A member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Ademola Olusegun Popoola is dead. DAILY POST gathered that Popoola died in the early hours of Wednesday. The lawmaker was representing Ibadan South-East Constituency II at the Oyo State House of Assembly. Our correspondent gathered that the ...

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has faulted the announcement of a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Lawal, in a note he personally signed on Tuesday, described the decision as a ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagso State has said the nomination of Funke Akindele as deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, underscores the unseriousness of the party. Spokesman of the party, Mr. Seye Oladejo said this in a statement after Funke ...

Ahead of the governorship election in Osun State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, LP, in the state. Tinubu said the PDP and Labour Party will labour till death. The ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Ahead of the governorship election in Osun State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, yesterday, lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, LP, in the State, saying they ...

A former governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prince Tonye Princewill has become the latest member of the party to leave. Princewill announced his resignation in a letter he personally signed and addressed to the ward chairman of the APC in Ward 3 in Buguma Asari ...

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, popularly known as Jenifa, has confirmed her nomination as the deputy gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Akindele, in a video posted on Tuesday via her Instagram page, disclosed that she would be putting a hold on her career as an ...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that over 100 shops were destroyed during Monday’s fire incident that occurred at Bodija Market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The agency also revealed that no fewer than 350 traders in the market were also affected. It made these ...

By Clifford Ndujihe, Henry Umoru, Ndahi Marama, Levinus Nwabughiogu, Omeiza Ajayi, Peter Duru, Chioma Onuegbu, Bashir Bello, Ike Uchechukwu & Ogalah Ibrahim, LAGOS The polity was literary astir, yesterday, as mixed views greeted Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s selection of former Governor of Borno ...

ALL Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s selection of former Governor of Senator Kashim Shettima on a Muslim-Muslim ticket has set the former Lagos State Governor on collision course with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was said to have warned that such ...

  Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has expressed hope that the Yoruba would support the presidential aspiration of his predecessor, Bola Tinubu. Sanwo-Olu spoke on Monday at the 2022 edition of the Annual Ojude Oba Festival in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. The Governor described Tinubu as ...

  Business owners, traders and landlords in Osogb, on Monday, staged a protest at the Osun State Government House, Oke-Fia. The protest, DAILY POST gathered, was to press home their demands over the non-payment of their compensation by the State Government. The protesters, who were ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has been described as unserious ahead of the Osun State governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had scheduled the Osun State governorship election to hold on July 16. While the ...

Former Kano governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso has denied endorsing former Lagos helmsman, Bola Tinubu for presidency in 2023. Kwankwaso and Tinubu are the presidential flagbearers of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC). A statement on Monday by his campaign ...

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has described the ruling party as a terrorists political party. According to the group, it is now time for all patriotic Nigerians to reject the ruling party at the 2023 Presidential poll. This follows the emergence of Kashim Shettima as ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. President Muhammadu Buhari says he is eager to hand over to his successor because “it’s been tough”. The President said this while receiving some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), legislators and political leaders at ...

February 10, 2012 More details have emerged about how the escapee suspected Boko Haram kingpin, Kabiru Sokoto, was re-arrested by the State Security Service, Nigeria’s secret police. Mr. Sokoto, we gathered, was arrested in the early hours of Friday at an emerging Boko Haram cell in a ...

The Middle Belt Youth Forum has expressed anger over the decision by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC to embark on a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election. The decision by the APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to have the former Borno Governor, Senator ...

The Labour Party has cried out over alleged attempts on the life of its candidate in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election, Yusuff Lasun. The Labour Party alleged that thugs dressed in police uniforms, in a commando style, attempted to snuff the life out of its party’s gubernatorial ...

A son of Rivers governor Nyesom Wike has completed his tertiary education in the United Kingdom. He graduated with Second Class Honours (Upper Division) in Law from the University of Exeter. The ceremony for the Streatham Summer 2022 graduates will be held from Monday, July 11 to 15, DAILY ...

  A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Mustapha Aliyu, has said the choice of a Muslim as running mate to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is to divide Nigeria along religious lines, disorganise the people and raise ...

  The Anglican Communion in Calabar, Cross River State, has called for the immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari and his government. The church has also expressed deep disappointment at and outrightly rejected the national party, the APC, Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket ...

  Terver Akase, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, has berated the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over its choice of presidential candidate and running mate. DAILY POST reports that the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu who is a ...

By  Dayo Oyewo An educational consultant, Ayeni Oluyemi, who in a viral video accused a Lagos State Customary Court judge of snatching his wife, on Saturday, said the matter had been resolved. Oluyemi had in the video narrated how he sought to resolve his marital dispute before the ...

By  Okechukwu Nnodim, Opeoluwani Akintayo, Temitayo Jaiyeola and Edidiong Ikpoto Some filling stations in Lagos, Abuja, Niger and other states dispensed Premium Motor Spirit at between N200/litre to N250/litre on Sunday, higher than the government-approved retail price of N165/litre, as ...

