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.. The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of four police officers, who had completed their PhD programme and were currently teaching at the Police Academy, Kano. Mr Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Ani, the…

Two armed robbers who had terrorised Atim Edem Rise and Efio Okoho neighborhoods of Calabar South LGA in Cross River State were violently killed yesterday by angry youths. The names of the suspects were not immediately available at the time this report was filed. Eyewitnesses confirmed that both resided in the same neighborhoods. One eyewitness,…

.. The newly appointed Minister of State for Industry, Trade, and Investment, Mr. John Owan Enoh, haa said he targets achieving industrial growth for the country. The former Sports Minister plans to achieve growth by providing strategic leadership and policy direction. The minister made the disclosure during his first day in his new office.…

Ahead of the Ondo State gubernatorial election, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, has called on the people of the state to vote massively for the party. Ganduje, who spoke on Monday while inaugurating a 305-member national campaign council for the November 16 governorship election, said since President Bola Tinubu…

.. An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a 41-year-old car cleaner, Ezekiel Udoh, to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his neighbour’s granddaughter, aged 12. “A child was forced to bear a child, forever altering the course of her life,” Justice Rahman Oshodi said while imposing the sentence. He judged…

The Nigeria Police Force has again vowed to ensure that a bolt driver, Mr Stephen Abuwatseya, who was recently assaulted by a federal lawmaker in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, gets justice. DAILY POST recalls that the lawmaker representing Aba North and South Federal Constituency in Abia State was captured in a viral video physically…

.. The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged threat to arrest, detain and prosecute him after his tenure as governor. Sanwo-Olu, through his lawyer, Darlington Ozurumba, filed the fundamental right enforcement suit before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of a Federal High Court in Abuja. When…

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife was the scene of a heated protest on Monday as students chased out representatives of former Vice Chancellor Professor Wale Omole during an orientation programme for freshers. DAILY POST reports that Monday’s incident underscored lingering tensions surrounding the tragic cult-related killings of five students at the university in 1999.…

.. The National Youth Council of Nigeria, Enugu State chapter, has called on the state commissioner of police to check the excesses of the command’s operatives manning various checkpoints in the state capital. The youths stated this in a release signed by its state Chairman, Comrade Bartholomew Ebuka Okoh, on Tuesday. The group notified…

The National Patriotic Coalition (NPC) has criticized the recent local government election in Kano State, describing it as a “sham” and a clear affront to democratic principles. DAILY POST reports that despite a Federal High Court ruling that invalidated the candidacy of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) contenders, observers allege that Governor Abba Yusuf proceeded…

.. Rivers State has topped BudgIT’s 2024 fiscal performance ranking for Nigerian states, with Cross River and Kwara entering the top five, while Ebonyi and Kaduna exit the elite rankings. Jigawa State fell to the bottom, replacing Zamfara, according to BudgIT’s latest State of States Report themed “Moving Healthcare Delivery from Suboptimal to Optimal.”…

Lawmaker representing Ngor-Okpala State Constituency at Imo House of Assembly, Obinna Egu has appealed to the youths of host communities to Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport to withhold their planned protest over the gruesome murder of a pregnant woman within the airport premises. The Lawmaker’s intervention followed the threat by the host community youths of…

.. A 34-year-old man identified as Segun Adegbite was discovered dead on Monday at a construction site near WitchTech Factory on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. His body had signs of a machete attack. Omolola Odutola, the Ogun State Police Command spokesperson confirmed the incident on Tuesday. According to Odutola, a report was initially filed by…

The kidnappers of Rev Fr Thomas Oyode, a Catholic priest and Rector of Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary School, Ivanokpodi, in Agenegbode, Etsako East Local Government of Edo State, have demanded a ransom of N200 million. DAILY POST reports that the Catholic priest was abducted on Sunday at about 7 p.m. at the seminary school. Oyode…

.. Abia lawmaker, Alex Ikwechegh, is facing a likely lengthy suspension for assaulting an e-hailing driver who had gone to his house in Abuja to deliver an item. The lawmaker was caught on camera assaulting the cab driver on Sunday and has been placed under Investigation, the outcome of which may result in a…

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has raised strong objections to efforts by Tony Okocha, a factional chairman within the party, to halt revenue allocation to the state’s 23 local governments. The Rivers APC, led by Emeke Beke, expressed dismay at what it described as ongoing disrespect and defiance toward a…

.. A boat has capsized off the Lybian coast, killing 12 out of 13 Egyptians on board, local authorities said on Tuesday. According to Al-Abreen, a group that provides humanitarian assistance to migrants in Libya, the boat capsized 60 kilometres (37 miles) east of the city of Tobruk on Monday evening. The group in…

has raised the alarm over the alleged plan by the outgoing government of Governor Godwin Obaseki for a supplementary budget barely two weeks to the end of the administration. DAILY POST reports that Prince Kassim Afegbua, a member of the APC transition committee raised the alarm on Tuesday in a statement made available to newsmen…

.. The Nigeria Police Force has vowed to rescue the abducted Rev Fr Thomas Oyode, the Rector of Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary School, Ivanokpodi, in Agenebode, Etsako East Local Government of Edo State, unhurt. The spokesman of the Edo State Police Command, SP Moses Yamu, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen…

A 34-year-old man, identified as Segun Adegbite, was found macheted to death at a construction site near WitchTech Factory on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. The state police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, confirmed this to DAILY POST on Tuesday. Odutola stated that the incident was reported to the Sagamu division of the command by one Adedeji Adegbola. According…