By Matthew Atungwu Some factional members of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, have disowned Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as the party leader. Leading the anti-Kwankwasiya campaign at the party secretariat in Minna, Niger State, the factional National Chairman of the party, Dr. Gilbert ...

Authorities in California have confirmed the arrest of a man in possession of illegal firearms shortly before a rally held by former President Donald Trump on Saturday. At approximately 5 pm, deputies stationed at a security checkpoint near the intersection ...

By Matthew Atungwu The Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in the last month Edo State gubernatorial election, Olumide Akpata, has said that he will not challenge the result of the election. DAILY POST recalls that ...

By Seun Opejobi Activist-cum-politician Aisha Yesufu on Saturday said she’s not a card-carrying member of the Labour Party, LP, or any other political party. Yesufu, a member of the 2023 LP presidential campaign council, made the ...

By Seun Opejobi Amid the economic hardship in Nigeria, activist cum politician, Aisha Yesufu, has described President Bola Tinubu as a bad person. Yesufu was reacting to Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume’s remark that ...

By Seun Opejobi The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, said the haphazard approach of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to fuel subsidy management is responsible for Nigeria’s current ...

By Favour Olekanma The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, seeking to remove 27 members of the State House of Assembly on account of their defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ...

By Ochogwu Sunday Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has lashed out at the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike over his recent outbursts on the just concluded local government election in the state. ...

By Francis Ugwu Former Rivers State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2023 election, Tonye Cole has weighed in on the ongoing political crisis in the state. Cole said peace cannot return ...

By Seun Opejobi   The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of doctoring the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, machines and other materials used in ...

By Ifunanya Obeme-Ndukwe The Rivers State Police Command have remained silent amid sudden violence that erupted at several local government council secretariats on Monday morning. DAILY POST reports that suspected ...

By Seun Opejobi Former Ogun State governor, Olusegun Osoba, has appealed to Nigerians to forgive President Bola Tinubu’s shortcomings. Osoba assured that Tinubu would perform during his second tenure in office. He spoke during ...

By Lovina Anthony   Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has refuted reports suggesting that his first daughter, Mrs. Helen Obareki, was appointed as the First Lady of the state. He clarified that his daughter was ...

By Ifunanya Obeme-Ndukwe The Action Peoples Party, APP, secured 22 out of 23 chairmanship positions in the recently concluded local government elections in Rivers State. According to Channels Television, retired Justice Adolphus ...

The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has praised Governor Umo Eno’s decision to appoint his daughter, Mrs. Helen Eno Obareki, to take over the role of First Lady of Akwa Ibom State following the passing of his wife, Pastor Patience Umo Eno. During a ...

Some shop owners and traders in Obio/Akpor, Rivers, on Saturday, opened for business in defiance of the state government’s no-movement order during the council election. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the council elections are being held to fill ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The ongoing local government elections in Rivers State have turned violent with heavy gunshots in the Rumuepirikom community, the home of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike. According to Vanguard, some ...

By Enahoro Iyemefokhai Barely 40 days before the end of Governor Godwin Obaseki’s administration, the state government and reinstated Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu are in a war of words over the alleged looting of public ...

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said those antagonising his administration are envious and frustrated, saying he is currently building a psychiatric hospital for the benefit of his detractors. He said his opponents and detractors were pained because he ...

Former President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he doesn’t “think” he’d run again for president in 2028 if he falls short in his bid to return to the White House in 2024. “No, I don’t. I think that will be, that will be it,” Trump said when journalist Sharyl Attkisson asked him if he’d run ...

AT exactly 9.28 pm, yesterday, Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared the winner of the Edo State 2024 governorship election, sparking celebration in the state. He polled 291,667 votes to beat his closest marker, ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has claimed that the victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the Edo State governorship election is a reflection of the confidence Nigerians have in President Bola ...

By Enahoro Iyemefokhai Godwin Obaseki, the Edo State Governor has urged citizens in the state to maintain calm and not resort to violence and destruction of property. Obaseki made the call in his ...

By Ogaga Ariemu Collation of results of Edo Governorship election has resumed with All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo coasting to victory in the Edo State governorship election as he has won 11 out of the 17 Local Government ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The outgoing governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki was forced to exit the premises of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, amid collation of results in Saturday’s Governorship election in the state. ...

 By Ochogwu Sunday The All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are currently locked in a tight race in the ongoing governorship election in Edo State. A check by DAILY POST on Sunday morning revealed ...

