The senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has given two reasons he is supporting former Akwa Ibom governor, Godswill Akpabio, to be the next senate president. Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on Wednesday, Ndume said it is because Akpabio is the preferred candidate of President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu has also asked Ndume … Read more
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly complex, has been sealed off by the state police command following a leadership crisis. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ramhan Nansel, while speaking to newsmen in Lafia, the state capital, said that Mr Maiyaki Baba, the Commissioner of Police, gave the directive following consultations with other … Read more
A Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Thursday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to educate a man, Ndubisi Success, convicted for internet fraud on merits and demerits of fraud. Success was docked by the anti-graft agency for creating an Instagram account for the purpose of inducing unsuspecting people … Read more
Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command on Wednesday rescued two persons accused of ritual killings from a mob in the Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, a male and female, were stripped maked by the mob in a trending video on social media. A man filming the incident said the suspects … Read more
Famous Nigerian entertainer, Charly Boy has slammed the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, over his recent controversial religious comment. El-Rufai had, in a trending video, said he and some northern governors used religion as a political tool to give victory to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election. According to him, … Read more
A university lecturer, Dr Joseph Odok, has called on Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State to refurbish the dilapidated state library in the center of town. In a statement issued Thursday morning, the University of Calabar lecturer said so far, the people are proud of Otu’s early actions to restore hope in governance, his … Read more
Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in Cross River State, Andrew Zemoh, has revealed that parents of the five members of the scheme who died on their way to Calabar, the state capital, have evacuated the remains of their children. The deceased were traveling to Calabar for their primary assignment before they died … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has commended the National Assembly for the passage of Police Pension Board Bill and the Nigeria Police Force College, Training School and Institution (Establishment) Bill. DAILY POST recalls that the upper chamber of the Assembly had on Tuesday announced that it had passed the bill. Reacting, the … Read more
The spiritual director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria, AMEN, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has warned those attacking him, especially on social media, that he will keep talking. He insisted that social media cannot control the voice of prophecy. Mbaka’s statement was contained in a video posted on the ministry’s Facebook page. The video was … Read more
Rev. Joseph Hayab, Chairman, Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Wednesday called on Nigerians to disregard the alleged Islamization claims made by the state’s former governor, Nasir El-Rufai. Hayab also stated that El-Rufai’s recent remarks about a Muslim/Muslim ticket and President Bola Tinubu’s victory silencing his critics and CAN were … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Ibadan chapter has enjoined security operatives not to waste more time to track down and arrest killers of one of its members. ASUU made this disclosure on Thursday. DAILY POST recalls that a member of the union, Professor Opeyemi Isaac Ajewole of the department of Social … Read more
Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th Senate on Tuesday next week, President Bola Tinubu has appealed to the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senators-elect to abide by the zoning arrangements as announced by the party’s National Working Committee NWC. Recall that the APC had last month zoned the position of the President of the Senate … Read more
Former lawmaker, Senator Clement Annie Okonkwo who represented Anambra Central Senatorial District in the sixth National Assembly, is dead. According to P.M. Express, Okonkwo died on Wednesday at the age of 63 after almost recovering from a brief illness. The development is coming a few days to the inauguration ceremony of his son, Uchenna Harris … Read more
Former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo has maintained that Rivers State is not a Christian state. Dokubo was reacting to Fubara’s remark on assumption of office that Rivers State is a Christian state. In a Facebook live, the former Niger Delta warlord lamented that Fubara started his term on the wrong footing. He stressed that … Read more
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has rolled out modalities for the absorption of returnee students from war-torn countries into Nigerian universities. The modalities include, the high level meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education, FME, Federal Ministry of Health, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Nigeria in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, National Universities Commission, … Read more
The Speaker Katsina State House of Assembly, Hon. Tasiu Maigari on Wednesday announced the dissolution of the 7th Assembly. Tasiu, who made the announcement shortly after delivering his valedictory speech, described members of the 7th Assembly as one of the best ever produced in the state. The Speaker also commended the immediate past Katsina Governor, … Read more
Kwara State Government is set to provide appropriate allowances to support state public workers to cushion the effects of the abolition of fuel subsidy by the Federal government. This is in furtherance of the recently approved reduction in workdays for its civil servants from five to three days. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary … Read more
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar has reacted to the murder of Professor Opeyemi Isaac Ajewole in Ibadan. Abubakar, who doubled as the Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, commisrated with the deceased family over the incident in a statement on Wednesday by Sai’du Maccido, the secretary to the Sultanate Council. Recall that gunmen … Read more
The Chief Imam of Fagge Juma’at Mosque, Sheikh Nasir Muhammad Nasir is dead. He died on Wednesday after a protracted illness and will be buried on Thursday at the Emir of Kano’s palace. The late Islamic scholar, popularly known as Limamin Waje, was 87 years old. The deceased was turbaned as Wazirin Kano by the … Read more
The 9th Kwara State House of Assembly passed 29 bills, 58 motions, according to the Speaker, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu. He disclosed this on Wednesday at the valedictory plenary of the state lawmakers to mark the end of a republic. The House was constituted on June 11, 2019, and bowed out on June 6, 2023. The Speaker, … Read more