The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams has urged the United Nations (UN) and other international organisations to immediately intervene in the rising insecurity in Nigeria. He said “no part of Nigeria is safe again.” Adams disclosed this in a letter ...

  The 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said 70 percent of Nigerian politicians have no business in the leadership of the country and should be kicked out of power in the 2023 general elections. The former Anambra State Governor stated this on ...

  There are indications that the 2023 presidential election may be the last chance for some eminent Nigerians who have been within the corridors of power for a very long time. Since the return of the current political dispensation in 1999, the likes of the Peoples ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. A bus conveying a press crew covering Lagos State Government and attached to the convoy of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was attacked on Sunday. The incident occurred at ...

By  Agency Report Biodun Oyebanji The Ekiti State governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Segun Oni, and his Action Democratic Party counterpart, Mrs Kemi Elebute-Halle, has rejected the results of the Saturday’s election, saying the outcome will be challenged at ...

A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has called on churches across the nation to arm themselves with the right weapons in self defence following a series of attacks by terrorists recently. Kaduna State Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, ...

The Kaduna State Government (KDSG) has confirmed that bandits attacked worshippers, killed three people and injured two others in Kajuru Local Government Area. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on ...

  The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, on Sunday debunked reports that its presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso would run for the 2023 presidential election as a running mate of the Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi. National Publicity Secretary of NNPP, Dr Agbo ...

The police officers from Iheagwa Division, Imo State, have arrested an Imo prison escapee identified as Justice Anokam, for allegedly stabbing a pregnant woman to death with a dagger at Umuejechi Nekede autonomous community in Owerri West Local Government. DAILY POST gathered that ...

St. Moses Catholic Church, Robuh, Ungwan Aku in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State was attacked by unknown gunmen while worshippers were winding down the first mass. In the course of the attack on the church, three worshippers were killed while many others were ...

By Olufemi Olaniyi   An elderly voter, Mrs Felicia Fayomi, who is said to be 105 years old, tells OLUFEMI OLANIYI about her motivation for coming out to cast her ballot in Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election What is your name? My name is Felicia Fayomi. How old are ...

By Tunde Ajaja   TUNDE AJAJA examines some politicians who have spent years jumping from one party to another seeking political office and have yet to win the respective seats The three failed attempts by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to become the President ...

  The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has said although the All Progressives Congress (APC) has achieved victory in the just concluded governorship election in Ekiti State, the ruling party must be ready to do more in a bid to repeat the same ...

  By Johnson, Dapo Akinrefon, Omeiza Ajayi & Rotimi Ojomoyela 1) IREPODUN / lFELODUN LG APC- 13,125PDP- 4,712SDP- 5010   2) IDO – OSI LG APC- 10,321PDP- 2,871SDP- 9,489- Party’s candidate, Segun Oni lost in his council area     3) ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has inaugurated a 24-man reconciliatory committee to settle disputes from its congresses and primaries, ahead of the 2023 General Elections.     Chief Isaac Omodewu, the State Chairman, inaugurated ...

•SDP’s Segun Oni loses LGA, of 16  councils, PDP’s Kolawole wins one  •Voters get between N3,000 and N10,000   By Dayo Johnson, Dapo Akinrefon, Rotimi Ojomyela & Luminous Jannamike THE All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, last ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Abiodun Oyebanji, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, has been declared the winner of the exercise. Oyebanji, who secured victory in 15 of the 16 Local Government ...

  Gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin, has declared that residents of the State will resist any attempt to impeach the deputy governor of the State, Engineer Rauf Aderemi Olaniyan. Folarin, who ...

  The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has confirmed he is in talks with his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi. Kwankwaso and Obi are exploring the possibility of cooperation in the 2023 elections, in terms of a ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the commission cannot guarantee absence of vote-buying during the June 18 Ekiti governorship election. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner, disclosed this to Channels TV on Friday. Okoye ...

  The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum ( SMBLF) has rejected the presidential running mate to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for accepting his ...

  The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Calistus Onaga has imposed a ban on Rev. Fr. Mbaka’s Adoration Ministry. DAILY POST reports that this is coming on the heels of Mbaka’s outburst against a Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party. The ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Fiery Enugu Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has apologized and prayed for the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, after naming him a stingy man. Mbaka’s apology was contained in a statement he issued on ...

  Chelsea owner, Todd Boehly, has warned that clubs will no longer be able to sign players “at any price” due to the risks of sanctions from breaching UEFA’s financial fair play rules. Boehly led an investment group to take over the Blues last month. The American bought ...

  Oluwatobiloba Jaiyeola A dental care expert, Dr. Agho Theophilus has cautioned Nigerians against brushing right after engaging in oral sex, noting that it is bad for oral health. Theophilus who is a consultant of oral ...

