Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has reacted to the remark by the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, on President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor. Igbokwe warned that heaven would fall if another Northerner is elected after Buhari. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, NEF spokesperson had said the North was not ready to relinquish power in 2023. […]

2023: Heaven will fall if another northerner succeeds Buhari – Joe Igbokwe replies Northern elders

President Muhammadu Buhari assured the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that Nigeria is working to reverse the severe trend of biodiversity loss. He spoke on Wednesday in a video message to an hybrid High-Level event tagged “Transformative Actions for Nature and People” on the margins of the 76th Session of UNGA. Aside from championing regional […]

UNGA: Nigeria battling species extinction, plans 10 new national parks – Buhari

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, has again reiterated that the Muhammadu Buhari administration will not name sponsors of terrorism at the moment. According to Malami, this is so it won’t jeopardise investigations. The AGF stated this while speaking to journalists in New York, according to a statement by his spokesperson, Umar […]

Why Buhari govt will not reveal Boko Haram sponsors – Malami

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has forwarded names of ten more people who are to serve as his Commissioners to Oyo State House of Assembly. He sent the names on Wednesday. Among the nominees were five of the former Commissioners whose appointments were terminated during the last cabinet reshuffle. Their names were contained in […]

Makinde sends names of 10 Commissioner-nominees to Oyo Assembly

Bola Tinubu, National Leader of All Progressives Congress and former Lagos State Governor, has commisserated with Juju singer, King Sunny Ade, on the death of his wife, Risikat Adegeye. DAILY POST reported that the 62-year-old died on Tuesday during a brief illness. Reacting, in a condolence message signed by his media aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, […]

Tinubu condoles with King Sunny Ade over wife’s death

The Nigerian Senate has blamed the country’s debt profile on past presidents. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, blamed ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, and Goodluck Jonathan for Nigeria’s high death profile. Adeola said the high debt profiles accumulated between 1999 and 2015. The lawmaker disclosed this on Wednesday […]

Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan responsible for Nigeria’s high debt under Buhari – Senate

Nigeria did not make the International Monetary Fund (IMF) list on export diversification, comprising two African nations. The global agency urged countries to focus on governance, education, infrastructure, and open trade, to achieve profitable exports. In new findings made available to DAILY POST, the IMF said the economy-wide factors relate closely to more varied and […]

Exports: IMF shuns Nigeria, hails governance in Rwanda, Mauritius’ tariffs

The 2015 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dakuku Peterside has called on Governor Nyesom Wike, to urgently reactivate the drainage master plan put in place by his predecessor, Rt Hon Chibuike Amaechi. Peterside spoke against the terrible flooding being experienced in several parts of Port Harcourt and Rivers state […]

Port Harcourt flood: Wike must reactivate master plan by Amaechi – Dakuku

The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has proposed a revenue-sharing formula of 50, 30, and 20 percents for state, local and federal governments, respectively. The governor stated this on Wednesday while declaring open the sensitisation exercise for a new revenue allocation formula for the country held in Awka, the state capital. Obiano who was represented […]

Revenue allocation: Obiano demands 50% for states

The federal and Anambra State governments have promised to fix the failed portion of the Onitsha-Owerri express road in Onitsha Anambra State. The federal highway, just in front of the metallurgical institute had days back been completely cut off by erosion, causing hardship for travellers using the road. The Federal Comptroller of Works, Anambra State, […]

FG, Anambra govt to fix failed portion of Onitsha, Owerri road