Tag: national

Daniel Bwala, an ex-aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that some persons in government are hellbent on subverting President Bola Tinubu to make him unpopular. The statement comes amid the controversy surrounding the arraignment of the malnourished EndBadGovernance protesters. DAILY POST reported that uproar and public outcry greeted the arraignment of protesters,…

.. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has expressed the country’s readiness to enforce a ceasefire deal with Lebanon. U.S. envoys, Brett McGurk and Amos Hochstein, were in Israel on Thursday in a new push to secure ceasefires in both Lebanon and Gaza. “The main issue is not the paperwork of this or that agreement,…

Police operatives have killed six suspected bandits and recovered a cache of firearms following a gun battle, in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. During the operation, police operatives recovered multiple firearms, including AK-49 rifles, a Dane gun, and various locally fabricated weapons. They also recovered one locally made single-barrel gun, 14 rounds of…

.. The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Aids, Loans, and Debt Management to carry out a comprehensive audit of loans obtained since 1999. The house highlighted the administrations of President Bola Tinubu’s excessive borrowing and frowned at the sudden rise in Nigerian debt which it said stands at N121.67bn, quoting statistics…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says its silence on the controversy trailing the Rivers Assembly is due to the several conflicting court judgments on the crisis in the Assembly. Recall that the leadership of the faction loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara wrote the commission to conduct a by-election to fill the position of the…

.. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said it prosecuted two former ministers and four former governors in the last 12 months. The anti-graft agency through its Director of Public Affairs,Wilson Uwujaren, made the revelation during a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday. Wilson highlighted the commission’s accomplishments in asset recovery and…

A total of 15,139 students on Saturday received their National Certificate In Education, NCE, as the Federal College of Education, FCE, Yola conducted its 15th combined convocation. The combined convocation was part of the tripartite events that include the 50th anniversary of the college and the hosting of the Nigerian College of Education Games, NICEGA,…

.. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has presented a strategic plan to navigate the challenges and opportunities within Nigeria’s petroleum industry. He said this during an address to the Oil producers trade section (a group by the five oil giants operating in Nigeria) at the Cross Industry Group (CIG)…

A 58-year-old man has committed suicide in Igburowo town, Odigbo Local Council Area of Ondo State, after consuming a chemical substance and pesticide, commonly known as snipper. The lifeless body of the 58-year-old deceased man identified as Bamidele Omolayo was discovered when an octogenarian in the community raised an alarm. According to sources, before terminating…

.. In the ongoing Abia State Local Government election, Governor Alex Otti, along with his wife, cast his vote on Saturday, at Unit 017, Ahiafor, Umuru-Umuehim Nvosi in Isialangwa South Local Government Area at exactly 12:19 p.m. Governor Otti, in an interview with NewsNGR after casting his vote, shared his thoughts on how the…

The Action Alliance, AA, has cautioned Mr Isaac Fayose, a junior brother to former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, against making frivolous statements on issues he knows little, or nothing about. Mr Omoniyi Agbele, the Ekiti State Secretary of Action Alliance, in a press statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Friday, berated Fayose over his recent…

The 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has declared that politics and church must be dismantled in Nigeria. Obi said night vigil should be turned into night shift so that people can be productive. He disclosed this while speaking on Honest Bunch podcast. According to Obi: “It’s attractive, politics and church but it…

The Benue State Police Command has arrested five suspects over alleged identity theft and cyber fraud. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Sewuese Anene, made this known in a statement in Makurdi on Friday. She said that the four suspects, whose ages range between 18 and 21, were apprehended by the Cybercrime and Narcotics Department of the…

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Zamfara State, Alhaji Abubakar Umar has expressed deep fear that the All Progressive Congress, APC, may wrestle power from the ruling PDP in 2027. Umar told journalists in Gusau, the State capital, that he sensed that the political battle would be a do or die affair.…

The Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission has indefinitely suspended the Principal of Ekiti Baptist High School, Igede Ekiti, Mrs. Veronica Yemisi Ilesanmi, for the unauthorized release of the school’s playground for a social engagement. A release from the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the Commission, Mr. Michael Boluwade, made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti,…

The Bauchi State Sharia Police, Hisbah, has invited a 60-year-old man, Bala Muhammad, for questioning after he posted photos on social media featuring women he allegedly had affairs with. DAILY POST reports that Muhammad appeared in nearly 30 photos with various women, many of whom were middle-aged and dressed in revealing outfits. The images have…

The All Progressive Congress, APC in Zamfara State has mocked the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP following the defection of Suleiman Abubakar Gummi to the ruling APC. Gummi was elected on the platform of PDP in 2023 to represent the Bukkuyyum/Gummi federal constituency in the House of Representatives. Addressing newsmen in Gusau, the State Publicity…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has announced that servicing National Youth Service Corps members can apply for its ongoing recruitment exercise. FIRS disclosed this in a terse statement through its official X account on Friday night. The government agency explained that corps members who will be passing out before 31st December, 2024 can apply. The…

The Ebonyi State Police Command says it arrested at least 177 suspected criminals for various offenses in October 2024. The Command noted that four out of the 177 suspects were alleged to be involved in human organ harvesting and ritual killings. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joshua Ukandu, who disclosed this at a news…

.. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the death of ten persons following a building collapse on Thursday morning in Ibadan, Oyo State capital The NEMA South-West Zonal Office stated that the agency received a distress call reporting a building collapse in Jegede, Ona Ara Local Government Area, of the State. According…