April 2025
Church cancels wedding over bride’s refusal to spend the night in host pastor’s house
A wedding ceremony slated to hold at Assemblies of God Church, Okpu 2, in Aba, Abia State, weekend, was cancelled by the Church following the alleged refusal of the bride to adhere to the church’s pre-marriage procedures. It was gathered that the bride refused to spend the night at the parsonage of the church where […]
BREAKING: EFCC arrests Aisha Achimugu at Abuja Airport
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a renowned business executive and socialite, Aisha Sulaiman Achimugu. Her legal team made this known in a statement on Tuesday, emphasizing that Achimugu, who arrived voluntarily into the country from London, was arrested around 5 a.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, her lawyer had reportedly told […]
Court Martial Sentences Nigerian Soldier To Death For Killing Girlfriend In Enugu
A General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Headquarters, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, has sentenced a soldier, Private Adamu Mohammed, to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend. Another soldier, Private Abubakar Yusuf, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for robbery. The rulings followed weeks of deliberation after the soldiers […]
Petrol price drop pushing cooking gas costs downwards – IPMAN
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has explained how the reduction in the price of Premium Motor Spirit pushed the price of liquefied petroleum gas, popularly known as cooking gas, down. This comes as DAILY POST observed that the cost of refilling a 12.5-kilogramme cylinder of cooking gas reduced to N16,250 from N17,500 in […]
Price of 50kg bag of rice drops — Report
The price of 50 kilogrammes of rice has reduced by 27 percent to N58,000 from N80,000 in some remote areas of Nigeria. This is according to S&P Global’s recent report on the commodity. The report said that the West African rice market has slumped to a near two-year low as supplies flood regional markets following […]
Osun: Two escape death in ‘hit and run’ accident
Two persons have escaped death in a hit and run accident which occurred along the Ife-Ondo route on Monday. According to information made available by the Osun Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Taofeeq Sokunbi through the spokesperson, Agnes Ogunghemi, the accident involved a single motorcycle. Ogungbemi revealed that the incident was reported […]
INEC proposes to replace PVCs with downloadable voter’s cards
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is proposing to replace Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) with downloadable voters’ card. This is coming ahead of the 2027 general elections, with INEC proposing amendments to Nigeria’s electoral framework that would strip the President of the power to appoint the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). Special Adviser to the INEC […]
Court orders Aisha Achimugu to honour EFCC’s invitation
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered Aisha Achimugu to appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today to answer questions regarding an ongoing investigation. The judge also directed that she must appear before the court tomorrow. The order was made in a ruling delivered yesterday in respect of […]
We officially start at 8am – JAMB responds to Obi’s criticisms of early exam time
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has debunked criticisms by a former Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, over the early resumption time for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. DAILY POST recalls that Obi in a post on his official X handle on Sunday, publicly condemned reports of JAMB asking candidates, generally […]
Politicians only fight for positions, not masses — Bafarawa
A former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, has lamented the state of Nigerian politics, saying that politicians today are only concerned with fighting for positions rather than working for the benefit of the masses. In an interview with BBC Hausa on Sunday, Bafarawa decried the collapse of real opposition politics in Nigeria, noting […]