Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu has denied ever being served with impeachment notice from the state House of Assembly as alleged by the Speaker, Honourable Blessing Agbebaku. In a letter dated March 12, addressed to the Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, Edo State Deputy Governor, ...

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The Federal Government, yesterday, issued a marching order, asking the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to withdraw licenses of non-performing electricity distribution companies, DISCOs. This is even as power generation dropped year-on-year, YoY, by 21 per cent to 3,475MW in ...

There’s an urgent need for the world to reconsider its definition of a tragedy. For Nigeria’s sake, we need new lexicographers. Under Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria is the classic case of a tragedy. Not only is hope betrayed, rescue is abandoned. Seven people died in Lagos scampering for food ...

Two siblings have been confirmed dead in an accident at Irewon junction along Imowo -Ibadan garage road in Ijebu Ode Area of Ogun State. Spokesperson of the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, capital of the ...

The Ondo State Police Command, on Monday, said it had begun an investigation into the alleged killing of a woman, Kudirat Abolarinwa, in Lekere, Ayeyemi Area of Ondo town, Ondo State. The remains of the deceased, who was a plantain seller, were found in a pool of blood ...

By Francis Ugwu The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, have declared a 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members, following the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of the ...

By Seun Opejobi President Bola Tinubu on Monday expressed readiness to end the perennial farmers, herders crisis in the country. Tinubu vowed to draw up programmes that would end the crisis within two to three weeks. He spoke during the inauguration of the mechanised agricultural project ...

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, on Monday announced that his artificial intelligence company, xAI will open-source its chatbot, Grok this week. This comes as Musk is challenging the decision of another company he co-founded, OpenAI to make its ChatGPT a closed-source tool. The promise to ...

The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) has revealed that a significant number of Nigerian health workers have been granted visas by the United Kingdom, with a total of 18,224 visas issued in one year. This highlights the concerning trend of health workers leaving Nigeria for ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed plans to issue updated guidelines for the operations of digital assets and virtual assets service providers in the country. In an update from the SEC last week, the commission said the new guidelines will ensure criminals do not gain ...

The 2024 Annual General Congress of the umbrella socio-cultural organization of Yoruba people in Kogi State, Okun Development Association (ODA), ended in Egbe, Yagba West Local Council on Saturday with former Nigeria’s High Commissioner to ...

Tottenham landed a crucial blow in the fight to finish in the Premier League’s top four with a 4-0 demolition of Aston Villa on Sunday. Ange Postecoglou’s side arrived at Villa Park knowing defeat to their fourth-placed rivals would have been potentially fatal to their hopes of qualifying for ...

Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has flagged off the distribution of the North East Development Commission, NEDC’s dry season farming inputs to farmers across the 17 local government areas the state. At least, 1,500 small scale dry season farmers are targeted in the current exercise to ...

Deputy governor of Cross River State, Mr Peter Odey has clarified that the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, does not discriminate between old and new members of the party. DAILY POST recalls that when former Gov Ben Ayade defected on May 20, 2021 from PDP to APC, the old members ...

The Nigerian Labour Congress has distanced itself from the N500,000 being canvassed as the new minimum wage, saying it has yet to adopt a position on an amount to be presented to the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage for workers. The President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this to ...

Experts and crypto enthusiasts have lamented the current ban on Binance naira operations in Nigeria, stating it may increase youth unemployment in the country. In separate interviews with The PUNCH, the experts called on the government to look for better means of managing the country’s current ...

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, on Saturday, said that only President Bola Tinubu has the prerogative to reopen the borders in the country. He stated this during an interaction session with members of the Kongolam border community in Mai’adua Local ...

Experts and crypto enthusiasts have lamented the current ban on Binance naira operations in Nigeria, stating it may increase youth unemployment in the country. In separate interviews with The PUNCH, the experts called on the government to look for better means of ...

Bigshipment Global Limited, a frontline shipping and logistics company, is poised to launch its mobile app this March, a move the company is making to increase its customer base and also render seamless services to its existing customers. According to the Chief Executive Officer of the ...

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Bandits have reportedly kidnapped an unspecified number of Tsangaya students at Gidan Bakuso in Gada local government area of Sokoto state. Our reporter gathered that the students were abducted from their school around 1:am on Saturday. The propiretor of the school, Liman Abubakar, told our ...

Four top managers have been shortlisted for the Nigeria Premier Football League Coach of the month award for February. The quartet are Fidelis Ilechukwu (Rangers), Mangut Mbwas (Plateau United), Meremu Okara (Bayelsa United) and Paul Offor (Sporting Lagos). Offor’s Sporting Lagos recorded ...

All is now set for the burial of the late former Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Dr Herbert Wigwe in his hometown, Omueke in Isiokpo, Ikwere Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday (today). His remains, which were accompanied by a huge motorcade on ...

The traditional ruler of Otumara community, High Chief Kehinde Kalejaiye, has advised pupils and children to shun cultism and embrace positive learning for a brighter and more rewarding future. Kalejaiye who is the grand patron of Lagos Mainland and Yaba Local Government Schools Sports ...

Passengers on the Lagos-Atlanta flight on an American carrier, Delta, on Friday protested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) over the rescheduling of their flight. It was learnt that the airline had boarded passengers for the flight scheduled for 12 p.m only for them to be ...

