May 17, 2025
Collapsed Taraba bridge worsens hardship as residents, travelers lament neglect
As the 2025 rainy season intensifies, residents of Gassol local government council in Taraba State, as well as travelers and drivers, are crying out over worsening hardship caused by the continued collapse of the Namnai Bridge.The bridge, a key link between Taraba and Benue States, as earlier reported by DAILY POST was washed away during […]
Nigeria sitting on keg of gunpowder – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder, as he bemoaned the hardship being experienced by citizens. Obasanjo made the remarks while speaking during Dele Momodu’s leadership lecture on Friday. He insisted that if China could lift 700 million people out of poverty, Nigeria ought to have nothing to […]
Presidential system not working in Nigeria – APC chieftain, Cole
Rivers State All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections, Tonye Cole, says Nigeria must reconsider its current presidential system of government. Cole insisted that the system is not suitable for the country. He made this statement on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, stating that most people in Africa are uncomfortable […]
Lack of tenure for lawmakers ‘killing’ effective legislation, accountability, increasing corruption – Analysts
Political commentators have increasingly linked the growing inefficiency and complacency within Nigeria’s legislative system to the lack of constitutional term limits for members of parliament. They argue that this legislative loophole has enabled some lawmakers to maintain their positions for decades, fostering a culture of entitlement and political stagnation. They argue that without a set […]
2027: PDP in battle for survival
•Saraki leads strategy committee to rescue party •Only PDP can save Nigeria, not coalition of bitterness, revenge – Lamido Last Monday, the leading opposition party in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), set up a seven-man committee, led by former Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, to chart a way forward for the ailing PDP. […]
‘My life now in danger’ – Ex-Education Secretary tells AIG, Abia Govt
Eighty-two-year-old former Education Secretary in Abia State, Onukwuo Joseph Onuegbu has appealed to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 9 Umuahia and the Abia State government to save him from being killed because of his land. Onukwue, who addressed journalists at the Correspondents’ Chapel office in Umuahia, alleged that some members of Ogbuti family […]
Kano govt arrests goats for alleged eating of tree seedlings
The Kano State government has begun arresting goats for eating newly planted tree seedlings under its Urban Renewal Project. Dr. Dahir M. Hashim, the Commissioner for Environment and Climate Change, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Friday. He said several goats have already been taken into custody at Zone I of the Nigeria […]
Yobe Hisbah seizes 209 cartons of alcohol, shuts down brothel
The Yobe State Hisbah Commission, in a joint operation with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), has confiscated 209 cartons of alcohol and shut down a brothel in Damaturu. Chairman Hisbah Commission, Dr. Yahuza Abubakar, disclosed during a press briefing while detailing the agency’s recent […]
Fire engulfs another residential building in Oyo
Another residential building has been engulfed by fire in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. DAILY POST gathered that the incident occurred on Friday at Ori-Eni Apapa Ojeomo Road in Moniya area of Ibadan, detroying properties worth millions of naira. No life was lost during the incident. The Chairman of Oyo State Fire Service, Hon Maroof […]
Borno: ISWAP kills 23 farmers, kidnaps 18 others
Terrorists of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, have killed at least 23 farmers and fishermen in the village of Malam Karanti near Baga, in the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. The attack reportedly took place on Thursday morning in Malam Karanti, a village five kilometres from Baga. The terrorists were […]