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 polls, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday, faulted reports that he had agreed to become a vice-presidential candidate in the 2027 elections, describing it as misinterpretation. Obi, in a series of posts via X, ...

By Seun Opejobi Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki on Saturday warned that next week’s governorship election in the state is a ‘do-or-die affair’. Obaseki warned that any form of electoral malpractice from the opposition party would lead to ...

By Seun Opejobi The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Friday declared his loyalty to President Bola Tinubu. Wike said he believes in Tinubu’s capacity and is old enough to be his father, hence his loyalty. He ...

In early February, Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited New Delhi to meet the South Asian giant’s foreign minister, national security adviser and senior diplomats. The 55-year-old Sri Lankan politician is not in government. National People’s Power, the political alliance he leads, isn’t even ...

Perhaps the most famous celebrity in the world has finally weighed in on the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Pop superstar Taylor Swift announced her endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris moments after the conclusion of a debate between the Democratic nominee and her Republican opponent ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has provided the reason for its decision to declare the result of the 2023 presidential election in the middle of the night. The electoral umpire announced Bola Ahmed ...

THE Presidency has denied the alleged frosty relationship between President Bola Tinubu and his deputy, Senator Kashim Shettima, describing it as a lie from the pit of hell. It also said that in the history of Nigeria’s Presidency, no vice president has enjoyed the ...

By Seun Opejobi Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State on Monday disclosed why President Bola Tinubu picked Kashim Shettima as his Vice President. Abiodun said Shettima’s statesmanship, resourcefulness and “penchant for paradigm change” made him a ...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has stated that he is happy working for President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress government. Wike, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and the only opposition member in Tinubu’s cabinet, ...

By Seun Opejobi The United States, US, Republic presidential candidate, Donald Trump, on Sunday warned Americans against his counterpart from the Democrat, Kamala Harris. Trump warned that Harris would bring ...

On Thursday, US Vice President and presidential hopeful Kamala Harris will sit down for her first major broadcast interview since she became the face of the Democratic Party following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race. She will be joined by her running mate, Tim Walz, for the ...

By Matthew Atungwu Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George, says former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, must wait till 2031 if he wants to contest for President again. ...

The Kogi State chapter of the People Democratic party has asked the local executive committee in Ijumu to initiate immediate suspension proceedings against Senator Dino Melaye,  following his recent outburst when he declared the party dead. The party said the move was necessary ...

United States of America’s Vice President, Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic nomination for President on Thursday with a rousing call to end the war in Gaza and to fight tyranny around the world, drawing a sharp contrast with Republican Donald Trump. “In ...

THE February 20, 2027 presidential election is exactly 910 days away, going by the timetable of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, but the political firmament is astir as if the poll will be held next year. This is in spite of the fact that ...

By Matthew Atungwu Former US President and Republican candidate, Donald Trump will hold a rally outdoors Wednesday in North Carolina, the first open-air campaign event since he narrowly escaped an assassination ...

By Seun Opejobi Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of settling the rift with Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State. Wike said he’s not going back on his decision on Fubara. ...

When Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee for President in July after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race, nearly the entire party quickly came together to endorse her campaign. But the Vermont independent senator who caucuses with the Democrats, Bernie ...

Former US president lays out what’s at stake and why Harris-Walz should lead the country. Former United States President Barack Obama has taken to the stage of the Democratic National Convention in a show of support for Kamala Harris in her 11th-hour bid to become the country’s next ...

United States President Joe Biden has delivered the keynote address on the first night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, effectively passing the baton to his vice president and party nominee, Kamala Harris. “Are you ready to vote for freedom? Are you ready to vote for democracy ...

By Seun Opejobi The spiritual head of the INRI evangelical church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against giving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar its 2027 presidential ticket. Primate Ayodele warned that PDP would die if Atiku emerged as its 2027 ...

By Seun Opejobi As the Nigerian political space begins to heat up ahead of the 2027 elections, a campaign poster showing Bukola Saraki as presidential candidate has surfaced online. The poster had Saraki as presidential candidate and Peter Obi as his running mate. The campaign poster was tagged: ...

United States Vice President, Kamala Harris, is expected to take on companies unfairly jacking up prices as she sets out her economic agenda Friday in her first major policy announcement as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. The vice president, who replaced President Joe Biden atop the ...

By Matthew Atungwu Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed says he is contemplating a presidential bid but will drop his ambition if former President Goodluck Jonathan decides to contest. Mohammed made this statement on Thursday after a Non-Governmental organisation, NGO, asked him to consider ...