Former Liverpool star, Michael Owen, has lauded striker Roberto Firmino following his ‘brilliant’ display against Bournemouth over the weekend.

The Brazilian put up unbelievable numbers as Liverpool thrashed Bournemouth 9-0 in a Premier League tie at the weekend.

Firmino set up his side’s first three goals in the opening 28 minutes at Anfield before scoring in the 31st minute.

The Brazilian international added a second goal in the second half to give Jurgen Klopp’s side a 7-0 advantage.

Chelsea legend Tony Cascarino has slammed those who are of the opinion that Everton star Anthony Gordon is not worth £60million.

Chelsea are interested and have made the move to sign the 21-year-old this summer.

Some pundits have criticised the player’s valuation, which according to reports, Chelsea are willing to meet. Cascarino believes the mooted price is a fair one.

“I think it’s a bit unfair of everyone saying he’s not worth this and he’s not worth that. I think Chelsea have seen a very special talent and have decided to go after him,” Cascarino told talkSPORT.

He pointed out that Everton would be pained to allow Gordon to leave because they recognise he is a really good player and they want to keep him.

“People will say it’s £60m for a potential player but potential is reaching the highest value now,” he said.

“His pace is quite clear, he can run direct, he’s got a great turn of foot and he’ll go past people.

“He’s fearless, tenacious and he’s got a lot of great things in his game,” Cascarino added.

The eviction of Big Brother Naija, BBNaija season 7 housemate, Amaka has been condemned by fans on social media.

Amaka was evicted on Monday night after receiving the highest nomination from housemates during the surprise eviction.

Amaka and Doyin each got six nominations, but only Doyin survived the eviction because Deji, Rachel and Chizzy’s nominations were not counted.

However, fans of Amaka took to Twitter to describe her eviction as unfair, adding that the ‘Level Up’ housemate deserves to have the opportunity for her fans to vote and decide her stay in the house.

Here are some comments gathered by DAILY POST from Twitter;

@Hadiza “This immediate eviction process today is totally unfair and not cool.”

@Bamidele “This immediate eviction is really unfair and unjust to Amaka, her fans didn’t have a chance to vote.”

@StanIslux “Biggie should have given her a chance to fight for her position in the house, Amaka should have been given the opportunity for her fan base to vote for her not by the hatred from the house, even Doyin was also called several times.”

@ChristopherMakinde “Amaka’s immediate eviction from Big Brother’s house is the worst and most inhumane! Totally Unfair.”

@Vince “This immediate eviction is rubbish!!! Amaka does not deserve to go without her fans fighting for her!

@PeterPipers “This immediate eviction is really unfair and unjust to Amaka, I really feel pity for her, I pray she wins in life.”

@Omasilam “I am not a big fan of Amaka but this immediate eviction was really unfair..It just doesn’t feel fair to the viewers and her fans,I really hope she was taken to a secret room and it’s all just a fake eviction,Amaka can’t leave like that Big

@Iam_deji “I don’t like Amaka, but that immediate eviction is unfair and unjust, it is rubbish. She deserves better than that, put her back in the house, it is not fair.”

@Kachvee “Imagine how Amaka will feel knowing she has an army behind her only to be evicted by people who don’t come close to her fan base!Cruelty on so many levels.”

@ChidinmaOrji7 “Why was Amaka evicted like this? They didn’t even give her fans a chance to vote for her.”

This is very bad!! Judgement is the Lord's. No man should pass judgement on another not to talk of killing someone without proof. Lord, have mercy.

The Academic staff of the Federal College of Education, Umunze, Anambra State, has frowned at the 3-week warning strike declared by the Chairman of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU).

The union also frowned at a report that lecturers protested in the school premises on Monday, describing it as false.

Speaking with newsmen on Monday, some of the lecturers said the report of the protest in the college was a clear attempt by some mischievous elements to discredit the institution.

Dr Nwike Matthew, a Chief Lecturer and member of the College Academic Board, noted that the school authorities had made efforts to clear a backlog of allowances, including 14 months salary arrears inherited from the previous administration.

He said, “I do not believe that compelling the college management to borrow money to make a non-statutory payment is the right approach.

