Pastor Tunde Bakare, the founder of Citadel Global Community Church (formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly), has said he would contest for the presidency in the 2023 poll, if God and Nigerians ask him to. The cleric stated this after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock on Friday. Bakare was Buhari’s running mate…
The Rivers State Signage and Advertisement Agency, RISAA, has shut down an electronic billboard for displaying “pornographic content” around Garrison in Port-Harcourt City Local Government Area of the state. Acting Managing Director of RISSA, Okea Anthony announced the decision of a state government at a press briefing in PortHarcourt on Friday. He also disclosed that…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has bagged an Award of Excellence from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Department of Petroleum Resource, DPR. PENGASSAN, DPR branch, had at their award night which took place Thursday, 14th October, 2021 at the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja to mark the…
As the year is moving gradually to an end, the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Audu Adamu Madaki, in charge of Zone 12, Bauchi, has ordered high visibility patrols, stop and search, deployment of police tactical components of patrol teams across the zone, made up of Bauchi and Gombe states. AIG Madaki gave the…
Jigawa State Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Lawan Yunusa Danzomo has said that Inadequate funding was responsible for Educational decay in Nigeria. Danzomo stated this while responding to questions from newsmen at a media engagement held at Manpower Development institutes, Dutse. He said with the inception of the present administration, state Government had identified poor funding,…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has ordered the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) to pay a total sum of N500 million fine over unlawful and arbitrary termination of a contract entered with a private company. The board was found liable for running foul of contract law in the termination of the contract for the…
Members of the Oyo State House of Assembly have advised Governor Seyi Makinde to immediately ensure the implementation of the anti-open grazing law. DAILY POST recalls that the anti-open grazing law was passed by the members of the Assembly in October 2019. The law prohibits grazing of livestock in public, streets, or within the towns…
The Presidency has rubbished claims by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), that President Muhammadu Buhari is Jubril of Sudan. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity said it is “idiocy” to claim that the president is dead and was replaced with Jubril from Sudan. Adesina disclosed this in his latest…
Acting Chief Judge of Adamawa State, Honourable Justice Nathan Musa, on Thursday, inaugurated a four-member committee to embark on verification exercise of judiciary staff in the state. The exercise was aimed at fishing out ghost workers from the system as well as fast track judicial processes in the administration of justice. Those inaugurated to serve…
The Abia State Government has held a commendation service and day of tributes in honour of the first military Governor of old Imo State, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (Rtd). Speaking at the event held at Michael Okpara Auditorium, Umuahia, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, who had earlier expressed sadness on the news of the passage of the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the National Assembly to enact law that would stop government officials from sending their children abroad to study. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke who made the call on Thursday in Abuja at the reconvened meeting with the Federal Government, being conciliated by the Minister of…
Simon Bako Lalong, the Governor of Plateau State has admitted that he benefited a lot from the wealth of wisdom of the late traditional ruler of the Kwararafa Kingdom in Taraba State, Dr. Shekarau Angyu Masa Ibi, Kuvyo II. The Governor, who made this known when he paid a condolence visit to the family of…
In 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari emerged victorious in the 2015 general election with a promise to end the insurgency threatening Nigeria in the Northeast. Since his emergence, insecurity has spread to other parts of the country, other than the Northeast. Lately, the activities of bandits in the Northwest and parts of North Central have intensified….
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, said the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader did not sign any document to regain his freedom. The lawyer also declared as untrue, the speculation that Kanu was flown to China and Israel. In a statement on Thursday, Ejiofor stressed that Kanu is strong and ready to appear…
The House of Representatives has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed and the Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali over the customs modernisation project. The officials are to appear before the committees on customs, finance and banking and currency, who have been mandated to carry out…
The governing council of the University of Ibadan has shortlisted no fewer than eight professors for the position of Vice Chancellor of the institution. DAILY POST recalls that the institution has since last year being controlled by acting an Vice Chancellor. The appointment of the Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Babatunde Ekanola became necessary due to…
Anambra State Government has expressed excitement over the Supreme Court judgment, which gave former Central Bank Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo the full right as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the State. A press release by the State Commisioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr C. Don Adinuba congratulated the…
The community head of Akin Osomba in Akamkpa LGA of Cross River State, Ntufam Patrick Etim has said that they will not allow the state government to exert ownership of their 38,000 hectares of cocoa estate without a written agreement. Akin Osomba community had earlier expressed willingness to donate the estate to the state government….
The Senator representing Southern Kaduna Senatorial District, Mr Danjuma La’ah has condemned the continuous increase in banditry in the Southern part of Kaduna state and other places in the country. He lamented that the activities of bandits have led to the loss of lives and property to an unimaginable magnitude, stressing that it would take…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N2.5 billion as a take-off grant for the National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC). The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouq, made this known on Thursday at a one-day Southern Zone Stakeholders Consultation on the Development of NSCC Strategic Plan in Lagos, NAN reports. Recall that the NSCC…
