The former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has defected to the All Progressives Congress. Jandor made the announcement on Monday during a press conference at his office in Ikeja, Lagos, weeks after resigning from the PDP. Jandor cited internal crises and lack of…
A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has removed HRM Ahmed Muhammed Tajani Anaje as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. Presiding Judge, Justice Salisu Umar, issued the ruling on Monday, directing Anaje to cease parading himself as the paramount traditional ruler of Ebiraland. The case, numbered HCO/05C/2024, was brought before the court by Dr. Barnabas…
Members of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, have shut down petrol distribution nationwide with effect from today, Monday, September 8, over a face-off with Dangote Refinery. The National President of NUPENG, Williams Akporeha, in an interview with DAILY POST on Sunday, noted that the move was in the interest of…
A former Senator, Dino Melaye, has claimed that the Founder of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, forcefully retired Bishop David Abioye, who was his vice-president. In October this year, the church revised the retirement age from 60 to 55. At the time, Abioye was 63 while the second vice-president Bishop Thomas Aremu was 67….
A Fatal accident has claimed five lives leaving one critically injured in Ibadan, the Oyo state Capital The accident which occurred around midnight on Thursday along the Iwo Road Ojoo expressway, was between a commercial Micra car and a truck. The accident also left one person injured and 6 others rescued unhurt. In a release…
Veteran Nigerian singer, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has broken silence on the rumours surrounding his relationship with the Deputy Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly, Natasha Osawaru. This followed the surprise appearance of 2Baba during a plenary session at the Assembly complex in Benin, the Edo State capital, on Monday,…
Afrobeats artiste, Ayodeji Balogun a.k.a Wizkid, has once again stoked the flames of his long-standing rivalry with fellow artiste, David Adeleke a.k.a Davido, sparking a fresh war of words on social media. The latest spat comes just months after the duo clashed on X (formerly Twitter), with Wizkid previously mocking Davido and Mavin Records boss,…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday approved 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Nigerian universities for the 2025 academic session. The decision was reached during the board’s annual policy meeting on admissions, held at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja. According to JAMB, the minimum benchmark…
President Bola Tinubu says the protection of Nigerian children requires deliberate and sustained action. Tinubu spoke on Thursday during the first regional meeting of the Africa Pathfinder Countries of the Global Alliance on Ending Violence Against Children. The event held at the presidential villa in Abuja. The president was represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima. Tinubu…
A couple, Adriana Machado Ribeiro, 42, and Marcone da Silva Cardoso, 26, tragically died after their car plunged off a 1,300ft cliff in Venda Nova do Imigrante, Brazil. The incident occurred on Monday, August 4, while the pair were reportedly making love inside the parked vehicle. Police officer Alberto Roque Peres, who is leading the…