EPL table: Arsenal defeat Liverpool 1-0 to go 3pts clear of Man City

Source: Daily Post

Arsenal, have opened a three-point gap at the top of the Premier League, following their nervy 1-0 win at Liverpool on Sunday evening.

The Gunners, came into the match at Anfield knowing that Manchester City, had dropped points at home the day before.

City lost 1-0 to Brighton, their second consecutive defeat in the league.

Arsenal's winning goal came in the first half of the game, after Declan Rice's low cross, was tapped in by Kai Havertz.

La Liga: Mbappe strikes as Real Madrid beat Santander 3-0

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Kylian Mbappe, moved on from a tumultuous week, by scoring a penalty to help Real Madrid win 3-0 at Racing Santander on Sunday.

The French forward, narrowly lost out on the Ballon d’Or to Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane on Monday, and then had to apologise, after a social media storm following a video in which, he joked about former Chinese leader Mao Zedong.

Real Madrid’s match, along with other Spanish fixtures this weekend, was not broadcast by Chinese state television, because of the fallout.

Jude Bellingham and Yan Diomande, were also on target to keep third-place Madrid within three points of leaders Barcelona, who thrashed Alaves 6-1 on Saturday.

'I won't allow political persecution in Abia' - Otti

Source: Daily Post

Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has declared that the era of stifling opposition and political profiteering in the state, is gone.

The governor, stated this during the flag-off of his re-election campaign at the Umuahia Township Stadium, Umuahia, the capital of Abia on Sunday.

Otti, declared that after several years of man-made hardship and punishment inflicted on the people of Abia, and his repeated attempts to rescue the state in 2015 and 2019, the siege on Abia, was eventually broken in 2023.

He said, "We ended the era of political profiteers. We defied intimidation to liberate Abia and break Abia from the era of siege. Never shall we go back to the era of irresponsibility. Nothing will make us go back to Egypt."

Police arrest suspected serial burglar in Oyo, recover N16.2m stolen items

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The Oyo State Police Command, has arrested a suspected serial burglar, Nasiru Abiodun, over alleged burglaries at four residential apartments in Ibadan, with stolen items valued at N16.22m recovered.

The suspect, was arrested on Saturday, October 31, 2026, at about 9:45 am at a residential apartment in the Ejiooku/Iyana Offa area of the state capital.

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, saying the arrest followed a report by residents of Oyewole Zone 2, Ile-Igbon, which prompted operatives of the command’s Violent Crime Response Unit to act.

According to the statement, the suspect, was apprehended with a sack containing house cables and other valuables estimated at N3m.