The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has distanced itself from an appeal filed at the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, made the clarification in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Ologunagba said that party’s attention was drawn to s SUIT No: PHC/2177/CS/2024...
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The President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Ltd., Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the Fertiliser plant would be listed in the capital market by the first quarter of 2025. Dangote made this known on Sunday in Lagos at a media parley and guided tour of the...
Spain substitute Mikel Oyarzabal scored four minutes from time to give his side a deserved 2-1 Euro 2024 final victory over England on Sunday. It was a record fourth European crown, as Gareth Southgate’s team lost in their second successive final. Oyarzabal finished off a swift counter-attack for...
Novak Djokovic’s bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title lay in ruins on Sunday after a demolition job by Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final. But the dejected Serbian took solace in losing to a player who was far superior on the day. The blockbuster rematch of...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Sunday said that a family escaped death when their house in the outskirts of the city collapsed. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said in a statement in Lagos, that the incident occurred around Adealu Bus-stop in Ipaja area...
Fire at a Palm Kernel Factory at Onuebonyi in Ebonyi on Sunday destroyed equipment, raw materials and other property worth billions of naira in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)’s visit to the factory revealed that all the property at the scene of the incident was...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Palestine Embassy in Nigeria has condemned in strong terms the ongoing genocide in Gaza, which has resulted in the death of over 38,000 Palestinians. In a statement released yesterday, the embassy decried the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which has left 87,903 injured...
E Director-General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Zubaida Umar, has urged Nigerians to ensure strict adherence to the country’s building codes to avert frequent building collapse and its associated disasters. Umar stated this when she visited the site of the Saint Academy building collapse and some of the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the 25 local government chairmanship seats in the Delta Local Government election held across the state on Saturday. The party also clinched 499 of the 500 councillorship seats, losing one to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Oshimili North...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have intercepted various quantities of cocaine and opioids such as tramadol, pentazocine injection, morphine sulphate and ketamine injection in Lagos. A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja said that the drugs were concealed...
The Police Command in Osun on Sunday confirmed the rescue of two persons who were trapped under a collapsed building at Sabo Area of Osogbo. SP Yemisi Opalola, Police Spokesperson in Osun made this known in a statement issued in Osogbo on Sunday. Opalola said an uncompleted storey...
President Bola Tinubu has, from a completely unexpected angle, offered something unifying of Nigerians. It is last Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling granting financial autonomy to the local government councils as a tier of government in the country. Hitherto, state governors have, for whatever reasons, pocketed local governments by...
The Managing Director of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor, was on Thursday night recognised for his “Invaluable contributions to the Nigerian energy sector and his service to humanity.” Osagie received the Award for Exemplary Leadership and Service to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condemned the attack on former President of the United States, Donald Trump during a political rally in Pennsylvania. It would be recalled that Trump was attacked by an assassin days before he was due to accept the formal Republican nomination....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said the Air Component of Operation Whirl Stroke has eliminated scores of terrorists in recent airstrikes in their enclaves at Giwa and Igabi Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM...
Tinubu, CDS The Arewa Concerned Citizens Forum (ACCF), has kicked against plans for nationwide protests by some persons in some parts of the country. The Kaduna-based group, in a press conference in Kaduna on Sunday, alleged that the proposed protests were being sponsored by “some individuals working against the...
Chairman-Elect, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Benin branch, Mr Idemudia Iredia-Osifo, has said that the Supreme Court judgment that granted financial autonomy to local government may experience hitches if not well regulated. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the apex court had, in a landmark judgment,...
.. The Senator representing Kogi West, Sunday Karimi has assured that the National Assembly would ensure full compliance by the various state governments the judgment on the financial autonomy granted the nation’s 774 Local Government Areas by the the Supreme Court Senator Karimi, who is the Chairman...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A 38-year old female journalist working with The Daily Post in Bauchi State, Hafsat Abdulhamid Adebayo, who has been diagnosed with a brain tumor is urgently appealing for financial assistance from the public to undergo a surgery. Adebayo, who has been bedridden for...
The President of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, has said Nigeria is positioned to reap immense benefits from the ECOWAS single currency initiative. Uwaleke, who is also the Director, Institute of Capital Market at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, said this in an interview with...