2017-10-08 06:31
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has lamented the high rate of corruption on the country, saying Nigerians had accepted the menace as a way of life.Osinbajo said this at the Re-launch of T… Read More
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2017-10-07 22:16
A natural gas station in Ghana’s capital Accra exploded on Saturday evening, killing an unknown number of people, a government official said.“Unfortunately there are some fatalit… Read More
2017-10-07 22:10
A Nigerian, Jelili Omoyele, a 35-year-old cellular phone technician, was allegedly shot dead in Johannesburg on Saturday, the Nigeria Union, South Africa, has said.Its president, Adetola Olu… Read More
2017-10-06 22:43
The World Bank has said Nigeria deserves to be on the African mining map again, after losing out some years ago, The Punch reports. The Senior Mining Specialist, Energy and Ex… Read More
2017-10-06 22:39
A former National Vice-Chairman (South) of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Olabode George, on Friday said he remained the best candidate to be the next chairman of the party.He mad… Read More
2017-10-06 22:34
Sports –loving Honourable Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) will represent His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) at Saturday&rsquo&hell…Read More
2017-10-05 08:17
Chief Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that the party should not misuse God’s likeness for it.He told newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday that the PD… Read More
2017-10-05 08:14
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, has said the Federal Government will investigate the consignment of poor quality yams exported from Nigeria to the United State… Read More
2017-10-05 08:09
Commercial activities in Illorin, the Kwara State capital were paralyzed on Wednesday as union leaders and members of the Kwara State College of Education, as well as members and supporters… Read More
2017-10-05 08:06
Former Nigerian head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar has pleaded with Nigerians to desist from taking actions that can break the country.Abdulsalami made this plea on Wednesday at the officia… Read More
2017-10-05 08:01
Fear, yesterdaygripped residents of Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, following an outbreak of viral epidemic known as Monkey Pox in the state, with report that 10 persons are already i… Read More
2017-10-05 07:57
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep pain and sorrow over the death of the former Military Administrator of Kaduna State, retired Air Vice Marshal Mukhtar Mohammed.This is co… Read More
2017-10-05 07:53
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Wednesday, said its Automated Fingerprint Identification Software (AFIS) had detected 3,000 persons found to have engaged in multiple re… Read More
2017-10-05 07:50
The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Dayo Adeyeye, has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of attempting to derail the electoral process by conducting t… Read More
2017-10-05 07:45
A group, One Life Initiative for Human Development, has stressed the need for enforcement of the child health right in Oyo State to stem female genital mutilation (FGM), a practice said to b… Read More
2017-10-05 07:41
Bilikisu Mohammed, a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, and three others on Wednesday revealed how funds accrued from the ill-fated recruitme… Read More
2017-10-05 07:38
Five Nigerien soldiers and three U.S. Army Special Forces troops were killed and two wounded in an ambush on a joint patrol in southwest Niger, near Mali.The attack occurred on… Read More
2017-10-05 07:33
The Federal Road Safety Commission,FRSC, Ogun State Command, on Wednesday successfully helped a pregnant woman, Ajoke Ahmed, who was on transit along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, deliv… Read More
2017-10-04 22:47
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania visited a disaster relief distribution centre in Puerto Rico where he threw paper towels into the crowd.Visiting storm-devastated Puerto Rico… Read More
2017-10-04 22:35
Unknown assailants killed several Niger soldiers near the border with Mali on Wednesday, according to two Niger officials, during an ambush in which Radio France International said U.S. sold… Read More
2017-10-04 22:30
The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Mr. Waziri Adio has disclosed that the total amount of unpaid oil and gas monies that Nigeria&rs&hell…Read More
2017-10-04 06:16
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Tuesday deplored the leakage to the public of a memo to President Muhammadu Buhari by the ministry.Kachikwu expressed the d… Read More
2017-10-04 06:12
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will be ready with the budget estimate for the 2019 general election next week.The chairman of the commission, Prof. Mah… Read More
2017-10-04 06:08
A Boko Haram suspect arrested in Ondo State, Mohammed Bashir, has disclosed that members of the sect are still in the state. Bashir, 40, made the disclosure yesterday at the state Police Com… Read More
2017-10-04 06:05
Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja yesterday ordered the transfer of a case file of alleged Boko Haram Kingpin, Mohammed Usman a.k.a Khalid Al Barnawi to Chief Judge of the… Read More
2017-10-04 05:53
