The Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has described the attack on a Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, as a “terrorism act against the Southwest.” Afenifere said the terrorism act was a “declaration of war against the Southwest.” The body urged all the six governors in the ...

  Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has embarked on an indefinite strike, demanding full implementation of their revised condition of service. DAILY POST recalls that PASAN had in May 2020 written to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, and the Speaker of the ...

Bombs exploded and bullets rained at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, yesterday afternoon by gunmen and at the end, 50 worshippers laid dead, signalling the arrival of massacre of the innocent in the South. Those killed included family members, children, and pregnant women. Another ...

Apostle Johnson Suleman of the Omega Fire Ministries, Auchi, Edo State has branded the current government as clueless and useless for “calling known gunmen unknown.” Suleman said this while condemning the attack on innocent worshippers at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. ...

1. President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday night, summoned a meeting of key stakeholders in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the party’s presidential primary election commencing today. The outcome of the meeting is still unknown. 2. It was a black Sunday yesterday as gunmen ...

Following the massacre of worshipers at the St.Francis Catholic Church, Owaluwa Owo, Ondo State, on Sunday, blood donors are needed at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, where most of the injured victims were taken to. Scores of worshippers were killed while service was ongoing in the church, ...

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has warned that there is the presence of Boko Haram in the South West. The group believes that the barbaric attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church Owo, that left many worshippers dead, was carried out by Boko Haram and warned strongly that more Churches and ...

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed sympathies to the Owo community, the government and people of Ondo State, and the country in general over the attack on worshipers at the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday. ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of worshippers at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Kingdom, in Ondo State. DAILY POST earlier reported that unknown men armed with sophisticated weapons stormed the church on Sunday and opened fire on worshipers ...

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has expressed sadness over the attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa in Owo, Owo Local Government Area of the state. DAILY POST earlier reported that unknown men armed with sophisticated weapons stormed the church on Sunday and opened fire on ...

1. State governors from the North on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, backed a Nigerian President of southern extraction. The Northern governors urged President Muhammadu Buhari to consider a Southerner as his likely successor in 2023. 2. President Muhammadu Buhari ...

  Gen. Alexander Madiebo, one of the earliest officers of the Nigerian Army and former Chief of Staff of the defunct Biafra Army, is dead. Madiebo, who fought on the Biafran side during the 1967-1970 Nigeria civil war, died at the age of 90 on Friday. Reacting, Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of ...

Socio-political commentator, Shehu Sani, on Saturday, lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari over his frequent foreign trips. Sani said Buhari was in the habit of traveling abroad when there is a problem in the country. He noted that Buhari travels abroad and return to meet the ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said sensitive electoral materials will no longer be routed through the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said INEC would no longer keep sensitive electoral materials with the CBN, starting from the ...

•Ship compartments where drugs are concealed revealed •Peddlers disguise as port officials as cover up •NDLEA arrests 3348.25kg assorted drugs in five months; meets owners of shipping lines As the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency , NDLEA intensifies the war against illicit trafficking of ...

Over 10,000 pastoralists were killed and over two million displaced across the country within the last seven years, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has said. It made the disclosure during a security summit the group organized in collaboration with the ...

1. A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has ruled that statutory delegates are constitutionally qualified to participate in all meetings, congresses and conventions of any registered political party in Nigeria. This is coming a few days before the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential ...

A late night fire incident has claimed over 20 persons at Sheka, Kano State, DAILY POST learnt.The victims were said to have been burnt beyond recognition. Similarly, Kano Municipal was also thrown into mourning as a night fire incident killed a 35-year-old mother, alongside her three-year-old ...

•Okada operators maintain compliance in Lekki/Ajah •Commuters groan as transporters hike fares •Woman dies after falling off Okada •No record of fatality during enforcement so far —Task Force spokesman •Lagos set to crush seized Okada today Barely 24 hours after the ban on activities of ...

Detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja not to okay his extradition to the United States of America, USA, to face trial over alleged involvement with a notorious Internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi. Kyari, ...

  1. The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, Senator Abudullahi Adamu and five governors of the Progressive Governors’ Forum met behind closed-door on Thursday evening. The meeting which was held at the VP’s residence in Aso Rock, is coming ...

The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested a 400-level student of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Olabisi Oluwatimilehin, for allegedly knocking down a police Inspector, Idowu Moses, with his car and leaving him for dead. Oluwatimilehin was arrested on Wednesday “for ...

One person has been confirmed dead, while many were reportedly injured in an explosion that occurred at Idoji area of Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State. DAILY POST gathered that the incident happened on Thursday at about 6 p.m. The latest explosion in Okene is coming a few days after a ...

The Kano State Police Command on Thursday, reminded residents of the state, especially, commercial motorcyclists that the recent ban on okada is still in force. A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Kano Police Command,SP Haruna Kiyawa, said the Commissioner of Police, CP Sama’ila ...

The Defence Headquarters has said troops of Operation Hadin Kai, had, in the past two weeks, eliminated 14 terrorists and arrested 15 others. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this on Thursday while briefing journalists in Abuja. Onyeuko disclosed that the ...

Custodian of the deity inside the popular Olumo Rock in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Chief Mrs. Sinatu Aduke Sanni, popularly known as ‘Iya Olumo’ is dead. Sanni, also known as the mother goddess of the tourist centre, died on Wednesday, reportedly at the age of 137 years. Her son, Solomon ...

1. Supporters of National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, under the aegis of Northern Young Professionals for Tinubu (NYPT) and Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO), have kicked against consensus for the APC nomination for the 2023 elections. The groups said Tinubu ...

A Labour Party, LP, presidential aspirant, Professor Pat Utomi has stepped down for Peter Obi. Utomi stepped down for Obi at the party’s presidential primary in Asaba, Delta State. Last week, the former Anambra State governor joined the Labour Party. Obi joined LP after he resigned from the ...

Amid heavy security by its operatives, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has brought the former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha before a Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment over N2.9B corruption charges. Okorocha was driven to the court premises ...

1. Over 100 motorcyclists, yesterday, attacked Same Global Estate in the Lokogoma area of Abuja to avenge the death of two colleagues. The incident happened after a motorist reportedly hit the Okada riders on Sunday and ran into the estate for safety. 2. At least 20 Cameroonians have been killed ...