The Country Representative of the Centre for International and Strategic Studies (CISS), Professor Ifure Ifure on Sunday, applauded the 10th House of Representatives for its people-oriented approach, transparency and inclusivity, especially in the area of appropriations. Professor Ifure gave ...

BY KEEM ABDUL Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not get to where he is in life by letting things get to him. Moments after he missed his footing and fell while boarding an open-air parade vehicle at this year’s annual Democracy Day at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the Nigerian federal capital, he ...

By Asare Asare The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has assured Nigerians that the country will become self-sufficient in Premium Motor Spirit (Petroleum) production in the next four weeks. He commended President Bola Tinubu for having the courage to remove the fuel subsidy, assuring that the ...

By Williams Anuku The Presidency has reacted to a report published in the New York Times criticising the Nigerian economy as facing the worst trajectory in a generation. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday reacted to the report credited to Ruth ...

Modular refineries, on Sunday, confirmed the concerns raised by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, on the fact that some mafias in the oil sector were bent at stopping in-country refining of crude oil for the production of Premium Motor Spirit, ...

That our federalism is not work­ing is not open to debate; it’s there for all to see. The fact that the growth of this other­wise great nation is stunted can only be contested by those who have chosen to live in self-denial. We all keep com­plaining of the over-centralisation of leadership ...

Ad The Presidency has hit back at what it called the “predetermined, reductionist, derogatory, and denigrating” way foreign media outlets have reported on the country’s current economic situation under the administration of President Bola Tinubu. In a strongly-worded rejoinder, Special ...

By Ogaga Ariemu President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ayodeji Gbeleyi as the Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE. Presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. According to him, Gbeleyi is a renowned financial expert and ...

Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ireti Kingibe, has urged the country’s leaders to use the teachings of this festive period in rededicating themselves to service. While felicitating Nigerians, particularly Muslim faithful, Kingibe called on everyone, especially public ...

The Senator representing Niger South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Abuja, Senator Peter Ndalikali Jiya, has tasked Muslims across the country to always promote peace and unity as they mark this year’s Eid-El-Kabir celebration. A statement issued by the Senator’s Media ...

By Matthew Atungwu President Bola Tinubu has sacked Mamman Ahmadu as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP. Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. The statement read, “This is part of a larger ...

Balanga Dam was established in the 1980s to provide means of livelihood and provide job security. However, the closure of the dam five years ago by the Gombe State government has plunged people of the area into untold hardship. Daily Trust on Sunday reports. The Balanga Dam, located in Balanga ...

The Abia State Police Command has rescued three siblings, Gideon Osinachi, eight, Obioma Osinachi, six, and Israel Osinachi, four, who were kidnapped by an unknown commercial motorcyclist in May in Amoba Okoro village in the Ikwuanno Local Government ...

The Oyo State government on Saturday called for the adoption of precautionary measures to prevent a potential cholera outbreak in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, made the call during a visit to a private hospital in Ibadan where two persons with ...

Kanayo Awani, executive vice-president, Intra-African Trade Bank, Afreximbank, says empowering the youths will be the driving force behind the emergent global Africa. Ms Awanu said this at the ongoing 31st Afreximbank Annual Meetings, AAM2024 in Nassau, The Bahamas. The meetings are being ...

The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) is exploring a partnership with Abdulkadir Kure University Minna (AKUM) in Niger State, Nigeria, for technology development. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Mohammed Aliyu Paiko, made this known when ...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state, Mr. John Mayaki, has advised residents to “embrace a competent candidate and the ability to govern, regardless of party affiliation,” in the September 21 governorship election.  Mayaki gave the advice, stressing that the ...

After a pivotal meeting in Lagos, the Nigeria Mixed Martial Arts Federation (NMMAF), has arrived at various resolutions geared towards de- veloping the game in the country. According to the president of NMMAF, Henry George, efforts are underway to secure support from International ...

Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that its attention has been drawn to a meme coin known as “$Davido” allegedly linked to the popular Nigerian singer, David Adedeji Adeleke AKA Davido. SEC said, “Please note that the Commission does not recognise $Davido as an investment ...

Ad The House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence has urged the federal government to acquire new presidential aircraft for President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima. The committee’s recommendation was contained in a report released after its ...

President Bola Tinubu will, on Friday, receive a draft bill seeking a return to a regional system of government for Nigeria. The proposed legislation authored by a chieftain of the Yoruba socio-cultural association, Afenifere, Akin Fapohunda, and titled, “A Bill for an Act to substitute the ...

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has stated that the problem of land grabbing will soon come to an end in the state. The monarch stated this while receiving the Police Wives Association (POWA) led by the wife of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mrs Egbetokun in Lagos. He said his ...

The Zamfara State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Sani Mustapha, has charged the personnel of the Corps to be professional and diligent in their conduct during and after the Eid Kabir celebrations in the state. Mustapha, who released the Operational Order ...

Agboola Segun Babawale  popularly known as Wale 123 is a music promoter, showbiz entrepreneur, artistes manager, and the Chief Executive Officer of Purified Entertainment Company, a registered record label company that specialises in signing the young up and coming artistes in the industry, in ...

Minimum Wage: Don’t submit minimum wage figure to N/Assembly without consulting us, Labour tells Tinub Members of the organised labour have called on the President, Bola Tinub, not to present any figure regarding minimum wage bill to the National Assembly without consulting them and members of ...

