By Seun OpejobiThe apex Igbo socio-political organization, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has said the National Assembly should impeach Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo alongside President Muhammadu Buhari.Ohanaeze said Buhari and Osinbajo have failed in their primary responsibility of protecting ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended the ongoing strike by another four weeks. ASUU president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed the union’s decision in a press statement on Monday.2. The Minister of the ...

By Ishola OludareThere is tension in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, following the arrest of a suspected Boko Haram leader.DAILY POST gathered that the suspected terrorist was arrested Saturday night by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Ogun State.Most residents of Abeokuta ...

By Williams Anuku The Bayelsa State Police Command on Sunday said it has recovered the bodies of four officers who were missing after a surveillance boat conveying them was crushed by a gunboat in the state’s waterways on July 25.The four bodies of the slain policemen were deposited at the mortuary ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. There was anxiety in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Sunday, following the arrest of a suspected Boko Haram leader. The suspect was arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS).2. The Police Command in Lagos ...

By Ochogwu SundayThe Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the arrest and prosecution of skit and movie makers who use the police uniform without approval.The order was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer.The statement also ...

By Vincent Ujumadu, Olayinka Ajayi & Steve Oko…to deploy 200,000 BVAS for 2023 polls•Says no carting away of enrolment device in LagosThe Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has said voters registration ahead of the 2023 elections ends today.The announcement came as potential voters engaged ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Nigeria, on Saturday, won its first medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK. Adijat Adenike Olarinoye recorded a total of 203kg in the women’s 55kg weightlifting event to win Nigeria’s first gold medal in the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday stormed Wuse Zone 4, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the base of many Bureau De Change operators in Abuja following the continuous devaluation of ...

Thugs on Friday disrupted the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise at St. Bridget Catholic Church in Ijesha, Surulere area of Lagos State.The thugs carted away the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Continuous Voter Registration machines.The incident happened less than ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Some soldiers were reportedly killed when Boko Haram terrorists raided a military checkpoint around Zuma rock in Niger State, on Thursday night. The area close to Madalla town is a few meters away from Zuba, along the Abuja-Kaduna ...

Terrorists attacked a military checkpoint, Thursday night, near Zuma rock in Niger State.The location, near Madalla town, is close to Zuba, along the Abuja-Kaduna highway.The insurgents arrived at the spot some minutes after 7pm and opened fire on the troops, killing some. A source told Daily Trust ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Barely seven weeks after terrorists attacked worshippers at Owo, in Ondo State, some unknown gunmen, have again attacked the ancient town. Many people were said to have been injured in the attack which took place Wednesday evening, ...

By Adelani Adepegba, Friday Olokor, Victor Ayeni, Solomon Odeniyi, Abiodun Sanusi, Animashahun Salman, Maiharaji Altine, Olaide Oyelude By Tukur Muntari, and Gbenga Odogun There were strong indications on Tuesday that two terrorist groups, the Islamic State West Africa Province and Boko Haram, were ...

The General Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Emmanuel Ugboaja, has said that the congress will hold an “Abuja Mega” solidarity protest in support of trade unions whose strikes have shut down public universities.Ugboaja disclosed this in a statement signed by Bello Ismail on his behalf and ...

 Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has brought depression and hardship.Falana stated this while speaking at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) protest in Lagos on Tuesday.He also made reference to Buhari’s remarks that he is eager to leave ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered a beef up of security in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in order to fortify the nation’s capital against terrorists. In a statement on Tuesday, Force spokesman, Olumuyiwa ...

A United Kingdom, UK, court has granted former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu’s wife, Beatrice bail.Ekweremadu and his wife were accused of trafficking a young Nigerian to the UK for the purpose of harvesting his kidney.They were accused of plotting to traffic the 21-year-old to ...

By Adelani Adepegba, Grace Edema, Solomon Odeniyi, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, James Abraham, Bola Bamigbola, Bola Bamigbola, Daud Olatunji, Chima Azubuike, Tunde Oyekola, Anozie Egole, Opeoluwani Akintayo, Funmi Fabunmi, Femi Makinde and Edward Nnachi The police and the Nigeria Security and Civil ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The presidential flagbearer of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has debunked insinuation that he may be working for his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, counterpart, Atiku Abubakar. Contrary to insinuations that he may step down for Atiku ...

The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Monday, expressed worry over the latest threat from one of the terrorists’ groups operating in the Northern part of the countryDAILY POST reported that the group, responsible for the abduction of Abuja-Kaduna bound train ...

