The Borno State Executive Council has approved the renaming of State-owned University to Kashim Ibrahim University in honour of the first governor of defunct Northern Nigeria Region. The decision was reached during the first State Executive Council (SEC) meeting of 2025, chaired by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum. The meeting, which ended Monday night at the […]

On Monday, January 6, 2025, Malama Aisha passed away. She was the wife of the late Umar Mohammed Alfa, a healthcare worker who was tragically killed by gang members in the Fadikpe neighborhood of Minna, Niger State. Recall that on May 17, 2024 a 35-year-old health worker identified as Umar Mohammed was stabbed to death […]

Contrary to Police narrative, an eyewitness has alleged that the bomb that caused an explosion at the Sani Uthman Islamiyya School in Kuchibuyi Village, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday was brought into the school by a student. LEADERSHIP reports that the explosion claimed two lives and injured two others. […]

Jean-Marie Le Pen, a French far-right politician has died at the age of 96 years, BBC reports. It was gathered that Le Pen, who had been in a care facility for several weeks, died on Tuesday “surrounded by his loved ones”, the family said. Le Pen – a Holocaust denier and an unrepentant extremist on […]

No fewer than three people have reportedly lost their lives in a road accident that occurred in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. DAILY POST gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday. It was learnt that the accident happened when a container-laden truck lost control and fell on a commercial tricycle. The accident occurred at Takie Junction around […]

John Mahama has taken the oath of office as Ghana’s new president in a ceremony attended by world leaders. DAILY POST reports that the former governor was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election on December 8th after defeating his main opponent, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia. Mahama, who had previously served the country as […]

At least 95 people have been confirmed dead and 130 injured following a devastating earthquake that struck Tibet’s holy city of Shigatse in China on Tuesday morning. According to the United States Geological Survey, the 7.1 magnitude quake hit at approximately 09:00 local time (01:00 GMT) and had a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles). […]

The Wenchi West District of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church in the Bono Region of Ghana has recognised 20 ladies, aged 13 to 16, for preserving their virginity. During a thanksgiving service held over the weekend on the sidelines of the church’s observation of the first Sabbath of the year, the girls were each rewarded with […]

Airtel Africa Plc said that since the commencement of its share buy-back programme on December 23, 2024, the Company has purchased 4,335,517 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 113.9577 GBp per ordinary share. Airtel Africa Plc commenced a second share buyback programme that will return up to $100 million to […]