By Muhammad Bukar The Director General of Media and Communication to Governor Abba Yusuf, Sunusi Dawakin Tofa, has narrated how he took refuge in the Kano State Government House to avoid being arrested. He ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Just four months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency over mpox – which has overwhelmed health systems in Democratic Republic of the Congo this year –  a new mystery flu-like illness that’s killed dozens of ...

Swift intervention by men of Kwara State Fire Service and their counterparts from the Federal Fire Service on Saturday saved the multi- million naira property from destruction at the popular Ipata market in Ilorin, the state capital. LEADERSHIP gathered that the fire incident that ...

Kaduna State has emerged the best performing state in Primary Health Care in the North West, underscoring Governor Uba Sani’s strong commitment to transforming the health sector. The Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe who received the international recognition and a cash prize ...

Outgoing Biden administration eager to fast-track more packages before aid-sceptic Trump takes office early next year. The United States will give $500m in military aid to Ukraine as part of an 11th-hour push by outgoing President Joe Biden to bolster the country’s defences before he ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has expressed delight at the approval by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) of the commencement of flight operations at the Ekiti Cargo Airport from December 15 2024. The party, in a statement by its ...

Brazilian president is doing well and should be discharged early next week, his medical team says. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has undergone a second surgical procedure after seeking treatment this week for an intracranial haemorrhage, his medical team said. Lula’s ...

Remanded leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, is being held at the Kylmäkoski vankila (Kylmäkoski prison), one of the world’s toughest prisons, findings by Saturday PUNCH have shown. The high security prison is in Vanhamaantie, Akaa, Finland. The Finnish ...

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Kuje correctional centre, pending the perfection of the bail condition granted to him. Nwite granted Bello bail in the sum of N500m and two ...

The Federal Government has called the bluff of the President-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump, after he threatened to sanction countries that embraced BRICS. In October, Nigeria emerged as a partner country of BRICS. This is a move towards becoming a ...

South Korean lawmakers vote Saturday on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, in a second parliamentary showdown that remains too close to call. Protests demanding Yoon step down kicked off around midday outside the National ...

By Daniel Chibuike Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has said that civil servants who failed the promotion and confirmation examinations in the State did not prepare well before sitting for the exercise. Otti said this on Friday at Government ...

By Christy Anyanwu Sunglasses are a great way to express your personal style and add a touch of glamour to your outfit. At the recent Africa Fashion Week London (AFWL) in October, Aderiyike Makinde the creative director of Aderiyike showcased iconic sunglasses. She ...

The People’s Redemption Party (PRP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have commenced merger talks aimed at challenging the governing All Progressives Party (APC).The opposition political parties have blamed former president Muhammadu Buhari and the incumbent President Bola Tinubu for the ...

By Ochogwu Sunday Lt. Changfe Maigari has made history as the first female pilot in the Nigerian Navy, NN since its inception in 1964. Maigari, who is married with a daughter, hails from Langtang North Local ...

By Enahoro Iyemefokhai The immediate past Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has explained why his administration inflated the contract sum for the reconstruction of Benin-Abraka road phase 1c thrice in a year. DAILY POST had on Thursday ...

Palestinian authorities have said that at least 33 people were killed in an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, as Israel continues to conduct devastating attacks across the strip. The Government Media Office in Gaza called the Thursday attack a “barbaric and ...

The Secretary to the State Government, SSG, of Bauchi State, Ibrahim Muhammad Kashim, has resigned from his position, with his resignation accepted by Governor Bala Mohammed. His resignation was announced in a press statement signed and issued on Friday by the Special Adviser on Media and ...

…adjourns to Feb 24 for continuation of hearing The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, bail in the sum of N500 million with two sureties in like sum. This was after the former governor had pleaded not guilty to the 19-count ...

The immediate past Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has tasked the All Progressives Congress leaders and faithful in Delta State to show commitment to the party by working to eschew rancour and unify the party ahead of 2027 general elections.Omo-Agege who is the Obarisi ...

Hospital says that the Brazilian leader is doing well as he prepares for his second surgery of the week following a fall at home. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is set to undergo a second medical procedure to address bleeding on the surface of his brain, according to ...

Month-long search for Ryan Borgwardt after faked death in Wisconsin cost $35,000, law enforcement officials say. A man in the United States who faked his drowning before fleeing to Eastern Europe has returned home and is set to face charges, according to authorities. Ryan Borgwardt ...

Ahead of future elections in the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has recommended the use of computer-generated voting slips by those who do not have the Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs. Speaking, yesterday, in Abuja during the ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, has taken a step further in the expression of his anger against Lagos-based legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi over the alleged defamation of his ...

  The recently posted Commissioner of Police to Kaduna state, CP Ibrahim Abdullahi, has tasked men and officers of the force on diligence and uprightness in the course of discharging their statutory responsibilities and duties. The commissioner stated this during the week during a ...

