The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is currently in a closed-door meeting with governors elected on the party’s platform. The meeting is coming a few hours after the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate ...

Following the killing of worshippers by gunmen at Saint Francis Catholic Church last Sunday in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, women in the town on Wednesday protested against the attack. The women in their numbers who trooped for the protest also placed curses on ...

Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church has expressed optimism that the attackers of St. Francis Church, Owo in Ondo State would be punished for their actions. Some men armed with sophisticated weapons had on Sunday invaded the church during worship, killing over 40 worshippers while ...

Sen. Bola Tinubu, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), says he bears no grudges or grievances against anyone, not even those that do not support his ambition. Tinubu, who emerged as the APC 2023 presidential candidate at its just concluded Special Convention and ...

By Biodun Busari   The Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Prof Ishaq Akintola has described the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as an outstanding politician who is second to none among the presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress. ...

By Henry Umoru, ABUJA THE Political quargmire in the Labour Party, LP took another dimension yesterday  as its acting national chairman,  Calistus Uju Okafor yesterday announced ambassador  Jude Ezenwafor as the Presidential candidate for the party ahead of 2023 Presidential election.  ...

Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja   Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Abdulrauf Aregbesola has congratulated the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his emergence, charging him to ride on the crest of the momentum and lead APC to victory at ...

Gbenga Oloniniran Musician and social activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy has said he will leave Nigeria if the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, or the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Bola Tinubu, emerges winner of the 2023 general ...

Sodiq Oyeleke The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, says his opponents have nothing to fear after his victory at the party’s primary. Tinubu said this while giving his victory speech at Eagle Square, the venue of the APC primary. The PUNCH had reported ...

The 2023 presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed anger at those who wished the party death. Speaking during his acceptance speech on Wednesday, the former Lagos State Governor accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP of plotting to ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate. Atiku congratulated Tinubu on his emergence as APC presidential candidate. In a tweet, the ...

The National Leader and the standard-bearer for the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has commended the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo for his support to President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking during his acceptance speech at the Eagles Square, the venue of the APC ...

The national leader and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has told the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, that he can now lick his wounds. Tinubu said this in his victory speech after he was declared winner of the party’s presidential contest of the ruling party. He said ...

Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, did not score a single vote in the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential primaries. Addressing delegates shortly before the commencement of voting on Tuesday night, Okorocha had vowed to beat all the aspirants for the APC’s sole ticket. Okorocha ...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, shared a warm handshake with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, as he coasted to victory in the party’s presidential primary. Tinubu has taken a commanding lead in the voting, having amassed over half of the total votes. ...

Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu has been announced the winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary elections. The Asiwaju of Lagos garnered half of the total votes to beat his major opponents, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi. ...

A United States, US, drug trial involving cancer patients has reportedly recorded 100 percent success. The patients had rectal cancer, a type of cancer that begins in the rectum, which is the lower end of the large intestine. According to a study published in the New England Journal of ...

By James Ogunnaike, ABEOKUTA Labour Party, yesterday, debunked rumour making the round that it conducted parallel Presidential primaries that produced a factional Presidential candidate, in the person of one Samson Uchenna. The party, in a statement issued by the Acting National Publicity ...

By Vincent Ujumadu, Awka ANAMBRA State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has reacted angrily over the prophecy by a renowned Catholic priest,, Reverend Father Emmanuel Obimma, popularly known as Ebube Muonso, that herdsmen with tribal marks would invade Anambra Government House and that he saw ...

By Olasunkanmi Akoni, Bose Adelaja & Esther Onyegbula At least over 180 motorcycles were impounded, yesterday, when commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada riders, attacked men of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Task Force) Unit, in Idi-Iraba, Mushin, ...

The National chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Abdulahi Adamu has come hard on the party members for always rushing to the media over party issues. Adamu was frustrated in his plan to impose Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan as the consensus candidate of ...

1. Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, the Senate Leader, has defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi State. Abdullahi’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Muhammad Jamil Gulma confirmed the defection on Tuesday. 2. Isa Baba Buji, one of ...

At least seven All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirants on Tuesday night, stepped down for the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The former Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Godswill Akpabio, was the first to throw in the towel. The former Ogun State governor Ibikunle ...

A leading All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, has denied endorsing a Muslim-Muslim ticket. Tinubu said the text message being circulated at the Eagles Square, the venue of APC Special Convention, was false. He noted that the text messages were the handiwork of ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has issued a challenge to the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2023 general elections. He noted that the next general elections would be a referendum against APC’s failed policies. In a tweet, the former Vice ...

Nicholas Felix, a presidential aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC), has stepped down for the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. He confirmed this while making his speech at the party’s special convention on Tuesday night. According to him, APC “must not produce a Muslim-Muslim” ticket. ...

