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.. Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), a unit of the Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a chef and a security guard for allegedly stealing property worth N5.5m from their employer. The suspects were identified as Olusola Folorunso, 24, a chef, and Rafiu Mutairu, 47, a security guard. According to a statement…

The Amalgamated Arewa Youth Groups, AAYG, have condemned recent protests calling for the dismissal of Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, describing them as a “manipulative attempt” by monopolistic interests to derail ongoing reforms in Nigeria’s oil sector. The group, in a statement, claimed that the protests,…

.. The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Awka, Anambra State, has commended President Bola Tinubu, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, and the Permanent Secretary of Education, Mrs Rakiya Ilyasu, for their intervention in the university’s vice-chancellor selection process. The Association, in a statement…

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced an Islamic cleric, Alani Rafiu, to life imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old year girl (name withheld). In his judgement, Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution proved each of the ingredients of defilement against Rafiu. Oshodi said that the gravity of the convict’s offence…

.. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has described Atiku as Africa’s most famous election loser over claims that he won the 2023 presidential election. Atiku had replied to the rejoinder issued by President Bola Tinubu over the weekend claiming that Nigerians who voted in the 2023 presidential candidate knew that he won the…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, would have done more of the same old failed policies. APC National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka said Atiku never prescribed anything regarding unified exchange regime and fuel subsidy removal. DAILY POST recalls that Atiku had reeled…

.. The Civil Liberty Organisation says the detention of some minors who participated in the protest against bad governance from August 1 to 10 has marked Nigeria as an absolute violator of human rights. According to the group, the act has ranked the country “poorer in global human rights index”. This was contained in…

The Nigerian Law Society, NLS, a professional association of Nigerian lawyers, is drafting amendments to the Legal Practitioners Act of Lesotho. Lesotho is a southern African country. The development followed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Nigerian Law Society, NLS, and the Law Society of Lesotho. Objectives of the MoU include supporting legal reform…

Four persons sustained varying degrees of injury on Sunday when a Mazda commercial bus collided with a Toyota car on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. William Manga, the unit commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Badagry Command, confirmed the incident on Monday. The accident occurred at about 3:20 pm, near Agbo-Malu Bus Stop, Age-Mowo axis of the…

.. The federal government is grappling with an alarming N39trn negative net asset position, following its adoption of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards. The Accountant General of the Federation, Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja during her keynote address at the sensitization retreat with Directors of Finance, Accounts and Internal…

Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State has inaugurated a Development Mobilization and Investment Committee. The newly established committee will focus on mobilizing resources and partnerships to boost the state’s economic and infrastructure growth. A statement made available to journalists on Monday in Jalingo by the Secretary to the Government of State, SGS, Barrister Gebon Timothy…

.. The United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, Mr. David Lammy, is currently in Nigeria — his first trip to Africa to discuss UK’s new approach to the continent. Lammy paid a courtesy visit to the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, at the State House in Marina, hours after he arrived in the country.…

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that his administration did not demolish the Central Hospital in Benin City for the construction of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA). DAILY POST reports that the governor clarified this allegation at the official unveiling and preview of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) Institute…

.. A report on the payment of royalties by operators in the oil and gas industry submitted by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission shows that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. has settled $1,653,352,228.14 royalties including all outstanding royalties due to the federal government as of 2021. The payments were related to outstanding…

A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Monday sentenced a 25-year-old drug trafficker, Ibrahim Abdulateef, to six months in prison over unlawful possession of 700g of hemp. Delivering judgment, Justice Uche Agomoh stated that she convicted Abdulateef based on the evidence tendered against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as well as…

.. ….Arrests Suspects Outside State Detectives attached to the Mile 1 Divisional Police headquarters Diobu, Port Harcourt have rescued a six month old male child, named Lucky Sunday kidnapped by one Mr Erica, the child’s parent co-tenant at 25 Anekelane street Mile 2 Diobu on sunday 29th,September,2024. Recall that Mr Erica,abducted the six month…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday described the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a party of “political vampires” who thrive and relish in “sucking the blood” of citizens and foisting excruciating pain and hardship on Nigerians. PDP described the APC as a haven of power-grabbers, treasury looters and manipulators who are only out to…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu .. President Bola Tinubu has ordered the release of minors arrested for participating in the hunger protests held from August 1 to 10, 2024, across the nation. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to State House correspondents. “The President has directed that all minors be…

Housing deficit is causing untold hardship on the people of Kogi State amid the present economic hardship in the country, DAILY POST reports. Kogi, which shares boundaries with about 10 states in the country, is hosting the popular River Niger and River Benue. The strategic location of the state has made people settle down quickly…

File Photo: Handcuffed Male Hand .. One Tsehemba Joshua, 30, is now in police custody for allegedly robbing and murdering a 19-year-old scrap scavenger, Yusuf Ibrahim, in Enugu State. Joshua is accused of conspiring with two accomplices, currently at large, to rob and strangle the victim. It was gathered that he had been remanded…