NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg has said that it was clear Russia underestimated Ukraine’s resistance. According to him, President Vladimir Putin of Russia also underestimated the unity of the NATO military alliance, adding that Putin has made a big mistake. ...

  Families of the remaining 51 Abuja-Kaduna train attack victims, on Friday, vowed to occupy key government facilities in Kaduna and Abuja over the government’s insensitivity to their plight. Severely, the bandits had threatened to kill the victims if the government did ...

  The leadership of the Action Alliance (AA) on Thursday in Lagos dispelled the rumoured litigation instituted against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu. Mr Adekunle Omoaje, National Chairman of AA, said in a statement ...

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the attack in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State by bandits who killed scores of security operatives, including soldiers and police. According to reports, at least 43 people, including 30 soldiers and seven mobile police personnel and ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, adjourned the trial of a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on charges of conspiracy and organ harvest. With the adjournment, the lawmaker will remain in custody until his ...

  Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has thrown his weight behind death penalty on those convicted for banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling and cultism in the State. The Governor announced this after signing into law, a Bill passed by the Zamfara State ...

  Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the call by former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, that the south should produce the next president in 2023. DAILY POST had reported that Fayose on Wednesday said ...

  Kinsmen of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu have backed the lawmaker in his current travail. DAILY POST recalls that the Senator is currently being held in the United Kingdom, alongside his wife, over alleged organ harvesting. During plenary ...

Tukur Mamu, a negotiator and media consultant to controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has disclosed that Mohammed Al’Amin, one of the remaining 50 abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers has been shot by bandits. Mamu said the incident happened on Monday based on information that was ...

The Ondo State Government has ordered all public and private institutions in the state to install Close Circuit Television on their premises on or before August 1, 2022. This followed the directive of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu that CCTV should be installed in all public and private institutions ...

Revenue allocation to federal, state and local governments has declined from a peak of N970.57bn in July 2021 to N680.783bn in May 2022, representing a 30 per cent reduction over the period. The decrease in allocation to these levels of government reveals the fiscal challenges facing various ...

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Wednesday accused the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, of failing to honour the democratic choice in the selection of his running mate. Ortom also noted the failure of Atiku to reach out to the Governor of Rivers State, ...

  Shehu Abubakar, the 2023 House of Representatives candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna state, has confirmed that Ansaru terrorists have taken over control of many towns in the eastern part of Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the ...

  The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, on Wednesday, declared July 9 as Eid al-Adha. Also known as Sallah, Eid al-Adha will feature the slaughtering of ram during the period known as the “festival of sacrifice”. This is the second significant celebration in ...

A joint task force commander and a resident of Sabon Gero community, New Millennium City Settlement, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State were killed when bandits stormed the area on Tuesday. The invasion of the bandits in the community also led to the abduction of a ...

  A woman identified as Ramatu Yunusa with nine months of pregnancy, abducted at Damba area of Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, has reportedly given birth at the bandits’ camp. According to the husband, Mr. Yunusa, Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Local Government ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Former Governor Ayodele Fayose was spotted with Abiodun Oyebanji, winner of the Ekiti governorship election, on Wednesday. This came a few hours after he dumped his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate ...

  Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has appointed new set of aides who will work with him. Makinde announced the appointment of the new aides on Tuesday. One of the newly appointed aides is an Ibadan-based broadcaster, Alhaji Olalomi Amole. Amole is an indigene of Ona ...

  The vice presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Kabiru Masari has informed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that his original certificates are missing. The placeholder running mate of the APC presidential candidate, ...

By Ise-Oluwa Ige, ABUJA The Supreme Court has cleared the air on the purported inconsistency in the age record of the newly sworn in Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. On the official website of the Supreme Court, Justice Ariwoola was born in Iseyin, Oyo state, on ...

By Ademola Adegbite     THE Embattled Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Rauf Olaniyan, yesterday, approached an Oyo High Court to stop the process instituted by the House of Assembly against him. Twenty-four out of the 32 members of the State House of Assembly had, in a ...

The family of a 60-year-old man, Isak Wahab, has been thrown into mourning after he reportedly died from shock after an unauthorised withdrawal of N700,000 from his bank account. His wife, Monsurat, accused his friend, identified only as Ola, of making the withdrawal, which she said led to the ...

The House of Representatives has resolved to intervene in the organ harvesting case in the United Kingdom involving a former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, urging British authorities to handle the case fairly. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, who has been championing a ...

  A medical doctor identified as Dr. Mansur Mohammed and many other people have been abducted by the notorious bandits operating in Zamfara State. The State’s chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has condemned the attack, urging the Federal and the State ...

By Ike Uchechukwu & Emma Una, CALABAR Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has dethroned and de-certificated the Obol Lopon of Nko, Etim Ayomobi, in Yakurr Local Government Area and the Clan Head of Oyadama, Ovarr Vincent Erena, in Obubra Local Government Area of the state with immediate ...

