Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday, said that the state government cannot solve the housing problem alone, but promised to bridge the deficit in the state. Governor Sanwo-Olu revealed this during the commissioning of…
The Russian military has repelled attacks by two unmanned Ukrainian drone boats carrying explosives on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said on Wednesday. The boats were destroyed in the sea, according…
The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro, has appealed to members of the Benue South Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to vote for credible candidates during the forthcoming congresses of the party. He admonished them to avoid dwelling…
Okoroiti, one of the rich oil-producing communities in Eastern Obollo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has decried the absence of government and the negative impact of the explorative and exploitative activities of international…
Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company has announced another electricity tariff hike for Band A customers getting 20-24 hours of daily power supply. The disco announced the increment in a statement on Wednesday by its head of corporate…
The Police in Anambra State have recovered 14 vehicles after raiding camps belonging to gunmen terrorizing the state. A press release by the spokesperson of the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga said the raids on the camp and the recovery of the…
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate promotion stagnation in the Federal Civil Service from 2013 to 2023. This followed a motion moved by Rep. Salman Idris, the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Agric Colleges and…
Two persons were reportedly killed and houses set ablaze in another clash between farmers and herders in Birnin Kudu local government area of Jigawa State. A resident told DAILY POST that the incident happened when herdsmen suspected to be…
Yobe State House of Assembly says it has passed eight out of 10 bills it received, 10 resolutions, as well as petitions within one year. The Speaker of the House, Rt Honourable Chiroma Buba Mashio disclosed this while speaking at a one…
Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma has said that within the past few weeks, the State Police Command has arrested 125 suspects. They were nabbed for various criminal offenses ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, child…
Hope of release from the federal government’s custody appears to be in the offing for the detained Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu as Senators from the South-East region of Nigeria will today, Wednesday, July 3, hold a crucial parley…
The maiden edition of the South East/South South Volleyball tournament ended in Umuahia with Abia State clinching first position in the male category, while Imo and Anambra states finished 2nd and 3rd positions, respectively, in the male…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe has said Nigeria owes the Southeast one state. Igbokwe was reacting to the renewed agitation for the creation of more states in the Southeast. Posting on his…
Ogun State police command has said three Indian nationals are the victims of the kidnapping that occurred along Sagamu, Ijebu Ode expressway. DAILY POST had reported that gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday abducted travellers…
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has declared a state of emergency regarding crude oil production in Nigeria. The company declared war against all…
Severe flooding in Dambam, the headquarters of Dambam Local Government Area of Bauchi State, has submerged the Model Central Primary School, forcing pupils to remain indoors. DAILY POST reports that the pupils have been forced to…
The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, has confirmed that a father and his son were injured as a commercial bus lost control on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Tuesday. Adekunle Ajibade, South-West Zonal Commander of…
Former Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani has commended the Southeast over plans to visit President Bola Tinubu to discuss the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Southeast governors met on Tuesday in…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has highlighted the importance of the recently flagged-off taxi and bus terminal in Abuja. Wike spoke during the flag-off of the construction of the Kugbo Bus and Taxi Terminal in the…
Following the judgement by an Ondo State High Court that nullified the creation of the 33 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, the state government has disclosed that the judgement will be appealed. While allaying the fears of the…
A special ad hoc committee in charge of the restructuring of government agencies and commissions has refuted claims that it is under pressure from agencies trying to avoid mergers or outright scrapping. The chairman of the committee,…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has hailed President Bola Tinubu for appointing Nyesom Wike as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Akpabio spoke during the flag-off of the construction of the Kugbo Bus and Taxi Terminal…
The House of Representatives has asked the Minister of Works, David Umahi, to immediately revoke the contract for the construction of the flooded East-West Road awarded to Rock Result Nigeria Limited and other contracts and re-award the…
Nine people have died and about 5,000 households have been sacked by floods across 30 communities in Yobe State. The State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, disclosed this via its official Facebook page on Tuesday. According to the…
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates Court on Tuesday remanded five Fulani herdsmen at the correctional centre in Makurdi for alleged kidnapping, criminal conspiracy and other crimes. The five suspects, Saleh Hassan, Yakubu Kanje, Inusa Idris,…
Azeez Mohammed has kept mum on his next move after leaving Wikki Tourists. Mohammed was sacked as the technical adviser of Wikki Tourists at the end of last season. He failed to achieve Wikki Tourists’ target of securing promotion to the…
Delta State Chief Judge, Justice Tessy Diai, has discharged and released four inmates from Warri Correctional Centre, Delta State. The inmates are Jeremiah Okotiebor, Odotimade Lylon, Umaru Abubakar and Peter Okru. The inmates were…
Following the consistent air mishaps in the country, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, the Chief of Air Staff, CAS, has called for the implementation of suitable measures to curb the accident chain in the service. On Monday, a drone belonging to…
Lloyd Doggett, a House of Representatives member and a member of the Democratic Party, has publicly called on President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race. It means that the lawmaker has broken away from toeing the party line…
Following the passing of the mother-in-law to the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, visited the family on Tuesday. The wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, recently lost her mother…