Bye-election: APGA’s Mimi Azikiwe beats ADC for Onitsha North constituency
The candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Mimi Azikiwe, has reportedly been declared winner of the just concluded Onitsha North Constituency 1 by-election. According to The Whistler, Azikiwe recorded a landslide victory, garnering 7,774 votes to defeat his opponents from other parties. She defeated candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC Justina Azuka, […]
‘We want to go back home’ – Displaced people of Plateau communities cry out
A Plateau State youth group under the banner of Concerned Mushere Youth Vanguard, CMYV, has called on Governor Caleb Mutfwang to keep to his promise of returning their displaced people to their ancestral lands after they were forced to flee their homes by marauding Fulani militias. The CMYV, who made the plea at a press […]
Bye-election: PDP wins Tinubu Minister’s polling unit in Jigawa
The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday lost to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP at the polling unit 001 where the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar cast his vote in the yet-to-be concluded by-election. The polling unit is in Babura Kofar Arewa Primary School where eligible voters were out to elect a representative […]
Omoluabi group alleges plot to assassinate ex-minister, Rauf Aregbesola
The Omoluabi Progressives has raised alarm over an alleged coordinated attempt to eliminate former Minister of Interior and ex-governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola. In a statement signed by its spokesperson and organising secretary, Oluwaseun Abosede and obtained by DAILY POST on Sunday, the group said recent incidents point to a political and physical campaign […]
Tusks of terror: Elephant attacks leave Ogun community on edge
“I could hear the noise of my father and the elephant, I ran back into the village to call for help, but by the time we got back, we found him with his intestines all out, one of his legs was broken as well as bruises and cuts all over his body,” 16-year-old Musa Korede […]
Niger parents surrender children to police over herder’s killing
Some parents in Niger State have handed over their children to the police after they allegedly killed a 10-year-old herder, Abubakar Lawal, and injured another during an attack in the Karaku community, Rafi Local Government Area. The Niger State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident on Friday, describing it as a […]
Jigawa pleads with philanthropists to support vulnerable women, children
The Jigawa State Government has appealed to individuals and organisations in the state to provide philanthropic services to vulnerable women and children. The appeal was made by the State Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hadiza AbdulWahab, during a visit to Dutse Correctional Centre on Friday. The Commissioner, represented by the Director of Social […]
By-election: ADC tests popularity as 17 parties, 637 candidates battle for 68 seats
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, a party recently adopted by the coalition of opposition leaders plotting to sack the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2027 have vowed to claim many seats in the by-election scheduled to take place across the country today. DAILY POST reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is conducting […]
2027: Opposition in death throes in South West
Ekiti State was agog on Monday. It was the day political bigwigs in the state came out in their numbers to publicly endorse the state governor, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, and Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for a second term in office. Oyebanji would be seeking re-election for a second term in office next year, while […]
Bye-election: Five political parties scramble for 217, 980 votes in Ibadan North
The bye-election to fill the vacant House of Representatives seat in Ibadan North Federal Constituency holds today, Saturday. The bye-election became necessary as a result of the death of the former occupant of the seat, Hon Musliudeen Olaide Akinremi. Akinremi, who died in July last year, was a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). […]