By  Friday Olokor The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Dumebi Kachikwu, in an interview with FRIDAY OLOKOR, analyses the February 25, 2023, presidential election and believes that all the four major political parties rigged the poll in their strongholds There have ...

Grain traders in suburban markets in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, are rejecting electronic transactions from customers despite the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Traders in Nyanya, Karu, Mararaba and Masaka markets on Tuesday were not accepting electronic ...

By John Alechenu, Abuja The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa are currently leading a protest today (Monday) to the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Abuja. ...

Chinedu Eze Lufthansa Flight LH566 from Frankfurt that was destined to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos as direct flight was on Friday diverted to Cotonou, Togo and later to Malabo, Capital of Equatorial Guinea by the pilot who lied to the passengers that the Lagos airport ...

By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA Saturday’s Governorship and State Assembly elections across the country could be postponed, except the appellate court reverses itself on the relief it granted the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party LP ...

By  Friday Olokor A civil rights organisation, Yiaga Africa, has added a new twist to the general election conducted on February 25, saying that the results from Imo and Rivers states were inconsistent with its projections for the states. The organisation raised the observation in its ...

By Ibrahim Hassan,Kaduna  There was great jubilation amongst commercial. motorcyclists ( Okada riders) in Southgern Kaduna as their colleague and House of Representatives candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Donatus Mathew was declared winner of the House of Representatives seat for Kaura ...

Sex workers in Kogi State say they are not left behind in the biting scarcity of naira notes in Nigeria. Inquiries by DAILY POST show that they now carry POS to avoid being defrauded by their customers when they do bank transfer. Since the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) announced February 10, ...

A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has spoken about his invitation to the office of the Department of State Services, DSS, on Monday, saying it was tough. In a post on his verified Facebook page on Tuesday morning, Fani-Kayode said he was grilled by the DSS for six hours. While ...

A Northern leader, Buba Galadima has revealed that a serving governor stashed N22 billion old naira notes. The former National Secretary of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, made the disclosure in an interview on Trust TV’s Daily Politics. Galadima answered a question on the ...

By Seun Opejobi The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso has identified the only step his counterpart from the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi must take to stand a chance of winning the presidential election. Kwankwaso said Obi’s chances of winning the ...

There is no doubt that all men want to enjoy themselves fully during sexual intercourse, but still, some find it difficult to control premature ejaculation. Early ejaculation seems to be the most prevalent type of sexual disorder among men According to the American Urological Association. ...

Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo The Independent National Electoral Commission has appealed against the judgement of Justice T. A. Kume-led Election Petition Tribunal in Osun State on 44 grounds. To that extent, the Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended INEC for ...

By  Segun Adewole Former deputy president of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has denied offering money to a prospective kidney donor to save his sick daughter, Sonia. The lawmaker, his wife, Beatrice, and their 25-year-old daughter are on trial in London for allegedly trafficking a young man from ...

1. Always know your previous bank balance in your head so that you know if it has added up 2. Don't use your SMS to check bank alert, don't depend on your SMS because scammers can manipulate the SMS , always check your alert from your bank Mobile app. Also, the alert may be delayed In sms, but ...

Following the scarcity of fuel and naira notes that have disrupted the socio-economic activities of Nigeria, residents of Ondo State in Ore Local Government Area on Tuesday protested over the development. The resident who appeared visibly frustrated over the lingering situation barricaded the ...

Some youths in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Tuesday, ran out of patience and resorted to violence over their inability to access the new naira notes and petrol. The crisis, DAILY POST learnt, was ignited at a branch of GTbank in the Asero area of Abeokuta, where customers had queued since ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Chelsea midfielder, Mason Mount could be on his way out of the club after talks of a new contract broke down. The England international is increasingly likely to leave Stamford Bridge this summer with 18 months left on his current deal at Stamford Bridge. Although ...

Former Chelsea winger Christian Atsu is reportedly ‘trapped under rubble’ as earthquake hits Turkey and Syria. Atsu now plays with Turkish club side Hatayspor following his move from Saudi Arabian side Al-Raed in 2022. His club side are currently based in the region of Kahramanmara, one of ...

Scores of youths and students in Ibadan, Oyo State have staged another protest against the lingering scarcity of naira notes and petroleum. The Monday morning protest took off from the front gate of the University of Ibadan on Monday. The protesters said they staged the protest to express ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, yesterday told holders of the old N200, N500 and N1000 banknotes that in line with the provision of Section 20(3) of the CBN Act, they would still have the opportunity to redeem the face value of their cash only at central bank ...

Police were called after a report that a dog had attacked a child in the garden of a property in Broadlands, Netherfield. By Ellie Ng A four-year-old girl has died after reports of a dog attack in Milton Keynes, Thames Valley Police said. Officers were called by the ambulance service just past 5pm ...

An ongoing protest has rocked Benin City, Edo State, over an unofficial N700 per/litre hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, popularly known as petrol. The protesters, with placards, are asking the state government to set up a price control committee to check the prices of petrol and ...

By  Segun Adewole A former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, will on Tuesday appear again in court in the United Kingdom where he has been accused of human trafficking. The lawmaker was in June 2022 arrested at Heathrow Airport in London after Staines Police Station received a ...

A total of eight persons including two children have died after a container fell on a commercial bus in the Ojuelegba area of Lagos State. Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu,Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, who confirmed the incident, said that the truck bearing the ...

