By Clement Chinedu A bus carrying dozens of primary school children has crashed and caught fire just outside Bangkok, leaving over 20 feared dead. The bus was returning from a school trip in the northern province of Uthai Thani when ...

By Ifunanya Obeme-Ndukwe The nationwide protest against hunger and bad governance has faced a setback in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. This is due to the actions of security agencies, accompanied by individuals appearing to be ...

By Williams Odunze The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has cautioned the people of the state to refrain from behaviours capable of causing social unrest in the state. The police commissioner gave the warning while reacting to ...

By Francis Ugwu   Ex-President Donald Trump has said that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are to blame for Iran’s attack on Israel. The development comes after the Israel Defense Forces, IDF, announced that Iran had ...

By Francis Ugwu President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran has said that the country’s missile strike on Israel was in defense of Iran’s interests and citizens. Pezeshkian warned on X saying that the operation on Tuesday was “only a portion of our ...

NATO must ensure that Ukraine prevails in its war against Russia, the new head of the transatlantic military alliance said after he took charge. Mark Rutte branded Ukraine his “top priority” as he formally became NATO secretary-general at a ceremony in Brussels on Tuesday. The former Dutch ...

Kano, A/Ibom, others shun demonstration   By Dalhatu Liman (Abuja), Tosin Tope (Akure), Dotun Omisakin (Lagos), Salim Umar Ibrahim (Kano), Magaji I. Hunkuyi (Jalingo), Bassey Willie, (Yenagoa) & Iniabasi Umo (Uyo)   Youths in Lagos and Ondo states took to the streets yesterday to ...

Four days before the October 5, 2024 local government elections in Akwa Ibom State, a civil society organisation, Centre for Human Rights Accountability Network, CHRAN, has extracted commitments from the Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission, AKISIEC, security agencies as well as ...

By Ejembi Ogwuche   Eleven persons have been confirmed dead with six others in critical condition following a cholera outbreak in Apaogbozu community of Apa, in Ado Local Government Area of Benue State. This was ...

In the animal kingdom, not all mate before reproduction. Are you surprised? The process is called parthenogenesis. You need to go through this article to learn about these incredible animals. Here are animals that reproduce without mating:1. Stick insectsStick insects, also called “walking ...

By Ochogwu Sunday Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday fired teargas canisters at Nigerian youth protesting against the high cost of living in the country. DAILY POST reports that the protesters had assembled near the ...

From Dotun Omisakin, Lagos The Lagos Police command has distributed packs of bottled water to protesters after over five hours of intense demonstration aimed at expressing their concern over the state of the country. The protesters, who began their protest, tagged ‘National Day of Survival’, ...

As the war enters its 948th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, following a more than two-and-a-half-hour meeting with his top military commanders, said that the situation on ...

By Favour Olekanma Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has arrived at the Ikeja under bridge in Lagos State to lead the EndBadGovernance protest scheduled to hold today, ...

By Williams Anuku Fellow Nigerians, as I address you today, I am deeply aware of the struggles many of you face in these challenging times. Our administration knows that many of you struggle with rising living ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said his administration has cleared N30 trillion ways and means loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The President disclosed this on Tuesday during his 64th Independence Day celebration nationwide broadcast. According to him, his administration in the last 16 ...

Amid growing health concerns over chronic conditions like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, modern researchers are increasingly looking to the past for innovative solutions. A new study examines what a 14th-century text reveals about ‘food as medicine.’ A team of Chinese and Mongolian ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra has banned the celebration of Nigeria’s 64th Independence Day in the South-East region. In a statement on Monday, the separatist group declared that anyone found participating in any activity marking this year’s Independence Day would be ...

Following the consequential adjustment in salary structures by the committee set up by the government to review the new minimum wage, retirees will now receive an increment of N32,000 in their monthly pensions. This was revealed in a memo by the National Salaries, ...

UGHELLI—A father, Samson, in Evwreni Community of Delta State, who smashed his son to death, killed a nursing mother and injured others in inexplicable circumstances, was apprehended by the agitated mob, who beat him to death, setting his corpse on fire in an act of jungle justice. ...

By Ochogwu Sunday Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, said there is no going back on the fight for good governance in Nigeria. In a statement on Monday, Sowore, ...

THE National Coalition of Civil Society to End Child Marriage in Nigeria has raised an urgent concern, highlighting that social norms remain the most significant driver of child marriage in the country.This observation was made during a media engagement recently, in collaboration with Girls Not ...

Less than 24 hours to the commencement of the planned October 1 nationwide protest, coordinators of the #EndBadGovernance protest across the 19 northern states have pulled out on grounds that organisers have not done enough to provide security for protesters. According to the coordinators, the ...

By Ochogwu Sunday Ahead of the planned nationwide protests on Tuesday, October 1, pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has said the planned demonstration is within the right of Nigerians. DAILY POST reports that some Nigerian ...

