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 ...

Chairman of ‘The Osun Progressives,” a faction in the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, on Sunday, said no reconciliation yet between the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; and the State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola.   The Osun Progressives, backed by Aregbesola during the last ...

•Says Obi, Kwankwaso, Osinbajo would ‘ve been good, if… •Notes Nigeria’s in big trouble; it’s corruption selling nomination for N100m •Laments silence of elders to get Nigeria working again By Levinus Nwabughiogu, Abuja Convener of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Professor Ango ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Catholic Priest, Rev. Father Odia, who was abducted by gunmen early hours of Sunday in Edo State has been killed by the abductors. He was kidnapped at Ikabigbo community of Etsako West local government of the State while on his way ...

… says we followed due process in issuing David international passport By Jimoh Babatunde The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Isah Jere Idris, has affirmed that  Mr Ukpo Nwamini David, the person at the heart of the alleged organ harvesting involving former Deputy President ...

Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has boasted of victory in the coming July 16 governorship election, saying defeat is never an option for him in the contest. Oyetola said that various efforts his administration had put into the development of the state would make the victory at the poll a ...

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the recruitment of additional 500 corps into the State Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) codenamed Amotekun. This is contained in a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, on Sunday ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, and former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has identified bad governance, Nigeria’s economic woes, frustration and hopelessness as some of the factors fuelling drug abuse among the youths in the country. In a message to mark the ...

Zamfara Government on Sunday advised individuals to obtain guns and defend themselves in the height of the resurgence of insecurity in the state. The state government, in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, said:” the government has henceforth, directed ...

87-year-old leader of Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua, Prof Banji Akintoye, moved from Nigeria to Benin Republic shortly before the arrest and detention of a leading arrowhead of the Yoruba Nation campaign, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, in the francophone country. KAYODE ...

Former governor of Kano State and presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the 2023 election, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has called on the citizens of the country to reject the candidates of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party. He said they ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Armed men suspected to be bandits have murdered a Catholic priest, Rev Fr. Vitus Borogo, in Kaduna State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Saturday at the Prison Farm, Kujama, along Kaduna-Kachia Road, after a raid on ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he made a mistake while picking his vice when he ruled as a civilian head of state in 1999. Obasanjo said this at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State, while fielding questions from secondary school students ...

A civil rights organization. Center for Reform and Public Advocacy, has given the Inspector-General of Police a 48- hour ultimatum within which he should arrest and initiate criminal prosecution against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, for allegedly ...

A global business intelligence, Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU has ranked Nigeria’s commercial capital city, Lagos the world’s second-worst liveable city. EIU according to its recent publication, ranked Lagos 171 out of 172 countries in the list of its global liveable cities in the world. The ...

Amidst tears, the remains of the late Ekwueme singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu have arrived in her home town in Amakpoke Umuaku community, Abia for burial. DAILY POST reports that Osinachi, who died on April 8, 2022, was reported to have suffered domestic violence prior to her death. Until her death, ...

Former Political Adviser, and country representative to Uganda Joel Mudaiwa Abel, on Saturday, said the 2023 general election is far from being realistic going by all manner of evils, committed by Nigerians. He said some bandits and insurgents may take over some states, making it difficult for ...

Say, unemployment chased them out of Nigeria Regret agents deceived them and abandoned By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Young ladies from the northern part of the country who travelled to the United Arab Emirates ( UAE) in search of the proverbial greener pasture have cried out for help saying ...

Last week, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won the Ekiti State Governorship election in a landslide. The party won 15 out of 16 local governments, breaking a 23years jinx in the state. With the victory, that is the first time transition will be happening within the party. At the ...

There are indications that the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may lose its strongholds and voter base in Rivers State in the 2023 general elections. The imminent upheaval is premised on the expressed dissatisfaction with the outcome of the just concluded PDP presidential primaries ...

Ekiti signals bad omen – 26,000 security men couldn’t stop vote buying; INEC fails to ensure secrecy of the ballot By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja Although the atmosphere in which the June 18, 2022 governorship election in Ekiti state was conducted has been adjudged to be generally peaceful; solid ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), on Friday visited Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. He met Wike less than 24 hours after Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the ...