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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has denied media report (not LEADERSHIP) that Port Harcourt Refinery was inactive, insisting that the newly rehabilitated refinery was still functional contrary to reports making the rounds. The national oil company said preparation for the day’s loading operation is currently ongoing on Saturday. NNPC spokesman, Olufemi Soneye, in […]