Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku has said that the lawmakers increased the state’s 2025 budget from N605 billion to N676 billion to enable the government address food insecurity. DAILY POST reports that Agbebaku disclosed this in Benin City. DAILY POST recalls that the state governor, Monday Okpebholo on December 10, […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro, has sentenced four drug lords linked to Nigeria’s largest-ever cocaine seizure of 2.1 tons in Ikorodu, Lagos, to a combined 28 years imprisonment with hard labour The convicts include: Soji Jubril Oke (71) — 5 years imprisonment with hard labour, Wasiu Akinade (55) […]

Over 33 people have died following unrest at a maximum security prison in Mozambican capital, Maputo. Dozens of people were killed as a result of the prison riot on Christmas Day, according to authorities. According to the Guardian UK, the riot resulted to the death of 33 people, while 15 others were injured. Bernadino Rachel, […]

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says it will launch a holistic investigation into airstrikes on two villages in Sokoto. DAILY POST recalls that a fighter jet mistakenly bombed two communities in the Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Wednesday morning. Locals said the incident, which occurred around 7:00 am at Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities […]

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has earmarked N35 million in its 2025 budget proposal following a cyber attack that compromised its website on December 18, 2024. DAILY POST recalls that the website of the agency was hacked shortly after it published its crime experience and security perception survey. The bureau claimed that Nigerians paid […]

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State, Mr Sunday Ikechukwu Damian has drawn the attention of Governor Peter Mbah to an alleged attempt by a member of the House of Representatives member, representing Awgu/Oji-River/Aninri Federal Constituency, Hon Anayo Onwuegbu to remove all the elected ward […]

A drunk man bit off part of his wife’s ear in Abor Mbaise, Imo State. One Lolo Nneka Obani, who disclosed this in a Facebook post on Christmas Day, shared a photo of her mother consoling the woman after the incident. “One of my drunkard cousins in the village just bit off his wife’s ear […]

The crisis is brewing between Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and the widow of his predecessor, Betty Akeredolu, over plans by the governor to organise a memorial lecture in honour of the deceased governor. Former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu passed on December 28 last year, following a protracted illness. Aiyedatiwa, his deputy, was immediately sworn in […]

South Korea’s main opposition party has said that it would initiate a bill to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo. The opposition Democratic Party had threatened to impeach Han if he fails to immediately appoint three justices to fill the vacancies at the Constitutional Court. Parliament voted in favour of three nominees on Thursday, but they […]

The EFCC is investigating the alleged diversion of N1.3 trillion state funds, SaharaReporters has learnt. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the Accountant General of Delta State, Mrs. Joy Enwa, amid the commission’s ongoing investigation of the state’s former governor, Ifeanyi Okowa. The EFCC is investigating the alleged diversion of […]