Tag: national

.. The Federal Government has clarified that the petition submitted by Yoruba nation agitator, Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, urging the United Kingdom to recognize the Yoruba nation, has not been endorsed by the UK government. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Eche Abu-Obe, who made this known…

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ogun State chapter, Abayomi Tella, has said that the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, still breathes and works on the blueprint of the PDP. Tella stated this on Monday while speaking to newsmen shortly after his inauguration as the party’s chairman. He alleged that the Cargo Airport built…

.. The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has expressed deep dissatisfaction and outrage over repeated collapses of the national electricity grid under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a scathing reaction to the latest collapse on October 14 and 15, HURIWA called for the immediate removal of the Minister of…

Business owners and some residents of Osogbo, the Osun State capital have begun to lament the blackout that has hit the town since Monday night. The business owners lamented that the blackout and the high cost of obtaining fuel have made them lose income. They also lamented that despite paying high electricity bills, they prefer…

.. The Lagos State High Court has ordered popular activist, Martin Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, to immediately remove ‘defamatory’ videos made against, Human rights activist, Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and his son, Folarin Falana. Justice M. O. Dawodu gave the order while in a suit marked; ID/8584/GCM/2024 on Tuesday. According…

Six persons have been reportedly killed in a renewed cult-related crisis in Auchi and South Ibie communities in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. DAILY POST gathered that the victims had in the last one week allegedly been killed in a fight between rival cult groups in the locality. The cult-related war which…

.. The Federal Government paid a total of ₦38bn as a subsidy on electricity consumption in the second quarter of 2024, a report by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has revealed. The report, covering April to June 2024, also revealed that the government assumed responsibility for 52 per cent of total generation costs,…

The Network of Peace Journalists (NPJ), in collaboration with the Conflict Mitigation and Management Regional Council (CMMRC) and Community Peace Observers (CPO), has urged for peaceful elections in all 23 local government areas in the state. Ibrahima Yakubu, team leader of the NPJ, in a statement, stressed the importance of unity among all stakeholders to…

.. The Oyo State Police command has on Tuesday, arraigned two persons, Adeyinka Olodude, 21, and Raphael Babatunde, 22, before an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court, Ibadan, for alleged murder. The duo whose addresses were not provided, are charged with conspiracy and murder of one Mr Sulaiman Olayinka, 24, by stabbing him with a knife on…

The Ogun State Government has refuted claims that it joined some states of the federation in a case at the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The government in a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor Dapo Abiodun on Media and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade on Tuesday…

.. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has disbursed a total of N200bn to 137 Host Community Trusts for the execution of 198 projects. This was disclosed on Tuesday in a statement aimed at clarifying the alleged delays in funding development projects in host communities in Ibeno, Mbo and Esit Eket communities of…

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State, on Monday sentenced 33-year-old Nasiru Isa to seven years in the correctional centre for sexually exploiting an 11-year-old girl. The Presiding Justice S .M. Shu’aibu convicted Isa, who resides in Darmanawa Bayan Gidan Kallo of Tarauni Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, on a one-count charge…

.. The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the extension of the verification exercise for the recovery of import duties on illegally imported private aircraft by a month. The NCS disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesperson Abdullahi Maiwada on Monday. The extension, scheduled to take effect on Tuesday followed reports indicating…

A former presidential aspirant, Dele Momodu, has said that only God and destiny will determine former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar’s future political career. This was in response to Ayodele Fayose, a former Governor of Ekiti State, who during the weekend advised Atiku not to contest election in Nigeria any more. DAILY POST reports that Atiku,…

.. Nigerian Enamelware Plc has announced the relocation of its factory from its current site in Ogba, Lagos State, to a new location at Lagos/Ibadan Expressway Isheri/Ibafo, Ogun State. In a statement to the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) and the public, the company revealed that the relocation process is expected to significantly disrupt its…

The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly has declared the seats of Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and three other pro-Fubara lawmakers vacant in the wake of their absence from sittings for 152 days. While making the declaration on Tuesday during plenary, Amaewhule explained that Ehie did not properly…

.. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum (PDP-GF), has temporarily brokered a truce between rival factions in the party’s NWC that have set the beleaguered party on fire in the past month to revert to the status quo. The party said there’s no crisis in the party and therefore there’s no suspension. The…

Ibrahim Daji, a notorious bandit leader, has been killed in Kwanar Nasir, Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, according to reports. Zagazola Makama, a publication that focuses on counter-insurgency in the Lake Chad region, reported that Daji was killed on Sunday by members of a rival faction. His body was reportedly left at the…

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that it paid N64 million to the Nigeria Police to release its members who were arrested before the conduct of the September 21, 2024 governorship election. DAILY POST reports that the state chairman of the party, Dr Anthony Aziegbemi, made the allegation at…

The management of the Enugu-based radio station, Urban 94.5FM has raised an alarm on how some operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission invaded its live broadcast on Monday, 14th October. The radio station disclosed this in a statement, noting that the incident happened at about 5:45 pm. According to the Radio station, the…