“Since the College Management pleaded for understanding and patience from the union, my colleagues should have taken the Management by her words,” he said..

On his part, Kenechukwu Agajelu of the Political Science Department, noted that COEASU has no mandate to run to the media to ask parents to withdraw their children from the College.

He further kicked against moving into classrooms and examination halls to forcefully drive lecturers and students away. He described such illegal acts as a contravention of labour law.

“You called for strike but did not call for picketing. Why are you picketing? Why are you preventing others from going to work through social media posts, phone calls, and physical abuse?

Also speaking, the Head of Department, Education Foundation, Dr Jideofo Ezewuzie, also pointed out that the College defaulted in TETFund Teaching Practice Allowance during the previous administration due to the action of COEASU.

Governing Council of the Sule Lamido University Kafin Hausa, has directed all academic staff of the University to withdraw from the Academic Staff Union of Universities strike and return to work immediately.

This was contained in a statement signed by the registrar of the University and Secretary of the council Adamu Muhammad.

He said the decision was taken during the 30th emergency meeting of the council held at the University.

According to the University, the council directed all Heads of Departments to take note of staff who return to work from Monday 29th August 2022 to 5th September 2022.

DAILY POST reported that Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar said the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in the state has no justifiable reasons to continue with the ongoing strike.

The Governor urged the union to appreciate the state government’s commitment and call off the strike.

ASUU embarked on strike on February 14, 2022, over the enrollment of lecturers on the federal government’s IPPIS payroll system as well as other demands the government failed to meet.

Chairman, Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), has said the rising insecurity in northern Nigeria may be an obstacle to the 2023 general elections.

In a statement on Tuesday, by the spokesperson of the group, Ayuba Ahmad, he said the chairman stated this during a visit to the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS),Yusuf Magaji Bichi.

He called for an urgent and comprehensive solution to the insecurity across the country, in order to stave-off the palpable danger posed to the nation’s progress.

He expressed fears that terrorists have taken over and established quasi-governments in some parts of the States in the region.

According to him, apart from calamities of death, disruption of the nation’s economy and the devastating social dislocations presently on the rampage across the country, the monstrous phenomenon of insecurity had the capacity of reversing the gains Nigeria had made in the entrenchment and consolidation of democracy by aborting the coming elections in 2023

He pleaded with the political parties, their candidates and supporters to embark on peaceful and issue-based campaigns, instead of stoking the embers of insecurity, anarchy and violence by whipping up divisive sentiments of religion, ethnicity, regional and other fault lines.

According to him, “while members of the public may not be aware of the impressive mileage covered so far, the security agencies have been working assiduously in collaborative efforts, with the results that the various armed groups, insurgents and other violent criminals have been severely decapitated to near position of total annihilation.”

The federal government is proposing a N19.49 trillion budget for the year 2023. More than half of the money is to be borrowed.

To finance the budget, the federal government plans to borrow N11.03 trillion and privatize several assets to raise the capital.

The government plans to generate only N8.5 trillion, out of the N19.47 trillion budget.

Buhari’s administration plans to finance the huge budget by borrowing N7.4 trillion from the domestic market and N1.8 trillion from foreign entities. In addition, FG is expecting N206.1 billion from privatization proceeds and N1.7 trillion multilateral project-tied loans.

This borrowing plan is far above the recommended threshold stipulated by the fiscal responsibility Act. The law provides that the deficit should not exceed 3% of GDP. However, this plan is 5.01% of the GDP.

Section 12 (1) of the FRA states: “Aggregate expenditure and the aggregate amount appropriated by the National Assembly for each financial year shall not be more than the estimated aggregate revenue plus a deficit, not exceeding three per cent of the estimated Gross Domestic Product or any sustainable percentage as may be determined by the National Assembly for each financial year.”

However, the law gives the President power to cross the threshold based on the approval of the National Assembly if the president believes that there is a reason to cross.

But the president has steadily crossed the deficit with different justifications. In 2021, it was 3.5% with the argument that there is a need to finance COVID-19 recovery. In the past, the administration premised its argument on funding the defence sector due to insecurity.

