February 2025
I Am The Best Candidate For Ekiti, Says Otunba Fayose
Otunba Emmanuel Fayose, a governorship hopeful in the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, has stated that he remains the best candidate to dislodge incumbent Biodun Oyebanji from office. This comes just as he criticised Governor Oyebanji for gross incompetence in managing the state’s affairs since taking over three years ago. In a […]
Akwa Ibom Govt, Opposition Bicker Over Alleged Breaches In Contract Awards, Procurements
The Akwa Ibom State government has described as spurious and infantile the insinuations by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) party that virtually all contract awards and procurements in the state have failed the due process and due diligence test. The leadership of the state chapter of the ADC has, in a petition signed by its […]
Allegation Of Exclusion: Delta APC Exonerates NCDMB Secretary
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Delta State has exonerated Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), over allegations of exclusion. Ogbe was accused by APC youths from the Warri federal constituency of excluding them in a training programme organized by the NCDMB for the […]
Gov Otu’s Aide Backs Ex-DG Over Sale Of Community Generators
Special Adviser to Cross River State Governor on Intelligence and Security Matters, Goddy Akpama, has faulted claims by the state commissioner for Power and Renewable Energy Prince Eka Williams, that ex- director general (DG) Scraps Metal Agency Mr. Martins Asuquo, sold two power generators belonging to Ugep community for street lights , to a Lagos […]
Boko Haram “nightmare” ACP Fika is dead
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dauda Buba Fika, a highly respected officer in Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram, has passed away. He died at the National Hospital, Abuja, at about 3:30 PM on Tuesday. This was disclosed in a statement by security analyst Zagazola Makama on his X handle on Wednesday. ACP Fika played a […]
Undergraduate commits suicide over hardship in Kwara
A 200-level male student of the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, Kwara State, has reportedly committed suicide over economic hardship. DAILY POST gathered that the deceased, whose identity was yet-to-be known, was from the Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences. It was further learned that the student was on the cumulative aggregate of 4.5 academic standing […]
Seven die in Mexican prison riot
No fewer than seven people on Tuesday died in a prison riot in a Mexican state grappling with rising criminal violence. The public prosecutor’s office announced an investigation into the incident in Villahermosa, the capital of southeastern Tabasco state, where a prison riot in December also claimed seven lives. It was gathered that rival criminal […]
Many Nigerians believe breast cancer caused by spiritual attacks, witchcraft – Expert shares insights
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has warned of a rising cancer burden. Breast cancer remains the most common cancer among women in Nigeria, with many myths, cultural perceptions, and structural barriers hindering early detection and treatment. In this exclusive interview with DAILY POST, Dr Nwamaka Lasebikan, Director of Research and Innovation at the National Institute […]
Oyo Assembly decries Odebowale’s ‘derogatory’ remarks on Soun
The Oyo State House of Assembly, yesterday, condemned the derogatory remarks allegedly made by the former Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties and Strategy to the late Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Dr Doyin Odebowale, against the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye, during a recent broadcast on Lagelu FM, Ibadan. Odebowale, a lecturer […]
BREAKING: President Tinubu signs North-Central Development Commission bill into law
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed a bill establishing the North-Central Development Commission, NCDC into law. This was announced on Tuesday by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during a session in the Senate chamber. He expressed optimism that the establishment of NCDC would bring development to the grassroots. He said: “Let me also inform my colleagues […]