By Samson Atekojo Usman Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi has claimed that those criticizing the reform of President Bola Tinubu were doing that out of jealousy and should be considered as enemies of Nigeria ...

President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of Chief Executive Officers for some establishments. The establishments include the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), the Solid Minerals Development ...

The Martell Tower is set to unveil its exclusive auction on 7 December. At the heart of the evening will be the Martell Limited Edition Legacy Jewellery Cage, a rare artefact crafted with 574 blue sapphires sourced from Birmanie, 964 ...

The Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have urged commercial banks to come up with ideas that will grow the economy. The appeal was made by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the 2024 Annual Bankers’ Committee/CIBN Retreat held on Friday in Abuja. Represented by ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu The Police Service Commission has approved the dismissal of 18 senior officers and the demotion of 19 others. The officers were sanctioned due to various acts of misconduct. Head of Press and Public Relations at the ...

By Ogaga Ariemu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a salary increment for members of Nigeria’s armed forces. Bello Matawalle, minister of state for defence, disclosed this on Friday in a statement by the ministry’s spokesperson, Henshaw Ogubike. ...

By Amos Tauna The World Bank announced it has raised about $24 billion to provide loans and grants for some of the world’s poorest nations that it can leverage to generate a record $100 billion in total spending power. Known as the International ...

By Abdulrazaq Adebayo A 9-year-old child has set his father’s three-bedroom flat ablaze in Ilorin, Kwara State while playing with matches on Thursday. The incident occurred at No. 52 Mandate Housing Estate, Ilorin, where a three-bedroom flat was ...

By Favour Olekanma Again, Zamfara State has been hit by another bomb explosion reportedly planted by bandits. This incident marks the third bomb explosion within the span of one week. DAILY POST reports that two explosions occurred on the road between ...

By Seyi Babalola Afrobeats artist David Adeleke, better known as Davido, has declared that competent leadership is the critical missing component for Nigeria to fulfill its full potential. On the ‘Elevate Africa Convos’ podcast, Davido stated that Nigeria can thrive ...

Angela Onwuzoo The Lagos State Government said no fewer than 1.3 million residents have been enrolled in its health insurance scheme called Ilera Eko to reduce the burden of out-of-pocket payment for healthcare in the state. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Health Management Agency, Dr ...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls for de-escalation, warns tens of thousands in Syria are at risk. Hezbollah’s secretary-general Naim Qassem has pledged the Lebanese group will stand by the Syrian government amid an advance by “terrorist groups” trying to sow chaos in the ...

Speculation is growing over how high Bitcoin will go, with many analysts predicting it could reach six figures by year-end, despite market fluctuations. This presents an exciting opportunity for investors to maximize gains, provided they have the right tools. The crypto management tools ...

Cryptocurrency surges to new high after Paul Atkins is nominated to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. Bitcoin has topped $100,000 for the first time, buoyed by United States President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate a cryptocurrency advocate to lead the country’s ...

The  Pan Niger Delta Forum and the Indigenous People of Biafra exchanged words, on Wednesday, over the alleged inclusion of the Niger Delta region in IPOB’s Biafran secessionist agenda. PANDEF, through its National Youth Leader, Donben Donyegha, released a statement in Port ...

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham, London, Prof. James Tooley, has been suspended, after allegations of an affair with a young woman from Hyderabad, India. The woman, now in her 20s, claims she had a sexual relationship with the now 65-year-old professor. Tooley has denied the ...

By Matthew Atungwu Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru says the state recorded 23 fatalities and 48 confirmed cases of Lassa fever between January and December 2024. Nwifuru said 25 infected individuals ...

Commissioner of Police, Abia State Police Command, Danladi Isa, on Thursday, held a strategic meeting with Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), and Tactical Team Commanders at the Officers’ Mess, Umuahia. He reiterated that a Special Monitoring Team has been ...

THE Emir of Ilorin and chairman of the Kwara State Traditional Rulers Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has commended the appointment of an Arabic scholar, Dr AbdulKadir Salman, as one of the chief imams of the National Mosque, Abuja. In a statement to appreciate the appointment, ...

Waleed Abdullah, tsohon mai tsaron ragar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Saudiya, Al-Nassr, ya yi ikirarin cewa fitaccen ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa ƙasar Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo, yana sha’awar shiga addinin Musulunci. Da yake magana a wani shirin talabijin, Abdullah, wanda ya buga wa ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The Federal Government has confirmed that it has commenced sacking workers with certificates from unaccredited private tertiary institutions in the Benin Republic and Togo. The Federal Government workers that are being dismissed ...

By Muhammad Bukar The ancient city of Kano woke up on Thursday morning to the sight of presidential campaign posters of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan displayed across major roundabouts in the state. The posters, bearing ...

Human rights activist and founder of the #TakeItBack Movement, Omoyele Sowore, has mobilised a series of protests against the detention of Lagos-based lawyer and public affairs analyst, Dele Farotimi.Blueprint recalls that Faraotimi, a human rights activist was arrested by officers of the Ekiti ...