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele on Sunday, revealed that part of the reasons the Federal Government decided on the redesign of currency denominations was the fact that N2.7trillion was lying idle in people’s homes prior to 2015 when the Buhari administration came on board. ...

Operators of Point of Sales (POS) system in Zamfara State have resorted to the collection of 10 per cent of withdrawals in new naira notes following the scarcity of the redesigned denominations of the currency. Aisha Magaji, a bank customer who vented her frustration said: “I paid the sum of ...

There was mild drama on Saturday at a restaurant in Ganaja village, a suburb of Lokoja, Kogi State when a middle-aged restaurant owner detained two of her customers for hours for their inability to pay her in new naira for the two plates of food they ate. One of the victims who was identified as ...

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday disclosed that he escaped from his home in Daura shortly after secondary education to join the Nigerian Army due to family pressure on him to get married then.The President also declared that God had been very kind to him having fought and survived many battles ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday, alleged a plot by President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government of ‘systemically killing’ its leader, Nnamdi Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, alleged that the Federal ...

The federal government has extended the deadline for the registration of Digital Money lenders, DMLs. This is contained in a statement on Friday by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Babatunde Irukera. The ...

The Federal Government on Thursday confirmed its plan to make Ekiti a major Free Trade Zone, FTZ, in Nigeria. Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority, NEPZA, spoke during a courtesy visit to Governor Biodun Oyebanji. Adesugba said the ...

By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja The commercial banks yesterday told the House of Representatives that they were bound by the guidelines of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, as their regulator in the implementation of the cashless policy. The banks in a meeting with the adhoc committee of the ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, yesterday declared that going forward, dollar charges on all domestic cards and online transactions would not be permitted. Emefiele said all transactions on existing local bank cards must, therefore, be routed through the ...

By Babar Ignatius The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has threatened to issue warrant of arrest against the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, if he fails to appear next Tuesday. Femi Gbajabiamila's threat was in response to another letter from the Central Bank, ...

The Abia State Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Prof Uche Ikonne, is dead. This was announced in a statement by his son, Dr Uche Ikonne, on Wednesday. The statement read, “I regret to announce the death of my dear father, Prof Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne, who died at the National ...

The governor of Nigeria’s central bank, Godwin Emefiele, is embroiled in a multi-million-dollar legal battle that has torn apart a once close family relationship. The legal tussle is separate from the troubles he faces over the handling of his job. Mr Emefiele recently sneaked out and back to ...

he Nigeria and Ghana Jollof brawl is one thing, but the Nigerian firewood jollof rice is another, it is the days of party jollof rice, it is a walk down memory lane relished in every munch. The craze over firewood jollof rice first lies in its reminiscing power and then in its tastefulness. Here is ...

Car owners, motorists and commercial cab operators in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, have continued to groan as the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, bites harder. DAILY POST reports that Ibadan and other towns and cities across the country have been experiencing a ...

Global tech giant, Google, has disclosed that it deleted over 1.7 billion ads, restricted over 5.7 billion, and suspended over 5.6 million advertiser accounts in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. In its latest statement on Africa, Google pledged commitment to access to information. It stated ...

As the scarcity of the Premium of Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, continued on Sunday, oil marketers have stated that the cost of the commodity would cross N800/litre once subsidy on PMS is removed. Industry operators had repeatedly stated that the high cost of subsidy on petrol was a ...

Two persons died in a pit toilet at Sabon Gari Market in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State on Saturday while opening up the chamber for easy use. The spokesman of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, stated in Kano on Sunday that the accident happened on Saturday night. ...

Despite a directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to banks to load their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) with the redesigned naira notes, financial institutions in many states are still giving their customers the old notes, Daily Trust reports. The CBN on Thursday asked the citizens to ...

Agency Report An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday restrained the Office of Lagos Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, and Kosofe Local Government from forcefully taking over the Alaba Section of Mile 12 Market. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Justice Latifat Oluyemi gave the ...

The Kano Police headquarters situated at Bompai, Nasarawa Local Government, is reported to be on fire, with many offices and files suspected to be burnt to ashes. The State Fire Service are set to have since deployed to the scene to contain the raging fire on the one-storey building of the ...

By Peter Weber The U.S. military and intelligence agencies have collected 366 reports of "unidentified aerial phenomena" (UAP), the military's term for UFOs, since the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) published its preliminary report on UAPs in March 2021, ODNI said in a ...

As the world moves from fossil-fuel cars to electric cars, the federal government has been strongly advised to formulate deliberate policies to control the exploration, mining, production and exportation of lithium in Nigeria. Chairman of the Board of the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), ...

Some associates of President Muhammadu Buhari are leading the fight to stop Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS) from arresting Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, SaharaReporters has gathered. The President’s associates led by Mamman Daura, a ...

Ninth N’Assembly Delivered On Legislative Agenda - Senate President By Babar Ignatius President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, says the Ninth National Assembly has delivered on its legislative agenda for Nigerians. Lawan made this known on Thursday while delivering an address to mark the ...

By  Naomi Chima The police have arraigned a forex trader, Temitope Badmus, for allegedly stealing N221.6m from six investors. Our correspondent gathered that the 36-year-old allegedly collected the money from the complainants on the pretext of trading with it on Forex Online trading platform. ...