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The immediate former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has explained why he tried to leave Nigeria hours after he handed over to his successor, Chukwuma Soludo. Obiano handed over power to Soludo on Thursday, March 17 and was arrested ...

At least four persons have been confirmed dead in a head-on collision between a petrol tanker and a truck conveying cement along Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos. It was learnt that the accident occurred at Kaiyetoro end of the expressway by Eleko ...

Dr Betta Edu from Cross River State has emerged as the youngest female to become the National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress. Edu was born on October 27, 1986. She emerged alongside 76 other national officials at the ...

Suspended DCP Abba Kyari has started growing white hair in detention. Photos of him from a court sitting shows the very visible grey hair growing on the suspended super cops. NDLEA has been able to keep him and a few ...

Muhammad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, has asked the federal government to take urgent steps to address the high cost of food items in the country. The sultan spoke on Saturday at the closing ceremony of the 2022 national Qur’an ...

laGovernor Nyesom Wike has joined the race for the 2023 presidency under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike in Makurdi, Benue state told PDP stakeholders gathering on Sunday that he wants to be Nigeria’s next President to ...

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested the Special Assistant on Rural Mobilisation to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for assaulting a traffic warden on duty along Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin. A video clip on how the governor’s aide, Mr Musibau Esinrogunjo, ...

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, described the invasion of Kaduna airport by terrorists, on Saturday, as an indication of how bad the security situation in Nigeria has gotten. Afenifere, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, ...

Bakers under the aegis of the Premium Bread-Makers Association of Nigeria have said a harsh business environment triggered by rising energy costs and increasing forex rates has caused some of its members across the country to shut down their business ...

The Taliban has banned the Voice of America (VOA) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from airing its news programs in Afghanistan. On Sunday, VOA condemned the Taliban’s actions in a statement. “We ask the Taliban to reconsider this troubling ...

While addressing the congregation, the Leader of Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, said that the Catholic Church has the most organised structure on earth. He said they have done a nice job as one can get materials that are 50 ...

Senator Abdullahi Adamu has emerged as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), about a year and nine months after the Adams Oshiomhole led National Working Committee (NWC) was dissolved. He was returned unopposed on Saturday at the ...

A 40-year-old woman from Misaro village in Siaya county, Kenya is nursing injuries at the Busia County Referral Hospital after her husband attacked her after she reportedly denied him conjugal rights. The lady, Judith Anyago, claimed that she was forced ...

Two men were yesterday sentenced to life in prison after a Mombasa court found them guilty of gang-raping, and attempting to murder a 31-year-old woman by tying her at the Kibarani Railway track in Mombasa county, Kenya. Mombasa Senior Principal ...

Two drug traffickers, Elvis Uche Iro, 53 and Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian, 42, have excreted a total of 165 wraps of cocaine following their arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement ...

Nigerian troops of Operation Desert Sanity have discovered a workshop for the making of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Sambisa Forest, Borno state. The startling discovery was made as the troops conducted further exploitation around Ukuba/Camp Zairo in the forest. ...

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 ...