In response to a video that surfaced earlier this week showing a guy brandishing a pump action rifle and endangering public order, the CSP Egbeyemi-led Rapid Response Squad (RRS), acting on useful information, conducted a sting operation on the suspect’s home in the state’s Surulere region. Three pump action rifles, one Beretta handgun magazine, one … Read more
The newly appointed Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is likely to fall into “serious political trouble” with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, according to sociopolitical pundit Shehu Sani on Tuesday. He claimed that while Wike is capable of performing his duties, there is a chance that he may upset the president “by his … Read more
On Tuesday, a Bill to raise the minimum educational requirement for certain elective offices in the nation to a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent was passed by the House of Representatives. Following lengthy discussion of the pros and drawbacks of the constitution amendment bill, which was sponsored by Hon. Omowunmi Onanuga, the Deputy Whip, the … Read more
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has appointed Chief Oyebode Aderonke Mary as the new Iyaloja General (head of market women) of Osogbo. This is according to a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, and made available to DAILY POST on Thursday in Osogbo. Approving her appointment, Governor Adeleke described the new Iyaloja General … Read more
Dumebi Kachikwu, the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate for the 2023 elections, asserts that by delegating the elimination of the fuel subsidy to his successor, President Bola Tinubu, former President Muhammadu Buhari handed his successor a banana peel. This was said by Kachikwu on Monday while he was a guest on Politics Today on … Read more
In an effort to reduce the level of security in the state, the Katsina State Executive Council has approved spending N7.8 billion to buy cutting-edge equipment for the state’s security agencies. When Dr. Nasiru Mu’azu Danmusa, commissioner of internal security and home affairs, briefed reporters on the outcomes of the State Executive Council meeting presided … Read more
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo is set to deliver a thought provoking lecture on governance and its implications for Africa. He is expected to deliver the lecture at the 2023 Mo Ibrahim Governance Weekend with the theme: “Global Africa”which will be taking place in Nairobi, Kenya, this weekend. xandertech recalls that the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the … Read more
Nigerian rapper and activist, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz The Bhad Guy, has responded to the attacks on him over his recent knee surgery abroad. xandertech reported that Bashir, a son of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has berated the rapper-cum-activist for shunning Nigerian hospitals and flying to the UK for surgery. Responding … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari will on May 22 commission the Dangote Refinery in Lagos State. This was disclosed by Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad. Ahmad said the 650,000 barrels per day refinery would boost the Federal Government’s effort to make Nigeria self-sufficient. Tweeting, Ahmad wrote: “Efforts by the Federal Government to make Nigeria … Read more
Former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, has suggested why it would be difficult for a Christian to become Nigeria’s president. Dokubo said politicians who have promoted religion more are Christians, hence it would be difficult for them to produce Nigeria’s president in the nearest future. Speaking on Facebook live, Dokubo said the President-elect, Bola Tinubu … Read more