier League. “That’s the difference between him and the other greats, he’s a goalscorer rather than the greatest all-round player.” Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/02/epl-sergio-aguero-named-greatest.html

When Olubankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, announced his ambition to run for a seat in the Federal House of Representatives, he was clear that there was a need to do more than just talk. There was the need to get beyond hashtags to roll up the sleeves, get down in the murk and battle for the country. Banky W, who is running to represent Eti-Osa Constituency in the lower chamber on the platform of the Modern Democratic Party, believes his goal is to start a movement of credible people, who care, who have a heart for the country and are willing to come in to serve. “It’s simple, I think that as a generation we’ve done a lot of talking and a lot of complaining and a lot of tweeting. But that’s kind of where we’ve stopped. We’ve stopped at the point of talking and not enough of us are getting to do something about it. It’s not enough to talk about the problem we actually have to get into the system to fix it,” Banky W said in an interview with CNN. He believes there i...