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  Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has denied sacking 12,000 workers and dethroning three monarchs in the monarchs. Speaking on Rave FM in Osogbo during a talk show programme, “Frank Talk,” the spokesperson of the governor, Olawale Rasheed, said ...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has reacted to the order of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentencing him (IGP) to three months in prison for flouting a 2011 court order. The IGP’s committal followed a ...

Justice Ramon Oshodi of an Ikeja S3xual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday remanded the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Femi Olaleye, for alleged defilement of his16 year-old wife’s niece (name withheld). Oshodi ordered that the ...

PDP’s Dino Melaye and APC’s Femi Fani-Kayode yesterday met each other at a political gathering and shocked many as they hug and laugh together. If you are a political lover, you will know both Dino and FFK have been slamming ...

Ahead of Christmas and New Year celebration, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has commenced a retraining of private Guards in observation, skills, memory and surveillance in Abuja. Head of Department of Private Guards Company (PGC) of NSCDC ...

Ahead of the 2022 Shiloh program, Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church has warned members and followers across the world against falling prey to the activities of online fraudsters. Speaking during a sermon at the church’s headquarters, Ota in ...

A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly defiling his nine-year-old daughter in Akama village, Igbo-ukwu in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspect, Kenneth Nwangwu, was nabbed by the Police following a tipoff by a whistle-blower. The ...

The Police have arrested a 20-year-old woman, Maryam Ibrahim for allegedly killing her co-wife, Hafsat Ibrahim with a pestle in Bauchi State. Police Public Relations Officer of the Bauchi State command, SP Ahmed Mohammad Wakil, who made this known to ...

  The National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday, assured that attacks on its facilities won’t stop the conduct of the 2023 election. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurance at a meeting with the Africa Union Special Pre-Electoral Political Mission led ...

The Ogun State-owned Social Orientation and Safety (So-Safe) Corps has arrested a 29-year-old bricklayer, Shakiru Bello, for allegedly attacking a commercial motorcyclist and carting away his bike. Bello, who was said to have disguised as a passenger, was arrested on ...

The Federal Government has approved the commencement of 14 working-day paternity leave for federal civil servants. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, said this in a November 25 circular with ref no: HCSF/SPSO/ODD/NCE/RR/650309/3. ...

  The Bauchi State Police Command has said it has arrested a 29-year old man for allegedly stabbing a 30-year-old man to death for refusing to buy him beer. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Ahmed Walil, said ...

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke yesterday danced to the trending song – Buga, by Kizz Daniel has he resumed office on the first day. The governor who was sworn-in on Sunday immediately swung into action, sacking 12,000 workers, dethroning three ...

A Second Republic Minister of Steel, Wantaregh Paul Unongo, is dead. Unongo died on Tuesday afternoon at the age of 87. The elder statesman died at a hospital in Jos, Plateau State. The former Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum, ...

Honourable Sani Mamood Sha’aban, an in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). His resignation follows the controversy, which trailed the governorship primaries of the ruling party in Kaduna. Sha’ban who lost the ...

Four men, including a teenager, have been arrested for their involvement in jungle justice, which led to the killing of a man in Edo State. The suspects are: Emmanuel Igube (19), Gabriel Akuba (20), Monday Nathaniel (30) and Matthew Gimba ...

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged the residents of the state to vote the Peoples Democratic Party candidates for most positions, except the party’s presidential candidate, in the forthcoming general elections. Wike also requested them to wait until ...

One Idowu Talabi said to be a native doctor, has allegedly killed his 30-year-old co-tenant, Isau Oluwatobiloba, in Ogun State. Dailypost learnt that the suspect was arrested by the police on Sunday, following a report lodged at the Ikenne Division. ...

The wives of repentant Boko Haram fighters have given birth to no fewer than 263 babies in four months. The Borno State Government disclosed this to journalists in Maiduguri, the state capital on Tuesday. The delivery was conducted at the ...

The Spanish coastguard has rescued three migrants stowed away on a ship that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria. A photograph showing the trio was distributed on Twitter by the coastguard on Monday. They are seen sitting on the ...

  Famous Nigerian skit maker and social activist, Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, has called on the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, to go to court if she has any grievance over Aminu Adamu’s criticism. Mr Macaroni also advised ...

NDLEA has arrested one of two brothers who served as major sources of illicit drugs in the Southeast and South-South parts of the country, Onyeaghalachi Stephen. NDLEA’s spokesperson, Mr. Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday in Abuja. Babafemi stated ...

  The Osun State House of Assembly, on Monday, frowned on the decision of the state’s newly inaugurated governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, to rename the state from “State of Osun” to Osun State. The Assembly argued that the anthem, crest ...

  A Labour Party’s women leader in Kaduna State, Mrs. Victoria Chintex has been shot dead by gunmen who stormed her house on Monday night. It was learnt that Chintex, was the Labour Party’s women leader of Kaura, Kaduna State. ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, committed the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman Baba, to three-month imprisonment. The IGP was sentenced over his alleged refusal to obey a sister court judgment reinstating a police officer, Patrick Okoli. Justice Bolaji ...