Chelsea defender Thiago Silva has said he was devastated by the Blues’ woeful performance against Newcastle at James’ Park on Saturday. Alexander Isak put Newcastle in front 13 minutes before Raheem Sterling equalised with an outrageous free-kick for the visitors ten minutes later, seeing the ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 26th November 2023. 1. Vice-President Kashim Shettima, on Saturday, told Nigerians that multicultural diversity of the country should be seen as a source of strength, not division. Shettima said this during the ...

President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the Students’ Loan Application system was being designed in a way that there is no interface between the loan administrators and the beneficiaries. Gbajabiamila said efforts were underway to ensure the take-off of the scheme in ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 25th November 2023. Sacking of PDP Lawmakers in Plateau State: The Court of Appeal in Abuja removed 11 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers from the Plateau State House of Assembly, stating that they had ...

The Federal Government has approved a 50 per cent reduction in the cost of agricultural inputs for farmers, aligning with the commencement of dry season farming scheduled for November 25, 2023. The FG disclosed this in a statement released by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 24th November 2023. NNPCL's Plan to Halt Refined Product Importation: The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited announced its intention to cease the importation of refined petroleum products by December 2024 ...

The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Thursday, unveiled a camouflage uniform for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, pledging to support it to deliver on its mandates. A statement by the spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, Afonja Ajibola, quoted the minister as ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 23rd November 2023. Youth Protest in Kano: Supporters of the New Nigeria People’s Party protested alleged contradictions in a court judgment that sacked Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf. Conflict Between ...

The Federal Government, FG, has indicated that its plan to raise tax to Gross Domestic Product, GDP, ratio to 18 percent in the next three years would be achieved through enforcement of compliance to relevant tax laws. Speaking at the Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria, ...

By Francis Ugwu The Federal Government has endorsed the establishment of crèches at markets and workplaces nationwide to optimise working mothers’ productivity and promote breastfeeding. President Bola Tinubu disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at the inauguration of the remodelled workplace ...

The Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Christopher Musa, on Tuesday lamented the delay in the trial of suspected Boko Haram members, saying there should be a special court for terrorists. Musa, who stated this when he alongside other security chiefs, appeared before the House of ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 22nd November 2023. 1. Barely 40 days to the end of the year, the Federal Government has urged the Supreme Court to grant an extension of time for old naira notes to remain in circulation. The government wants ...

By Samson Atekojo Usman The Minister of Defence Mohammed Badaru Abubakar has said that the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will revitalize and reposition Ajaokuta Steel Company to produce military hardware to support the fight against insecurity in the country. The minister ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Tuesday 21st November 2023. House of Representatives Investigating COVID-19 Funds: The House is investigating the alleged mismanagement of a substantial COVID-19 intervention fund by various government agencies. ...

About seven weeks after the Federal Government reached an agreement with the organised Labour on payment of the wage award to cushion the impact of the fuel subsidy withdrawal, Kano, Ekiti, and 32 other states have yet to pay the agreed N35,000 grant to their workers. While the Federal ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 20th November 2023. Emirates Airline Resuming Operations: Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has indicated that Emirates Airline will soon recommence flight operations in Nigeria. ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 19th November 2023. . Oil dealers said on Saturday that the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, may be reduced in filling stations operated by independent marketers this week, following the ...

By John Gabriel The Federal Government has reportedly flagged off the release of 4,068 inmates sentenced to various terms of imprisonment with the option of a fine and compensation in custodial centres nationwide. Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Minister of Interior, who performed the symbolic ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 18th November 2023. Former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, has been ordered into Kuje prison by a Federal Capital Territory High Court due to alleged procurement fraud. After three ...

President Bola Tinubu will today depart Abuja for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference, being hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which kicks off on Monday. “The G20 CwA Conference will be taking place alongside the Fourth G20 Investment Summit, ...

The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Works will close up all ramps of the Third Mainland Bridge to traffic by 7am on Monday. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Olukorede Keisha, made this known in a statement on Friday. Keisha said the Federal Government was set ...

The High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory has ordered that the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, be remanded in the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the determination of his bail request. Emefiele is standing trial on an alleged procurement fraud. ...

By Francis Ugwu The Federal Government has finally bowed to pressure, thereby suspending the automatic deduction of 40 per cent from the Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, of tertiary institutions. The reversal order was given by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday. Tinubu spoke at an ongoing ...

By Ogaga Ariemu Telecommunications operators on Thursday urged the federal government through the Nigerian Communications Commission to consider the review of the current tariff regime in the telecom sector because it is no longer sustainable. The Chairman of The Association of Licensed ...

The Nigerian Army, on Thursday, said it had so far disposed of a total of 642 unexploded bombs recovered from the Ikeja Military Cantonment. The service, under an operation codenamed, “Exercise Clean Sweep,”  commenced the recovery and disposal of bombs from the cantonment on October 10, 2023. ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 17th November 2023. 1. The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, urges patience with the Bola Tinubu administration, citing inherited security challenges including Boko Haram, militancy, oil theft, ...