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has said that religion should be totally a private affair and should be removed from public spaces.According to Fashola, religious practices such as praying in the public should stop and religion should be practiced only in religious centres, ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The Presidency has reacted to a video of terrorists threatening to wreak havoc on the nation, saying security and defense forces were not “clueless or helpless”. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar has challenged the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to an hour-long Television interview. ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Friday, told stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the unity, security and prosperity of Nigeria would matter most to him beyond his days in office as President. DAILY POST reports that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. A delegation from a United States-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI) has said Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Peter Obi may force the 2023 contest into a re-run. The institute ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday, approved 140 and above as the national minimum cut-off mark for admission into public universities in 2022. The board approved 100 for Colleges of Education, 120 for ...

A renowned lawyer and diplomat, Justice Osai Ahiakwo has condemned yesterday’s allegation that the national ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, hired some persons who adorned themselves in different cassocks of Christian leaders to grace the unveiling of Alhaji Kashim Shettima, ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The All Progressives Congress, APC, has unveiled former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima as its 2023 presidential running mate. Shettima was unveiled at an event in Abuja on Wednesday. 2. Osun State governor-elect, Senator ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The kidnapped Kaduna Catholic priest, Very Rev. Fr. John Mark Chietnum has been killed by his abductors. Another priest, Rev. Fr. Donatus Cleopas, who was kidnapped with him, however, escaped from the kidnappers’ den. 2. Troops ...

By Okechukwu Nnodim   A document displaying the costs of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in various regions of Nigeria is causing confusion among PMS consumers as the Federal Government remained mute about the matter on Tuesday. Although some operators in the downstream oil ...

Goodluck Opiah, Education Minister, State. By Victor Ahiuma-Young, Joseph Erunke, Luminous Jannamike & Prince Okafor, LAGOS The Federal Government and workers’ unions in various sectors of the economy were literally at each other’s jugular, yesterday, over the five-month long strike embarked ...

A Fulani socio-cultural group, Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria, (KACRAN), has tasked presidential candidates to fully incorporate livestock development in their policies and programs or risk losing their bloc votes in the forthcoming general elections. KACRAN’s National ...

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the investigation of Habib Okikiola better known as Portable. The controversial artiste made a revelation in a trending video. Portable announced that he formed the notorious cult groups, One Million Boys and Ajah Boys. The Lagos gangs ...

The professionals under the platform of Coalition of Nigeria Professionals for Good Governance (CNPGG), have called out the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over a statement credited to him to the effect that the October, 2020 EndSARS protest, was allegedly sponsored by the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Osun State governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke has said some associates of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, worked for him in Saturday’s election. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the election said ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Bandits have abducted a pregnant woman at Lema community, Mando, opposite Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna State. Seven other persons were kidnapped when the bandits entered three houses around 1:00 am on Sunday. 2. The ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Doctors who performed the surgical operation on Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, to treat the recurrent pain caused by a fracture in his leg have said they have concluded the procedure and that it was successful. 2. The Independent ...

The police in Lagos have arrested eight members of cult groups over the attack on the convoy of ex-Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu. The incident occurred after the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer returned to the state from Abuja after the presidential primary. The June 19 ambush ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. President Muhammadu Buhari has restated that his farm in Daura, handed to him by his forefathers, is the next thing on his mind after leaving office next year. The President said this on Friday in Daura while speaking to the elected ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Nigeria will end July 31. Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye issued a statement after a meeting of the commission on Friday. Okoye noted ...

A Kaduna-based activist, Prof. Suleiman Dansoko, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to be anxious to leave office until he cleans all the mess he created for Nigeria. President Buhari had told party supporters, who paid him Sallah homage in Daura last week, that governance is too ...

Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has reacted to viral videos of Permanent Voters Cards PVCs allegedly buried underground in Imo state, including inside the compound of an unnamed high-profile person. INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has raised alarm that Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State could be exposed to massive rigging and unprecedented vote buying. A member of the CDD Election Analysis Centre ...

By Stephen Angbulu   The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, urged youths to acquire knowledge not towards getting government jobs as there are no “jobs in government anymore.” He also urged youths to acquaint themselves with history to avoid making the same ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. President Muhammadu Buhari has told his immediate family, particularly, his children that he is not leaving anything for them to inherit. Buhari, who is expected to bow out of office as President in May 2023, insisted that the only ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has told his immediate family, particularly, his children that he is not leaving anything for them to inherit. Buhari, who is expected to bow out of office as President in May 2023, insisted that the only legacy he hopes to bequeath to them is proper education. The ...

  The National Population Commission (NPC) will recruit three million ad hoc staff for the 2023 population census. Abdulmalik Durunguwa, NPC National Commissioner representing Kaduna State made the disclosure. The official spoke on Wednesday in Kaduna at a town hall meeting on the ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has cautioned against the alleged plot to Islamize Nigeria. IPOB warned that it won’t allow any individual, government, or ethnic groups to Islamize Nigeria or turn it into a Fulani colony. Emma Powerful, the spokesperson of the separatist group, said ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Ahead of the governorship election in Osun State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, yesterday, lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, LP, in the State, saying they ...