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 …
Enugu State governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019, Ayogu Eze, has said two more governors in the South-East might soon dump their parties for the APC. Eze spoke, at the weekend, when he presented gift items to the party members for the New Year in Enugu. He expressed the optimism that the APC would form the next …
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday condemned the killing of 70 people in Zaroumdareye, a border town between Niger Republic and Mali by militants. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari sympathises with Niger Republic over the terrorist attack that killed 70 people, …
The Nigeria Police Force has launched an investigation into a case of alleged criminal conspiracy and forgery against three top management staff members of the National Assembly. Our correspondent learnt that the three officials (names withheld) are currently holding key positions in the management hierarchy. They were said to have been invited twice by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command …
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ibrahim Pantami, has directed the immediate suspension of staff members involved in extortion of applicants at the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, in Bauchi and Kaduna State offices. Pantami gave the directive following a public outcry that some personnel of NIMC, particularly at some enrollment centres in Bauchi and Kaduna States were …
The Federal Government of Nigerian has given new conditions for telecommunication service subscribers to replace damaged, misplaced, lost or stolen SIM cards. In a joint statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Ikechukwu Adinde; and Head, Corporate Communication, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Kayode Adegoke on Friday, it said subscribers must present their National Identification Numbers …
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A 29-year-old, identified as Mustapha Idris, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Jigawa State High court for killing his pregnant girlfriend, Nafisa Hashimu. Mustapha and late Nafisu, a divorcee, resided in Daneji village in the State. Following the police investigation, it was discovered that Mustapha slit the throat of late Nafisa, leaving her to die in the …
Gov. Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State has granted pardon to 12 prisoners in the state to mark the beginning of 2021. This is contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye, on Friday, in Kaduna. Adekeye said that the pardon was in the exercise of the powers conferred on the governor by …
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 …
Akwa Ibom: Village head sacked over alleged stealing, vandalism The village head of Ikot Obio Inyang, Etinan Native Authorities Space of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Emem Akpan has been sacked over alleged fraud and different prison actions peddled in opposition to him. The group, by Ikot Obio Inyang Improvement Affiliation (IKODA), in a press release made accessible to journalists in …
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has described the death of Prof. Femi Odekunle, first Nigerian Professor of criminology as an enormous loss. DAILY POST had reported that Odekunle, who can be a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee In opposition to Corruption (PACAC), died at the COVID-19 Isolation Center in Gwagwalada, Abuja, Tuesday night. Reacting, Atiku in a tweet by way of …
Bishop Matthew Kukah has been requested to resign from the Basic Abdul Salaam-led Nationwide Peace Committee. Making the decision is the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), in a press release signed and made obtainable to DAILY POST by the director of the group, Prof Ishaq Akintola. Recall that Bishop Kukah of the Sokoto Archdiocese of the Catholic Church had in his Christmas …
As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic persists, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has predicted a sharp spike in cases of COVID-19 in the country due to gross violations of security protocols. This was revealed on Tuesday by the Director Basic of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu who stated that Nigeria would subsequent month pay the value …
Stakeholders within the South-east area yesterday got here collectively to harp on the necessity to hold the Igbo language alive, decrying the nonchalant angle about Igbo folks on the quick disappearance of their language. At a colloquium held in Enugwu-Ukwu Civic Centre in Njikoka Native Authorities Space of Anambra State, a number of personalities gave concepts as to easy methods …
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 …
