Category: 2709 Updates

Governors under the aegis of the Southern Governors’ Forum are currently meeting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Governor Nyesom Wike, who is hosting the event, earlier received his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, the first of the guests to arrive at Government House in Port Harcourt. Others who are currently on in the…

Nnia Nwodo, former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has refuted reports of him blaming the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for the killings in Imo and Anambra states. Nwodo was reported to have hinged the spate of insecurity in the states and the southeast on IPOB. However, Nwodo stressed that he never blamed the killings and…

Dust will soon settle over the controversy surrounding who is responsible to dispose waste within the Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC. The development has remained the subject of legal debate, thus seeking juristic interpretation at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/1585/2020. Recall that Center for Reform and Public Advocacy (CFRPA),…

Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church has disclosed that he would be the last person to leave Nigeria if war broke out in Nigeria. He spoke during prayers for the nation in Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State. Oyedepo, however, assured that Nigeria would not be destroyed due to the presence of believers. The clergyman also…

Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has insisted that the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is responsible for the bloodshed in the Southeast. Igbokwe made the remark in response to a comment by the Senate Minority Leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe on the killings in the Southeast. Abaribe had said nobody knows those…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation( NNPC) has said thst it is not recruiting, urging the general public to disregard information circulating on social media that the corporation was recruiting. The corporation disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesman, Garba Deen Muhammad, in Abuja, on Sunday. “This is to inform the public that the…

The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi has said that the online video showing a man hanging an AK-47 rifle alleged to be him is mischievous. Muhammad Abdulkadri, the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the minister, in a statement on Sunday, said there was the need to counter the narrative. According to…

The Muslim Rights Concern , MURIC, on Monday alleged that some staff of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, are attempting to turn the organization into a Christian crusade camp. MURIC alleged that some senior staff of NPA usually give out Christian literature as parting gifts to official visitors to the facility. The body said such…

The Kogi State Police Command has rescued two more victims from the hands of their abductors. DAILY POST recalls that one University don Prof. James Alabi from Kogi State University was abducted six days ago but regained his freedom on Saturday night. The latest kidnapped victims who regained freedom from the hands of their abductors…

In view of the recent upsurge of cult activities in Lokoja and its environs, the Maigari of Lokoja, Alh. (Dr.) Muhammadu Kabiru Maikarfi III, has banned all night functions in Lokoja Town till further notice. DAILY POST recalls that there have been clashes between rival cult groups that have led to the death of some…

Mayowa Adinlewa, a lecturer of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, Ondo State has been kidnapped. Adinlewa was kidnapped over the weekend along the deplorable Akure-Ikere-Ekiti highway while on his way from Akungba to visit his family at Ikere in Ekiti State. The gunmen were said to have struck on a bad portion of the road…

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) Chairman, Prof. Sule Bello and former Military Administrator of Delta State, Air Commodore Ibrahim Kefas. President Buhari described late Prof. Bello as “not only a distinguished historian but also a politician with progressive ideas who took the bold plunge to…

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to speedily consider the proposed National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Trust Fund. HURIWA explained that the trust fund would curb youths involvement in crimes, adding that it would have a positive impact on the younger generation. NYSC Director General, Brigadier General…

The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has said Nigeria has abandoned her constitutional role in terms of security, thus failing the masses. According to the union, at 61, the country is no longer working as it stated that Nigeria has continued to deteriorate, particularly in the area of security. The National President of…

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has expressed shock and sadness over the death of Air Commodore Ibrahim Kefas (retired), a former Military Administrator of the state. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Christian Ita, Ayade described the late Kefas as a diligent soldier and a sound administrator,…

The Police Command in Zamfara State, on Sunday, announced that it had successfully arrested 21 suspected notorious bandits and 48 collaborators during various raids it carried out in September. SP Muhammed Shehu, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, made the disclosure at a press briefing in Gusau, on the achievements of the…

More than a week after a block of classrooms collapsed and killed Muinat Ilebiyi, a female student of Nazareth High School, Imeko, the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has pulled down the structure. DAILY POST had earlier reported that the building fell on three female students of the government secondary school, killing Ilebiyi and injuring…

A pressure group, Igbo National Monument, INM, on Sunday criticised the South-East Governors for recent spate of violence in the region, saying it has become apparent that the states’ chief security officers have slept on duty for so long. The group said the killing of Dr. Chike Akunyili, widower of late Dora Akunyili and others…

Unknown persons have set the country home Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, ablaze. Igbokwe’s home, located at Nnewi, Anambra State, was raised down on Sunday afternoon. The APC Stewart, who is based in Lagos State alleged that the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB carried out the action. “IPOB invaded my…