July 2025
PDP 100th NEC: ‘Democracy won, no victor, no vanquish’ – Saraki
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has declared that there is no victor and no vanquish in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Saraki said the conduct of the 100th National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party was an indication that Nigeria and democracy won. Despite the interruption by men of the Nigeria Police […]
Commuters, staff stranded as students protest renaming of Polytechnic Ibadan
Hundreds of commuters plying the ever busy Sango-Eleyele Road in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, are currently stranded, DAILY POST reports. Our correspondent reports that the commuters are stranded as a result of protest embarked upon by students of the Polytechnic Ibadan. DAILY POST gathered that the students embarked upon the protest as a result […]
Abia Assembly probes alleged mismanagement, fee hike at Government College Umuahia
The crisis rocking Government College, Umuahia, GCU, over the running of the school by the Trustees of Fisher Educational Development Trust, FEDT, has assumed a new dimension following the allegation that new trustees have been appointed by the Okwe Ilieze Nwodo-led team for the school. An old boy of the college, Chukwudi Onwudinanti, had petitioned […]
2027 presidency: I’m willing to spend one term in office – Peter Obi
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has guaranteed his followers at home and abroad that he will contest the 2027 election and is prepared to serve a single four-year term as president. He also denied that he had discussed or agreed on a combined ticket with former Vice President […]
AFC Launches Nationwide Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence, Ritual Killings
The Association of Female Comrades (AFC), a youth-led, women-focused non-governmental organisation, has launched a 30-day nationwide sensitization campaign aimed at tackling the growing scourge of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and ritual killings across Nigeria. The campaign, which runs from July 1 to July 30, 2025, seeks to confront what the AFC describes as a “national emergency” […]
Why a man can’t be with one woman – 2Baba
Legendary Nigerian singer Innocent Idibia, better known as 2Baba, has defended polygamy, saying a man was not built to sexually be with just one woman. In a recent podcast with Nedu, 2Baba, whose split from Annie Idibia caused a shockwave across the nation, said it is impossible for a man to have one sexual partner. […]
Alleged contempt: CBN, firm agree to settle out of court
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and a private firm, Melrose General Services, on Monday agreed to settle their legal dispute at the Federal High Court in Abuja out of court The development was made known by Yusuf Ali, SAN, counsel to the CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, and Chikaosolu Ojukwu, SAN, lawyer representing Melrose before […]
Lagos govt seals two buildings over illegal sewage discharge in Ikoyi
The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office, LSWMO, has sealed two properties in the Ikoyi area of Lagos. The properties were sealed for obstructing the office’s operations and for unlawfully discharging raw sewage into public drainage systems. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a statement posted on his official […]
UK-based Nigerian caregiver jailed for abusing 88-year-old dementia patient
A UK-based Nigerian caregiver, Bilikesu Olagunju, has been sentenced after CCTV footage revealed her violently mistreating an 88-year-old dementia patient just one day before he was found unresponsive and later died in hospital. The disturbing footage, captured on Christmas Eve 2022 at John Attard’s home in Bexley, Kent, showed Olagunju, 42, dragging the frail man […]
Dangote Refinery reduces fuel price as petrol marketers hold emergency meeting
Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery has reduced its premium motor spirit ex-depot price to N840 from N880 per litre. This comes as petroleum product marketers plan an emergency meeting to drop fuel prices from Tuesday. The President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Maigandi, disclosed this to DAILY POST during an exclusive interview on […]