Year: 2024

Ahead of the commencement of construction of a new and modern transport Interchange (bus terminal) at Market Road, Enugu (Enugu Central Station), popularly known as Holy Ghost, the leaser of properties at the site will, from Tuesday, start receiving their compensations as agreed with the Nigerian Railway Corporation, the lessor. The commencement of payment was … Read more

The naira appreciated significantly against the US dollar at the foreign exchange as trade resumed on Monday. FMDQ data showed that the Naira appreciated N1353.21 per dollar on Monday from N1,400.4 on Friday. This represents a N46.83 gain against the dollar compared to N1,400.4 traded on Friday. Similarly, in the parallel market, naira gained N20 … Read more

Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima, has cancelled his trip to the United State of America and returned to Nigeria. Shettima was scheduled to attend the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas. However, in a statement signed by the president’s aide on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, it was confirmed that the Minister of … Read more

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has informed mediators, Qatar and Egypt, that his Palestinian militant group had accepted their Gaza truce proposal after nearly seven months of war. The group in a statement published on its official website, said Haniyeh had spoken on the phone with Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and … Read more

In an effort to ensure that the government flushes out remnants of criminal activities in Uzo Uwani local government area and enhance the safety and security of the people, the Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has launched a series of coordinated onslaughts against assailants and criminal elements, which led to security operatives arresting scores … Read more

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, has called on the Federal Government to unmask alleged cabals behind the unending fuel scarcity across the country. The President of ASCSN, Dr Tommy Okon, who spoke during the association’s National Executive Council, NEC, meeting in Lagos, lamented that the perennial fuel scarcity and long queues … Read more

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday re-arraigned a businessman, Edrian Ididia, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for alleged N84 million car fraud. According to the the News Agency of Nigeria, Ididia was re-arraigned before Justice Ismail Ijelu of Ikeja Special Offences Court on an amended two counts of obtaining by false … Read more

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola wants to stay with the Premier League champions at least until the end of next season. This comes amid rumours of the Spaniard making a return to Bayern Munich. Guardiola has achieved overwhelming success in England in the last eight years, winning every competition the club competed in. The former … Read more

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has reportedly picked Chelsea over Paris Saint-Germain as his preferred destination, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. The striker and his current club, Napoli, have reached an agreement to part ways this summer. Osimhen has netted 75 goals and registered 18 assists in 130 appearances across all competitions for Napoli. … Read more

In a statement released on Monday evening, West Ham United announced the impending departure of David Moyes by mutual consent as his contract draws to a close at the conclusion of the 2023/24 season. After a tenure spanning four and a half years at the London Stadium, Moyes leaves behind a legacy marked by two … Read more

Former lawmaker, Daniel Bwala, says President Bola Tinubu can govern the country from anywhere in the world. Bwala said this is the case whether the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, is also in Nigeria or not. DAILY POST reports that the visit by Shettima to the United States of America, for the US-Africa Business Summit, has … Read more

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has explained why some candidates may not secure admission despite getting high scores in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The spokesman of the Board, Fabian Benjamin, spoke in an interview with Arise Television on Monday, monitored by DAILY POST. “Admission is contingent upon the cut-off marks set … Read more

Bauchi State has recorded four deaths from Severe Acute Malnutrition, SAM, in children under five years. Also, a total of 4,384 children with SAM have been admitted for treatment across 14 Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition Centers in the state in the first quarter of 2024. The State Nutrition Officer, Abubakar Saleh confirmed the development … Read more

Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has applauded the military for dislodging Boko Haram insurgents after carrying out major operations in the Tumbuktu Triangle of the Sambisa Forest. Buni spoke while receiving the newly deployed Commander of the Sector 2, Joint Task Force Operation Hadin Kai, Brigadier General Marcel Ejike, in his office in Damaturu, … Read more

The founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has said that there is no faction in the party. Aniebonam made this disclosure in a statement on Monday in Lagos. ‘’I want to state clearly that I do not know that there is a faction in the NNPP. ‘’The media in particular … Read more

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described his experience flying Air Peace from Lagos to London as pleasant. Obasanjo made the remark during a chat with the daughter of the Chief Executive Officer, Nnenna Onyema, during his trip. In a viral video posted by Air Peace on its X page on Monday, the former President was … Read more

An Ekiti High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced three convicts to death by hanging for armed robbery. Five accused persons – Bidemi Babalola, 28, Oluwaseun Akinwale 26, Sola Oyebanji, aka Solademmy, 31, Azeez Jimoh, aka Asela, 31, and Babatunde Ogunlade, 28 – were arraigned before Justice Lekan Ogunmoye. The five men, whose addresses were … Read more

The lawmaker representing Akoko-Edo II, PDP, Donald Okogbe, has condemned his suspension alongside two other lawmakers in the Edo State House of Assembly. It was reported that Okogbe and two other lawmakers were accused by the Edo Assembly Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku Agbebaku, of being influenced by external forces to cause chaos and remove the leadership … Read more

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has told the immediate past administration in the state, headed by Okezie Ikpeazu, to get ready to return looted funds, including money budgeted for the airport project. Otti, who was reacting to the report of the forensic audit of the state’s accounts, said his administration is not fighting anybody but … Read more

Ajao Samson, a former Students Union President of the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, is attempting to set a new Guinness World Record. According to Ajao, he intends to set the record on the longest reading time with a 214 hour marathon. Ajao had, earlier on his Facebook page, announced his plan to undertake the 214 … Read more

The South African Electoral Commission (IEC) is facing criticism following a recent meeting with the US Embassy, raising concerns about potential interference in the country’s electoral processes. Reports surfaced that some IEC commissioners met with Brigety in Pretoria, fueling worries about external influence on South Africa’s democracy. Democracy in Action, a civil society organization, has … Read more

A chieftain of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Callistus Uju Okafor has identified the national chairman of the party, Barr Julius Abure and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress as the causes of the crisis in the party. Okafor, a former Deputy National Chairman of the party under late A.A Salaam stated this in an … Read more