The only bridge linking Eruwa with Lanlate town of Oyo State has collapsed. DAILY POST gathered that the bridge collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday as a result of heavy rainfall. Eruwa and Lanlate are in Ibarapa East Local Government Area. One of the residents of ...

Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have launched an attack on the Kuje Medium Prison in Abuja. The prison facility came under attack around 10:27 p.m. with bomb explosions and gun shots. Investigation revealed that the suspected terrorists invaded the facility from the back of the premises. The ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Gunmen, on Tuesday, opened fire on the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State. According to Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu, Nigeria’s number one citizen was not in the convoy at the time of the attack, but ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Tension heightened yesterday in Igoba community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State following the killing of a security guard identified as ‘Mr Sunday’ by gunmen. The unidentified attackers, who also set a filling ...

.Blasts N-Delta govs for not investing in refining .Petroleum marketers threaten to down tool over unpaid bridging claims  By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Bashir Bello The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has warned that fuel scarcity would not end in Nigeria soon. ...

No fewer than 11 persons have been burnt beyond recognition in a crash along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State Sector confirmed the incident on Sunday. The command’s spokesperson, Florence Okpe, disclosed that the multiple crashes ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has faulted the proposed increase in the fare for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) across various routes in the state, calling for a reversal of the plan. The Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Hakeem Amode, in a ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Scores of children were on Saturday allegedly found in an underground apartment of a church in the Valentino Area of Ondo town, Ondo State, on Friday evening. It was gathered that the children were allegedly kidnapped and kept in ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has dismissed reports making the rounds that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, met with him in France. A statement by his media office issued on ...

Nigerian officials blamed the terror attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, on the Islamic State West Africa Province while avoiding references to networks of politically powerful herdsmen, Knoxville News Sentinel reports. According to a senior fellow at the Religious Freedom ...

  Families of the remaining 51 Abuja-Kaduna train attack victims, on Friday, vowed to occupy key government facilities in Kaduna and Abuja over the government’s insensitivity to their plight. Severely, the bandits had threatened to kill the victims if the government did ...

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the attack in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State by bandits who killed scores of security operatives, including soldiers and police. According to reports, at least 43 people, including 30 soldiers and seven mobile police personnel and ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, adjourned the trial of a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on charges of conspiracy and organ harvest. With the adjournment, the lawmaker will remain in custody until his ...

  Kinsmen of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu have backed the lawmaker in his current travail. DAILY POST recalls that the Senator is currently being held in the United Kingdom, alongside his wife, over alleged organ harvesting. During plenary ...

Revenue allocation to federal, state and local governments has declined from a peak of N970.57bn in July 2021 to N680.783bn in May 2022, representing a 30 per cent reduction over the period. The decrease in allocation to these levels of government reveals the fiscal challenges facing various ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Former Governor Ayodele Fayose was spotted with Abiodun Oyebanji, winner of the Ekiti governorship election, on Wednesday. This came a few hours after he dumped his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate ...

  The vice presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Kabiru Masari has informed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that his original certificates are missing. The placeholder running mate of the APC presidential candidate, ...

By Ise-Oluwa Ige, ABUJA The Supreme Court has cleared the air on the purported inconsistency in the age record of the newly sworn in Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. On the official website of the Supreme Court, Justice Ariwoola was born in Iseyin, Oyo state, on ...

By Ike Uchechukwu & Emma Una, CALABAR Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has dethroned and de-certificated the Obol Lopon of Nko, Etim Ayomobi, in Yakurr Local Government Area and the Clan Head of Oyadama, Ovarr Vincent Erena, in Obubra Local Government Area of the state with immediate ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu on terrorism charges has been shifted till November 14 by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The trial was put on hold by Justice Binta Nyako following the ...

  The new acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has promised not to fail Nigerians. Ariwoola made the pledge after taking over from his predecessor, Justice Ibrahim Tanko. Tanko had resigned due to ill-health on Sunday evening. Following ...

  Professor Kunle Ajayi, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Commissioner for the Osun 2022 gubernatorial election has revealed that with the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), it will be very difficult to rig ...

Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) Oyo State chapter has called for the implementation of the Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS) for legislative staff in the State. The concerned workers made this demand on Monday. They explained that the implementation of ...

Nigeria along with Liberia and six other countries have been listed among the African countries with highest airport taxes and charges. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) disclosed that these airport taxes were too high, despite not meeting up with services standard required for ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been told to arrest former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad immediately. This was after Muhammad resigned as the CJN on Monday, citing health issues. Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, said the resignation of ...

