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  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Dauda Biu, as the Acting Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), following the retirement of Mr Boboye Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi said this when he handed over to Biu ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the deadline for the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise remains July 31, and those who register more than once would not get their PVCs. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, INEC FCT, Alhaji Yahaya ...

The Federal Ministry of Education, for fear of impending bandits and terrorists’ attacks, has directed the immediate closure of all Federal Government Colleges domiciled in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, while ordering immediate evacuation of students. PUNCH Metro gathered that ...

  Security personnel in Abuja have arrested an ad hoc staff of a COVID-19 Vaccination Centre for issuing fake vaccination cards to some international travellers. The Head of Public Relations of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Mohammad Ohitoto, ...

  Pastor David Ibiyeomie of Salvation Ministries, Port Harcourt, has vowed to henceforth arrest anyone who insults him on social media and lock him or her up. He also vowed to arrested the father and mother of such a person ...

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, MFR has declared Tuesday, 26th July, 2022 as a work-free day in the State as the deadline for registration of voters for 2023 General Elections comes to a close on Sunday, 31st of ...

  Men of the Enugu State Police Command have shot a motorist, Christian Ogwuike, after he allegedly crushed a policeman at a checkpoint. Punch Metro gathered that Ogwuike was with his fiancée in a Lexus SUV when the incident happened ...

  The Nteje community in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State has banned all youth activities, saying the move was a way of curbing restiveness and insecurity within the area. Recently, soldiers invaded the community claiming to look for ...

Gunmen have killed Omo-Agege’s aide. The popular member of the All Progressives Congress in Ward 6, Sapele, Mr Cyril Mudiagbe, popularly called Cyril Makanaki, who is also an aide to the deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, was ...

Unknown gunmen, this morning, attacked a police station in Akure, the Ondo state capital, killing a police inspector, Temenu Boluwaji. Several other police men on duty reportedly sustained injuries during the heavy shoot out between the policemen and the gunmen ...

The families of the train victims are currently at the Ministry of Transportation to protest against the continued stay of their loved ones in the terrorists’ den. This came after the terrorists released a video where the male victims were ...

The Tories have been accused of doing nothing as the NHS descends into a staffing crisis, with an exodus of workers putting patient safety seriously at risk. A damning report warns the service is facing the biggest ¬shortages in its ...

A 62-year-old man in Adamawa State has allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl put in his care. Daily Post reports that the man, Godwin Sanda, a herbalist, took advantage of the girl, a mentally disturbed patient who was brought to him ...

The Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners, Repairs and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN) has advised the Federal Government to jettison the idea of banning the use of motorcycles nationwide as it would be counter-productive. The Association said the outright ...

  The organized labour is determined to force the Federal Government to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The body embarked on an industrial action on February 14, leaving more than 80 public tertiary institutions ...

  A 400-level student of Fountain University, Osogbo, Hadiza Salami has been declared missing. Miss Salami, according to information obtained by DAILY POST, reportedly alighted at Igbona, Osun State from the vehicle she boarded from Abuja. She had departed Abuja ...

A 20-year-old housewife, Caroline Barka, has allegedly stabbed her 38-year-old husband, Barka Dauda, to death. Caroline Barka, a resident of Angwan Tamiya, Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State, is said to have engaged her late husband in a fight ...

  In a bid to strengthen grip on southwest, the National leadership of Labour Party has appointed Mr. Kayode Ezekiel Salako as Lagos State Chairman of the party. Kayode Ezekiel Salako is a political analyst, educationist, human rights crusader and ...

The terrorists who abducted passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28 have threatened to abduct President Buhari, Governor El-Rufai, and others. DailyTrust reports that the terrorists made the threat in the new video they released showing how the abducted ...

  One of the abducted passengers who spoke in the new video released by terrorists that attacked a train in Kaduna, has been identified as Hassan Usman, a lawyer. In the new video, the terrorists are seen flogging some of the victims with ...

  12-year-old twins, Chiadikaobi and Chisom Njoku, have died in a fatal accident in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. The accident occurred near their family compound at Afo Oru-Ama Nwoga road around 2:pm on Friday, July 22. The ...

  Train attack victims have again begged the Federal Government of Nigeria to rescue them in a new video. In the video, some of the victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack which occurred on March 28, 2022, called on the ...

  Billionaire Deji Adeleke, the founder of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State and an elder brother to the Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, Sunday, warned that he would lead opposition against his younger brother if his government derailed. The ...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has shared a picture of himself at the Lagos hospital, where he had undergone a successful surgery on his leg. He expressed his gratitude to Nigerians for their get-well wishes and prayers as he underwent ...

The mother of man burnt to death in Osun State by his wife, Mrs Boladale Bamidele, has said some family members opposed her son, Bolutife, a Cairo-based man to get married to the lady that eventually killed him, but he ...