By Friday Olokor and Dennis Naku Loyalists of the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike have called for the restructuring of the Peoples Democratic Party’s leadership to accommodate more southerners, saying the party as presently constituted, is pro-North.The governor’s camp complained that the ...

By El-Ameen Ibrahim The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has named Dino Melaye and Daniel Bwala spokespersons of his campaign.Atiku’s media aide, Paul Ibe, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.Ibe said the appointments took immediate effect.Malaye, a ...

By Stephen Angbulu and James Abraham The newly-appointed Director-General of Tinubu Campaign Organisation and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, has said he would work hard to deliver the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, during the 2023 ...

By Wale Odunsi  Adams Oshiomhole has accused some Christians chieftains of spearheading the opposition against ex-Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu in the build-up to the 2023 election.The former All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman said the criticisms against the party’s Muslim-Muslim ...

By Ifreke Inyang A former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Tafa Balogun, is dead.Family sources confirmed his death to Daily Trust on Thursday.Details of his passing were however withheld.Balogun was born on August 8, 1947, at Ila-Orangun in Osun State and was named the 21st Inspector-General of ...

By Ochogwu Sunday Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. For the first time after the presidential primaries and selection of running mate which resulted in a crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Governor ...

By John Owen NwachukwuChief Adewole Adebayo, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has suggested that the fight against terrorism in Nigeria is between the military and the government itself.Adebayo, who appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday ...

By Wale Odunsi Niger Republic honoured some Nigerians on Wednesday as part of activities to mark the country’s Independence Day.However, there is no Southerner on the list of prominent citizens recognized.The awardees include two aides of President Muhammadu Buhari, two businessmen, and two ...

By Ochogwu Sunday Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a fine of N5 million on Trust Television Network (Trust TV) over the broadcast of the documentary titled “Nigeria’s Banditry: The Inside Story”, which was aired ...

By Seun OpejobiThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared Nigeria’s popular Instagram celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha, wanted.It urged Nigerians with information on Mompha’s whereabouts to speak up or contact the nearest police station.The anti-graft agency disclosed ...

By Musliudeen AdebayoReports reaching DAILY POST from Ogbomoso town in Oyo State indicate that the duo of Olugbenga Owolabi and Rachael Opadele who were abducted recently have been killed by their abductorsOwolabi is a hotelier who recently returned to Ogbomoso while Opadele is a student of Ladoke ...

By Seun OpejobiPresident Buhari has blamed banditry and terrorism in Nigeria on the political instability in Libya.Buhari said his administration was making efforts towards tackling banditry and terrorism in Nigeria.He spoke while receiving the letters of credence from the new Canadian High ...

By Daud Olatunji • Nobel Laureate faults President for anointing successorNobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has backed the six weeks ultimatum given to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), by some federal lawmakers to find a solution to terrorism or be impeached.Soyinka spoke on ...

By Gbenga Oloniniran Some final-year law students in the Nigerian public universities have cried out over the possibility of not been mobilised for the Nigerian Law School in 2022 due to the ongoing strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.Lamenting to The PUNCH on Tuesday in ...

By Emmanuel AniPolice authorities in Ekiti State have disclosed that they are not taking for granted the alleged infiltration of the South-West by bandits and Boko Haram elements.Police Commissioner, Ekiti State Command, Mr Morounkeji Adesina, who hinted this while speaking with journalists in Ado ...

By John GabrielThe abductors of Kaduna-Abuja rail passengers on Tuesday released four more captives.Bandits had on March 28, 2022, abducted over 60 Kaduna-Abuja train passengers after killing 14 and wounding several others.The abducted passengers have since been released in batches.However, a ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday, lamented the high cost of diesel, saying it is taking a toll on his business. Obasanjo, who is a fish farmer, said he has been sweating because of the high cost of diesel.2. Five of the ...

By Ifreke Inyang Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai has revealed details of the Monday meeting between the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and governors elected on the platform of the party.According to El-Rufai, a director-general has been picked for APC ...

By Seun OpejobiThe Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said he won’t abandon Nigeria if war breaks out in the country.Obi said he prefers to die in Nigeria if war should break out than to be a free man in another country.He disclosed this during a virtual interactive session ...

