Palpable fear has gripped members of Ukum and Katsina-Ala local government areas of Benue State as a result of alleged burning of motorcycles images of which are currently trending on social media. The Benue State Security Council has earlier banned the use of motorcycles as a form of transportation. The measure was taken to curb rising insecurity in the areas. …
The Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Patience Oniha, said on Wednesday the Federal Government planned to repay a $500million Eurobond with funds raised from a domestic bond offering held in the last quarter of 2020. The Eurobond is expected to mature this month. She said the government is also casting its glance around the foreign debt market for fresh issues …
The Kano State Government has cancelled the payment of N30,000 as minimum wage and has reverted to N18,000, an official of the government has said. This was confirmed by the Special Adviser on Media to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, in an interview with newsmen. He said the state government had stopped the payment of N30,000 minimum wage to its workers …
The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday said the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has eliminated several Boko Haram terrorists in an air attack on the Wamdeo-Chul axis in the Southern part of Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the airstrike also destroyed two gun trucks belonging to the …
He said the human rights activist was moved from the Kuje prison to police custody on Tuesday because prison officials were afraid he would revolutionise other inmates at the facility. Jalingo said the government harasses innocent citizens who demand a better Nigeria but negotiates with Boko Haram members and bandits who slaughter scores of Nigerians at will. READ ALSO: 26 inmates …
“I will never give up. We will never concede,” Trump told the cheering crowd. “We will stop the steal.” On Wednesday, President Donald Trump told a rally of his supporters outside the White House that he would never concede that he lost the election, as Congress readied to certify Joe Biden’s victory. “I will never give up. We will never …
A mass demonstration in support of outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. escalated into clashes with the police, resulting in the arrest of six people, U.S. media reported on Wednesday. U.S. Congress is due to certify Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election later in the day. Trump supporters have been flocking to Washington from all across the …
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the former captain of the 1980 African Cup of Nations winning team, the Green Eagles, Christian Chukwu, as he clocked 70 years. Buhari, in a statement on Wednesday by his Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, joined sport lovers, family and friends to celebrate the former coach of the Super Eagles and rejoiced with the multi-talented …
The proposed law seeking to stop pensions and benefits for ex-governors has yet to be passed nearly two months after Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced plans to do so, motsho, says the bill seeking to scrap the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), has been sent to the House of Assembly, multiple lawmakers who spoke to our correspondents …
The Police Command in Oyo State has decried the rate at which unlicensed firearms are being used by some people in the state. This was disclosed by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Ibadan. Fadeyi said that the use of unlicensed firearms was against the executive order signed by …
Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday ordered the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to open his defence in the alleged certificate forgery case on January 5. The judge stated this after the All Progressives Congress (APC) closed its case on the matter. The party had called six witnesses to testify against the governor. READ ALSO: …
The Ebonyi government on Monday ordered the arrest of circulators of a video on social media that Fulani herdsmen were being attacked and chased out of the state. Gov. David Umahi said at a news conference in Abakaliki that the video was faked. He ordered security agencies to investigate the source of the video and arrest the circulators. The governor …
The abducted sister of Honourable Sunkanmi Babalola, the Deputy Majority Leader in the Oyo State House of Assembly, Mrs Jumoke Babalola Oludele, has been released after spending 11 days in captivity. Oludele, who was kidnapped at Monatan area of Ibadan on Monday, December 21, 2020, was set free at about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 2, 2021. A source close …
BREAKING: Riot in Ogun as customs allegedly kill another youth on New Year’s eve [VIDEO] There was pandemonium in Oke-Odan, Yewa South Local Government area of Ogun State following the alleged killing of a youth by men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on New Year’s Eve. It was gathered that the customs officers resorted to sporadic gunshots while chasing …
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has alleged ransoms money are being used by terrorists to buy illegal arms. In a statement titled, “Our borders and insecurity” issued by the forum’s national chairman, Audu Ogbeh, on Thursday said the development was raised by some of its members from Sokoto and Zamfara states. The forum observed that large consignments were being …
A one time former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, has flown out for medical treatment abroad. Metuh who was recently released by an Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Wednesday, travelled outside the country for medical treatment on a protracted spinal cord ailment. Metuh arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, …
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2021 Appropriation Act. He appended his signature to the document at a ceremony inside the council chamber of the presidential villa, Abuja on Thursday. The National Assembly had on December 21, 2020, passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill with an aggregate expenditure of N13, 588, 027,886, 175 trillion READ ALSO: National Assembly transmits N13.5tn finances to …
Many Nigerians are usually not within the behaviour of checking merchandise’ expiry dates. For many who do, they do just for consumables (largely meals and medicines). The truth is, in the case of cosmetics, toiletries, pesticides, disinfectants, physique spray and different private care merchandise, the checking of the expiry dates on the product label isn’t taken critically, but the results …
The Nigeria Centre for Illness Management (NCDC) has warned that January 2021 will likely be robust with a rise in new instances of covid-19, as folks have been seen throughout the yuletide and vacation interval disregarding the laid down protocols regarding social gathering. It additional said that final week was the worst week ever because the starting of the response …
The Benue State authorities have banned bikes and unlawful income checkpoints in some components of Sankera within the state. The Benue State Safety Council disclosed this recognized in an announcement made obtainable to DAILY POST by the Everlasting Secretary Bureau of Inner Affairs and Particular Companies, Uyina Matthew on Tuesday. In keeping with the assertion, the choice was taken after …
