May 21, 2025
Ebonyi women protest, demand cancellation of UTME result
Women groups, Women’s Aid Collective (WACOL), in collaboration with South-East Human Right Civil Society Situation Room (SHRCSSR), South-East Women’s Network (SEWNET), and 50/50 Action Women Group, took to the street yesterday to protest against the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result released by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), demanding total cancellation. The women defiled […]
Abia govt not meddling in EFCC’s activities – Otti’s aide
Abia State government has disowned a trending report on social media where the State’s government was alleged to have stopped the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from taking 59 arrested Abia youths to Abuja. The State government in reaction through Ferdinand Ekeoma, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, on Tuesday, accused […]
Ex-PDP ward chairman, three others killed in fresh Benue attacks
A former ward chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), James Akase, and three other persons have been killed in fresh attacks by armed invaders in two Local Government Areas of Benue State. The attacks occurred on Monday in separate rural communities in Gwer West and Guma LGAs, leaving several people injured and many others […]
BREAKING: Protest hits Benue over killing of final-year student by police
A protest has erupted in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, following the reported killing of Emmanuella Ahenjir, a 23-year-old final-year student of the Federal University, Wukari, by police personnel. Emmanuella was allegedly shot dead last Friday morning by unidentified police officers at the Wurukum roundabout while riding in a vehicle coming from the Gyado Villa […]
Don’t dump us, PDP begs S’East stakeholders
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, appealed to its stakeholders in the South East chapter not to defect, as controversy over the position of national secretary continues to linger. The Deputy National Chairman (South), Taofeek Arapaja, made the appeal when leaders of the South East PDP visited the national secretariat to convey to the party […]
Tinubu stands no chance in 2027 – El’Rufai
Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El’Rufai, has dismissed the second-term ambition of President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 polls, declaring that the latter has no chance of winning. El’Rufai, during an interview with journalists yesterday in Abuja, said he was happy with the influx of defectors to the All Progressives Congress (APC), noting that […]
CBN: Why Naira is stable, more competitive payment system – Cardoso
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has explained that the country’s currency, the naira, is a stable, reliable, and more competitive payment system for trade across the West Africa region. He disclosed this in a press conference on Tuesday after the Monetary Policy Committee’s 300th meeting in Abuja. According to him, […]
BREAKING: Gateway Games: Explosion rocks Alake Sports Centre
There was pandemonium at the Alake Sports Complex, Ijeja in Abeokuta, Ogun state which is one of the venues for the ongoing 2024 National Sports Festival, following a gas explosion on Tuesday. The incident occurred while a gas truck supplying the complex’s generating set suddenly caught fire. This led to panic among the athletes and […]
Man reportedly beats mother of three to death in Edo
A man simply identified as Esosa Imasuen has reportedly killed his wife named Chinwedu Nnadozie in Benin City. DAILY POST gathered that the incident happened at Oza street in the Ogbelaka area of the Sakponba road axis of the state capital. It was gathered that the man assaulted the mother of three and inflicted injuries […]
NCDMB Project: EFCC begins trial of oil magnate, Akindele in alleged $35M fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday in Abuja commenced the trial of an oil magnate, Dr Akintoye Akindele, accused of complicity in the conversion of the sum of $35 million dollars belonging to the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB. The sum was said to have been converted from the money […]