Category: 2709 Updates

The Olu of Warri Kingdom in Delta State, HRM. Atuwatse III today moved to Koko Community in Warri North Local Government Area with a view to settling a brewing crisis in the land. Our Correspondent who monitored the happenings in Koko Community reports that the monarch cancelled all appointments at the Palace in Warri today….

Former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, has decried the level of insecurity in the South East Zone of Nigeria, describing it as disheartening. Obi said there is a need for urgent stakeholders meeting in the South-East, to discuss salient issues pertaining to the recent wave of violence in the region. The former governor…

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has said some governors and Federal Government’s officials may be responsible for the insecurity across the Southeast. HURIWA alleged that governors and Federal Government officials behind the killings are trying to undermine the agitation of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in the Southeast. The rights group…

Residents of Wole Ola Riverside Community have decried the destruction left behind Sunday’s rainfall. A visit to the community by DAILY POST on Monday revealed that the rain left behind blown roofs to residents and shops. A resident, Adekola Adetayo told this medium that the destruction was not as a result of the rain but…

A former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has told the 17 Southern Governors to stop “ganging up” and “issuing threats” in a bid to land the 2023 Presidential slot. Shekarau stated this while featuring on Channels Television on Monday. The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, however, suggested that President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor come from…

There was heavy shooting in Owerri, the capital of Imo State on Monday as gunmen returned to the city. The gunmen shot sporadically in different areas of the city as residents and road users scampered for safety. DAILY POST gathered that some of the affected areas were First Bus Stop Irete, Owerri West LGA, around…

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, head of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to reveal the names of Boko Haram sponsors. The cleric described Nigeria as a broken country decomposing from within while “lives are hemorrhaging by the day”. Kukah spoke at the priestly ordination of five deacons at the Holy Family…

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…