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Kogi Guber: Yahaya Bello Seeking Third Term Using APC Candidate – Dino Melaye
Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in the upcoming governorship election in Kogi State, has accused the state governor, Yahaya Bello of seeking a third term. Melaye alleged that Bello was seeking a third term hiding under the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Ahmed Ododo. Speaking on Channels Television on Monday, Melaye said Bello was using Ododo...
PDP Initiates Reconciliatory Steps To Reclaim South-East
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South-East zone says it has begun the process of reconciling its aggrieved members who defected to other political parties. The party said this at its zonal meeting in Enugu, pointing out that the measure was part of the efforts initiated to reclaim its position in the zone. It expressed the hope that the initiative...
PDP Alleges Arrest Of Benue Spokesman By DSS
Publicity Secretary of the Benue State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Bemgba Iortyom has been reportedly arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS, in Makurdi. DAILY POST gathered that Iortyom was arrested on Monday when he went to keep an appointment with the state security agency. Sources privy to the development revealed that the party spokesman must have been arrested...
Promotion Examination: Army Warns Officers To Shun Sharp Practices
The Examination President and Commander Training and Doctrine Command, Nigerian Army, TRADOC NA, Major General Kevin Aligbe has warned the officers writing Captain to Major Practical Promotion Examination (CMPPE), to shun sharp practices, pointing out that the consequences of such offences are heavy. Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Acting Deputy Director, of Army Public Relations, in a statement, said the examination,...
Court Jails 5 Men Caugth With Human Skulls 60 Years
The Chief Magistrate of a court two in Tunga, Minna, Niger State has sentenced five men arrested with human skulls to 60 years imprisonment with hard labour. Each of the convicts will spend 12 years in prison for attempting to commit a money ritual with the skull. Chief Magistrate Fati Umar Hassan, who passed the judgment, on Monday, found them guilty...
Nigeria’s Headline Inflation Rises To 26.72% In September
Nigeria’s headline inflation soared by 0.90 per cent to 26.72 per cent in September from 25.80 per cent in August 2023. The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, disclosed this in its September Consumer Price Index report on Monday. On a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate was 5.94 percentage points higher compared to the rate recorded in September 2022, which was...
Nasarawa PDP Critisize Ganduje Over Remarks On Ombugadu’s Tribunal Victory
The Nasarawa State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party has strongly condemned the recent statement credited to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, in which he asserted that the party would do everything within its powers to protect the mandate of the State Governor, Abdullahi Sule. Sule was sacked by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal after...
President Tinubu Swears In Three More Ministers
President Bola Tinubu swore in three additional ministers into his 48-member cabinet at the Presidential Villa Abuja, on Monday. The newly inaugurated ministers are Jamila Bio Ibrahim, Ayodele Olawande, and Balarabe Lawal. They took the oath of office at 12:15 pm at the Council Chamber of the State House before the start of the Federal Executive Council meeting which Tinubu is...
NIPOST Workers Reject New CEO Appointed By Tinubu, Shuts Her Out Of Headquarters
Workers of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) have shut down the head office of the service in Abuja, protesting the appointment of Tola Odeyemi as Chief Executive Officer/Postmaster-General. Ajuri Ngelale, a Presidential spokesman, announced last week that President Bola Tinubu changed the leadership of communication agencies, including NIPOST. However, moments after the news of Odeyemi’s appointment broke, there were reports that...
Lagos Govt Gives 7-Day Vacation Order To Motorists, Commercial Bus Drivers Operating On Bridges
The Lagos State Government on Monday issued a 7-day ‘Vacation Order’ to motorists/commercial bus drivers operating on top of bridges across the State. This was disclosed in a statement by Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa. Giwa explained that vehicles are causing serious obstructions around these bridges with great negative impacts on the integrity of the...
