Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has predicted a wave of high-profile defections from opposition parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming months, attributing the trend to increasing public confidence in the party. Abbas made the statement on Saturday during the APC North-West Zonal stakeholders’ meeting held in Kaduna. […]

The Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Comrade Abba Moro, alongside the member representing Apa/Agatu Federal Constituency and Chairman of the House Committee on National Inland Waterways, Ojotu Ojema, on Friday, paid a joint condolence visit to communities in Akpete/Ojantele Council Ward following recent attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Communities including […]

Edo State Police Command has arrested a 31-year-old woman, identified as Freda Omakhone, for alleged scamming. Moses Yamu, the spokesman of the Command, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City. Yamu said the suspect was arrested for alleged multiple scams in luxury boutiques within Edo State. […]

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested the deposed spiritualist (Ohen) of Okhoromi community, in Oredo Local Government Area, Ovbokhan Igbinovia Kelvin, 43, and four others with a suspected human skull. The command also disclosed that the suspects were arrested with several arms and ammunition. DAILY POST reports that other suspects arrested alongside […]

Catholic pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, has affirmed traditional church doctrine regarding marriage. Pope Leo said that marriage is founded on the “stable union between a man and a woman.” He stated this on Friday during a private audience with the Vatican’s diplomatic corps, making his first major remarks as pontiff. The meeting with the Vatican’s […]

Lagos State Government has shut down DONALD Restaurant, a nightlife venue, situated on Road 14 in Lekki Phase 1, for allegedly engaging in illegal waste disposal along Durosimi-Etti Street within the same estate. Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, made this known after a prompt response by the Lekki Estate Residents Association, LERA, […]

Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has explained the reason behind President Bola Tinubu’s invitation to Rome by Pope Leo XIV. DAILY POST reported that President Tinubu departed Abuja for Rome, the capital of Italy, on Saturday at the invitation of Pope Leo XIV. Tinubu, who was accompanied by top Catholic leaders, is attending […]

A violent incident unfolded in Kashikoko village, Lavun Local Government Area of Niger state, when suspected miscreants from Anfani community attacked a couple, Aliyu Mohammed and his wife, on their farm. It was learnt the incident occurred on Friday and was hinged on a longstanding farmland dispute. It was also gathered that the miscreants gave […]

Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, says the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara remains his political son. Wike made the assertion in an interview with BBC Pidgin published on Saturday afternoon. According to the minister, the battle was not against Fubara but those he claimed had been pushing the governor […]