By Abiodun Sanusi     In this exclusive interview with ABIODUN SANUSI, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party and national leader of the Kwankwasiya movement, Rabiu Kwankwaso, said he would not forego his presidential ambition for anyone, including the presidential ...

By Dayo Oyewo       The Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos State Command, on Thursday, said it arrested a truck driver who drove on a damaged wheel along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The truck, with number plate JHN287XA, was sighted by our correspondent on Wednesday at the Berger ...

Supporters of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his appointees on Thursday expressed anger over the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to pick the Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate. Wike’s loyalists, ...

By Agency Report Elon Musk     An investor in dogecoin, originally created as a joke but whose value increased and fell as it was promoted by Elon Musk, filed a $258 billion lawsuit Thursday against the billionaire and his companies Tesla and SpaceX. Keith Johnson, who says he ...

By Segun Adewole   An 88-year-old woman, Tawakalitu Ilumoka, has told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting at Ikeja, Lagos State, how she was allegedly defrauded of N36m by one Olorunfemi Ayodeji. According to her, Ayodeji introduced her to some people when she ...

By Sodiq Oyeleke     The Supreme Court of Nigeria has granted the use of hijab by female Muslim students in Lagos State Government-owned schools. The court gave the judgment in an appeal – Lagos State Govt. and Ors V. Asiyat AbdulKareem with suit number SC/910/16 – on Friday in ...

The first batch of 510 pilgrims from Borno are departing Madinah on Friday to Makkah to commence the main Hajj rituals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the pilgrims would be transported in luxury buses in compliance to the COVID-19 protocols. An official at the ...

By James Ogunnaike Abeokuta—Former presidential aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and senator representing Ogun Central senatorial district of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, said yesterday he stepped down for the party’s presidential ...

•Daughter narrates ordeal as kidnappers get death sentence By Henry Ojelu & Onozure Dania It’s been six years since the Animashaun family in Surulere Lagos were thrown into mourning over the death of their breadwinner, Kolawole Animashaun who had just relocated from London to Nigeria. ...

Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Friday, confirmed the death of nine persons, with 11 others sustaining various degrees of injuries in an accident while traveling on the Gombe highway The Sector Commander, Felix Theman, in a statement on Friday, noted that ...

  The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has warned against a Muslim-Muslim ticket ahead of the 2023 presidential election. National President of PFN, Wale Oke, who gave the warning, vowed to mobilize its members against voting for any party with Muslim-Muslim ...

  A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka has noted that the South-East should continue to liaise with other parts of the country to improve the region’s chances of getting the presidential seat. The former Minister ...

  Popular Catholic Priest, Fr. Oluoma Chinenye John, a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has reacted to a recent prophecy by the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Fr Ejike Mbaka tagging the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi a ...

  Ahead of the 2023 general elections, some Nigerians have started a social media movement to reject the two leading political parties in the country, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This is not unconnected to the emergence of ...

  The comment by Catholic priest, Rev. father Ejike Mbaka describing Presidential candidate Peter Obi as a stingy man has continued to stir reactions. Mbaka had during his latest ministration at the Adoration ministry in Enugu State stated that unless Obi seeks God’s ...

  The Labour Party, LP, has denied forming an alliance with the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the Ekiti governorship election. The party, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, described the purported news of LP alliance ...

  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has announced the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as the running mate of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Atiku made the announcement on ...

By  Idowu Abdullahi The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has announced the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate. Atiku, who is a former Vice President, made the announcement on Thursday via his social media handles. ...

  By  OpeOluwani Akintayo     Fuel marketers have identified high cost of transportation as a major cause of fuel scarcity in Abuja. A former chairman, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Tunji Oyebanji, told The PUNCH that the Federal Capital Territory ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has finally unveiled Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate. He unveiled Okowa at the PDP headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. Okowa and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State ...

. By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo     THE families of the kidnapped victims of the Abuja-Kaduna bound train released on Saturday by the abductors, have raised the alarm that the freed victims are mentally unstable, sick, traumatized and still hospitalized.  Chairman of the ...

  As part of the plan to beat the Friday June 17 deadline given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to political parties to submit the names of presidential candidates and their running mates, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress ...

  The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the South West Security Network Agency, Amotekun Osun, with the active collaboration of the Osun State Police Command, has been involved in the systematic killing and maiming of its members. ...

  Tension engulfed the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, on Wednesday, as hoodlums invaded the premises to demand the corpse they earlier dumped at the morgue on Tuesday. It was gathered that the hoodlums, who arrived on motorcycles, had on Tuesday dumped ...

  The Honourable Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola has urged Nigerians to secure affordable housing through the National Housing programme. Fashola made the call while performing the formal handover of keys to beneficiaries of the first phase of ...