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 ...

 Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and other governors of the party have resolved to remain in the party, work for its success in 2023 and resolve whatever crisis they have internally.This follows a closed door emergency meeting held at the Rivers State governors lodge in Abuja on Sunday.While 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 Angela Onwuzoo As Nigeria joins the global community to mark the 2022 World Breastfeeding Week starting tomorrow, PUNCH HealthWise delves into the difficulties women in Nigeria face to achieve exclusive breastfeeding by speaking with some mothers in Lagos. They share how they overcame challenges ...

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 ...

Ahead of the 2023 elections, the Labour Party has said more than five governors and other leaders are supporting its presidential candidate, Peter Obi.The Deputy National Chairman of the party, Bashiru Apapa made this known in Ado Ekiti during a sensitisation programme for LP members at the ...

By Seun OpejobiThe pan Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has distanced itself from a social media account allegedly belonging to its Leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo.In a statement by the organization’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, Afenifere said that the Twitter account ...

I find this tips online(jw.org) and i think i should share it for all to see that the bible have prophesied about the global warming.During July 2022, record-breaking temperatures were reported worldwide: “China issues highest heat alert for almost 70 cities in second heatwave this month.”—July 25, ...

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 ...

By Dennis NakuThe former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and the ex-Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, have said their visit to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is not political.Babachir and Dogara held a closed-door meeting with the governor at ...

By Olufemi Morgan and Godfrey George Some security experts and a civil society organisation have said the N4.85tn spent by the Buhari regime was gulped by corruption allegedly perpetrated by the ‘corrupt service chiefs’ and other officers.Saturday PUNCH reported that the Federal Government has ...

By Friday Olokor, Leke Baiyewu, Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Solomon Odeniyi, Abiodun Sanusi, Oluwafemi Morgan, Godfrey George, Daniel Ayantoye and Olaide Oyelude The House of Representatives Committee on Defence, on Friday, held an emergency meeting with the military high command over threats by ...

By Friday Olokor, Kayode Oyero, Alexander Okere and Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis Opposition against the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress deepened on Friday as popular Christian members of the party vowed to mobilise voters against it in 2023.The aggrieved Christian ...

By Animashaun Salman No fewer than 20 persons have been reportedly killed following an attack by terrorists on Duma village in the Tureta Local Government Area of Sokoto State.One of the residents who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity said the bandits attacked the village at ...

The move by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senators to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari is currently gaining more backing from concerned Nigerians.Recall that the PDP Senators caucus on Wednesday staged a walkout from the upper Chamber in protest of the heightening insecurity 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 ...

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has reacted to all issues that played out during and after the presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Recall that the primary election produced former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar as the party’s 2023 presidential candidate.Wike, ...

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 ...

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has received into the fold of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Hon. Dahiru Maishanu Yabo.This was disclosed by Muhammad Bello, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to Governor Tambuwal in a ...

Former deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mailafia Obadiah had on August 10 2020, raised the alarm on alleged plans by the Boko Haram terrorists to begin civil war in 2022.The former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, made the exposure after meeting ...

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted two people in Oyo State.DAILY POST gathered from sources that the two people, a hotelier and one of his staff were kidnapped at Aba area of Ogbomoso town.The duo were abducted by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, Thursday evening.The hotelier ...

By Johnny Edward In this interview, Kehinde Amusan, father of a hurdler and world champion, Tobi, tells JOHNNY EDWARD he never supported the athlete in the early stages, his dream job for her and how paucity of funds almost thwarted her dreams of becoming a world-class athleteHow would you describe ...

By Friday Olokor A political party contesting the 2023 elections, Action Alliance, has again sued the Independent National Electoral Commission, All Progressives Congress; its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, before a Federal High Court in ...

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 ...

The Osun State House of Assembly on Thursday reversed the parliamentary system of government initiated by the administration of a former governor, Rauf Aregbesola, to a presidential system.Aregbesola, during his administration in the state, changed the local government administration from a ...

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 ...

Renowned flutist, Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli has given reasons why the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu should not be Nigeria’s President.Tee Mac claimed that Tinubu is 86 years old and unfit to become Nigeria’s President.The former President of the Performing ...