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Thursday, disclosed that it attended to 141 incidents across the state in November.The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement on Thursday, emphasised that the number of recorded incidents by the ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has insisted that the old Port Harcourt Refinery is up and running, with loading operations in full swing. The Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Ltd, Mr Mele Kyari, gave the confirmation at the inauguration of the NUPENG ...

The Senate on Wednesday, revised the bill aimed at prohibiting the export of maize, introducing a provision for a minimum one-year jail term for individuals convicted of exporting unprocessed maize in large quantities. The amended bill, originating from the House of ...

By Matthew Atungwu An Ojo Magistrates Court in Lagos on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 20-year-old man, Jelili Isiaka, to 18 months imprisonment for stealing a motorcycle valued at N700,000. Isiaka was arraigned by the police ...

Mexico has announced its largest-ever seizure of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, as cross-border pressure mounts for the country to crack down on drug trafficking into the United States. In a statement on Wednesday, Omar Garcia Harfuch, Mexico’s secretary of security and citizen protection, ...

President-elect Donald Trump named Patomak Global Partners founder and CEO Paul Atkins as his pick to head up the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. Atkins, who co-chairs the Digital Chamber's Token Alliance and is an adviser to Reserve, previously served as a ...

 35 women in business, who took part in the 2024 Access Bank’s womenpreneur pitch-a-ton competition, a flagship program by Access Bank W, have received several prizes.  In its sixth season, 120 women in business took part in the eight weeks of intensive training in conjunction with the ...

The Igbo Youths Progressive Forum (IYPF) has opposed the contentious Tax Reform Bills introduced by President Bola Tinubu administration. The group described the bills as anti-people, unjust, and a clear attack on equity and fairness in Nigeria, at a time when Nigerians were struggling ...

The EU proposal to scan all your private communications to halt the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is back on regulators' agenda – again. What's been deemed by critics as Chat Control has seen many twists and turns since the European Commission presented the first version of the ...

An EFCC witness in the trial of the immediate past governor of Kwara state, Abdulfatah Ahmed and his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu, over alleged mismanagement of public funds to the tune of N5.78billion,  on Wednesday,  Abubakar Hassan told the court that the Kwara State ...

The surprise assault on the Syrian city of Aleppo by opposition forces on Wednesday appears to have caught the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and his allies, as well as much of the world, off guard. Currently, as the Syrian and Russian air forces pound opposition forces in northwest ...

If Democrats want to understand one of the reasons the Republican Party is ascendant, they can look to President Joe Biden’s pardon on Sunday for his son Hunter. In its rank mendacity, political hypocrisy, naked self-dealing and wretched example, it typifies so much of what so many ...

Republicans hold a 220-215 majority in House of Representatives but will have to deal with three early vacancies. Washington, DC – Democrats have won the last race to be called in the United States House of Representatives, leaving their Republican rivals with a razor-thin majority in ...

Authorities of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has revealed that the reports of investigations carried out on the air crashes that happened in the history of the force are now ready.It also disclosed that the force had acquired not less than 64 brand new aircraft in about 3 years, including ...

December 04, (THEWILL) – South Korean opposition parties have submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after lawmakers invalidated the controversial martial law he declared Monday night. THEWILL reports that President Yoon declared martial law, “To safeguard a liberal South ...

President Joe Biden on Tuesday pledged more than $1bn in humanitarian assistance to Africa during a visit to Angola, marking a step in US engagement with the continent. Biden’s trip, the first by a sitting US president to the former Portuguese colony, underscored ...

By Ifreke Inyang The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reacted to the public outrage surrounding their failure to reveal the owner of the forfeited 753 duplexes and other apartments in Lokogoma District, ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has confirmed a fire incident at its office in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State. In a post on its official X handle on ...

By Racheal Ayodele Famous Nigerian musician, Davido has expressed excitement as Belgium’s government legalizes health insurance for sex workers. DAILY POST reports that Belgium on Sunday signed laws protecting the rights of sex workers. Belgium also ...

Popular South Korean actor Park Min Jae has died at 32 following a cardiac arrest.The K-drama sensation according to report was travelling through China when he met his untimely death on November 29. His agency, in a heartfelt update shared on social media, revealed that his funeral rites are ...

Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Tuesday emerged as Namibia’s first female President after she was declared the winner of the Southern African nation’s disputed election. Nandi-Ndaitwah, who represented Namibia’s ruling party, the South West Africa People’s Organisation, ...

The Nigerian Senate has considered and passed the 2025/2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) forwarded to it by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The passage followed the consideration of a report presented by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on ...

The House of Representatives has issued a directive to President Bola Tinubu, urging him to mandate the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, to unfreeze all accounts belonging to the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA) within a 72-hour timeframe. The resolution ...

By Ogaga Ariemu At least three states in Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory, experienced epileptic economic activities on Monday as members of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress declared industrial action in ...

By Seun Opejobi Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has accused the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagum of serving tea in the house of President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila. ...

Share0 From left… Former Governor of Edo State, Senator Adams Osheomhole; Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon Benjamin Kalu; Minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hon Kinsley Chinda; ...

The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr Temitope Ilori on Monday said an estimated 15,000 children died of AIDS-related illnesses in the country in 2023. Dr Ilori stated this in Abuja at the candle light event organised by the Network of ...