A new twist occurred, yesterday, in the ongoing trial of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dele Belgore and a former Minister for National Planning, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman as former Minister of… Read More
2017-10-04 05:49
A militarised police force, weak opposition and power-hungry president are no laughing matterTHE BRAWL that convulsed Uganda’s parliament on September 27th was widely considered t… Read More
2017-10-04 05:42
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will on Thursday picket some domestic airlines at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, over alleged casualisation of workers and refusal to recognise unions… Read More
2017-10-04 05:38
The Federal Government on Tuesday said it had finally commenced moves to resolve the over 13-year-old crisis over the sale of the $3.2 billion Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria, ALSCON, I… Read More
2017-10-04 05:34
Djibouti : I feel privileged to meet and address our Pravasi family in Djibouti. I am overwhelmed by your warmth and affection. It is a matter of great honour for me to be the first Indian P… Read More
2017-10-01 10:41
There is general ‘nonchalance’ that has steadily replaced the doom and gloom that HIV evoked in people two decades ago. Today, words like ‘condom’ or ‘penis&rsq&hell…Read More
2017-10-01 10:37
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that Nigeria will not break up under him.Buhari said this while noting that the clamour for restructuring gave some groups which he described as “h… Read More
2017-09-30 21:39
Google has announced introduction of five additional products that would enable internet users to access information with ease.According to report gathered Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Goog… Read More
2017-09-30 21:34
Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has said he was standing with the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, in his declaration to run as president in 2019 because he has imm… Read More
2017-09-30 21:28
A former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has said that Nigeria has failed as a country.Mr. Obi stated this in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on Saturday during the 2017 Independence annivers… Read More
2017-09-30 17:03
Former military president, Ibrahim Gbadamosi Babangida, IBB, has admonished all Nigerians to embrace peace and dialogue as the country marks her 57th Independence. Babangida believes that de… Read More
2017-09-29 15:46
Femi Falana, SAN, has expressed what could be the concern of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the declaration of intention to run for 2019 presidency by the Ekiti state Governor, Ayod… Read More
2017-09-29 15:41
The senator representing Abia-South District, Enyinnaya Abaribe, says he is not liable if the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, does not show up in court on Octob… Read More
2017-09-29 15:37
Nigeria government on Thursday said the recent exit from recession does not mean that the country is totally immune to economic dip.Meanwhile the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Ud… Read More
2017-09-29 15:32
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has urged the Nigerian government to learn something positive from Spain. According to him, the people of Catalan in Spain have not been called… Read More
2017-09-29 15:29
The Coalition for the Defence of Nigeria Sovereignty, DNS, has thrown its weight behind the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, because it’s a purveyor of hate speec… Read More
2017-09-29 15:26
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has pledged the support of the National Assembly to the Cotonou Agreement of the African, Carribean, and Pacific (ACP) countries ahead of… Read More
2017-09-29 15:21
The Police Command in Niger has says it is ready to provide adequate security before, during and after the 57thIndependence celebrations of the country in the state.The Commissioner of Polic… Read More
2017-09-29 15:17
Presidency on Friday gave more reasons why the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu was proscribed.It is reported that Nigeria President Muhammadu Buh… Read More
2017-09-29 15:12
An Abuja Division of the Appeal Court has ordered that a former National Security Advisor, Sambo Dasuki, be made to appear in the trial of former Peoples Democratic Party spokesperson, Olisa… Read More
2017-09-29 15:09
Trials of Boko Haram suspects in Nigeria will take place behind closed doors with no media present, a justice ministry official with knowledge of the matter told AFP on Friday.The move was m… Read More
2017-09-29 11:59
Boko Haram's ongoing insurgency in northern Nigeria has forced the closure of more than 57 percent of schools in Borno state, leaving about 3 million children without an education… Read More
2017-09-29 11:54
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has given more insights into why he opted to run for the office of the President in 2019 despite the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, zoning the slot… Read More
2017-09-29 11:50
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose’s declaration to run for Presidency on the platform of the party in 2019.Meanwhile Fayose had yest… Read More
2017-09-29 11:46
2019 general election draws near, former President Goodluck Jonathan has offered what seems to be winning strategies to his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Meanwhile Mr. Jonathan w… Read More