The lists of candidates contesting the 2023 elections have sparked multiple court cases by aggrieved aspirants in many states. States, where aggrieved aspirants are challenging the lists include Ogun, Gombe, Plateau, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Kano, and Taraba. Some of the aspirants, in separate ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu on terrorism charges has been shifted till November 14 by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The trial was put on hold by Justice Binta Nyako following the ...

A political party, Action Alliance, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission from including the name of the All Progressives Congress in the ballot of the 2023 presidential election. The party also asked the court for an order restraining the ...

Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun wants Yorubas in Nigeria to prepare themselves physically and spiritually against terrorists. The monarch spoke at a meeting with the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams. The Aare paid a visit to palace of Oba Olanipekun on Tuesday. ...

Groups campaigning for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, have started consultations and negotiations with other political parties without presidential candidates, The PUNCH has learnt. It was gathered on Monday that the support groups, which are ...

  The new acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has promised not to fail Nigerians. Ariwoola made the pledge after taking over from his predecessor, Justice Ibrahim Tanko. Tanko had resigned due to ill-health on Sunday evening. Following ...

  The chairman of the board of trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Walid Jibrin has claimed they will do whatever it takes to ensure that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, doesn’t defect. Jibrin stated this on Monday while addressing journalists in ...

  Professor Kunle Ajayi, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Commissioner for the Osun 2022 gubernatorial election has revealed that with the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), it will be very difficult to rig ...

Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) Oyo State chapter has called for the implementation of the Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS) for legislative staff in the State. The concerned workers made this demand on Monday. They explained that the implementation of ...

At least 46 migrants were found dead Monday in and around a truck that was abandoned on the roadside on the outskirts of the Texas city of San Antonio. The grim discovery was one of the worst disasters involving migrants in the United States in recent years — and came five years after a similar ...

By Vincent Ujumadu Awka — ANAMBRA State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has denied the statement credited to him that he mocked the Labour Party, LP, and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, describing the report as totally false and unfounded. In the said report, Soludo was ...

Justice Tijani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday refused to hear two cases of a human right lawyer, Malcolm Omihrhobo, who adorned himself in a lawyer’s gown with ‘native doctor’ attire to court. The lawyer also appeared bare footed with cowries tied on his two legs. His wig had ...

Two developers, Oluwasegun Adewara, and one Okeowo, have gone into hiding after allegedly defrauding no fewer than 70 prospective tenants at Lawanson, in the Surulere area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the prospective tenants visited the building, which was under construction, to ...

Nigeria along with Liberia and six other countries have been listed among the African countries with highest airport taxes and charges. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) disclosed that these airport taxes were too high, despite not meeting up with services standard required for ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been told to arrest former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad immediately. This was after Muhammad resigned as the CJN on Monday, citing health issues. Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, said the resignation of ...

  A 27-year-old mother of two, Blessing Mba, who was allegedly brutalized by CSP Ige Adekunle, Divisional Police Officer of the Adeeke Police Station, Iwo, Osun State has been reported missing. Blessing, according to sources, left her house opposite Adeeke police station, Iwo on Sunday ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The council of the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland has hailed the decision of the Zamfara State Government to approve gun licenses. The government gave the approval to enable individuals to carry firearm for defence against ...

The Police in Lagos State have arrested two herders at the Age Mowo area of Badagry. The cattle rearers were taken into custody on Monday over the alleged killing of a man. A video seen by DAILY POST shows the lifeless body of the victim on the ground as mourners gathered.   ...

A Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State ‎has been abducted by suspected bandits terrorizing the area. DAILY POST learnt that the incident occurred early hours on Monday when the criminal elements operated in the area along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway. The DPO, who was ...

The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Monday expressed concern over former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comment that he made mistake when he picked his Vice President in 1999. The former President had on Saturday said he made a mistake in the choice of his number two ahead of the 1999 ...

A Chieftain of All Progressive Congress Party (APC), in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Dr. Musa Dangiwa, on Monday berated Nigerians criticising, APC presidential candidate, Ahmed Tinubu over his certificates, saying governance is all about intellectual mindedness and ability ...

The ruling All Progressives Congress on Monday accused the Peoples Democratic Party of being the brain behind the rumour that the APC had earmarked N6.5 trillion to rig the 2023 general election. This was disclosed in a leaked document tagged “leaked APC 2023 Election Document,” which had been ...

*Confers Tanko Muhammad with national honour The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, has sworn in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja. Ariwoola, who is the most senior Justice of the Supreme ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has resigned, according to Channels Television. The station quoted some sources as saying that the CJN resigned on Sunday night, citing ill-health as the reason for his decision. According to Channels Television, the arrangements are ongoing ...

Bandits operating at Mada district of Gusau Local Government Area, Zamfara State have taken total control of the area, residents say. Investigation carried out by DAILY POST revealed that the people of the district have deserted the entire area following incessant terror attacks by the men of ...