This time, the government is making petroleum subsidy the central argument for the huge deficit. However, it’s worth noting that, in this current proposal, subsidy will only be paid for 6 months.

While the government is using subsidy as an excuse, there is a part of being unable to generate revenue. In 2014, government daily oil production was 2.33 barrels per day, but the government is projecting to produce 1.69 BPD in 2023.

On Monday, when the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed appeared before the House or Reps Committee on Finance, she lamented that oil theft has reduced the capacity of the government to fund the budget.

She said the inability to produce sufficient oil has made it impossible to meet the crude oil for PMS swap deal as the government is now paying cash instead of crude oil.

“We need the crude to undertake the DSDP arrangement where crude is swapped for PMS. It means we have to pay for PMS ourselves,” she said.

Furthermore, Nigeria is unable to meet its OPEC quota of 1.86 million barrels per day.

It would be recalled that the federal government recently signed a N4 billion monthly pipeline surveillance agreement with Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo.

It is a reversal of the initial stance which saw the cancellation of the contract months after President Buhari assumed office.

According to the Debt Management Office (DMO), as at the first quarter of the year, the debt of the country stood at N41.6 trillion.

Before the year runs out, Nigeria is expected to have added to it and by 2023, FG alone is expected to add N11.03 trillion to the profile.

Dr Adesanya Moses, an Economist at the Nigerian Army University, Biu, said any borrowing that is not going into financing the capital component of the budget is not sustainable.

“If they keep borrowing not for capital projects, then it is not sustainable because part of it will go into recurrent expenditures and debt servicing. It will be more efficient if the investment can repay the loans— it is what we call derived demand. When you spend money on capital projects, it will help the economy to grow.

“The problem is that borrowing to finance subsidy is not sustainable because the vast majority of the subsidy goes to the high and middle income earners. It is not creating jobs or improving the life of the people. Borrowing to finance subsidy is not sustainable,” he said.

While this is going to be President Buhari’s last budget, a large part of it will be implemented by another administration, hence, whoever emerges as the president in 2023, will inherit a huge budget built on borrowing.

Unknown gunmen have allegedly shot dead Nehemiah Goholshak, a former Organizing Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Mangu Ward 1, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.

A source explained to DAILY POST that the former Organizing Secretary was killed when the assailants attacked his house in the community on Saturday night.

According to the source, an unidentified corpse was also seen along Mangu-Bokkos road, close to the community where the former PDP official was killed.

The source said that Nehemiah was at his house in Dangper village when some gunmen came and shot him dead around 7 pm.

Peter Okoye of duo music group, PSquare, has given reason supporters of other presidential candidates attack Labour Party flag bearer for the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi.
Peter, also known as Mr P, on Tuesday, said opponents attack Obi because their candidates are bad products.
According to him, they cannot sell their candidates without attacking Peter Obi.
He made this known in a post shared via his Twitter handle.
The tweet read: “Do you know why some people can’t sell their candidates without attacking Peter Obi? Because their candidates are bad market.”

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned the Federal Government that increasing debts will never be a solution to the country’s indebtedness.


Atiku, a former vice president, who in a statement, Tuesday, recalled that last week the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the GDP figures for Q2 2022, said the government has been unreasonably upbeat about the reported growth rate of 3.4%.

Waziri Adamawa claimed that the economy is in deeper trouble than the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government is willing to admit.

The former president lamented that citizens’ level of misery hasn’t changed under President Muhammadu Buhari’s led APC.


Atiku attributed the misery to the slow pace of growth and decline of the agriculture, oil and gas and manufacturing sectors.

“Second, unabated are rising commodity prices occasioned by high energy and transportation costs (and aggravated by the disorderliness in the forex market), ” he added.

The statement partly read, “Also, debt levels continue to rise while the fiscal capacity to service its debts is declining. All these are enough to erase the perceived gains from output growth.

“Having run out of ideas, it appears that our unprecedented level of indebtedness is whetting the government’s appetite for more debt. This is a recipe for macroeconomic instability.



“We challenge the National Bureau of Statistics to share with the public their recent statistics on poverty, unemployment and commodity prices — the reality of which will leave no hope for the common man.

