There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari has not signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, contrary to the notion in some quarters. The amendment is said to be important for the participation of statutory delegates at the forthcoming political parties’ primaries and ...

There are fresh fears in some Anambra communities, following revelation of setting up of a new camp by criminal elements, known as unknown gunmen. A message circulating on social media stated that the criminals have created a new camp in Unubi, Nnewi South Local Government Area, from where ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested an outdoor advertisement executive over a political advertisement about the 2023 elections. The advert on two billboards in Enugu State had the name and logo of the commission. The messages on the boards sited at ...

The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has accused the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government of attempting to put the country’s democracy in jeopardy. Ohanaeze youths in a statement issued on Sunday by ...

1. Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Saturday called for the sacking of the Imam, National Mosque, Abuja, Professor Ibrahim Maqari, over a comment on the killing of Deborah Samuel. Mr Maqari had while reacting to the killing, allegedly supported the incident saying Muslims have some red ...

Professor Olusola Adeyeye has disclosed that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a presidential aspirant under the party for the 2023 general election, is not the type that can preside over Nigeria. Prof. Adeyeye who ...

As Nigeria draws closer to 2023, there are fears that the general elections may not hold due to the nation’s current state. A one-time Secretary-General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Father George Ehusani, expressed fear of the 2023 elections holding ...

Sat Guru Maharaj ji, the founder of the One Love Family, has said in 2023 Nigeria needs a President with the courage of a lion. Maharaj ji said only a President with such courage can address numerous challenges in the nation. Addressing newsmen on the state of the nation and ...

A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly representing Aguata II, Okechukwu Okoye has been beheaded. Okoye’s severed head was found on Saturday at Nnobi in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The deceased lawmaker, who represented the constituency ...

1. Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media, Garba Shehu, has said that negotiations are ongoing to ensure release of the victims of Abuja-Kaduna train attack. Shehu disclosed this during an interview on Friday. 2. A Lagos High Court, on Friday, sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, ...

• State Assembly, House Of Reps Primaries May Hold Tomorrow • Crises Fester In Anambra, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Cross River Chapters • Aspirants Warn Against Imposition • Imo SWC Orders N160,000 Compulsory Stipend For Delegates • Ayu Expresses Worry Over Rising Insecurity, Insists Exercise ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has released former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs Patricia Olubunmi Etteh on bail. She was released Friday night after fulfilling bail conditions offered her by investigators working on her case. ...

Tijjani Musa Tumsah was the pioneer National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC. In this interview, he speaks on the evolving political issues in the party ahead of the 2023 presidential election and why he thinks the party can retain power. Excerpts You were the pioneer ...

About five persons have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack by suspected Fulani militias on Tse Alashi Kaambe Community, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The suspected Fulani militia invaded the community, Friday afternoon, at about 1pm in their large numbers when ...

Former Governor of River State and a presidential aspirant under the All Progressive Congress (APC), Rotimi Amaechi on Friday evening was stunned when delegates from Kogi State told him point blank that they will not vote for him. Ameachi and his Entourage which included former Army Chief, Gen. ...

Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Eket has dissolved a 13-year-old marriage of a Pastor of a new generation church in the local government over his wife’s amorous relationship with another pastor in the church. The 36-year-old woman and mother of two was said to be having an ...

It's not a new disease, even in the US, but health officials are monitoring the rare cases for more spread. The US confirmed a case of monkeypox in a man from Massachusetts who'd recently traveled to Canada, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday. The man was ...

In a 2020 study, researchers suggest the answer to the Fermi paradox could be pretty bleak: Maybe all the intelligent civilizations have annihilated themselves. Jeez, 2020, that’s a little on the nose. This is the Fermi paradox stated at its most succinct: The universe is unfathomably gigantic, ...

• Move to adopt Udom as PDP consensus candidate builds up • Wike blasts Atiku, other aspirants for betraying PDP in 2015 • S’West PDP to speak with one voice at convention, say Makinde, Fayose • Badaru withdraws aspiration to back Amaechi • Senate President begins consultations with ...

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered remand of a 33-year-old man, Baderinwa Waheed, who allegedly stole an N-Power beneficiary’s five months stipend. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is charged with forgery, stealing and fraud. According to the prosecutor, Mr ...

Five persons have reportedly lost their lives. Ten were reportedly injured, in an overnight multiple crashes which occurred in Maryland, Lagos on Thursday. The incident occurred at about 11pm, inward Ojota. Vehicles involved were an articulated vehicle with number plate YYB 112 XA, a ...

As the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, winds up sale of expression of interest and nomination forms for the 2023 general elections today, the National Working Committee, NWC faction led by Chief Edozie Njoku has called on all aspirants who obtained forms to comply with the party’s ...

*Metuh, others urge NWC to respect Anambra people’s wish *Senator Mark sues for peaceful PDP primaries *PDP asks court to hands-off suit seeking to halt its presidential primary *Hearing continues May 25 About 24 hours to commencement of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primaries, disputes ...

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kano State has suffered a major setback as former governor of the state, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, and his followers decamped from the party to New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP. Shekarau, who now represents Kano Central senatorial district in the ...

Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, President, Mr. Olumide Akpata, has attacked Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, over a comment credited to him, in which he noted that the NBA has become a “paper tiger,” which has failed in its responsibility to protect the judiciary in Nigeria and rescue it ...

An Upper Area Court in Ilorin on Thursday permitted a landlord, Mr Bakinde AbdulWaheed, to break open and change the locks on his tenant’s apartment door over his disappearance for three years. The presiding Judge, Mr Moshood Ajibade, gave the order after AbdulWaheed, reported that his ...