By  Abiodun Nejo A kidnap victim, Idowu Ajayi, in this interview with ABIODUN NEJO shares his experience in gunmen’s den and the ordeals of relatives, who secured his release How were you kidnapped? It happened along the Ikole-Ijesa Isu road at 4:30pm on March 14. I went to Ijesha Isu from ...

By  Solomon Odeniyi , Godwin Isenyo and Damilola Aina Terrorists are demanding a N100m ransom for each of the 43 abducted Kaduna train passengers, who are still in their custody, The PUNCH has learnt. The demand was communicated to the families of the hostages last week. This is coming ...

  Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Osun State, has said he will bring back community policing to solve the insecurity in his state if elected governor. Adeleke said this while appearing on Channels TV for Osun State governorship debate on ...

  The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has advised his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to look after himself. There have been concerns about Tinubu’s health ever since he declared his intention to ...

  The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has reacted to the choice of former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, as the running mate of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The umbrella Christian organisation on Sunday, ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has unveiled Senator Kashim Shettima, a former governor of Borno State, as his running mate for the 2023 general election. Tinubu made this known in ...

  Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has said that victory for the All Progressives Congress in the July 16 governorship election in the state would enable him to build on achievements he had so far recorded since assuming leadership of the state. He also predicted that from all ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Bola Tinubu, has finally settled for Senator Kashim Shettima, a Muslim as his running mate. DAILY POST reports that some stakeholders in the country had warned the former Lagos State Governor against picking a ...

Reno Omokri, a former Media Aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has dismissed reports that he demanded $100,000 from the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi. Reports had it that Omokri demanded $100,000 from Obi before he could support his presidential ambition. It was ...

By TUNDE AJAJA, ADEBAYO FOLORUNSHO-FRANCIS and DAMILOLA AINA Amid growing disquiet in the Peoples Democratic Party over the crisis in the party and his absence from the country, the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, says he’s back and that members have nothing to worry ...

By Adeola Badru The family of a former governor of Oyo State, Dr Omololo Olunloyo, yesterday, said the octogenarian was not dead but critically ill and being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan. Olunloyo was reported to have died yesterday ...

  Eight hundred and eighty (880) fresh coronavirus infections have been reported in Nigeria from July 2 to 8, though with no fatalities, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has explained. The new cases were confirmed by the NCDC via its official website on Saturday ...

A section of Nigerians using the micro-blogging platform, Twitter have lambasted the Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele over his recent prophecy against the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Recall that the popular cleric, who is known for his ...

  The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has been described as a scam. Deji Adeyanju, an Abuja-based rights activist, made the remark over claims that Obi does not fly private jet. Adeyanju said contrary to believes, the former Anambra State governor uses private jet a ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. SRI Lanka’s President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced his resignation yesterday, hours after a crowd of angry protesters chased him from his residence as months of frustration brought on by an unprecedented economic crisis boiled ...

  All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Akin Alabi has dismissed the strength of the Labour Party (LP) ahead of the 2023 election. Alabi, 45, is the House of Representatives member for Egbeda/Ona Ara Federal Constituency of Oyo State. On Saturday, the lawmaker reacted to a tweet ...

A former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja has warned that terrorists may attack Aso Rock, the official residence of President Muhammadu Buhari. Ladoja, who was Oyo governor between 2003 and 2007, said that the terrorists who are attacking various strategic facilities and ...

The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has disclosed how the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, may pave the way for the victory of his counterpart from the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu. Primate ...

Another set of Abuja-Kaduna train attack victims have been released by terrorists. More than 100 days ago, terrorists attacked a train travelling from Abuja to Kaduna and abducted scores of passengers while many were killed during that attack. The terrorists had demanded the release of their ...

When someone is in a long-distance relationship, they are often faced with the pros and cons of the situation. On one hand, long-distance relationships can be very romantic and intimate. They allow people to feel connected even when they're apart, and can strengthen the bond between the two ...

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by an unprecedented economic crisis, overran the compound and stormed his nearby office. Thousands of people had surrounded the leader’s home to demand his resignation, blaming ...

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By Tunde Ajaja, Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, El-ameen Ibrahim, Damilola Aina and Dennis Naku   As preparations for the 2023 general elections hot up, the ruling All Progressives Congress is making frantic moves to win more influential politicians into its fold. Three governors on the platform ...

By Friday Olokor and Alexander Okere The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has said his administration will not carry out a witch hunt of previous governments if elected into office in the 2023 presidential election. Obi stated in an interview with journalists shortly ...

By Emmanuel Aziken The 2023 presidential election was yesterday turning into a cyber war between leading supporters of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party, rival, Peter Obi. Meanwhile, All Progressive Congress, APC presidential candidate, ...