2017-09-28 22:30
One of America’s most famous mines is set to restart operations, after a team of mine developers that have done it before in Idaho’s Silver Valley, recently obtain… Read More
2017-09-26 23:26
The battle for restructuring took another shape yesterday, with lawmakers insisting that the task is within their power. In fact, House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara said they wou… Read More
2017-09-26 23:21
Lagos State Governor Akinwumi Ambode has reiterated the state’s commitment to the call for restructuring of the country.The governor said the position of the state remained the same, a… Read More
2017-09-26 23:17
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) insisted yesterday that it would demand for the records of ordinary and advanced level results of candidates recommended by tertiary insti… Read More
2017-09-26 23:13
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose will tomorrow formally declare his intention to vie for the President of Nigeria on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019.The event w… Read More
2017-09-25 20:39
The Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that the company would invest $4.6 billion in nation’s agricultural sector in the next five years.He listed sugar, r… Read More
2017-09-25 20:35
The reticence of Britain over the recurrent massacres of Christians in Nigeria under the directive of the current dictator of Nigeria, General Muhammad Buhari, has been christened the silenc… Read More
2017-09-25 20:29
He was received on the tarmac by the Chief of Staff, Abby Kyari, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, the Inspector General of Police, Idris Abubakar, among other… Read More
2017-09-25 20:25
U.S. forces, in coordination with Libya's government of national accord and aligned forces, conducted six precision airstrikes in Libya against an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria desert camp… Read More
2017-09-25 20:22
The White House has announced the addition of Chad and Venezuela to the list of nations from which travel to the United States is now banned.The inclusion of these two nations has… Read More
2017-09-25 20:18
The Police in Edo said they had yet to make arrest over Sunday’s kidnapping of Managing Director of the Ogba Zoological Gardens, Benin, and Andy Ehanire.Mr. Ehanire is the younger brot… Read More
2017-09-25 14:06
All Progressives Congress (APC) Rebirth 2019, a support group within the ruling party, has declared that Nigeria is fast sinking under president Muhammadu Buhari amid “unprecedented&rd&hell…Read More
2017-09-25 13:59
Arewa Initiative for Peaceful Coexistence in Southern Nigeria, AIPCSN, has condemned the five Northern governors who visited the Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, after the clash… Read More
2017-09-25 13:55
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined world leaders in congratulating German Chancellor Angela Merkel on her victory at the polls.President Buhari felicitated with the German Chancello… Read More
2017-09-25 13:52
All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) Media Forum has slammed the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi over his recent attack on the state governor, Willie Obiano.Information disclose… Read More
2017-09-25 13:48
THE tourism industry may have contributed N1.7 billion ($5.5 million), about 4.8 per cent to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2016, as shown in the Nigeri… Read More
2017-09-25 13:45
A number of banking industry stakeholders have openly called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to withdraw its circular mandating banks to collect stamp duties from customers’ bank… Read More
2017-09-25 13:42
Nigeria’s power generation as at September 2017 has increased up to 7001 megawatts with transmission up to 6,700 megawatts and distribution rising to 4,600 megawatts.News report disclo… Read More
2017-09-25 13:37
The South East socio-cultural body, Ohaneze Ndigbo, currently on peace mission to the North, says clamour for self-government is the handiwork of the enemies of Nigeria.Insisting that Nigeri… Read More
2017-09-24 19:46
The US military conducted airstrikes against ISIS fighters in Libya on Friday, the first time it has struck targets in Libya since Donald Trump became President.In coordination with Libya&rs&hell…Read More
2017-09-24 19:39
Oyo Development Initiative, ODI, has advised the Olubadan of Ibadanland Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji to caution his media aide, Mr. Adeola Oloko, on what the group described as “his consi… Read More
2017-09-24 19:34
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it is amazed over some alleged frivolous claims credited to certain leaders of the Ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in which it said the… Read More
2017-09-24 19:30
Former Vice President and All Progressives Congress, (APC) presidential hopeful, Atiku Abubakar, has said that he was ready to sacrifice his ambition for the restructuring of the polit… Read More
2017-09-24 19:26
Gunmen on Sunday evening killed three policemen attached to Ogba Zoo and Nature Park in Benin and abducted the head of the zoo, Dr Andy Ehanire, who is a brother of the Minister of Stat… Read More
2017-09-24 07:02