“Like I have said before, increasing debts will never be a solution to our indebtedness. My government, if elected, will halt the rate of debt accumulation and instead focus on private-public partnerships in financing development.”

He noted that the consideration of a government of national unity will douse the temperature, unite Nigerians and pave the way for improved security.


According to him, improved security allows for investments and, therefore, an improved economy.

One Mr. Saula Ajayi has lost his wife in a gas explosion that rocked Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
Ajayi also lost money and property worth millions in the incident that happened on Friday.
It was gathered that the explosion occurred when a tenant was cooking with gas in a bungalow around Ijeja area of Abeokuta South.
It was learnt that the bungalow was razed, leaving occupants “empty and homeless.”
The aged Ajayi, whose wife died in the incident, said he lost a sum of N850,000 to the fire outbreak.
Ajayi’s elderly wife had gone into coma when the explosion occurred, but efforts to resuscitate her proved abortive as she was pronounced dead in the hospital on Monday.
Neighbours said the man has not been informed of his wife’s death as of Tuesday evening.
Counting his losses, Ajayi said: “I just came back from the bank with the sum of N500,000 and I had N350,000 at home before, now everything is gone.”
He added that all his belongings, including his documents while he was in the Army, all got burnt.
“This clothes on me was given to him by a neighbour,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Director of Ogun State Fire Service, Fatai Adefala, could not be reached as of the time of filing this report.
Also, the Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said he had not been briefed about the incident.

Two people have died while seven people were rescued in a boat mishap in Miga Local Government Area of Jigawa State.


A resident told DAILY POST that the incident happened on Monday at about 1000hrs when nine farmers were returning from the farm between Galauchime to Sansani village in Miga LGA of the state.

He explained that the canoe capsized due to the rain and windstorm.

Police spokesman, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, confirmed the incident to DAILY POST.

He said out of the nine farmers, seven people were rescued while the other two were not found.

They are; Imran Rabiu ‘m’ 12 years and Tasiu Rabiu ‘m’ age 14 years.


The Commissioner of Police, Jigawa State Police Command, CP Aliyu Sale Tafida, prayed for the departed souls to have eternal peace and sympathized with their families and relatives.

The heavy floods since the start of the year have claimed the lives of 115 Nigerians.
More than 73,370 people have been displaced and 277 injured, the presidency confirmed on Tuesday.
A statement said President Muhammadu Buhari is receiving regular updates on the situation which has affected over 500,000 Nigerians.
His spokesman Garba Shehu promised that the federal government will continue to provide assistance to individuals and communities hit by the disaster.
Buhari was quoted urging public-spirited individuals and organisations to support thousands of people in need of urgent help.
The President advised states and local governments to step up their level of preparedness in handling emergencies.
The statement assured of deeper collaboration with states and affected areas through timely response and resources.
It appealed to inhabitants of flood-prone areas to always adhere to the early warning advisories by agencies involved in climate monitoring and disaster management.
Flood-impacted states include Lagos, Yobe, Borno, Taraba, Adamawa, Edo, Delta, Kogi, Niger, Plateau, Benue, Ebonyi, Anambra.
Others are Bauchi, Gombe, Kano, Jigawa, Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto, Imo, Abia States and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The 2022 floods have left around 37,633 houses destroyed or damaged, according to latest data by government agencies.

In the bid to end the menace of bandits in Katsina State, the state governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has purchased 10 additional armoured vehicles worth over a N100 million to assist security operatives in the state.


“With the recent acquisition, the state now has at least 30 armoured vehicles to fight the diehard bandits in the state,” Masari said.

The governor, while presenting the armoured vehicles to security chiefs in the state on Tuesday at the State Government House, reiterated the commitment of his administration to end banditry in the state.

Masari noted that further efforts in conjunction with the Inspector General of Police and some local producers are underway to produce more armoury for security agents in the state.


While lauding the efforts of security personnel in the state, Masari assured that soon the menace of banditry and terrorism will be a thing of the past in the state and country at large.

A member of the House of Representatives, Taiwo Oluga, has asked Nigerian youths to focus on the Office of the Accountant General and other agencies for the state of the country.


