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.. A young woman was among the 44 local government chairmen elected on Saturday on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the Kano State local government elections. Ms Sa’adatu Yushau Tudunwada, the only woman, was elected as the Chairperson of Tudunwada LG. She was among the 44 others the Kano…

A fresh controversy has hit Saturday’s local government election in Kano State as a Federal High Court on Friday sacked the 44 chairmanship and councillorship candidates of the ruling New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP. Justice Simon Amobede sacked the NNPP candidates while delivering judgment in a suit filed by a faction of the party led…

.. The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has reaffirmed its dedication to ensuring the well-being of the elderly in Nigeria. During a visit to Amazing Grace Foundation, an elderly people’s home in Abuja, the Acting Director General of PenCom, Ms Omolola Oloworaran, highlighted the importance of recognising and supporting the contributions of elderly generations. The…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has said aside from the three bodies found in the ill-fated helicopter operated by East Winds Aviation that crashed on Thursday in Port Harcourt, no other bodies have been recovered. DAILY POST recalls that about eight people died after a helicopter ditched into the waters in Port Harcourt,…

New Nigeria Peoples Party logo .. A Federal High Court in Kano has disqualified all 44 chairmanship and councillor candidates of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) ahead of the October 26 local government elections in the state. Justice Simon Amobeda gave the order on Friday in a suit filed by Engineer Muhammad Babayo…

Enugu State Government has taken swift action regarding the disturbing case of Mrs. Ada Ogbogu, who allegedly assaulted her stepson with a pestle, causing serious harm. Commissioner for Children, Gender Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Ngozi Enih, announced on Saturday that Mrs. Ogbogu, a resident of Sunrise Estate in Emene, Enugu metropolis, was arrested on…

.. … Pays Tribute To Bonny Helicopter Crash Victims The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule has instructed Julius Berger PLC to undertake remedial repairs on alternative routes to the Port Harcourt Ring Road, addressing the challenges faced by residents due to the ongoing construction. The assembly’s directive aimed to alleviate…

A Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu, Tunde Rahman, has said politics should not be about bitterness. Rahman made the remark while reacting to Tinubu’s meeting with the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Tinubu had met with Atiku at the National Mosque in company with the All Progressives Congress, APC,…

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, has said there is no trace of three missing persons, as well as the debris of the helicopter that crashed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. NSIB revealed this in a statement on Saturday, 48 hours after the incident. The statement was signed by the Director of Public…

Tension is high in Enugu, the Coal City capital, following the killing of a popular Ogene musician, Igbo Jah, by a Police officer attached to the Anti-Cult Unit of the Enugu State Police Command. DAILY POST reports that angry youths are setting bonfires at the Obiagu and Asata areas of the metropolis in protest. It…

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Cross River, Mr Asuquo Ada, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ada’s defection followed several other defections that have hit the opposition party in the state in recent times. Ada told NAN in Calabar on Friday that he had decided to move on with his…

.. The Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, has stated his administration’s commitment to empowering women in the state. Speaking at the South-East Zonal Workshop of the National Association of Women Judges Nigeria (NAWJN), themed “Breaking Leadership Barriers for Women in the Legal Profession,” held in Umuahia on Friday, the governor noted that,…

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has challenged the chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, to clarify the status of the alleged investigation of Mr. Shehu Dikko who has just been appointed by President Bola Tinubu as the Chairman of the resuscitated National Sports Commission…

.. The House of Representatives has struck down a bill proposing a constitutional amendment to allow expansion of Islamic law in Nigeria’s 1999 constitution. The bill, championed by Aliyu Missau, wants to eliminate the word “personal” from sections 24, 262, 277, and 288 where “Islamic law” appears in the constitution. At the heart of…

Residents of many neighborhoods in Ado Ekiti and other towns in Ekiti State have been thrown into darkness as electric poles were destroyed by a rainstorm Friday evening. Communities affected include Ajebamidele, Omisanjana, Atlas—all in Ado Ekiti—as well as Ikere Ekiti, Ise Ekiti, and Emure Ekiti, which are experiencing power outages due to the destroyed…

.. The President Governing Council of the Institute of Mortgage Brokers and Lenders of Nigeria (MBLN), Mr. Hayatudden Awwal, has vowed that the institute would sanitise the real estate sector and weed off the fake estate developers. Awwal, who is also the Managing Director of the Federal Housing Authority Mortgage Bank, said the institute…

The Energy Reforms Advocates of Nigeria, in collaboration with the All Progressives Congress, APC, Youth Vanguard for Change, have condemned the persistent failure of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL to restore the Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries, despite massive investments. The groups, at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, also warned the…

.. Tech billionaire Elon Musk has so far donated about $119m to support Republican Donald Trump’s presidential election campaign. By mid-October, the Tesla boss had transferred 43.6 million dollars to the organisation America PAC, which is primarily focused on winning hotly contested swing states such as Pennsylvania. Between July and the end of September,…

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has deferred its nationwide industrial action till December 2nd, 2024, to allow the Federal Government meet its outstanding demands. Recall that ASUP had on 7th of October 2024 issued a two weeks ultimatum to government asking it to meet the existing demands some of which bordered on alleged…

.. One Adewunmi Taiwo, a 45-year-old man, has been arrested for impersonating an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and extorting money from motorists. The suspect was apprehended by LASTMA officers while operating illegally. Confirming the arrest, LASTMA spokesperson Adebayo Taofiq revealed that Taiwo admitted to extorting motorists on busy routes,…