The people of Egbira have secured the official gazette of a common name spelt as “Egbira” for the ethnic group.Ibrahim Ohida, national secretary of Ohiku-Egbira Descendants Union (OEDU), in a statement, announced the development.Egbira is an ethnic group indigenous to some parts of Kogi, Nasarawa, ...

A group of concerned All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the Niger Delta region has again written to President Buhari, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Obong Umana Okon Umana, the federal government, and the APC leadership, to express “disappointment with the delay in inaugurating ...

By Okon Bassey:Aides to the Akwa Ibom State, Governor Udom Emmanuel, have defended the state government over payment of compensation owe to property owners on the Calabar-Itu federal highway which links Akwa Ibom, Cross River and other states.The governor’s aides were reacting to claim by former ...

Pastor Leke Adeboye, son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Enoch Adeboye,  has donated 250 reflective vests  to the  Redeemed Volunteers, a local vigilance group.The donation was made following their request and was expected to help them in their security and traffic ...

By Ibrahim Oyewale:Ahead of the 2023 general election, Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has warned against anti- party activities by any  member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).Bello gave the warning in Lokoja yesterday  during an interactive session with critical stakeholders ...

By Laleye Dipo:All the support groups for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Niger State are to form a coalition ahead of the flagging-off of the presidential election campaigns later this month, THISDAY has learnt.However, according to sources ...

 Ogun State House of Assembly has announced the suspension of two lawmakers from the assembly.The suspended lawmakers are; Oludare Kadiri from Ijebu North II and Solomon Osho, from Remo North State constituency.Speaker of the House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo who made the pronouncement during ...

Scores of people were crushed and injured as Kenyans on Tuesday forced their way into a stadium where William Ruto is being inaugurated as president.A medic said a fence at the Nairobi stadium fell down after people pushed it and about 60 were injured, though the number may rise.“We had to treat ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, met privately with the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance, Hamza Al-Mustapha at his private residence in Port Harcourt on Monday night.Major Al-Mustapha (retd) was the Chief Security Officer of the late former Head of State, Sanni Abacha.The latest ...

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has come under heavy criticism for spraying money at residents of his states, while he was being driven in a convoy through a cheering crowd.Bala Mohammed during the weekend caused a chaotic scene during his visit to Azare town where threw money at ...

Police Arrest UK Lecturer For Shouting “Who Elected Him” During King Charles’s ProclamationSymon Hill, 45, who described his ordeal to Oxford Mail, expressed concern over the British people being forced to accept a Head of State without a democratic election.An Oxford history lecturer was detained ...

Military Helicopters Patrol For Buhari As IPOB’s Sit-at-home Paralyses Enugu, Imo, Other StatesThe Tuesday's sit-at-home order was declared by the Biafran group in solidarity with its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.Socio-economic activities were on Tuesday grounded in the South-East region of Enugu, ...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved Judgment on an appeal filed by the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu challenging the seven charges levelled against him by the Federal Government.POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Human Rights Lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), who leads ...

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has apologised to Christian clerics over the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress.He also appealed to them to help talk to their followers about the need to forgive and give the party a chance.This was contained in a statement ...

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has reminded Nigerians, particularly Christians, of the need to fully participate in forthcoming general election and not sit on the fence as being the case in past elections.CAN described the 2023 general election as one valid chance and opportunity that ...

Media aide to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, Comrade Valentine Obienyem, has debunked rumour making round that his boss was attacked in Abuja.Obienyem in a statement urged the public to ignore the rumour and described it as a falsehood.He ...

APC PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL REACTS TO OFFENSIVE VIDEO BY MR. PETER OBISeptember 12, 2022Our attention has been drawn to an offensive, hate-filled video made and circulated by the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, in which he accused an amorphous and non-existent ...

All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has congratulated Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on his election as the President of Forum of Regions of Africa (FORAF), saying the honour goes beyond him as an individual and is for the entire country.Tinubu ...

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that out of the 2, 523,458 fresh registrants that registered between 28th June 2021 and 14th January 2022, 1,126,359 records were found to be invalid and consequently delisted.The commission claimed that several double, multiple, and ...

By Yemi BalogunFour governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are working for the emergence of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the 2023 elections, DAILY POST has learnt.It would be recalled that prior to the May ...

  The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has arrived in Imo State to inaugurate some projects done by Governor Hope Uzodimma.He was welcomed at the airport by a crowd consisting of men in red caps and white outfits.--

A 24 Year Old Woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend to death in Limpopo, South Africa.The Suspect allegedly killed her boyfriend following an incident of domestic violence that took place at Marapong township, in Lephalale, on Saturday night, 10 September 2022.Police ...

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Alhaji Jinaidu Wasagu, has defected to the All Progressives Congress.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that eight ex-PDP ward chairmen, secretaries, youths and women leaders were among those who ...

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and his predecessor Rotimi Amaechi yesterday resumed hostility over their performance in office and the burial of elder statesman, Chief Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas, last weekend.Wike, who replied Amaechi’s lamentation that  Graham-Douglas was not given state ...

A South African man, Ndumiso Mona who fought with a leopard and killed it with his hands is trending on social media. The leopard escaped from the Kruger National Park in South Africa.Ndumiso Mona told reporters: "I stared death in the eyes. ready to punch like a boxer. I told myself one of us had ...

