Labour Party Secretary, 14 Others Decamp To NNPP In Ebonyi
No fewer than fourteen (14) executive members of Labour Party, LP, including the State secretary have defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in Ebonyi State. DAILY POST gathered that the LP members are aggrieved over the running of the party in the State. It was also learnt that the Presidential candidate of the NNPP, Musa Kwankwaso received the former...
Man Flees As He Burns Wife To Death In Lagos
A man, identified simply as Akpos, is on the run after allegedly burning his wife, Risikat, to death at their residence on Ayide Osolo Street, Divine Estate, in the Ijanikin area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Akpos and Risikat were at their residence when an argument ensued between them. The argument reportedly degenerated and Akpos, out of annoyance, reached for...
Kaduna Government Denies Attack On Kaduna-Abuja Road
The Kaduna State Government has said that its attention was drawn to a widely circulated message raising alarm on an alleged blockage of the Kaduna-Abuja road by bandits, which was not true. Samuel Aruwan Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State said in a statement on Thursday that the Kaduna State Government wishes to firmly debunk this message,...
Suspected Ambazonia Fighter Arrested In Taraba
The Taraba state police command, Thursday said it has nabbed a suspected fighter of the Cameroon Separatist group, Ambazonia in the state. The suspect, called General Basile was nabbed in Kurmi local government area. Kurmi is one of the five local government areas of Taraba state bordering the Republic of Cameroon. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Abimbola Shokoya, confirmed the arrest...
Court Sacks Sen. Bwacha For Defecting To APC
A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State, has sacked Senator Emmanuel Bwacha from his legislative seat, for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bwacha is the Senator representing Taraba South at the National Assembly. The Taraba State chapter of the PDP had since the defection of Bwacha from the party to APC,...
Lady Commits Suicide At Lagos Lagoon
Tragedy struck on Thursday, when a yet-to-be-identified middle-aged lady reportedly jumped into Lagos Lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge, in an apparent case of suicide. The incident occurred at about 10 am. At the time of filing this report, Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Emergency Agency, LASEMA, Dr Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the incident, said rescue teams were still searching for...
NCDC Records 1,601 Yellow Fever Cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reported a total of 1,601 suspected cases of yellow fever from 463 local government areas in 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The cases were reported from January 1, 2022, to September 30, 2022. According to the situation report obtained by our correspondent, on Wednesday, a total of 15 deaths...
Sen. Ararume Sues Buhari Over Illegal Termination Of Appointment As NNPC Chair, Demands N100bn Compensation
Former chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Ifeanyi Ararume, has slammed a N100 billion suit on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged unlawful removal of his name as a non-Executive Chairman of the newly Incorporated Nigeria National Petroleum Company. He is demanding such claims from the Federal Government...
FG Should Stop Humiliating ASUU, Says Ohuabunwa
A former Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sam Ohuabunwa, has lashed out at the current Federal Government led by the President Muhammadu Buhari over its ineptitude towards the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This was as the past President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria noted that government attitude towards education signalled...
Naira Redesign: Banks Get N52b Cash Deposits In Two Weeks
At least N52 billion cash has been deposited in banks barely two weeks after the announcement of plans by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign some naira notes. There were indications that the deposit sum may increase in the next few days because it is suspected that about N3 trillion cash was in circulation at the time the...
