Tag: national

.. The Rivers State Police Command has issued a press release to clarify misleading reports circulating on social media regarding a recent rescue operation. Signed by SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, the statement sets the record straight on the rescue of 16 children from a compound in Ozuoba, in Obio-Akpor…

The Special Assistant on Public Communication to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu and President Bola Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga on Sunday traded tackles over the president’s trip from the United Kingdom, UK, to France. Shaibu informed Onanuga that the Federal Government is not a travel agency for Tinubu to globetrot. Tinubu had announced…

Hundreds of Nigerian youths risked their lives as they happily scooped fuel from a fallen truck. The incident happened at about 4 pm near Okurikang Junction in Odukpani LGA. The truck fell as a result of a heavy downpour which made the Calabar-Itu federal road slippery as the ongoing rehabilitation of the road is witnessing…

Investors on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) witnessed a turnover of 2.97 billion shares valued at N31.51bn, executed across 42,482 transactions during the past week. This marks a slight increase in trading activity compared to the previous week, which saw 2.87 billion shares worth N132.81bn traded in 39,867 deals. The NGX All-Share Index (ASI) and…

Over 5000 delegates are set to elect 39 new PDP executive members in Kano after decades of internal wranglings that robbed the party of credible leaders. The party’s national chairman of the electoral panel of the congress, Halilu Abubakar Mazagari, said while commencing the party congress at the famous Sabon Gari Pillars Stadium, on Saturday,…

The leadership of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, a union of staff working in the legislative houses, National Assembly Chapter, has denied allegations it misappropriated the sum of N3 billion. The denial was sequel to claims by a member of PASAN, Yusuf Abiola, at a press conference on Monday in Abuja, saying that…

Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia surprised the Catholic faithful when he bought the Benue governorship form of the All-Progressive Congress (APC) in May 2022 with zero experience in partisan politics. But with the backing of former governor, George Akume, a political war horse now the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Rev. Fr. Alia…

A man by name Musa Abdulai, suspected to be an agent of the bandits in Ekiti State and supplying food items to them at their hideouts, has been arrested. According to the press release made available to DAILY POST by the Head of the Communications Department of the Ekiti State Amotekun Corps, Officer Adeleye Abiodun,…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ondo State chapter, on Saturday, lashed out at Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for allegedly denying the party the use of the Democracy Park in Akure, the state capital, for its campaign flag-off. Infuriated over the development, the PDP disclosed that successive administrations in the state, in particular the erstwhile boss of…

Gov Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has suspended his Special Adviser on Salary and Pensions, Alhaji Bashir Ado, over alleged premature statement on N70,000 minimum wage. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Malam Bala Ibrahim, in Dutse, on Saturday. Ibrahim said the government viewed with serious…

Four people have reportedly died after a trailer fell into a ditch along the old Oyo-Ogbomosho Road. DAILY POST learnt that several other people also sustained various degrees of injuries as a result of the accident that occurred on Thursday night. The incident, according to sources, happened at the Emaayo-Seminary area in Ogbomosho. The trailer,…

Isaac Fayose, the brother of former Ekiti governor, Ayo Fayose, has declared himself the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Isaac went further to announce the suspension of some top members from the two factions of the party, such as Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Nyesom Wike, Ayo Fayose, Seyi Makinde, and other G5…

The acting Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, has called on special marshals of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, to devise methods of identifying drunken drivers on the highway. Onyeme made the call on Saturday in Asaba during the commissioning of the secretariat for special marshals of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Delta…

The Edo State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly threatening to burn down a house and kill its occupants. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Moses Yamu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Benin City. Yamu said that the two suspects in their 30s were detained for investigation over the…

Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has dismissed recent speculations of internal divisions within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The governor, who doubles as Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, declared that there is no faction within the party. Mohammed’s declaration is coming after the party’s embattled national chairman led PDP chairmen from the North East…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, has commissioned a Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Egbe, Yagba East Local Government Area, to combat insecurity and insurgency in Kogi State. The newly commissioned FOB in Egbe was built and donated by the lawmaker representing Kogi West, Senator Sunday Karimi. While commissioning the project on…

Vice President Kashim Shettima .. Vice President Kashim Shettima has condoled with the family of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Malam Mele Kyari, over the loss of his daughter, Fatima Kyari. The VP said this in a statement issued by Stanley Nkwocha Senior Special Assistant to The…

The Police Command in Borno State has re-arrested a convict, Kyari Kur, who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Maiduguri. Kur also known as Henry, escaped from the facility in September after part of the perimeter fence collapsed due to a major flood incident. The Police Public Relations Officer, of the Borno command,…

.. The Nigerian Navy has distributed educational materials to schools in Opobo, Rivers State, as part of its “Operation Delta Sanity Four” programme. The goal, according to the Navy is to encourage pupils in their educational pursuits and foster well-rounded development through extracurricular activities. The initiative, dubbed “Free Educational Rhapsody,” benefited Opobo Primary School,…

Former Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye on Friday charged the suspended acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagum to join the All Progressives Congress, APC. Melaye, who described Damagum as an agent of destruction, said the suspended chairman has done enough harm to PDP. Posting on X, Melaye wrote: “APC agent…