  A 27-year-old mother of two, Blessing Mba, who was allegedly brutalized by CSP Ige Adekunle, Divisional Police Officer of the Adeeke Police Station, Iwo, Osun State has been reported missing. Blessing, according to sources, left her house opposite Adeeke police station, Iwo on Sunday ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The council of the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland has hailed the decision of the Zamfara State Government to approve gun licenses. The government gave the approval to enable individuals to carry firearm for defence against ...

The ruling All Progressives Congress on Monday accused the Peoples Democratic Party of being the brain behind the rumour that the APC had earmarked N6.5 trillion to rig the 2023 general election. This was disclosed in a leaked document tagged “leaked APC 2023 Election Document,” which had been ...

*Confers Tanko Muhammad with national honour The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, has sworn in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja. Ariwoola, who is the most senior Justice of the Supreme ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has resigned, according to Channels Television. The station quoted some sources as saying that the CJN resigned on Sunday night, citing ill-health as the reason for his decision. According to Channels Television, the arrangements are ongoing ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Catholic Priest, Rev. Father Odia, who was abducted by gunmen early hours of Sunday in Edo State has been killed by the abductors. He was kidnapped at Ikabigbo community of Etsako West local government of the State while on his way ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Armed men suspected to be bandits have murdered a Catholic priest, Rev Fr. Vitus Borogo, in Kaduna State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Saturday at the Prison Farm, Kujama, along Kaduna-Kachia Road, after a raid on ...

A civil rights organization. Center for Reform and Public Advocacy, has given the Inspector-General of Police a 48- hour ultimatum within which he should arrest and initiate criminal prosecution against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, for allegedly ...

A global business intelligence, Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU has ranked Nigeria’s commercial capital city, Lagos the world’s second-worst liveable city. EIU according to its recent publication, ranked Lagos 171 out of 172 countries in the list of its global liveable cities in the world. The ...

Former Political Adviser, and country representative to Uganda Joel Mudaiwa Abel, on Saturday, said the 2023 general election is far from being realistic going by all manner of evils, committed by Nigerians. He said some bandits and insurgents may take over some states, making it difficult for ...

Ekiti signals bad omen – 26,000 security men couldn’t stop vote buying; INEC fails to ensure secrecy of the ballot By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja Although the atmosphere in which the June 18, 2022 governorship election in Ekiti state was conducted has been adjudged to be generally peaceful; solid ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), on Friday visited Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. He met Wike less than 24 hours after Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Friday raided a property belonging to K Salam Construction Company, a military contractor and recovered N175,706,500; $220,965; G-Wagon; 2022 editions of BMW and Mercedes Benz cars; customized mobile phones; several ...

Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Friday attacked the Okehi Police Area Command killing an inspector on duty. DAILY POST gathered that the gunmen, who were fully armed, attacked the police command at about 12:30 am on Friday. It was also learnt that part of the area command office was razed ...

Following the recent approval by the Supreme Court to allow female Muslim students to wear hijab in public schools, a Rivers State-based lawyer, Barrister Mathew A. Abakpa has vowed to storm the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt next week in his complete Juju attire. Recall that the Supreme ...

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, has told the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson that there have been apprehension in admitting on bail detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu because he jumped jumped bail the previous ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, have been arrested and detained in the United Kingdom over alleged organ harvesting. The metropolitan police confirmed this on Thursday. ...

The United Kingdom Metropolitan Police have formally charged two Nigerians with conspiracy to facilitate the travel of another person for organ harvesting. The suspects were arrested and charged over their plan to bring a child into the country to allegedly harvest the said child’s organs. The ...

  In this interview with GODWIN ISENYO, the Spokesperson for the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, an umbrella body of the people of the southern part of Kaduna, Luka Binniyat, explains incessant attacks on the people and payment of ransom since 2020 The abductors of over 30 worshippers in ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Labour Party, LP, yesterday, said that the party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi and his New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, counterpart, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, are still in talks to field a joint ticket for the 2023 ...

Pastor William Kumuyi, General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, has shared his opinion on the fielding of either Muslim-Muslim ticket or Christian-Christian ticket for the 2023 presidential election. According to him, Nigeria’s political leaders need to consult and conduct ...

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena, has warned the presidential flagbearer of Labour Party, Peter Obi, not to rely on any support from his ‘Obidient’ movement ahead of the 2023 election. Nabena disclosed that the former Anambra governor would ...

The Inter-Party Advisory Council on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the just concluded Ekiti State election, which it said, was a daylight robbery and a slap on democracy. The council almost disclosed that its observation team witnessed a brazen act of vote-buying by agents of political ...

The National Union of Pensioners, Ogun State Chapter, has issued a 14-day ultimatum to Governor Dapo Abiodun to meet their demands on 150 months of unremitted contributory pensions. The pensioners also threatened to embark on an unprecedented protest if the governor fails to meet their demands ...