Pastor Tunde Bakare of The Citadel Global Community Church has made it clear that he will not step down for any aspirant in the race to be the presidential flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bakare stated this at the ongoing special convention of the ruling party at the Eagles ...

Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho has condemned the killing of innocent Christians at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. Recall that scores were left dead on Sunday after gunmen attacked the church. The gunmen were said to have thrown an ...

Lara Adejoro A medical health expert, Dr. Toluwani Binutu, has warned women against inserting cucumber in the vagina. According to him, using a cucumber to clean the vagina is potentially harmful, and should be avoided. Dr. Binutu also said it is unsafe to use feminine wash or soap products ...

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has reacted to the attack on Christian worshipers at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State.   Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen had attacked the church, killing over 40 worshipers during Sunday ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the attacks in St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. IPOB linked the attack that left about 50 people dead to Fulani terrorists. The spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, urged Christians to stop depending on the Nigerian Government to ...

Delegate accreditation for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Special Convention for the presidential primary election is currently ongoing at the Abuja International Conference Centre amid tight security, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN also reports that no fewer than 2,322 ...

Former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Chief Jide Awe, has advised leading presidential aspirants from the Southwest to strike an accord among themselves for the zone to grab the party’s presidential ticket. As the party’s special National Convention which also ...

The leader of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, has condemned the killings at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. Adebanjo warned that Yorubas are being provoked into a war with attacks like that on the Catholic church in Owo. A statement by ...

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has condemned the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, which left over 40 persons dead and many seriously injured. Recall that gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked the church on Sunday, killed several worshipers while ...

All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu and Northern governors have been accused of plotting a Muslim-Muslim ticket ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political commentator, said Tinubu and APC Northern governors had ...

Popular musician, Olubankole Wellington, generally known as Banky W has expressed his appreciation after clinching the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, House of Representatives ticket. Banky W will be contesting the legislative seat for the Eti-Osa Federal Constituency in Lagos ...

Eniola Akinkuotu, Friday Olokor, Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Stephen Angbulu and Deborah Tolu-Kolawole An attempt by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, to select Senate President Ahmad Lawan – a northerner – as the preferred candidate of the APC, failed on ...

Matthew Agbaje Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Monday sentenced a lesson teacher, Joseph Ibanga, to life imprisonment for defilement and impregnating a 14-year-old girl. The offence is said to be punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal ...

At last, the Federal Government, yesterday, in Abuja, kick-started plan to locally manufacture human vaccines, with the first meeting of the Inter Ministerial Steering Committee and Technical Working Group on Local Vaccine Manufacturing. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, in his speech, ...

By Kingsley Omonobi, Dayo Johnson, Anayo Okoli, Dapo Akinrefon, Marie-Therese Nanlong, Omeiza Ajayi, Gabriel Olawale, Shina Abubakar, Luminous Jannamike & Ademola Adegbite AKURE—VICTIMS of last Sunday’s attack at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, that left over 50 people dead, ...

Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja There were strong indications in the early hours of Tuesday that critical stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC may have shortlisted five of the party’s presidential aspirants for consideration by President Muhammadu Buhari. Governors of the party had on ...

By Luminous Jannamike The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, said there was no bandit attack in Gwarimpa Estate but a robbery attack contrary to reports in some sections of the media. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Josephine Adeh, who disclosed this ...

1. A closed-door meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) and governors who are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held in Abuja Monday night over the consensus candidate of the party. The meeting took place at the APC National Secretariat at Wuse 2 area of the City Centre. 2. ...

Two wives and four daughters of Abubakar Bello, a former Permanent Secretary, Zamfara State Ministry of Finance, have been kidnapped by bandits. They were abducted around 11pm on Sunday. A source in the area told DAILY POST that the bandits had stormed the Furfuri village residence of the ...

The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has condemned the unprovoked attack on Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owa-luwa, Owo, Ondo State by gunmen. Ooni Ogunwusi, in a statement by Moses Olafare, his Director of Media and Public Affairs, said the massacre was a calculated attempt by the ...

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has warned that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, might get ‘the MKO Abiola’ treatment during the presidential primary of the party by the powerful cabal within the presidency. Fayose ...

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai has disclosed reasons his Kogi State counterpart, Yahaya Bello, “excused himself” from a meeting of northern governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with President Muhammadu Buhari. Addressing reporters afterwards, El-Rufai explained that 13 ...

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has described as an expensive joke, a claim that the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, has endorsed the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, as the party’s consensus presidential candidate. According to Akeredolu, ...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday restrained the National Assembly from imposing statutory delegates at the All Progressives Congress (APC) convention. Justice Haruna Tsammani also restrained the enforcement of a Federal judgement delivered on June 3 granting the ...