A 15-year-old teenager, Kabiru Idi, has been arrested by men of the Niger State Police Command, for having sex with a goat.Idi, who hails from Gbeganu in Bosso Local Government Area of the s… Read More
2017-09-24 06:53
The South Sudanese government on Saturday called for the “unconditional” release of 14 officials captured by rebels on Wednesday near its border with Ethiopia.Dickson Gatluak, a… Read More
2017-09-24 06:42
The operations of Uber drivers have come under attack at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, following resistance from the resident car hire service providers.Uber drivers… Read More
2017-09-23 14:53
New Zealand's cliffhanger election ended in a stalemate Saturday, leaving maverick populist Winston Peters of the New Zealand First party to decide whether conservative Prime Minis… Read More
2017-09-23 06:56
Following the commencement of Exercise EGWU EKE II on Friday 15th September 2017 in 82 Division Area of Responsibility, simultaneous activities have started in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu… Read More
2017-09-22 23:47
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that the conspiracy between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Police… Read More
2017-09-22 23:39
22 September 2017 – Like many other countries, Ethiopia is dealing almost every day with the adverse impacts of climate change, its Prime Minister told the United Nations General Ass… Read More
2017-09-22 23:33
Social media platform, Twitter, is a key communication channel for governments and world leaders. Most information of their activities are posted on the platform.At the ongoing United Nati… Read More
2017-09-22 16:01
The Trump administration has reportedly been drafting a new order with travel restrictions tailored to roughly eight or nine countries that could potentially replace the ban signed… Read More
2017-09-22 15:42
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a suit before the Abuja Federal High Court challenging the earlier order declaring the group as a terr… Read More
2017-09-22 15:38
Economic activities in Kogi State have been shutdown following the industrial action declared by Labour Union in the State which was fully complied with by state workers. DAILY POST report… Read More
2017-09-22 15:33
Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has revealed that traditional rulers, especially in northern Nigeria, are the worst target of Boko Haram insurgents. Sultan, who doubles as… Read More
2017-09-21 20:17
A former Minister of Education, Professor Tunde Adeniran, Thursday declared his readiness to deliver the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) back to the presidency in 2019, if he emerges the nati… Read More
2017-09-21 20:12
Unidentified gunmen on Thursday invaded the Tsafe Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Zamfara, killing an official, a witness told the News Agency of Nigeria.The source said t… Read More
2017-09-21 20:06
The Federal Government of Nigeria has stated that it will not stop any state government from developing its own power projects to support improvement in power supply.The Minster of Power, Wo… Read More
2017-09-21 20:00
A Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from taking disciplinary actions against the Senator representing Ogun East Senatori… Read More
2017-09-21 15:15
The government of France has denied anything to do with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the group seeking a referendum to carve out a separate country in the South East region of Nig… Read More
2017-09-21 15:11
Latest Biafra news reaching our newsroom reveals that the Federal Government has revealed that the financial headquarters of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB is in France.According to r… Read More
2017-09-21 15:05
The Nigerian government has reached an agreement with the Joint Action Committee of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU… Read More
2017-09-20 08:39
The latest news update on air as the Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday at the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, urged the world to strive for peace and decent… Read More
2017-09-20 08:36
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State has denounced the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) activities by South East governors.The Party also disagreed with… Read More
2017-09-20 08:31
TEN states have misspent the bailout funds and the Paris Club refund, according to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and are owing salaries of workers.The states are as follo… Read More
2017-09-20 08:25
Northern governors have said that the challenges in the Southeast was not as a result of marginalisation as erroneously believed.According to them, Igbos had occupied exalted positions like… Read More
2017-09-20 08:21
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Charles Idahosa, has said President Mohammadu Buhari delayed in dealing with several issues especially Nnamdi Kanu, the leade… Read More
2017-09-20 08:17
Latest news update on air as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) conducts the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), a hurdle that students have to scale after pa… Read More
2017-09-20 08:14
The latest news report reaching our newsroom reveals that A 35-year-old man, Abubakar Adamu, has been remanded in prison by the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Gombe for allegedly insultin… Read More
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