The Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, has said looks could be quite deceiving while speaking on the newly appointed National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda. Oshiomhole also said that the ruling party has finally corrected the impression that for anyone to be the National Chairman of the […]

Tension has escalated in parts of Taraba State and neighboring communities following the capsizing of a boat near the abandoned Namnai Bridge in Gassol Local Government Council, leaving three persons missing. The tragic incident, as gathered by DAILY POST, occurred on Friday evening after a torrential downpour that lasted over three hours. While local sources […]

The Federal Ministry of Education has debunked reports that the minimum age for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1) has been raised to 12 years. In a statement released on Friday in Abuja by the Ministry’s Director of Press, Mrs Folasade Boriowo, the ministry said the report was entirely inaccurate. She added that it […]

The Niger State Police Command has arrested 31-year-old Ahmadu Jiya of Gbafu for allegedly exhuming his maternal grandmother’s corpse for ritual purposes, alongside four accomplices. According to the command’s spokesman, SP Wasiu Abiodun, the suspect obtained the skull of his late grandmother to use in a money-making ritual. He explained that on July 19, 2025, […]

Dangote Cement has announced the retirement of its founder and majority shareholder, Aliko Dangote, from his role as Chairman of the Board. The company’s Group Chief, Branding and Communications Officer, Anthony Chiejina, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Friday. According to Chiejina, Dangote stepped down from the position to devote more attention to […]

The presidency has responded to the allegations made by Rabiu Kwankwaso that the North has been neglected by the administration of President Bola Tinubu. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, made the rebuttal in a statement on Friday. According to Dare, the Tinubu administration is already carrying out […]

The Chairman of Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State, Alhaji Aminu Yakubu-Ladan, has sued the state government over the alleged reduction of the tenure of local government chairmen and councillors. Yakubu-Ladan, in a suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, is seeking an order restraining the Niger State Independent Electoral Commission, NSIEC, […]

A 19-year-old boy, Mustapha Adamu, has been arrested by the police in Gombe State for stabbing his friend, Yahuza Labaran, to death during a quarrel on a farm. The tragic incident happened on Monday in Kulani Chessi village, Balanga Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the two friends had gone to […]

An apartment housing students of Tai Solarin University of Education, located behind Ace Bar in the university community in Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, was gutted by fire on Wednesday, following a suspected electrical fault. The Students’ Union Public Relations Officer, Oluwashinayomi Ogunfowora, disclosed this in a statement after visiting the affected building, identified as Amazing […]

President Bola Tinubu has unveiled plans to build a new national secretariat for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja. While addressing the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday at the State House Conference Centre, Tinubu instructed the APC National Working Committee (NWC), the Progressive Governors’ Forum, and the Minister of the Federal […]