Agency The Ogun State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Tomi Coker has appealed to nursing graduates of the Ogun College of Nursing Sciences, Abeokuta not to forget their roots and the country that nurtured them despite the attraction that greener pastures hold. Speaking at the first combined ...

Controversial Nollywood star Yvonne Jegede has lambasted her colleague and media personality, Chinudu Ani Emmanuel, aka Nedu, for shading her over her apology to Yul Edochie’s first wife, after endorsing her husband’s second marriage. DAILY POST recalls that Jegede tendered an apology after ...

By Kayode Lawal The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors over full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country. Justice Garba Lawal on Thursday announced that parties in the matter would be communicated once the ...

The African Development Bank Group has launched a series of training programmes to support 22 transition or fragile states in Africa to manage their debt more effectively.The Public Finance Management Academy for Africa, an initiative of the Bank Group’s African Development Institute, kicked ...

The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has called for more support towards the efforts of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in curbing societal ills.Ooni Ogunwusi made this plea while welcoming the EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede who was on a visit to the palace.In a post on X ...

Amid the controversy greeting the new minimum wage, President Bola Tinubu has assured the Labour Unions that he would approve a wage that the Federal Government can afford. President Tinubu made this known while speaking at a dinner to mark Nigeria’s 25 years of unbroken Democracy ...

LAGOS  – The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, has advocated the need for liquidity in the power sector as a major solution needed to stabilize the troubled sector.  He disclosed this in his recent submission to the committee investigating ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted on N250,000 as minimum wage and faulted President Bola Tinubu’s comment over the matter. The committee on the new minimum wage had submitted its report to the Federal Government, pegging its offer at N62,000. President Tinubu during his ...

Argentina star Lionel Messi has announced that Inter Miami will be his “last club” and acknowledged that “there’s not a lot of time left” in his illustrious career. At 36, Messi joined Inter Miami last summer, ending his 20-year stint in Europe where he played for Barcelona and Paris ...

Nigeria, with its vibrant and growing youth population, is standing at a crossroads. The nation is grappling with an alarming unemployment rate of 33.3 percent, one of the highest in the world. This crisis is particularly severe among young Nigerians, who represent a significant segment of the ...

Ad Benue State governor Hyacinth Alia has said, for record purposes, his administration has yet to borrow a dime since he became governor on May 29, 2023. The governor said he would only do so when it becomes extremely necessary, adding that “for now, prudence in governance must know us and ...

The Executive Secretary/CEO of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Akutah Pius Ukeyima, has commended West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) for its high level of investment, automation and services they are offering. The NSC CEO gave the commendation during his recent visit to the terminal in ...

The Police Command in Ondo State has arrested a 31-year-old man, Yusuf Adenoyin, for allegedly having eight dry human skulls at Isua-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of the state. Mr Abayomi Oladipo, Commissioner of Police in Ondo state, said this in a statement made available to ...

By Williams Anuku The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reacted to the Democracy Day Speech by the President, Bola Tinubu, where he gave assurance of a new minimum wage for the workforce, saying he failed to give them the much expected gift on June 12. Ag. President of NLC, Comrade Prince Adewale ...

The Ekiti State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed the June 12 Celebration and the Democracy Day as a mockery of the spirit of democracy and the suffering of the helpless masses of Nigeria. The PDP, in a statement made available to journalists by its spokesman, Raphael ...

Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered a large-scale deployment of police officers across Nigeria in response to reports of a potential nationwide protest by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC. The protests are reportedly in reaction to the ongoing deadlock between the ...

Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rep Kingsley Chinda, has said despite so many failures recorded on the last unbroken 25years of democracy, it still remains the best form of government as autocracy as an option is suicidal. Chinda who represents Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency ...

Angela Onwuzoo Gynaecologists under the aegis of the Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria have expressed concern over the high rate of home delivery among poor pregnant women in the country occasioned by economic hardship. Already, SOGON said about 80 per cent of women in the country ...

President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigeria’s economy has been unstable and urgently requires reforms that have been delayed for decades. Tinubu stated this during a live broadcast on Wednesday to mark the nation’s 25th anniversary of uninterrupted democracy. The president acknowledged the ...

Men outnumber women by 65 per cent among youths that registered for the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) in two years. Data from the National Pension Commission, Pencom on fresh registration under the  CPS shows that, among youths, 339,789 male registered while 206,186 females registered from ...

The Nigeria Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) has inaugurated a new executive committee. Leading the stellar cast of renowned arbitrators is Mrs. Olusola Adegbonmire, a Chartered Arbitrator, who has been sworn-in as the new Chairman of the Branch. She replaces foremost ...

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has secured the release of 110 inmates from the Kaduna Correctional Centre to mark the celebration of 2024 June 12 Democracy Day. Governor Sani who visited the Kaduna Custodial Centre alongside the famous rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi ...

By Francis Ugwu President Bola Tinubu will address the Nigerians in a nationwide broadcast as part of the Democracy Day celebration. This was made known in a statement issued by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity. Ngelale said Tinubu will address ...

Nathaniel Shaibu As part of activities to commemorate the first anniversary of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, the Health and Human Services Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration has launched free antenatal care and health insurance coverage for pregnant women for ...

The Rivers State Ethnic Youth Leaders Coalition, RSEYLC, has blasted the 27 members of the State House of Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, for denying their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. In ...