Three dead as NSCDC battles militants in Bayelsa
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have killed three suspected Niger Delta militants in Bayelsa State during a fire exchange. It was learnt that the gun battle, which reportedly...
View ArticleAmaechi is fantastically corrupt, donated £140m to Buhari, APC – UK Mail
One week after UK Mail Online questioned President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption credentials, saying he is wealthy and that his family lives large, the paper has again hit the Nigerian leader. An...
View ArticleThose criticising us are cowards, we have infiltrated Nigerian Army –...
Resurgent Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers has described those criticizing its operations of attacking pipeline installations in the region as cowards who can’t fight for their rights. In a...
View ArticleBuhari has a heart flowing with milk, he will release Nnamdi Kanu to me – Kalu
Former Abia State governor, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that the issue of Biafra is a very big one in Nigeria today, adding that he is waiting for President Mohammadu Buhari’s “mind to calm down” for...
View ArticleSaraki seeks more powers for ECOWAS Parliament
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday called for more powers for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, if the aim of the sub-region to achieve full...
View ArticleWomen footballers are treated like second class citizens – Mercy Akide-Udoh
Former Super Falcons striker, Mercy Akide-Udoh, has called for stakeholders and administrators, to pay greater attention to women football all over the world. Akide-Udoh, was the only former African...
View ArticleYobe has lost 128 students, N30bn to Boko Haram insurgency – Gaidam
The Yobe Government on Monday said over N30 billion was lost to Boko Haram insurgency in the state in the last six years. Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam disclosed this while receiving Mr Toby Lancer, United...
View ArticleNiger Governor stops state sponsorship to Hajj, Jerusalem
Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello on Monday said the state would no longer sponsor pilgrims to Holy lands of Jerusalem and Mecca. The decision to this effect was contained in a statement...
View ArticleFuel price increment: Oshiomhole joins FG’s team to dialogue with NLC
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshoimhole has been drafted to join the Federal Government team seeking to dialogue with organized labour union over its impending industrial action. The Federal Government...
View ArticleAnambra Councillor beats 19-year-old boy to death over missing phone
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested the councillor representing Nsogwu Umunze Ward 2 in Orumba South Local Government of Area of the state, Mr. Chidiebere Onyema, for allegedly killing his...
View Article27-year-old man stabs twin brother to death in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the case of a 27-year-old man, Mfom John, who stabbed his twin brother, Israel John, to death on Olorunkemi Street in the Somolu area of the state. Mfom was...
View ArticleEmmanuel Onwubiko: Babies – Memo for a ministry
Nigeria is resource rich, no doubt but the redistribution of these national wealth to equitably impact on the lives of all segments of the civil society is skewed in favor of those elite who have...
View ArticleNo information on kidnapped reverend sisters – Ondo Police
The Ondo State Police Command today said it is yet to have any information about the whereabouts of the two abducted Reverend Sisters. The victims, whose identities were not revealed by the Police were...
View ArticleECOWAS moves to stop herdsmen, farmers clashes from spreading
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday said it has begun putting in place measures to curtail clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the sub-region. President of the ECOWAS...
View ArticleEFCC holding me despite fulfilling bail conditions – Fani-Kayode cries out
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of illegally detaining him. A statement sent to DAILY POST Tuesday night by Jude Ndukwe, his...
View ArticleConvention: Court orders INEC, PDP to reject Fayose’s men
A Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti yesterday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Peoples Democratic Party from recognising the Governor Ayodele Fayose’s faction of...
View ArticleMy son will shine under Guardiola – Iheanacho’s father
James Iheanacho, the father of Manchester City’s Kelechi, has insisted that his son will get playing time under Pep Guardiola. Guardiola has already penned a three-year deal, to take over from Manuel...
View ArticleIheanacho eyes Olympic Gold in Rio
Manchester City youngster, Kelechi Iheanacho, has said that Nigeria can win Gold again at the forthcoming Olympics in Rio, Brazil. Nigeria became the first African nation to win an Olympic football...
View ArticleNationwide darkness looms as electricity supply drops to 1,400MW
Darkness looms across the country as the total amount of power available to the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, to distribute to homes and offices across Nigeria has dropped to 1,400 megawatts,...
View ArticleNLC shuts down Lagos Airport as workers protest fuel hike [PHOTOS]
Following the declaration by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, that all offices nationwide be shut in protest of the hike in price of petrol, workers at the Lagos Airport were left stranded Wednesday...
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