  By Jim Ochetenwu Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested a man who climbed a 33KV high tension electricity pole to demand the resignation of President Bola Tinubu. The incident occurred in Mayo-Belwa Local ...

The newly-inaugurated Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has vowed that obedience to court orders will not be negotiable under her watch.She said that no individual or institution, irrespective of their standing, would be permitted to treat judgments of the court with ...

The Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of Nigeria (ACTSON) has called for the inclusion of cardiac and thoracic surgeries in health insurance schemes. The association made the call Sunday in a statement to mark this year’s World Heart Day. The World Heart Day is marked on ...

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says its Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch, OPWP, has destroyed a terrorist logistics base at Yadi Forest in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, made this known in a ...

In this report, JOSEPH INOKOTONG analyses the latest unemployment data published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), further urging a quick reversal of the present situation as the country celebrates 64 years of independence.THE Federal Government is basking in the euphoria of attaining ...

  JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Sunday it has killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official in an airstrike as the Lebanese militant group was reeling from a string of devastating blows and the killing of its overall leader, Hassan Nasrallah. The military said Nabil Kaouk, the ...

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said those antagonising his administration are envious and frustrated, saying he is currently building a psychiatric hospital for the benefit of his detractors. He said his opponents and detractors were pained because he ...

By Chris Johnson Residents in Nepal’s flood-hit capital began returning to their homes on Sunday to survey the devastation after heavy monsoon rains caused severe flooding that has claimed at least 104 lives across the country. ...

By Matthew Atungwu The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted thunderstorms from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja envisaged localised ...

By Williams Anuku The Federal Government has procured and handed over 64, 100-seater capacity compressed natural gas, CNG buses. The buses were handed over to organised labour and student union leadership in Abuja on Sunday during a brief ...

We’ll teach them a lesson – Wike Rivers belong to no one, Fubara replies   Concerns are rising ahead of the local government elections in Rivers State, as key allies of Governor Siminalayi Fubara have defected to the All Peoples Party (APP). The former caretaker chairmen appointed by ...

Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru, has called on Nigerians to keep faith with the administration of President Bola Tinubu as he has set mechanisms in motion to take the country to her desired destination. Nwifuru made the call on Sunday during the Thanksgiving Holy Mass held in Government ...

By Gift Oba The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun has said that the subsidy on fuel, if not removed by President Bola Tinubu, would have cost the country N5.4 trillion by the end of 2024. Abiodun said that ...

By Musliudeen Adebayo No fewer than five people have reportedly lost their lives after eating during a feast in one of the churches in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Many church worshippers who ...

The Nigerian Red Cross Society has charged Nigerians to be united against disaster and rewrite the story about hunger across the country.President of the Society, Mr Oluyemisi Adeaga  emphasized the need for compassionate individuals to come together to help humanity, noting that disasters know ...

The Dragon spacecraft, by SpaceX, will reach the ISS on Sunday to bring back Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore. A SpaceX spacecraft has lifted off to rescue two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) due to technical issues. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian ...

Israel said it struck “dozens” more Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Sunday, after dealing the Iran-backed group a seismic blow by killing its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Nasrallah’s killing and the past week’s waves of strikes on Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon have plunged the tiny ...

The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Bethrand Onuoha, has urged the executive of the “Take It Back” movement to shun their planned protest scheduled for October 1, 2024. The Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP William Ovye Aya, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday ...

The October 1 planned nationwide protests are generating mixed reactions as traders and some residents reject the exercise, while others, like the Arewa youths and a former Niger Delta warlord, Godday Smith, are advocating dialogue. This development comes amid ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Zamfara State Command, has dismissed ASCII Maikano Sarkin-Tasha, over his alleged collaboration with bandits terrorising the state. The suspect was alleged to have been ...

By Ochogwu Sunday A report by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) has revealed that controversial crossdresser Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, aka Bobrisky, spent only three weeks of his sentence in prison, with the remainder in a secret location. ...

By Kayode Lawal Nigerian Senators from both Southern and Northern regions have expressed differing views over the agitation for the return to a regional system of government. They shared their opinions at the sidelines of a two-day ...

Israel's military spokesperson declined to comment on speculation that the airstrike on south Beirut may have used US-made Mark 84 heavy bombs. Israeli air force carried out a major strike on Beirut on Friday which caused at least 4 building blocks to collapse Israel carried out its ...

The Lebanese group Hezbollah has confirmed the death of Hassan Nasrallah, its longtime leader, in an air strike on the group’s underground headquarters near the capital, Beirut. Hours after Israel claimed killing the 64-year-old Nasrallah, the Iran-backed Hezbollah on Saturday said its ...

Government deploys more than 3,000 security personnel to assist rescue efforts with helicopters and motorboats. At least 32 people have been killed and 12 others reported missing, according to officials, as incessant rains in Nepal have unleashed floods and landslides during the last 24 ...

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, October 1, as a public holiday to commemorate Nigeria’s 64th independence anniversary. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced this in a statement by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, ...