Insecurity: Nasarawa State Govt Orders Reopening Of Schools
Nasarawa State has approved the reopening of its primary and secondary schools, which shut 49 days earlier on reports of threats of insecurity. All boarding public and private schools shall resume on Sunday, September 18, for the First Term of the 2022/2023 academic session, while day schools shall resume on Monday, September 19. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Malam...
Gov. Zulum Appoints New Accountant General
Governor Babagana Zulum has approved the appointment of Baba Bura Usman as Borno State’s new Accountant General. The appointment was announced by the Governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, in a statement on Wednesday. Usman was, until his appointment, the Director of Treasury Operations at the Borno State Ministry of Finance, Budget and Planning, since 2020, Gusau said. Fifty-seven years old Usman who hails from...
Terrorists Feared Killed In Katsina As Police Retrieves Motorcycles, AK-47
Many terrorists were feared killed in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State on Wednesday when a team of police operatives engaged the hoodlums numbering over 30 in a fierce gun duel. One AK-47 and four operational vehicle used by the terrorists were also recovered from the scene of the attack, Katsina Police Spokesman, SP Gambo Isah said. According to the...
Peter Obi Visits Goodluck Jonathan Ahead Of Campaign Kick-Off
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has visited Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, ahead of next year’s presidential election. العاب على النت The former Anambra State governor said he and Jonathan exchanged views on issues of national importance during the meeting. Sharing pictures of the visit on his Twitter page on Thursday, the LP presidential candidate maintained that the...
Deepen Investigation Into Banditry, Group Tells Security Agencies
The National Inter-Faith Movement on Thursday urged security agencies to deepen their investigations into the endless banditry activities in the North West of Nigeria. In a statement issued by Rev. Amos Adah and made available to DAILY POST in Abuja on Thursday, he expressed shock at revelations by Sheikh Ahmad Gumi’s media consultant, Tukur Mamu, who has been arrested and...
Court Compels INEC To Publish Akpabio’s Name As APC Senatorial Candidate
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja says the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, erred by excluding the name of former Akwa Ibom governor, Godswill Akpabio, from the list of senatorial candidates. To this end, the court has ordered the commission to publish the name of Akpabio as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Akwa Ibom...
2023: Tinubu Will Get 80% Of South-West Votes
The National Vice Chairman (South-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Isaac Kekemeke, said the party’s presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, would win over 80 per cent of votes in the region during 2023 elections. Mr Olaniyi Adegbola, Ondo State Coordinator of ‘The Asiwaju Group (TAG)’, a support group for the APC flagbearer, said in a statement that Kekemeke...
President Buhari Orders NNPC To Fix East-West Road
The President has ordered the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiaries to ensure that section 4 of the East-West road, spanning from Eleme Roundabout to Onne junction, is fixed without delay through the Tax Credit Scheme. He said that the East-West road project currently handled by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing is the largest infrastructure in Nigeria,and...
Illegal Admissions: We Are Ready For Defence JAMB Registrar Says
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board, Ishaq Oloyede, Thursday, expressed concern over the way many Nigerians blamed the organization for the 912,013 illegal admissions processed by tertiary institutions in the country. He, however, said JAMB would not hesitate to prove its innocence and expose the persons behind the nearly one million illegal admissions into tertiary schools between 2017 and 2020. This...
Southerner Must Replace Sen. Ayu Before September 28 – Chief Bode George
Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has insisted that a southern candidate must replace Iyorchia Ayu as the national chairman of the party before the beginning of the 2023 election campaigns scheduled for September 28, 2022. He said Ayu, who is from the northern part of the country, could not continue to hold...
