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‘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 […]
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 […]
Bye-election: Voters beat PDP agent in Edo
An agent of the Peoples Democratic Party, whose name was yet to be ascertained, has been beaten and manhandled by voters.The incident occurred during the ongoing bye-election at Ozolua Model Primary School, Iguobazuwa East Ward, headquarters of Ovia South West Local Government Area of the state. The voters said the agent refused to release their […]
Nigerian Army shifts Special Forces School to Nasarawa
The Nigerian Army has shifted its Special Forces School from Buni Yadi in Yobe State to Doma in Nasarawa State, in what the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, described as a strategic step to toughen elite troops for today’s “dynamic and evolving threats”. Oluyede, who laid the foundation of the school on […]
Tight security in Onitsha, Nnewi as by-elections hold
There is massive security deployment in the commercial city of Onitsha and industrial hub of Nnewi, both in Anambra State. This is because of two by-elections holding in both cities, one for the vacant seat in the Anambra State House of Assembly for Onitsha North 1 constituency and the other for the vacant seat in […]
By-election: Politician, INEC officials, others arrested with large cash in Ogun [VIDEO]
Security operatives in Ogun State have arrested some persons suspected to be officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, with a large sum of money ahead of the by-election in the state. The suspected INEC officials were arrested alongside a politician allegedly plotting to buy votes during the election. The politician and the INEC […]
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 […]
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 […]
