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Rivers Lawmakers Who Defected To APC Have Lost Their Seats, Says Falana
Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, says that members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, last year, have forfeited their positions. DAILY POST recalls that about 25 members of the state assembly who are loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom...
NYC: ‘A Distraction From Real Issues’ – HURIWA
HURIWA has criticized the 30-day National Youth Conference announced by President Bola Tinubu in his Independence Anniversary broadcast. HURIWA described the proposed conference as a wasteful and ineffective exercise designed to deflect attention from the government’s failures. In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA condemned the conference as a superficial attempt to engage with the youth while...
Yobe Govt To Regulate Social Media – Commissioner
Yobe State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Hon. Abdullahi Bego says the era of propaganda, and misinformation in the State. He announced that plans were underway to draft state policy for social media. In a statement by the Ministry’s Department of Information Services, Bego stated this while taking over the affairs of the ministry in a brief ceremony on...
Lagos Installs Speed Limit Monitors, Imposes N50,000 Fine
The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, in collaboration with Huawei Technologies, has deployed four new Intelligent Transport System sites to monitor and detect speeding and manage traffic flows. The Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, announced this during a press briefing on Thursday, stating that the new installations would complement the existing Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras and other Traffic Management...
NMA Raises Concern Over Mental Health Crisis Among Doctors
Kwara State chapter of Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has expressed concern over the growing mental health challenges and well-being of doctors in Nigeria. Chairman of the association, Prof. AbdulRahman Afolabi, stated this at a briefing organised on the side lines of the 2025 Annual General Meeting, AGM, titled, “Mental Health and Well-being of Doctors in Nigeria: Importance of Mental Health”,...
Return Suspended Osun Chief Judge Back To Office – APM Tells Gov Adeleke
The Osun State Chapter of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, has asked Governor Ademola Adeleke to return Justice Oyebola Adepele Ojo, the state’s Chief Judge to her position. The APM gave this advice following the directive to the Osun State Government by the National Judicial Council, NJC, with regards to maintaining the status quo. Wale Adebayo, the state’s party chairman who...
11 Oil Thieves Nabbed As Army Destroys 16 Illegal Refineries In Niger Delta
16 illegal refinery sites in the Niger Delta have been discovered and demolished by troops conducting security and counter-oil theft operations throughout Nigeria in the last week, the Defense Headquarters said on Friday. During the operations, security forces also deactivated 29 crude oil cooking ovens, 31 dug-out pits, and 21 storage tanks, while arresting 11 suspected crude oil thieves and...
Agbomhere Apologizes To IGP For Political Rants
Blessing Agbomhere, a supernumerary Chief Superintendent of Police, has apologized to IGP Kayode Egbetokun for misusing his position. Agbomhere was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly inciting Edo State residents against PDP candidate Asue Ighodalo while in uniform. Agbomhere is also the South-South Zonal Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress. In a statement released after his time in custody, Agbomhere pleaded with...
DSS Storms Lagos Assembly, Closes Offices of Speaker and Deputy
The Lagos State House of Assembly was overrun by men from the Department of State Security (DSS) and Nigeria Police early on Monday. They sealed off the offices of the Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, her deputy, and the house clerk. As of 10 am, armed security personnel have taken over the premises at Alausa, Ikeja, and the surrounding area, frisking every...
PDP National Chair, Turaki Postpone NWC Meeting Over Disruptions
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki (SAN), on Tuesday postponed the party’s inaugural National Working Committee (NWC) meeting after a tense standoff at the Wadata Plaza headquarters in Abuja. Turaki said the session could not hold because ‘expelled elements’ stormed the secretariat with thugs and tear gas in an attempt to disrupt proceedings, warning that...
