February 2025
Viral Video: Ogun suspends monarch over assault on subject
Viral Video: Ogun suspends monarch over assault on subjectFollowing a viral video circulating on social media, showing Oba AbdulSemiyu Adewale Ogunjobi, the Olorile of Orile-Ifo in Ogun State, assaulting one of his subjects, the state government has announced a six-month suspension for the monarch. The sanction, contained in a statement made available to newsmen by […]
Residents Insist Appointment of New Olojudo of Ido Ayegunle is Justified
The people of Ido Ayegunle in Obokun Local Government have spoken out amid the ongoing unrest over the appointment of a new monarch, asserting that the process was legitimate. They accused the Owamiran of Esa-Oke of instigating the crisis. According to reports, Mr. Lawrence Adebisi, who had been presenting himself as the Obanla of Ido […]
Governor Adeleke Orders Arrest, Prosecution of Attack Sponsors in Ido Ayegunle
Governor Ademola Adeleke has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of those behind the deadly attacks on Ido Ayegunle community no matter their status in the society. Reacting to the attacks which claimed lives and properties in the town, the state governor expressed shock at the daring attacks, commending the security agencies for nabbing and […]
Former NHIS boss Usman Yusuf arraigned over alleged N90m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, 3 February 2025, arraigned a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf, before Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako, Kuje. Yusuf was arraigned on a five-count charge bordering on embezzlement, conferring undue advantage, and […]
One killed as police operatives dislodge suspected kidnappers in Adamawa
One suspected kidnapper has been killed in Adamawa State after operatives of the state police command dislodged suspects from an identified hideout. The police disclosed on Monday that one suspect was arrested in addition to the one killed, while some other suspects escaped. The Adamawa State Police Command said in a statement that, in its […]
Trump to cut off funding to South Africa, gives reason
The United States President, Donald Trump, has revealed his decision to cut off all future funding to South Africa, citing poor treatment of “certain classes of people.” Trump made this known on Sunday in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform. According to Trump, South Africa was seizing land and mistreating some citizens […]
JNI defends establishment of shari’a panels, cites constitutional backing
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has asserted that Muslims seeking adjudication on personal and civil matters under Islamic law is a constitutional right, not a privilege. The JNI’s statement follows public controversy over the establishment of Shari’a arbitration panels in some parts of south-west Nigeria. Professor Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, the JNI Secretary General, in a […]
Bisi Akande lied against me, I know nothing about Bola Ige’s death – Ladoja
A former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, has said he knows nothing about the death of a former minister of Justice and Attorney General of the federation, late Chief Bola Ige. Ladoja refuted the assertion while addressing DAILY POST and other journalists at his residence on Monday. Recall that a former Governor […]
ISIS terrorists abduct Chinese nationals in Niger Republic
Two Chinese nationals have been abducted during a coordinated attack in the city of Agadez, Niger Republic by suspected ISIS Sahel militants. Two Nigerien security personnel from the Garde Nationale du Niger, GNN, were killed in the assault. Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counter terrorism and insurgency expert, made this known in a post […]
Imo residents urge Uzodinma to set up commodity board to curtail high cost of food items
Residents of Owerri, the Imo State capital, have called on Governor Hope Uzodinma to fulfill his promise of establishing the Imo State Marketing and Commodity Board, as food prices continue to rise on daily basis. The high cost of food items and other necessary services have left many families across the state struggling to cope, […]