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A lotto turf war between Chief Kessington Adebutu, popularly known as Baba Ijebu and Senator Buruji Kashamu has snowballed into a probe of Adebutu’s Premier Lotto company by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. According to a report by Premium Times, EFCC detectives have been poring through the books of the gambling mogul’s company to […]

Pinnacle Communications has described the allegation of task invasion made against it by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) as misleading, untrue and aimed at hurting its impeccable image. ICPC had threatened legal action against 44 property owners including two buildings in Abuja belonging to Pinnacle Communications Ltd, citing indebtedness to Federal […]

Minority leader the Nigeria Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe on Wednesday called for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that the All Progressives Congress has failed Nigerians. Enyinnaya Abaribe in his contribution to the motion sponsored by the Senate leader, Yahaya Abdullahi on national security said, President Muhammadu Buhari has been lying to Nigerians that […]

The Federal Government has maintained that it is winning the war against corruption in Nigeria. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made the declaration while rubbishing the report by the Transparency International, TI, corruption index which ranked Nigeria 146 of 180 countries, with a total of 26 points out of a possible 100 points. Speaking […]

Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano has ordered the enrollment of all living Biafra war veterans into the Anambra State Health Insurance Scheme to ensure proper care for their health. The governor to underscore his seriousness has also set up a committee to ensure that all veterans in the state, including all players of Ranger Football […]

The Federal Government has sacked 30 beneficiaries of its N-Power programme in Adamawa State. Mary Yuwadi, Focal Person of the federal government’s Social Investment Programs ( SIP),who made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) on Wednesday in Yola noted that the 30 teachers, were dismissed for absconding from duties at their […]

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has assured that the crisis currently rocking the Edo State chapter of the party would end after the party’s primary election. Ize-Iyamu said the crisis will be discussed and settled when a governorship candidate emerges at the forthcoming primary election in the state. Addressing […]

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says road construction has enabled the government to create jobs and promote procurement. Fashola made this assertion on Tuesday during his inspection tour of the Jebba-Mokwa-Bokani road in Niger. The road is one of the five roads under construction listed for inspection during the two-day tour […]

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has called for urgent attitudinal change within the country’s regulatory bodies to enhance Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) framework. Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, ACCI President, made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at the Ease of Doing Business conference organised by Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in […]

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, Osagbovo Iyoha, has warned the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to stay away from Edo South Senatorial District and forget any idea of holding a political rally there. He gave the warning on Tuesday in Benin, while reacting to the rally […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will begin the conduct of compulsory eye test for drivers to ascertain quality of vision to reduce Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) in 2020. The FRSC Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, said this at the corps operators’ meeting with Zonal Commanding officers (ZCO) on Tuesday in Abuja. Oyeyemi […]

Incensed by the murder of villagers and destruction of properties in Kwatas Village of Bokkos Local Government Council, Governor Simon Bako Lalong has directed the Commissioner of Police in the State, Isaac Akinmoyede to detain community leaders and the Ardos (Fulani leaders) from the affected community. The Governor also said when they are arrested, they […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected results of Saturday’s rerun election in Essien Udim Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa-Ibom, where its officials were abducted and forced to compromise the processes. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Tuesday, said no circumstance should make Nigeria drift towards a one-party state. Wike explained that all political parties needed to exist for Nigerians to explore all alternatives. Speaking when he hosted the new leadership of KAGOTE, an elite socio-cultural organization for the Ogoni Ethnic Nationality at the Government […]

The Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chiji Collins, alongside seven other members from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress. DAILY POST gathered that Chiji, who made the announcement at the floor of the House on Tuesday during plenary, said that all letters of defection […]

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said Federal government’s borrowing would be invested in the development of the nation’s infrastructure. Fashola disclosed this during his inspection tour of Highway projects in Niger State and was contained in a statement signed and forwarded to DAILY POST by his Deputy Director Press, Stephen Kilebi. […]

A Ghanaian High Court on Monday threw out a suit instituted by Dumo Lulu-Briggs, Chairman Platform Petroleum and second son of late oil mogul High Chief Dr O. B. Lulu-Briggs. The suit, it appears, sought to further delay the burial of the respected Nigerian High Chief and industrialist by evading the need to fulfil the […]

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, has raised the alarm that the country was tilting towards a full blown dictatorship under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Secondus said the PDP, after extensive consultations with legal experts, had decided to fully back Emeka Ihedioha, the sacked governor of Imo State, […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ruled out the possibility of changing its name, ahead of the 2023 general election. Recall that Doyin Okupe, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan had started a campaign on social media calling for the change of name for the PDP. Other supporters of the party had also made a […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has come under attack over the ban of commercial motorcycles and tricycles in six local government areas of the State. DAILY POST had reported that the Lagos State on Monday announced an embargo on the operations of commercial motorcycles and tricycles in six local government areas and nine local council development areas […]