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Scotland becomes first UK nation to ban smacking of children

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to ban the smacking of children after new legislation came into effect. Changes to the law giving children the same protection from assault as adults were passed by the Scottish parliament last year ...

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Final year Law student drowns in Delta hotel pool few weeks to graduation

A final year Law student at the Delta State University (DELSU), Oleh Campus, identified as Jeffery Tenumah Omatseye, last Friday, drowned in a swimming pool.   The incident was said to have happened at a hotel located in nearby Irri ...

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Niger State Gov tests positive for COVID-19

Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello has tested positive for COVID-19.   The Governor announced this on his twitter handle on Monday. He tweeted: “I have tested positive to #COVID19. However, I am asymptomatic and have gone into isolation.” Details shortly… ...

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Petrol scarcity looms as oil workers begin strike

Scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), aka petrol may hit Nigeria soon as oil workers on monday, commenced a nationwide strike. The order was given by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN. The letter to ...

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#EndSARS: Nigerian govt releases Moe Odele’s passport

The federal government has released the passport of End SARS advocate, Modupe (Moe) Odele.   Immigration officials blocked the activist from boarding an international flight on November 1. Two days later, the legal practitioner went to retrieve her passport but ...

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Buhari orders NYSC to enrol all Corps Members on NHIS

  President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to ensure the enrolment of corps members in the National Health Insurance Scheme. The NYSC Director-General, Shuaibu Ibrahim, made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja.According to him, the ...

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Bolivians dig up bodies of loved ones, decorate them to celebrate Day of Skulls in what has been a ritual

Bolivians celebrated the Day of Skulls, or Dia de las Ñatitas, over the weekend, a colorful tradition rooted in ancient indigenous beliefs that is meant to bring good fortune and protection by honoring the dead.   Known as ‘ñatitas’ the skulls ...

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Prominent US lawmakers advise Trump not to concede defeat

Prominent Republicans in the US Congress, on Sunday, urged President Donald Trump to “fight hard” and not concede to Joe Biden in the race for the White House.   They claimed that Trump’s allegations of fraud must be investigated. Some ...

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Police arrest EndSARS WhatsApp group administrators in Osun

The Osun State Police Command has arrested two administrators of EndSARS WhatsApp group in the state. According to sources, Daily Post learnt that the police are still hunting for some individuals in the EndSARS WhatsApp group. Recall that Nigeria youths ...

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Trump will never concede, he will break things – Mary Trump

This is how the most colossal and fragile ego on the planet deals with losing the US election: he does not deal with it at all.   My uncle’s speech late on election night wasn’t just entirely mendacious from beginning ...

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Lagos Govt. orders immediate release of 253 #EndSARS protesters

The Lagos State Government has ordered the release of 253 persons arrested by police over their alleged roles in the unrest following the #EndSARS protests.   Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), Attorney-General (A-G),said his office had determined that there was a ...

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Fire guts Late Ajimobi wife’s Grandex Supermarket (video)

Grandex Supermarket in Bodija, Ibadan, was this afternoon gutted by fire. The store is owned by Florence, wife of late former Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi. No casualty or injuries were recorded as at press time. The inferno reportedly ...

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We’re hungry – Police officers cry out over unpaid six months’ salaries

The newly recruited constables into the Nigeria Police Force have cried out over the non-payment of their six months salaries.   The new constables who passed out of police colleges in April, told Daily Post exclusively that they are yet ...

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You stood up for me, I’ll have your back, Biden assures African-Americans

United States of America President-elect, Joe Biden, has assured black voters of his support.   He said this in his victory speech on Sunday (Nigerian time). Biden appreciated the voters for backing him in major cities. Black voters helped Biden ...

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Joe Biden reveals his first task as President

U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden, says his first task in office is to get the coronavirus pandemic under control.   Biden stated this in his acceptance speech, which he delivered before a crowd of supporters in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, ...

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Watch Apostle Suleiman’s 2019 prophesy where he predicted Trump’s opponent will win, be impeached and his female vice-president will takeover

Could Apostle Suleiman’s prophesy about the US election be coming to pass?   He prophesied in March 2019 that Trump won’t be re-elected, that his opponent would win, be impeached, and the female Vice President will take over. Obviously, anyone ...

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COVID-19: Oyo shuts down tertiary institution

The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has shut down a tertiary institution following the discovery of a COVID-19 case.   This was confirmed in a statement issued on Saturday in Ibadan by Mr. Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to ...

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