My New year Epistle to Nigerians By Philip Agbese This present generation has had their diaries well filled with details of their vivid share in first-hand history experience of insurgency in their life time, in which these verbose experiences may well be defined by the success or failure of the anti-terrorism efforts across our country. Since al-Qaeda first emerged in …
ACF-Ransom Money Being Used To Purchase Illegal Arms
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has alleged ransoms money are being used by terrorists to buy illegal arms. In a statement titled, “Our borders and insecurity” issued by the forum’s national chairman, Audu Ogbeh, on Thursday said the development was raised by some of its members from Sokoto and Zamfara states. The forum observed that large consignments were being …
Metuh Flies Out For Medical Treatment
A one time former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, has flown out for medical treatment abroad. Metuh who was recently released by an Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Wednesday, travelled outside the country for medical treatment on a protracted spinal cord ailment. Metuh arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, …
Buhari Signs 2021 Budget
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2021 Appropriation Act. He appended his signature to the document at a ceremony inside the council chamber of the presidential villa, Abuja on Thursday. The National Assembly had on December 21, 2020, passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill with an aggregate expenditure of N13, 588, 027,886, 175 trillion READ ALSO: National Assembly transmits N13.5tn finances to …
Exclusive: How military aborted Boko Haram terrorists’ planned use of mercenaries to thwart peaceful Christmas celebration
According to multiple sources, it has been revealed that there was a failed attempt by the Boko Haram group to disrupt the Christmas celebrations in parts of North-East Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory. It was stated that some mercenaries from some of the francophone countries attempted to smuggle their way into Nigeria posing as cattle rearers and was meant …
Tinubu Is Not The Leader Of Yoruba Race –Afenifere
The National Publicity Secretary of pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has said the group’s endorsement of a candidate in the 2023 election will be based on what that candidate represents and not the region he comes from. Odumakin said this on Wednesday while featuring on a Punch Online interview programme, ‘The Roundtable’ He said the Afenifere has not endorsed former …
Tinubu Is Not The Leader Of Yoruba Race –Afenifere
The National Publicity Secretary of pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has said the group’s endorsement of a candidate in the 2023 election will be based on what that candidate represents and not the region he comes from. Odumakin said this on Wednesday while featuring on a Punch Online interview programme, ‘The Roundtable’ He said the Afenifere has not endorsed former …
Olokode Olawale has resumed duty as the new Commissioner of Police, Osun State Police Command.
Olokode Olawale has resumed obligation as the new Commissioner of Police, Osun State Police Command. Olawale changed Undie Adie who was simply promoted and redeployed as Assistant Inspector Basic of Police. The brand new CP, an indigene of Ogun State, was born some a long time in the past in Odeda Native Authorities Space of the State. In a press …
Olokode Olawale has resumed obligation as the new Commissioner of Police, Osun State Police Command.
Olokode Olawale has resumed obligation as the new Commissioner of Police, Osun State Police Command. Olawale changed Undie Adie who was simply promoted and redeployed as Assistant Inspector Basic of Police. The brand new CP, an indigene of Ogun State, was born some a long time in the past in Odeda Native Authorities Space of the State. Read also: The travails, …
Gov Ortom defends Bishop Kukah, warns Buhari towards sycophants
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has defended the Christmas Day message delivered by Bishop Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah which has elicited caustic reactions, particularly from the North. Governor Ortom in an announcement issued on Wednesday by means of his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, mentioned that the state of the nation message delivered by Bishop Kukah was …
Queen signs post-Brexit bill into Law
The approval comes after the European Union and Britain signed the publish-Brexit deal on Wednesday. The publish-Brexit commerce invoice has acquired the royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II, Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle mentioned within the early hours of Thursday, which means it’s now formally regulation in Britain. The laws formally referred to as the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020, units …
Queen signs post-Brexit bill into Law
The approval comes after the European Union and Britain signed the publish-Brexit deal on Wednesday. The publish-Brexit commerce invoice has acquired the royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II, Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle mentioned within the early hours of Thursday, which means it’s now formally regulation in Britain. The laws formally referred to as the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020, units …
$7bn mortgage goal inadequate for MSMEs, NASME tells FG
Nigerian Affiliation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) has mentioned the World Financial institution’s $three billion and $four billion from different worldwide donors just like the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF) and the African Growth Financial institution (AfDB) to help Nigeria’s financial system wouldn’t be ample for COVID-19 influence treatments and the intervention measures to maintain Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) …
MURIC under fire over call for Kukah’s resignation
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has come under attack for asking the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah, to resign from the General Abdulsalam-led National Peace Committee. The group had in a statement issued by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, criticised Kukah following the cleric’s Christmas message to Nigerians. Nigerians took to social media to berate MURIC …
Courtroom upholds INEC’s deregistration of AUN
The Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja, on Wednesday, upheld the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee’s choice deregistering the Alliance for United Nigeria, as a political get together. Justice Ahmed Mohammed in a judgment held that INEC’s choice was “unassailable” because it was in keeping with the supply of part 225(a) of the Nigerian Structure. The choose held that the AUN …
Over 10m kids in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, six others face acute malnutrition in 2021 – UNICEF
The United Nations Youngsters’s Fund (UNICEF) stated on Wednesday an estimated 10.four million youngsters in eight nations, together with Nigeria, could endure acute malnutrition in 2021. The UNICEF, which disclosed this in a press release, mentioned different affected international locations are Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Sudan, South Sudan, and Yemen. The assertion learns: “As 2021 …
#EndSARS: Court Grants Bail To Osun Protester, Seizes His Passport, Forbids Interviews
One of many sureties, in accordance with the Omisade, should be a state civil servant of Grade degree 12, whereas the opposite should personal a home within the state. A Magistrates’ Courtroom in Osogbo, Osun State on Wednesday granted bail to a pacesetter of #EndSARS motion within the state, Emmanuel Adebisi, who was arrested by the Division of State Providers …
Ogun Assembly passes N338.6b Appropriation Bill
Akwa Ibom: Village head sacked over alleged stealing, vandalism The village head of Ikot Obio Inyang, Etinan Native Authorities Space of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Emem Akpan has been sacked over alleged fraud and different prison actions peddled in opposition to him. The group, by Ikot Obio Inyang Improvement Affiliation (IKODA), in a press release made accessible to journalists in …
Akwa Ibom: Village head sacked over alleged stealing, vandalism
The village head of Ikot Obio Inyang, Etinan Native Authorities Space of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Emem Akpan has been sacked over alleged fraud and different prison actions peddled in opposition to him. The group, by Ikot Obio Inyang Improvement Affiliation (IKODA), in a press release made accessible to journalists in Uyo on Wednesday, ordered that the embattled village head …
Atiku reacts to Femi Odekunle’s dying
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has described the death of Prof. Femi Odekunle, first Nigerian Professor of criminology as an enormous loss. DAILY POST had reported that Odekunle, who can be a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee In opposition to Corruption (PACAC), died at the COVID-19 Isolation Center in Gwagwalada, Abuja, Tuesday night. Reacting, Atiku in a tweet by way of …