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The Biden Administration is poised to announce a new tax on the wealthy that could send Elon Musk into orbit. Biden’s “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax” proposal would set a 20 percent tax rate floor on Americans worth more than $100 ...

A former Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has recounted how she survived the trauma that accompanied her resignation from office following alleged fake National Youth Service Corps, NYSC certificate. The UK-born former minister tendered her resignation letter on September ...

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), has confirmed the attack on the Kaduna Airport by terrorists on Saturday. It also revealed the identity of its security staff killed by the terrorists. He was identified as Shehu Na’Allah, a security guard ...

Bandits reportedly stormed the Kaduna International Airport today, stopping an aircraft from taking off. Daily Post gathered that the aircraft, which was billed to take off at 12.30pm, could not proceed due to the presence of the heavily-armed bandits around ...

First female Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Edo State, Professor Grace Alele-Williams is dead. She died at 90. The renowned academician who was the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate degree in Mathematics reportedly passed on Friday, ...

An infant in Georgia has died and her great-grandmother was injured after they were mauled by a dog at a suburban home outside Augusta, authorities say. Seven-month-old Serenity Garnett was attacked by the dog on Tuesday afternoon. Her great grandmother, ...

A 2022 Batch B Youth Corp member deployed to Nasarawa State, Friday morning, slumped and died at her place of primary assignment, PPA, Government Junior Secondary School, Mangar, Farin Ruwa Development Area, Wamba Council Area. Late miss Ajang Blessing Ajiji, ...

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Friday defended Nigeria’s worsening economic indicators with a reference to global conditions. According to Mr Fashola, the cost of living is not only rising in Nigeria but across the world. He ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday ordered the final forfeiture of a vacant plot of land situated at plot 13, Block 1, Oniru Chieftaincy Family Private Estate, Lekki, Lagos linked to Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Nigeria ...

J.K. Rowling has slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin after he compared the West’s treatment of his country to a public backlash faced by the Harry Potter author. In a message shared on her Twitter account on Friday, the writer said ...

Ebelechukwu Obiano, the wife of former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has finally apologized for fighting with a former Ambassador to Spain, Bianca Ojukwu. Ebele and Bianca engaged each other in a messy fight on Thursday, March 17, during the inauguration of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has been told to sack himself as the country’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources. Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, is asking the President to resign without further delay, having shown clearly that he would ...

Former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday, donated the sum of N1 billion for the establishment of a Centre of Leadership Development at the Lagos State University. The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, who represented Tinubu, ...

The kidnapped son of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Ali Isa Pantami, has been reportedly found at a checkpoint in Bauchi. According to Daily Trust, the Minister’s son, Alamin Isa Pantami, was found on Friday at a ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja admonished the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to avoid being used for partisan politics or to settle personal disputes. The president gave the warning at the unveiling of EFCC’s Standard Operating Procedures, ...

Did you miss FirstBank’s recent webinar on 8 March 2022, to commemorate the 2022 International Women’s Day (IWD) – themed Breaking the Bias – and are yet to recover from the grumble of missing the event, following the experiences and ...

Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has assured personnel nationwide of salary increment. The IGP stated that President Muhammadu Buhari already approved the implementation and will soon take effect. Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Research & Planning and Supervising) Johnson Babatunde ...

A mother of two simply known as Tina Idoroyen, has allegedly put her five-year-old daughter’s hands in hot water for stealing her fish. The survivor lives with Idoroyen, her biological mother and elder sister at N02, Gregory Street, Ikot Ansa ...

    The Federal Government has disclosed that the Second Niger Bridge linking Anambra and Delta states, scheduled for completion in February 2022, is now 91 per cent completed. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this announcement on ...

  Members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Oyo State have asked Governor Seyi Makinde to warn members of the Park Management System against further threatening them or attacking them in order to avoid bloodshed. The NURTW ...

The Kano State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old man, Abdulsamad Suleiman, of Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Gwale, Kano, alongside an accomplice, Mu’azzam Lawan, 17, over the alleged murder of a housewife. The spokesman for the state police command, SP Abdullahi ...

An Ado-Ekiti High Court, on Wednesday, sentenced one Tunmise Abraham to death by hanging for raping and killing his landlady, Bukola Olanrewaju. Abraham was found guilty of raping and killing his landlady at Olorunda Zone 7, Adebayo area of Ado-Ekiti ...

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, Monday, announced the appointment of a former mayor of London, Anambra-born Ernest Ezeajughi, as chief of staff. Mr Soludo also announced the appointment of Ben Chiobi as his special adviser on security and Richard ...

A teenage student allegedly killed two teachers at a high school in southern Sweden on Monday – then reportedly called police and confessed to the grisly attack. The 18-year-old suspect allegedly carried out the killings on the third floor of ...

Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday night that she has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild” cold-like symptoms. The former secretary of state revealed her diagnosis on Twitter, where she said she is “feeling fine” and credited vaccines for protecting ...