Vladimir Putin has signalled Russia will tolerate Finland and Sweden joining Nato, but warned the Kremlin would respond if the alliance installed military bases or equipment in either country. The Russian president said on Monday the proposed Nato enlargement posed “no direct threat for ...

1. Some political thugs and supporters of the Borno South Senatorial District Senator, Muhammadu Ali Ndume clashed yesterday in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, leading to the death of at least one person. 2. The Supreme Court has fixed May 26, 2022, for hearing in a suit instituted by ...

As political parties go into primary elections, apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has again begged the two major political parties to place the country’s interest above nepotism. This was contained in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Friday by ...

A member, representing Bagwai/Shanono Constituency, in the State House of Assembly, Ali Ibrahim Isah Shanono has deactivated his membership of the NNPP and rejoined the All Progressives Congress APC, after failing to obtain a ticket Shanono had in the wake of the mass defections from APC in ...

Authorities of the Kwara State police command are bracing up to mitigate the effects of the likely influx of banned commercial Okada riders from Lagos State to Kwara State. To this end, the State Police Command has summoned all Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) in the State to an emergency ...

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, blamed the dwindling security of Nigeria which has led to wanton destruction of lives and property to leadership failure. Saraki, who made this known in Jalingo, Taraba State while interacting with delegates and stakeholders of the state ...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has expressed concerns about the emergence of insurgents and their enclaves in the Chukun and Birnin Gwari Local Government Areas of Kaduna. El-Rufai listed the insurgents as those belonging to Boko Haram and Ansaru. He raised the concerns ...

A former Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Kolapo Olusola has withdrawn from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ekiti South Senatorial primary. In the withdrawal letter, he personally signed and addressed to the National Chairman of the PDP, the former Deputy Governor said that ...

A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has described the ruling party as a brothel and a motorpark. Garba reiterated that he dumped the party over the cost of its nomination and expression of interest forms. Recall that Garba recently purchased a ...

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Ebenezer Babatope, has warned the platform against actions capable of affecting its chances in 2023. The former Minister of Transportation said the party must ensure its May 28 presidential primary “is fair and credible”. Babatope told the News ...

The Lekki Phase One Residents Association (LERA) has urged the Lagos State Government to immediately stop commercial motorcycle operations. They advised the authorities not to wait until June 1 to enforce the ban on Okada, NAN reports. The government has banned riders in six Local ...

A 36-year-old man, Kingsley Essien, has been arrested by the police for allegedly selling his wife and his two-year-old son at prices amounting to ₦2 million in total. The police in Ogun State said the husband had trafficked his wife to Mali for prostitution at the rate of ₦1.4million. He ...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has condemned “the manipulation of the justice system to favour influential politicians facing corruption charges in Nigeria.” Falana stated this, yesterday, in a paper, titled, ‘Sentencing Rich and Poor Convicts In Nigeria: An Unbalanced Scale’, ...

• In fresh twist, APC adjusts timetable to hold primary hours after PDP’s • Says no truth in zoning presidency to Northeast • APC has no reason to zone presidency to North, Tinubu group kicks • Uncertainty in Buhari’s cabinet as Malami, Tallen attend FEC after farewell session • Buhari to ...

A more transmissible and damaging sub-type of HIV, has been isolated, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). People living with the newly revealed subtype, experience doubles the rate of immune system decline (measured by the CD4 count level of ...

Following its inability to get the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to adjust the 2023 general election time-table, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has reviewed its own primary election timetable, saying there is no truth in the assertion it had zoned its presidential ...

Gombe State, has been rated as the safest state in Nigeria in the first quarter of 2022. A report released by Statisense on its website and verified Twitter handle (www.statisense.com.ng) quoting the Nigeria Security Tracker, said a total of 3,859 Deaths and 1,827 kidnappings were reported in ...

2023 Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant, former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has pleaded with the party’s delegates in Katsina State to stand with him and not abandon him in the forthcoming presidential primaries. Atiku while noting that the Katsina people have always ...

1. Minister of information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the Federal Government has no intention to ban Facebook over purported inciting statements by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. He said this Wednesday while fielding questions from State House reporters after the Federal ...

Bandits have again unleashed terror in Zamfara State, kidnapping one student along Kaduna-Abuja expressway on Tuesday evening. According to a press statement signed by Abdul Gusau Polytechnic’s Head of Public Relations, Comrade Aliyu Damri, the bandits blocked the highway between Kurmin Kare ...

The European Union (EU) has expressed grief over the lynching of Nigerian citizen, Deborah Samuel in Sokoto State. The life of the Shehu Shagari College of Education student was violently cut short by a mob last Thursday. The EU urged the Nigerian authorities to ensure that the ...

Bandits, on Tuesday night, released Dr. Rahmatu Abarshi, former Head of Department, Electrical and Electronics Engineering department, Kaduna Polytechnic. However, her daughter, Ameerah, and her driver are still with the bandits. DAILY POST reported on April 24, 2022, how bandits abducted ...

The Kaduna Police Command, on Thursday, confirmed the bandits’ attack on Kaduna-Abuja road, abducting an unspecified number of road users. DAILY POST reported on Tuesday that bandits had attacked passengers along Kaduna-Abuja road, wounded three passengers, and abducted several others. ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has revealed those who did not submit their presidential nomination and expression of interest forms after the purchase. The party also confirmed that about 25 forms were submitted. Speaking on Channels Television on Wednesday, the ...