The Nigerian Army has neutralized a suspected member of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State. The suspected ESN member was neutralized after an intense gun battle in the militia’s hideout in the Ihiteukwa area of Orsu on Saturday. Describing the deceased as a “terrorist,” Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director…
The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, has called on the Nigerian Army to ensure continuous training of its officers and men in order to effectively address security challenges posed by armed bandits, insurgents and other criminal elements in the country. Sarkindaji made the call during the closing ceremony of this…
The Catholic Bishop of Pankshin in Plateau State, Most Rev. Michael Gokum, has urged the Federal Government to urgently provide support to victims of crisis in the state. Gokum made the appeal on Sunday at the launch of the 2024 Lenten Campaign held at Christ the King Catholic Church, Dyis, in Pankshin Local Government Area…
Former lawmaker and social critic, Senator Shehu Sani, has reacted to the alleged looting of a warehouse belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria, NEMA, by some residents of the Federal Capital Terrritory, FCT. According to Sani, the development is a dangerous symptom of an impending revolution. DAILY POST reported some residents of…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the military forcefully took away some suspects allegedly involved in oil bunkering from police custody. Counsel to the IGP, Idris Mohammed, revealed this to Justice James Omotosho when the matter was called for the alleged oil bunkerers to take their plea…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), under the directive of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, has announced a 90-day window for regularizing import duties on specific categories of vehicles. The window is meant to streamline import processes. A statement by the National Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Customs Service, Chief…
Amid worsening economic hardship and hunger in the country, a social critic and human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, says she knew politicians would deploy clerics to confuse Nigerians. Yesufu was reacting to a statement credited to an Abuja cleric and Senior Pastor of the Shepherd House Assembly International, Reverend Joshua Talena, that the current global…
A Canadian returnee, Mr Chidiebere Eluwa, from Amakama community in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State, has called for the disbandment of a local vigilante group in his community, citing threat to peoples’ lives as his reason. Eluwa, who made the call in Umuahia, alleged that the group was becoming a source of…
Despite economic uncertainties and the initial hurdle that trailed President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Qatar, the Nigerian President made attempts to woo investors in his host country on Sunday, telling them there is nowhere in the world where one will find return on investment at the level of what is obtainable in Nigeria. He said…
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has described as a welcomed development the news of the release of the children of Kuriga school in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The President General of the forum, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, in a statement on Sunday averred that the abduction of the children and some of…
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has said that Nigerians would patronise made-in-Nigeria goods only if the products were competitive in quality and pricing. DAILY POST reports that the monarch stated this when the president of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, Otunba Francis Meshioye, paid him a visit to his palace in Benin…
Eight students of David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences, Uburu, in Ebonyi State, have been expelled from the institution, while 23 others are facing disciplinary actions for breaching the institution’s moral guidelines. The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Jesse Uneke, stated this during the third matriculation ceremony of the 2023–2024 academic session on…