President Bola Tinubu has condemned the heinous incidents of abduction involving very vulnerable victims, internally-displaced persons in Borno State, and students in Kaduna State. The President in a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale has directed the security and intelligence ...

Bayelsa United forward, Oginni Olatunbosun is confident the team will beat Niger Tornadoes in their Nigeria Premier Football League matchday 24 encounter. The game will be held at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa on Saturday. Oginni said the players are determined to improve their position ...

By Seun Opejobi A Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Super Mushshak trainer aircraft crashed in Kaduna on Thursday. The Mushshak aircraft crashed at about 2:35 pm. A statement issued by NAF spokesman, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, said no casualty was recorded as the two pilots escaped unhurt. ...

The Anambra State Government has opposed the trial of the immediate-past governor of the state, Willie Obiano, by the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC on January 24 arraigned Obiano on nine charges bordering on N4bn theft. In the charges, the EFCC ...

A celebrity journalist and the founder of the Best of Nollywood (BON) ventures, Seun Oloketuyi, has been honoured with the Ekiti Future Agenda award. The award was presented to him on Thursday during the Ekiti Future Agenda Roundtable held in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Speaking at the roundtable, ...

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Introduction In today’s rapidly evolving financial landscape, Nigerian financial institutions face mounting pressure to adapt their marketing strategies to meet the demands of customers and fierce competition. Traditional marketing approaches are no longer sufficient in a data-driven world ...

By Ihechukwu Sunday Following the biting hunger occasioned by the prevailing hardship in the country, concerned Nigerians have called on the federal government to swallow its pride and reverse some of its economic policies. The advice is coming amid looting of warehouses as a survival strategy. ...

A member of the National Assembly, Senator Ned Munir Nwoko, in this interview with Alex Enumah, Senator Nwoko discussed pressing national issues about the economy and security and highlighted his proposed motion and bill before the Red Chamber calling for the immediate prohibition of the use of ...

The United Nations has condemned the reported abduction of Internally Displaced Persons, many of whom are women, boys and girls, in the Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State. “The exact number of people abducted remains unknown but is estimated at over 200 people,” Ann Weru, Head of ...

Ahead of the launch of the Student Loan Scheme by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a committee comprising the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Zacch Adedeji and others recently met to ...

The Renewed Hope Ambassador of Nigeria (RHAN) has lauded  the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for its  patriotism and dedicated leadership styles. The advocacy group also hailed NEMA for its strategic interventions in the country’s emergency and disaster ...

The Traditional Ruler of Nawfia community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, His Royal Highness Igwe Dr. Ogochukwu Daniel Obelle, mni, has described the appointment of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, as a member of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s, GCFR, Economic Advisory ...

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has impounded 123 vehicles for illegal parking around bridges across the Lagos Island. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. The statement was signed by ...

The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr Gambo Aliyu, said six out of 10 persons living with HIV in Nigeria are females. Aliyu also said young Nigerian women are three times more likely to be living with HIV than men of the same age group. Aliyu, who made this known ...

By Seun Opejobi The United Arab Emirates, UAE, has announced the resumption of visa services for Nigerian citizens wishing to visit the country. This comes two years after UAE imposed a visa ban on Nigerians and automatically rejected pending visa applications. A joint announcement by the ...

•Multilateral institution declares Tinubu inherited difficult economy•Insists Nigeria still capping petrol prices•Rating agency: Lack of policy coordination remains risk to reform drive•Projects inflation to average 26% in 2024 Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The International Monetary ...

Members of the Osun State Chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, (JUSUN) have suspended their over three months industrial action.. The Chairman of the union in the state, Comrade Gbenga Eludire, in a statement released to newsmen on Tuesday said the suspension is with immediate ...

Binance, a cryptocurrency platform, is not licensed to operate in Nigeria. Obinna Iwuno, the President of the Stakeholders in Blockchain Technology Association of Nigeria, SiBan, disclosed this during an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday. He called for the regulation of virtual ...

The Nigeria Customs Service has commenced the sale of seized food items to vulnerable Nigerians to address hunger across the country, the Comptroller General of the Service, Adewale Adeniyi, has said. The Customs boss stated this on Tuesday on the floor of the House of ...

Transcorp Power Plc, a key player in Nigeria’s energy sector, recently marked a significant milestone in its corporate journey with its listing on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). Debuting with a market capitalization of N1.8 trillion, the company introduced 7.5 billion ordinary ...

The Nigerian Police Force has reiterated its ban on the use of Point-of-Sale terminal machines, and other mobile money transaction devices within police stations and other police facilities across the country. The NPF said the ban followed public outcry on alleged “illegal and illicit transactions ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has revealed that approximately 70 percent of financial crimes in Nigeria are connected to banks. Chairman of the leading anti-graft agency, Ola Olukoyede, shared this information during his address in Abuja at the 2023 ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has reviewed its foreign exchange (FX) rate for customs duties collection by 5.3 per cent to N1,544.081 per US dollar amid the continued Naira appreciation at the foreign exchange market. DAILY POST gathered that the rate dropped to N1,544.81 per ...