The Deputy Spokesperson of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, Hannatu Musawa, said it would be unfair to claim that the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, deliberately chose a Muslim running mate to spite Christians.While stating that she understands the reason some ...

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has apologised to Christian clerics over the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress.He also appealed to them to help talk to their followers about the need to forgive and give the party a chance.This was contained in a statement ...

…says ethnicity, religion will have no place in the 2023 electionThe Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has said he would not offer excuses in place of good governance if elected President come 2023.Obi said this in his remarks at the opening of a two-day leadership retreat ...

This is a question i have asked many people and in most cases i have got answers that baffles me. Some said to be rich you have to do rituals but i asked, how many ritualists are among the richest people in Nigeria? How many people will you kill to make a billion Naira? Some said to be rich in ...

1. His long titleHis title was, “His excellence, President for life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idd Amin Dada,VC,DSO,MC,Lord of all beasts of the earth,and the Fishes of the sea and the conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in particular”.2. King of ScotlandThe Scottish ...

 •Nigeria records 10 cases in one weekNigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) epidemiological report has shown that 18 in 100 persons infected with Lassa fever are likely to die.The report said between August 29 to September 4, 10 new cases of Lassa fever were recorded from three states: Ondo ...

By Adedayo Akinwale and Ifeanyi OhagwaThe European Union (EU) has revealed that it has committed over €150 million in the provision of technical support to key electoral institutions and stakeholders since Nigeria returned to democratic rule in 1999.The EU ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Amb. ...

By Deji Elumoye:President Muhammadu Buhari says in spite of the security challenges facing Nigeria, other countries, especially, in Africa, still believe in the country’s immense potential.Buhari congratulated Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi on his recent election as President of the Forum of ...

By Ochogwu Sunday  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Sonia, the daughter of Ike Ekweremadu, Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, yesterday, made a public appeal for kidney donation. The lawmaker’s daughter made the appeal amid the ordeal of her parents who ...

---Officials of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested an ex-convict for traffic robbery around the Ketu area of Lagos State. ---The suspect, Emmanuel Sunday aged 32, was apprehended around 8:00 p.m. when RRS officials working undercover spotted him while trying to dispossess a motorist of ...

 As the nation is preparing for the 2023 general election, the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has called on the officers of the judiciary to be wary of antics of politicians who would use frivolous court injunctions to thwart the smooth running of the poll.Abiodun, a statement by his chief ...

By Neera Nathan, MD, MSHS, Contributor, andPayal Patel, MD, ContributorAcne can be frustrating, especially when it does not go away after your teenage years. Believe it or not, acne can continue to affect adults beyond adolescence, or develop for the very first time in adulthood. This may be ...

A man in Adamawa State, Ibrahim Muhammadu, has been arrested by the police for allegedly setting ablaze a newly married woman and her husband because the woman jilted him.Ibrahim Muhammadu, who hails from Gadawaliwol in Jabbi Lamba, Girei Local Government Area, got someone to set fire on the couple ...

The Director of Media and Public Affairs and Official Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, on Monday, alleged that the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, was planning to fake an assassination attempt on himself and hire some supporters ...

Many ISWAP Terrorists Killed as Super Tucano Jets Raid ‘Somalia’ in SambisaNigerian military troops, with the support of two Super Tucano fighter jets, have eliminated scores of Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, terrorists in Somalia, PRNigeria reports.Somalia, a location near Sambisa ...

By Leon UsigbeDESPITE having a vote of confidence passed in his favour during the last meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the national chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, faces critical times ahead as his adversaries have ostensibly concluded plans to ...

 Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, rebuked his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, when he described the former Minister of Transportation as a “total failure” who no longer has access to Aso Villa in Abuja.“This should be the last time that you (Amaechi) will talk about this state because ...

 The G-37, a political pressure group pushing for the Rotimi Amaechi presidential bid has called on delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ignore some presidential aspirants promoting ethnic championship.Urging Nigerians to support former minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, national ...

The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has advised Nigerians to be wary of the source of income of other candidates in the coming election.In a video trending on social media, Obi said bad behavior had become a measure of success in Nigeria, stressing that it ...

Sonia Chinonso, daughter of the embattled former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has appealed to members of the public to donate kidney to her.APPEAL FOR KIDNEY DONATION BY SONIA EKWEREMADUI, Sonia Ekweremadu, hereby appeal to the general public to come to my aid and save my ...

There’s currently an atmosphere of festivities and excitement in Imo State as the government and people prepare for the second official visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state on Tuesday,  September 13, 2022.Commissioner for Information and  Strategy,  Hon Declan Emelumba, in a statement ...

The Police Command in Osun yesterday  said a 19-year-old student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology, Olonade Tomiwa, committed suicide in Ilesa.This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osogbo.Opalola said the deceased was found ...

By Francis Sardauna:The Katsina State 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Yakubu Lado, has said the peace accord between Governor Aminu Bello Masari-led government and bandits has not yielded any result in the state.He kicked against engaging the marauding ...

By Adedayo Akinwale:The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has denied what it described as false and misleading posts on various social media handles of supporters of the presidential candidate of Labour party,  Mr. Peter Obi that the presidential candidate of APC, ...

Chairman of Oyo State Western Nigerian Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, General Kunle Togun (retd) has threatened to the use of bees and poisonous snakes to attack bandits terrorizing the state and region.Togun who stated this while delivering a lecture at the special meeting of Oke-Ogun ...