The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has reduced the pump price of petrol following the resolution of recent supply glitches at the Dangote Refinery. Checks by DAILY POST revealed that the state-owned oil firm adjusted its retail price to ₦945 per litre, down from ₦955, reflecting a ₦10 reduction. The new price has already…
President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria formally handed over the leadership of the regional bloc to President Julius Maada Bio, marking the end of his two-year tenure as Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The development was confirmed in a statement on Sunday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Tinubu on…
Yesterday, Hon. Kevin Solomon Olaolu, the Senior Special Assistant on Student Affairs to the Ondo State Governor graced the highly anticipated Leadership Symposium organized by the National Association of Ondo State Students (NAOSS). The event, held at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, witnessed the presence of student leaders, government officials, and stakeholders from across…
A couple escaped death on Wednesday after a container fell on their Lexus Jeep at the Toyota bus stop on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, Lagos state. In a statement on Thursday, the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, stated that the incident occurred in the evening after a distress call. According…
Former presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu has claimed that former President Goodluck Jonathan offered ex-Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, a slot of Coordinating Minister of the Economy, if he withdraws from the 2027 race to support him. Kachikwu made the claim at a press conference in Abuja on Friday….
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has launched the second phase of the Livestock Fattening Programme under the Kano Agro-Pastoral Development Project to reduce poverty and encourage economic independence. According to a statement by his spokesperson, Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa, the programme focuses on empowering women in all 44 local government areas by providing livestock to promote entrepreneurship…
A man who went on a stabbing rampage in France, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist act”, was on a terrorism watchlist and subject to deportation orders, according to authorities. The knife-wielding suspect, later identified by prosecutors as a 37-year-old Algerian-born man, was arrested at the…
Turkey on Friday blocked access to the Instagram social media network, the national communications authority said without explanation, following censorship accusations against the US company by a high-ranking Turkish official. The BTK communications authority said in a post on its website that “instagram.com has been blocked by a decision on the date of 02/08/2024”, without…
Olle community in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi has come under attack following an invasion by suspected bandits on friday killing two and abducted several people along farm routes in the area. According to report, the bandits struck residents on their way to their farms, killing at least two people during the assault. The…
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has called for calm over tariff threats by United States (US) President Donald Trump. On Monday, after his presidential inauguration, Trump threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada for failing to meet US immigration standards by February 1. At the 2025 World Economic…
