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The Police in Lagos on Monday arraigned a 36-year-old man, Samuel Kehinde, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a motorcycle valued at N1,200,000. The defendant, whose address is unknown, is standing trial on a two-count charge of felony and stealing. Kehinde, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecutor, Insp Ayodele…

A former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that Peter Obi’s group is now fighting him because he refused to join forces with them ahead of the 2023 general elections. Wike said Peter Obi and his lobbyists lobbied him so much prior to the polls but he turned them down, believing Obi would…

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has confirmed that the Federal Government has begun the implementation of the 300 per cent pay hike for judicial officers. Fagbemi made this confirmation on Monday at the 12th convocation ceremony of the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, in Ekiti State. He described the move as…

Gunmen suspected to be bandits with sophisticated weapons unleashed an attack on workers of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, along the Gusau-Funtua road on Sunday. The workers were heading to Abuja for an official assignment when the bandits attacked them. The coordinator of the commission was abducted along with others and taken…

The Lokoja Local Government Chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in the October 19 Council election, Yunusa Chado, has described the just concluded exercise as a charade, which he claimed further exposed the insincerity of Governor, Ahmed Ododo on credibility and justice. Chado in a statement on Sunday said the so-called state Independent…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described former Head of State Yakubu Gowon as a celebrated leader and likened him to the late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Obasanjo, speaking at the African Biblical Leadership Initiative, ABLI, conference in Abuja on Monday, extolled Gowon’s exceptional leadership, noting that few leaders receive recognition during their lifetime. While…

The Edo State Police Command has arrested one John Ochekwu Abraham for alleged involvement in the death of Usman Umaru, an Uber driver in Lagos. DAILY POST reports that the Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Moses Joel Yamu, disclosed this on Sunday in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City. Yamu…

A former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has given reasons why he kicked out Uche Secondus as the national Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, prior to the 2023 general elections. Prince Uche Secondus, an elder statesman, was the Chairman of the PDP National Working Committee in 2017 and was suspended by the…

South East Development Peace Initiative (SPDI) has called on the Nigerian Government to unravel those behind the rumoured death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja. Leader of the group, Hon Vitus Okechi, a former commissioner in Enugu State, said the intention of the rumour peddlers should be unearthed. He said this…

.. Against outcries of over-taxation in Enugu State, the Chairman of the state Internal Revenue Service, Mr Emmanuel Nnamani, has clarified that there is no imposition of taxes on anyone. Nnamani rather said the state government was simply implementing the tax regime within its jurisdiction. The chairman told newsmen during an interview that, “When…

The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the death of a yet-to-be-identified man who slumped and died after engaging in intimate relations with a woman at a guest house in Paiko Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday, October 15, at around 8:50 pm. The guest house,…

.. … We Will Beat OPEC’s 4MBPD Quota Soon- Lokpobiri … Ekpo, Kyari Hail NUPRC Initiatives The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has launched an ambitious move to raise crude oil production to 2.6 million barrels per day. The commission now targets an additional one million barrels per day through its Project One…

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has said those fighting him are indirectly digging their graves. He said this on Saturday while addressing his followers and members of his faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state. DAILY POST reports that Wike has been at loggerheads with his former…

.. Nigeria’s economic hardship has forced beggars in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to invent new ways to convince people to give alms. Emeka Okoro is one of the ‘good Samaritans’ who fell victim. The young man who identified himself as a businessman said he was approached by a teenager who stood before her…

The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has urged the younger generation to remain resolute and never give up on Nigeria. In a post via his official X handle on Sunday, Obi was speaking to young Nigerians at the Social Media Fest, SMFest, event in Owerri. DAILY POST reports…

.. Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said he alongside his Chief Security Officer once suffered hearing loss without knowing it. Obasanjo made the revelation in Bauchi on Sunday while paying homage to the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Suleiman-Adamu. The former president was in Bauchi toinaugurate the distribution of hearing aids as part of…

Security operatives have gunned down one member of an armed robbery gang attempting to rob unsuspecting persons going to church. It was gathered that the incident happened on Sunday morning around 6 a.m. as some residents of Ifite in Awka were heading for Sunday Mass. One of the victims (name withheld), who works at a…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Ilyas Damagum, is not his friend and never supported him. DAILY POST reports that the opposing factions in the PDP are back in their trenches, restrategising ahead of the party’s NEC meeting…

.. The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has called on Nigerian youths to actively participate in politics, saying that it is a crucial way for them to decide their fate and make a difference. Speaking at The Transforming Church (TTC) in Abuja on Sunday, Governor Otti noted that every society needs the leadership it…

Since President Bola Tinubu’s October 1 Independence Speech, where he announced to the world that he was ready to organize a youth conference to address the many concerns of young people in Nigeria, not many have come to terms with such a move. While some people have dismissed it as another round of political jamboree…