A mild drama unfolded in Ile-Ife, Osun State, during the 10th coronation anniversary of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and installation of Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, as the ‘Yeye Asiwaju Gbogbo Ile Oodua’, when the latter interrupted the State governor, Ademola Adeleke, when he was about to deliver his speech on the…
Honourable (Dr.) Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide, fondly known as “Comforter Dee” or “Olutunu De,” stands as one of the most visible, compassionate, and community-rooted legislators in Oyo State today. Representing Ibadan North Constituency 1 in the Oyo State House of Assembly under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), she has distinguished herself through a leadership style grounded…
Some suspected bandits and kidnappers who lodged at Donchichi Hotel, Odighie road, Agbede in Etsako West Local Government Area, have been arrested. They were reportedly arrested after some community members raised the alarm over their presence in the hotel. Chairman Hakeem Enatto Charity Foundation, Barr Abdul Hakeem Enatto, who shared the arrest, said, “A group…
A student in the Yola Campus of the Nigeria Law School, identified as Ayomiposi Ojajuni, has allegedly taken his own life over failure to sit for his final examination. The news broke Sunday that he killed himself on Saturday, December 6, because he was barred from doing the bar final examination at the Yola Campus….
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the national working committee (NWC) and set up a caretaker panel. The caretaker panel was inaugurated on Sunday during a meeting of the national executive committee (NEC) held at the residence of Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The 13-member committee is…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram insurgency has dragged longer than the country’s 1967–1970 Civil War. Obasanjo made the remark on Sunday during the Toyin Falola Interviews conversation, which was live-streamed on social media and featured other panelists including Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, and former Deputy…
A young man from Plateau State identified simply as Nengak, has been reportedly beaten to death by a mob in Lagos State after he was caught “sleeping” with the wife of his employer. According to reports sent to DAILY POST by one Bitrus Idi who claims to be a close friend of the deceased, Nengak…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined a fresh bid by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to be moved out of the Sokoto Correctional Centre. The court reached the decision on Monday after reviewing an ex-parte motion brought before it. Kanu, acting through the Legal Aid Council,…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has expressed confidence that the country will soon attain a level of prosperity that will enable it to lend money to other nations. She made the remark on Sunday in Ile-Ife, Osun State, after receiving the chieftaincy title of Yeye Asiwaju Gbogbo Ile Oodua at an event held to…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said it has not been officially notified of the newly released 100 students following their abduction recently. In a statement on Monday, the Chairman of the Association, Niger State Chapter, Bishop Bulus Yohanna, noted that it would have been cheery news to learn of the abductees’ freedom; however, no…