Fire destroys Birnin Kebbi central market
The Birnin Kebbi Central Market has been gutted by fire in the early hours of Saturday, the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports. A NAN correspondent, who visited the scene of the incident on Saturday,...
View ArticleAlleged invasion: DSS only succeeded in tarnishing own image – Fayose
Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose yesterday said that the Department of State Services (DSS) only succeeded in tarnishing its own image by attempting to allegedly coerce members of the State’s Houese...
View ArticleHow to stop killings involving herdsmen, ethnic groups – Cattle breeders
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, has called for reconciliatory meeting between the Fulanis, Jukuns and Tiv people to ensure peaceful co-existence in Taraba. The National President of the...
View ArticleGod will restore your losses – Buhari console victims of Kano, Kebbi fire...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathized with the victims of the fire incidents in Sabon Gari Market, Kano State and Birnin Kebbi Central Market in Kebbi. A statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by...
View ArticleFire reportedly consumes family of 5 in Bauchi
Pandemonium struck at the Makarahuta area of Azare, headquarters of Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State after an early morning fire razed down a family of five on Saturday. The victims, an...
View ArticleIndigenous shipping can provide over 100,000 jobs – Akinola
The Chief Executive Officer, Ships and Ports Communication, Mr. Bolaji Akinola, has urged the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency to refashion indigenous shipping in Nigeria so as to...
View ArticleArmy arrests six suspects over Ibi communal crisis in Taraba, recover arms
The Nigerian Army says it has arrested six suspects over the ongoing communal crisis in Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba state. The Commanding Officer of the 93 Battalion, Takum, Lt.-Col. Chima...
View ArticleNigeria’s hopes of qualifying for AFCON 2017 reduces as Chad pulls out
The Super Eagles’ chances of qualifying for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, have been dealt a huge blow, after Chad withdrew from the qualifying series. According to reports, the West African nation...
View ArticleCSOs say Kachikwu has failed to justify his appointment, says he must resign
The Civil Society Coalition for Positive Change and Stand Up for Nigeria, SUN, have issued a 72 hours ultimatum to the Minister of state for Petroleum Resources who doubles as the NNPC Group Managing...
View ArticleCourt dissolves Egyptian Football Association board
The executive board of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA), has been dissolved by a court ruling on Sunday, over alleged rigging of the 2012 elections. This led to the president of second division...
View ArticleAbductors of University of Ibadan staff demand N5m
Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan (UI), Dr Deji Omole, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, to rescue Dr Beatrice Fabunmi. Dr...
View ArticleLagos Government suspends teachers for assaulting student
The Lagos State Government, LASG, has suspended four teachers of the Eva Adelaja Girls Secondary School in the Bariga area of the state, following their involvement in the brutality of a 14-year-old...
View ArticleOil price: Nigeria would have shut down if not for Buhari’s financial...
With the fall in price of crude oil to below $40 per barrel which has threatened Nigeria’s main source of revenue, Government in the 36 States would have been in serious trouble if not for the...
View ArticleNDLEA discovers letter laden with heroin in Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it had intercepted a letter laden with heroin in Lagos. This is contained in a statement signed in Lagos by the agency’s spokesman, Mr...
View ArticleTinubu is our hero of democracy – Dogara
Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has hailed the All Progressives Congress (APC) Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as he clocks 64. He described Tinubu as a formidable political force...
View ArticleTroops rid Dipcheri, Jere, Chogolo of Boko Haram terrorists [PHOTOS]
Troops of 155 Task Force Battalion and 21 Brigade have conducted a clearance operation aimed at clearing remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hiding at Dipcheri, Jere and Chogolo towns. They cleared all...
View ArticleRivers re-run: APC berates security agencies over release of Wike’s aides
The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has questioned the release of some aides of Governor Nyesom Wike, who were arrested by security operatives during the controversial re-run elections on...
View ArticleSuspected cultists kill UNIPORT student in Aluu
Gunmen suspected to be cultists have shot dead a young man identified as Clinton Opribo-Amos in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. DAILY POST gathered that Opribo-Amos was killed in a gun...
View ArticleSuicide bomber was heavily drugged, between 9-12 years – Presidency
Cameroonian health and security officials on Monday started the treatment of an arrested suicide bomber who claimed to be one of the 219 missing Chibok schoolgirls. Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special...
View ArticleDon’t devalue naira, focus on fixing economy – APC Chieftain urges Buhari
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Delta State Chapter, Chief Ede Dafinone has advised President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government against devaluing the naira, saying he should...
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