Oluga said most times Nigerians “shout politicians” but attention should be on MDAs.

The lawmakers stated these on Tuesday as the OAGF once again presented an inaccurate account during a public hearing on Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) organized by the Committee on Finance.

It would be recalled that the OAGF was queried on Monday for presenting an inaccurate report.

Today, when the Nigerian Energy Commission appeared before the committee, the agency claimed to have remitted N13 million, however, representatives of OAGF stated that the commission remitted N27 million.


Also, same thing was recorded when the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency appeared before the committee and claimed to have remitted N1.9 billion, again OAGF said the agency remitted N2 million.

The discrepancies prompted a rebuke from some lawmakers, who berated the agencies for doing a poor job at record keeping.

Reacting to the discrepancies, Oluga said Nigerian youths should know that the agencies are the problem and should next EndSARS happen, MDAs should be the focus not politicians.


“All the agencies, especially the office of the Accountant general, are our problem in this country.

“Because Nigerians will be shouting ‘politicians’ Look at what my colleague has just read out. it is good we let Nigerians know. Various agencies, especially the office of the accountant general, are our problem.
“The youth must know, so that next time there is endsars, the youths must face them,” she said.

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has fixed a meeting to deliberate the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).


The parley has been scheduled for September 6 at the NUC headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

Expected are Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of federal universities.

NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, announced the meeting in a notice on Tuesday.

The chancellors will engage Adamu on the contentious issues and how to end the industrial action.

Rasheed reminded the officials that the ASUU strike led to the closure of the institutions since February 14.

He said non-teaching unions suspended theirs on 24th August, 2022, while a final decision is being awaited from ASUU.


“It has become necessary for the governing councils and the management of the universities to be briefed on the decisions and actions taken by the Federal Government so far.

“This is to allow for a well-coordinated review of the situation, including building consensus around succeeding actions”, Rasheed added.

Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto State has warned politicians that using religion to manipulate politics will have a devastating effect on the development in the country.

Bishop Kukah noted that just as it happened in Germany during the reign of Adolf Hitler, such moves by politicians in the country would come with a grave consequence.

He made the observation on Tuesday in Abuja during the presentation of his new book, “Broken Truth,” as part of activities lined up for his 70th birthday.

He observed that looking at history, there is a consequence for using religion to manipulate politics, saying that there is the need to look at Germany as the consequences are there to see in Hitler.

Bishop Kukah opined that the problem is that the Nigerian political elites lacked the mental capacity to understand the consequences of the fire they were stoking.

He observed that there was nothing to suggest that the average person who is living in the north, whether Fulani or Hausa, could say that they were proud of the Nigerian political system, beyond a very tiny percentage.

He added, “So, if you decide that you want to give privilege to a religion or an ethnic group, what will happen is that others automatically become outsiders.”

According to him, agitations are ongoing in the country, saying that the citizens were more intelligent than those steering the affairs of the country.

He stressed that it would not have been a bad thing if people who don’t know seek knowledge.

Peter Okoye of duo music group, PSquare, has given reason supporters of other presidential candidates attack Labour Party flag bearer for the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi.

Peter, also known as Mr P, on Tuesday, said opponents attack Obi because their candidates are bad products.

According to him, they cannot sell their candidates without attacking Peter Obi.

He made this known in a post shared via his Twitter handle.

The tweet read: “Do you know why some people can’t sell their candidates without attacking Peter Obi? Because their candidates are bad market.”

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has fixed a meeting to deliberate the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The parley has been scheduled for September 6 at the NUC headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

Expected are Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of federal universities.

NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, announced the meeting in a notice on Tuesday.

The chancellors will engage Adamu on the contentious issues and how to end the industrial action.

Rasheed reminded the officials that the ASUU strike led to the closure of the institutions since February 14.

He said non-teaching unions suspended theirs on 24th August, 2022, while a final decision is being awaited from ASUU.

“It has become necessary for the governing councils and the management of the universities to be briefed on the decisions and actions taken by the Federal Government so far.

“This is to allow for a well-coordinated review of the situation, including building consensus around succeeding actions”, Rasheed added.