Nigeria could lose up to 37 per cent of her Gross Domestic Products (GDP) to corruption by 2030 unless it overhauled her transparency and accountability mechanism, a 2024 report by Agora policy revealed. It said if corruption scourge is not dealt with immediately by strengthening ...

•call for the establishment of treatment, diagnostic centres across 774 LGAs •to initiate bill to protect the rights of citizens infected with TB   The House of Representatives on Thursday tasked the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency set up a private sector-driven Trust ...

By Ochogwu Sunday A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday remanded a 30-year-old woman, Mercy Michael, in a correctional facility for allegedly killing her daughter with rat poison. Michael was charged by the Nigeria Security and ...

By Abdul Seye The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the use of $232 million in World Bank loans obtained under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The decision followed the adoption of a motion moved by ...

By Muhammad Bukar Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has in a landmark cabinet reshuffling, sacked his Secretary to the Government, Abdullahi Bichi and Chief of Staff, Shehu Sagagi and redeployed his Deputy Governor, ...

Miss Praise Ighama, will never forget the first experience she gained from venturing into the world of chicken production.She started poultry farming with 250 birds, 50 bags of feeds with drugs and little stipends, which she got from the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Project for the ...

Janet Ogundepo A Women’s Rights Advocate, Josephine Christopher, has said that to address Gender-Based Violence in the county effectively, there was an urgent need to drive positive social and behavioural change that challenged harmful gender norms and promoted women’s inclusion in the ...

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, declared the Edo Central Senatorial Seat vacant and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a by-election to fill the vacancy. The seat was occupied by Senator Monday Okpebholo, who exited ...

By Matthew Atungwu Improvised Explosive Device, IED, explosion has killed two persons in a 200 housing estate under construction in Dalwa, Borno State. According to Channels Television, the incident occurred around 1pm on Wednesday about the time the Borno ...

OpenAI’s popular Artificial Intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, experienced a major outage early Thursday. Users who tried to access the platform were greeted with an error message: “ChatGPT is currently unavailable. Status: Identified – We have ...

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, barred human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, from further publishing, selling, circulating, advertising, or distributing the hard or soft copies of his book, ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System’. A similar ...

Civil rights advocacy group:- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not different from Sunday Igboho, the ethic leader of Yoruba nation in the president’s tribalised, nepotistic and ethincised pattern of picking on only Yorubas for appointments ...

By Matthew Atungwu The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has barred human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, from further publishing, selling, circulating, advertising or distributing the hard or soft copies of his ...

By Francis Ugwu A cargo aircraft belonging to Allied Air has crash-landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, on Wednesday. The incident was as a result of the failure of one of the aircraft’s landing gears. ...

By Williams Anuku President Bola Tinubu and the German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, are currently having a closed door meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Steinmeier is in Abuja on a state visit, a development that marks another ...

Here is the situation on Wednesday, December 11: Military Ukraine’s National Police said four people were killed and 19 injured in a Russian missile attack on a private medical clinic in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said a kamikaze ...

After the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, Israel has been encroaching on its neighbour’s territory. Since al-Assad’s dramatic flight to Russia on Sunday, Israel has attacked Syria more than 400 times and, despite UN protests, launched a military incursion into the buffer zone that has ...

""" """A sociopolitical group, Osun Unity Forum, on Wednesday, reminded Governor Ademola Adeleke that he should see himself as a tenant in the Osun Government House, saying his tenure would be over come 2026 Governorship Election. Osun Unity Forum is a support group under the ...

Access Holdings Plc on Wednesday said that it’s banking group’s subsidiary, The Access Bank UK Limited has established its first fully owned subsidiary in Malta, The Access Bank Malta Limited. The banking license application has been approved by both the European Central Bank (ECB) ...

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has appointed Mr Ademola Adeyemi-Bero, Nigeria’s Governor for OPEC, as Chairman of the OPEC Board of Governors for 2025.Adeyemi-Bero’s appointment was confirmed at the 189th (Ordinary) virtual meeting of the OPEC Conference convened on ...

In a scene right out of Black Mirror, police in China have rolled out the newest innovation in autonomous AI-powered street crime fighting: A spherical, virtually indestructible, amphibious, heavily armed device that resembles a giant bowling ball. The RT-G, manufactured by Shenzhen-based ...

By Matthew Atungwu The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, has said that Nigeria was making progress in fighting corruption, with more citizens rejecting the practice and demanding accountability. Country Representative of UNODC, Mr ...

The Federal Government says it apprehended at least 10 persons on the interpol’s watch list while entering Nigeria. The Minister of Interior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, revealed this to President Bola Tinubu at the unveiling of the Technology Innovation Complex, at the Nigeria ...

The nation’s political elite has started the process of rigging the 2027 general elections, Prof Adele Jinadu has said. Delivering his keynote address at the Policy Dialogue on “State of Anti-Corruption Policy and Practice in Nigeria,” in Abuja, yesterday, the ...

By Yemi Balogun The Southern lawmakers caucus in the House of Representatives has declared support for President Bola Tinubu’s tax reform bills. The caucus disclosed this while addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja. ...