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To enthrone lasting peace in his area, Agatu Local Government chairman of Benue State, Melvin Ejeh, has embarked on a peace mission to some neighbouring communities in Kogi State. Ejeh, who is also serving as deputy chairman of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, led emissaries comprising opinion leaders, retired and serving security experts,…

.. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Michael Achimugu has announced a partnership with Breezetech Technologies, an insurance firm to launch a mobile platform designed to minimise passenger delays and ensure compensation from airlines to travellers Breeze Technologies is an IT company that helps the government monitor,…

Three police officers, who allegedly beat a student of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Suleiman Olayinka to death at Tanke Bridge in Ilorin, the state capital, have been arrested and detained. The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Ejire Adeyemi Toun, disclosed this in a statement in Ilorin on Friday. Reports reaching DAILY…

.. Minnesota Governor, Tim Walz, has vowed to protect his state from President-elect Donald Trump’s “hateful agenda”. Walz, who made the remarks in Eagan on Friday, also promised to continue implementing policies that will be beneficial to his state. He said, “The other side spent a lot of time campaigning and talking about and…

Ahead of the November 16 off-cycle governorship election in Ondo State, candidates of the 17 political parties participating in the poll have signed a peace accord committing themselves to a peaceful electoral process. All the candidates and the state chairmen of their parties signed the accord organised by the National Peace Committee in Akure, the…

.. The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) has lifted its suspension on trading in Oando Plc’s securities. This decision follows the company’s compliance with financial disclosure requirements, including the submission of its Audited Financial Statements for the year ending December 31, 2023, and Unaudited Financial Statements for the first and second quarters of 2024. The trading…

The Osun State chapter of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, CDHR, has officially petitioned the Police Service Commission, PSC, and the Civil Defence, Correctional Fire and Immigration Board, CDCFIB, And Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps NSCDC, Junior Staff Disciplinary Committee. The Osun CDHR also called for a comprehensive investigation into a recent…

.. Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has called on the national secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to continue representing workers and the masses in a constructive manner. He made this statement during the unveiling of 10 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses donated by the NLC to its Rivers chapter at their…

Detectives of the Kwara State police command, have recovered the severed head of the Okada rider, Rafiu Akao, who was murdered by three assailants. The severed head was thrown into a nearby stream after the bloody act, at Asunlere community in Oke-Oyi town of Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State. A statement by…

.. Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Mr Peter Obi can emerge president in 2027. This hope was expressed over the weekend by the National Coordinator of the ‘Obidient Movement’, Yunusa Tanko, at a one-day symposium, themed ‘Repositioning the Obidient Movement for Greater Impact’, organised by the Obidient Movement…

Chairman of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC), Babatunde Osibodu, has clarified that using alternative identification cards such as Driver’s License, International Passport, as well as government issued Staff Identification cards would not aid multiple voting in the local government elections. Osibodu stated this during a media engagement with newsmen at the Commission’s headquarters…

.. The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has distanced herself from reports that she would lead a national prayer for economic recovery. Speaking through her media aide Busola Kukoyi, on Saturday, the first lady described the reports as “unfounded and misleading” and urged the public to disregard them. “The news making rounds in some…

Former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has urged Nigerian youths to remain in the country even in the face of economic challenges. DAILY POST reports that in recent times, there has been a wave of migration by Nigerians who are seeking greener pastures abroad. ‘Japa’ is a popular word used to describe migration in the…

.. Worried by the incessant building collapse in the State and the danger it poses to the lives of the people, the Rivers State Government has resolved to set up a Taskforce to check the menace. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development Evans Bipi disclosed this during an on-the-spot inspection of another…

Bauchi State Police Command have arrested four people in connection with the death of a two-year-old girl in Ningi local government area of the state. The was reported to have been raped to death. Among those arrested are the child’s 17-year old mother, Lauratu Saleh and 23-year old father, Abubakar Usman, along with a chemist…

.. The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has declared its support for the election of the Ondo state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Aiyedatiwa is the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 16 gubernatorial election in the state. He was deputy governor and was sworn in as governor after the demise of…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Ogun State Command, says it will deploy not less than 3,150 personnel across the 20 local government and wards in the state for the November 16 local government election. The state commandant, Remi Ekundayo said this is to ensure safety of voters, and to prevent any sort…

.. Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State is set to bid the final farewell to his late wife, Mrs Patience Umo Eno on November 29 who died suddenly in September after a protracted illness. Eno, a son of a police officer who was elected last year during the general elections has been married…

The current Director General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has signified interest to run for a second term. To this end, Okonjo-Iweala emerged as the sole candidate of the WTO DG. The organisation formally began the process of appointing its next DG on October 8. WTO allowed members until November 8 to submit…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu .. President Bola Tinubu has reappointed Professor Abdullahi Mustapha as the Director-General of the National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA) for a second five-year term. Mustapha’s Press Secretary, Toyin Omozuwa, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. The reappointment was confirmed in a letter signed by the Secretary to…