December 21, 2024
BREAKING: NNPCL slashed petrol price to N899 per litre – PETROAN
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has reduced its ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly referred to as petrol, from N1,020 to N899 per litre. This decision, coming days after the Dangote Refinery reduced its price to N899, was confirmed by the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria in a statement released […]
BREAKING: 20 feared dead in Anambra community as rice distribution causes stampede
Not less than 20 residents of Okija community in Anambra State have reportedly lost their lives in a stampede. The stampede occurred on Saturday during an event for the distribution of rice. Multiple social media videos sighted by DAILY POST show lifeless bodies lying on the ground after the incident. The cable reports that Charles […]
Naira weakens against dollar
The naira depreciated against the dollar at both the official and parallel foreign exchange markets, ending the week on a negative note. FMDQ data showed that the naira weakened slightly to N1,541.68 per dollar on Friday, down from N1,541.38 exchanged on Thursday, losing N0.3. At the parallel market, the naira closed at N1,775 per dollar […]
Alleged defamation: Peter Obi pledges to fulfill bail conditions for Farotimi
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has offered to fulfill the bail conditions of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi. DAILY POST recalls that on Friday, Farotimi was granted bail by an Ekiti Magistrate Court in a defamation case involving Afe Babalola. The bail conditions require a N30 million bond, two sureties (one of […]
Woman remanded in prison for allegedly threatening Seyi Tinubu, IGP
A woman identified as Olamide Thomas, who allegedly threatened Seyi Tinubu with death on social media, was on Friday, arraigned at a Federal High Court in Abuja. She was arraigned by the office of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, before Justice Emeka Nwite on three-count charge. DAILY POST reports that Olamide was arrested on […]
Gov Eno Disburses N750m To 15,000 Unemployed Youths
Governor Umo Eno has disbursed N750 million business grants to no fewer than 15,000 unemployed youths across the 31 local government areas of Akwa Ibom State to cushion the effects of the prevailing socio-economic challenges. This innovative programme, it was learnt, provides N50,000 monthly grants to 5,000 beneficiaries, with plans to expand the initiative to […]
Federal Gov’t Flags Off N59bn Water Project In Jigawa
Federal government has flagged off the construction of Greater Dutse Water Supply Treatment Plant in Jigawa State awarded at the cost of N59 billion. Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engineer Joseph Utsev flagged off the work designed to provide drinking water to the state capital and its environs. Prof Utsev said the flag-off of […]
Court Jails Turkey-bound Passenger For Trafficking Tramadol
Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced one Anoke Roomy to 12 months in prison for unlawfully exporting 600 grammes of tramadol to Turkey. Justice Aluko jailed Roomy after he pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of trafficking in the illicit substance brought against him by the National Drug […]
Gov Okpebholo Lifts Ban On NURTW
Edo State governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has lifted the ban on activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state. Accordingly, the Union has elected a new set of executive members to pilot its affairs for the next four years. The new executive, led by Comrade Saturday Oamen which was inaugurated […]
Disquiet Over Non-Takeoff Of Federal Varsity Teaching Hospital Lafia
Apart from the overwhelmed Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia and its surrounding areas lack a tertiary hospital. As a result , sick residents often have to travel to Abuja, Keffi, Makurdi, or Jos to access tertiary healthcare. Hence, the sense of elation that followed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s formal approval for the establishment of the […]