By Ogaga Ariemu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government has yet to kickstart payment of N75,000 to vulnerable Nigerians, despite the World Bank confirming disbursing part of Nigeria’s $800 million fuel subsidy removal palliatives loan. DAILY POST gathered from a World Bank document that the ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 16th November 2023. The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress have called off their nationwide strike after alleging an assault on NLC President Joe Ajaero. The suspension followed mediation by ...

By Chris Johnson The Joint National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has announced the suspension of the ongoing nationwide strike. The strike was initiated in protest against the assault on the President of the ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The ongoing nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, may come to an end soon following a “fruitful” meeting between the unions and the Federal Government. DAILY POST earlier reported that the Minister of Labour, Simon Bako Lalong, ...

By Don Silas The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday said it will establish industrial hubs to accelerate job creation to tackle rising unemployment in the nation. President Bola Tinubu disclosed this at the 55th International Conference of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management ...

By Seun Opejobi President Bola Tinubu has claimed that he inherited serious liabilities and assets from his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu disclosed this during his meeting with the Vice-President (Country Programs) of the Islamic Development Bank, Mansur Muhtar, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia and ...

By Ochogwu Sunday National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday, said that some suspected political thugs that brutalized the National president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero have been arrested. DAILY POST recalls that the NLC president was attacked in Owerri, Imo State ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 15th November 2023. The Federal Government criticized organized labor for the ongoing nationwide strike triggered by an attack on the Nigeria Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero. Kamarudeen Ogundele, ...

President Bola Tinubu says poverty is not a shameful thing but it is unacceptable in Nigeria under his leadership. Tinubu spoke on Tuesday at the 55th International Conference, Exhibition and Emerald Anniversary of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, with the theme, ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said that the old naira banknotes will remain a legal tender. DAILY POST reports that the CBN had introduced the redesign of N200, N500 and N1,000 denominations in October 2022 and certain deadlines were set for the old notes of these ...

By Jim Ochetenwu The expansive State Secretariat in the Adamawa State capital, Yola, became a ghost town Tuesday afternoon after officials of the state branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, went out to enforce the nationwide strike called by the national leadership of the union. Other ...

By Chris Johnson Bank and electricity workers have thrown their weight behind the nationwide strike initiated by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC). The unions declared the strike, commencing from midnight on November 14, as a protest against the reported ...

By Ogaga Ariemu Electricity workers have shut down the national grid following the declaration of an indefinite strike by organized labour unions. Ndidi Mbah, the spokesperson for Transmission Company of Nigeria, confirmed this to DAILY POST exclusively on Tuesday. According to her, electricity ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has written to all zonal coordinators and chairpersons of the union and demand that members be mobilised for the nationwide strike in line with the directive from the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress. The letter which was signed by ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Tuesday 14th November 2023. Labour Calls Nationwide Strike Over Assault on NLC President The organized labour has issued a nationwide strike directive following the attack on Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) ...

The Minister of State for Police Affairs, Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, disclosed yesterday that the police high command would execute President Bola Tinubu’s directive for the withdrawal of police personnel from VIP security duties, and develop a community policing strategy. The minister made this ...

By Ifunanya Obeme-Ndukwe The organised labour in Rivers State has said it will “strictly abide” by the decisions reached at the joint National Executive Council meeting of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Monday in Abuja. NLC and TUC, in a joint statement, ...

By Seun Opejobi The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, have declared a nationwide strike. NLC ordered its members to commence a nationwide strike over the assault on its president, Joe Ajaero. The organised labour directed its affiliates to implement the ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 13th November 2023. Governor Hope Uzodimma, the All Progressives Congress candidate, emerged victorious in Imo State's governorship election, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The Peoples ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed its staffers to declare their relationships with Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) in the country. In a memo signed by its Deputy Director of Human Resources Department, Christian Eze, the apex bank, according to Premium Times, also directed its ...

The Government of Saudi Arabia on Friday announced plans to invest in the rehabilitation of Nigerian refineries. The Kingdom also said it was ready to support Nigeria’s foreign exchange reforms through a substantial deposit aimed at enhancing the country’s forex liquidity. The commitments ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 11th November 2023. Today, voters in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states will cast their ballots to elect new governors. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) disclosed that out of the 5,409,438 ...

The Federal Government has begun compiling the list of new ambassadors, Saturday PUNCH has gathered. On September 2, President Bola Tinubu recalled all Nigeria’s ambassadors, both career and non-career. They were asked to return to the country on or before October 31, 2023. Nigeria has no fewer ...

Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 10th November 2023. The Federal Government criticized organized labor on Thursday for declaring a strike in Imo State and planning a nationwide strike on November 14 in response to the physical attack on ...