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By Ebunoluwa Sessou Lagos State House of Assembly has commenced consideration of the 2024 Statutory Audit Inspection Report on the accounts of the state’s 20 Local Government Areas, LGAs, and 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs. The exercise, being conducted by the House Committee on Public Accounts (Local), is expected to last two weeks and […]
A 27-year-old worker, Lucasz Dabrowski, has been jailed for 17 months after vandalising his employer’s Grade II-listed home and car during a dispute over his wages. Dabrowski reportedly went on a destructive spree at the home of his former boss, Abrar Mohammed, using a traffic cone and claw hammer to smash windows and damage the […]
By Omeiza Ajayi Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed how he and his allies worked to ensure that the Peoples Democratic Party PDP flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s Peter Obi lost the 2023 presidential election to President Bola Tinubu, describing it as a deliberate political strategy targeted at […]
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu will have an easy ride in the 2027 presidential election. Wike said the emerging opposition coalition would not pose a serious challenge to Tinubu. He added that the President would return to the Presidential Villa without facing much pressure. The […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed claims that he plans to relocate to Rivers State, saying he only intends to remain in touch with his people ahead of the 2027 general elections. Wike said he could not afford to remain in Abuja and rely solely on assurances from political […]
Laurence Tubiana is CEO of the European Climate Foundation and was formerly France’s Climate Change Ambassador and Special Representative for COP21 in Paris. The UN has released a report this week confirming what many people have feared: the world is going to pass 1.5C of warming. At current emissions, the remaining carbon budget will be […]
By Nnasom David The second edition of the Onídìrí Festival is set to celebrate African heritage, beauty, innovation and the creative economy in London. The festival, organised by Roots and Radiance Network CIC under the leadership of its Founder and CEO, Favour Ben, will hold on August 22, 2026, at The Ripple Centre, Barking, London, […]
By Kafayat Kokumo The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that worsening soil degradation threatens food production globally, as proven measures to protect and restore soils remain underused. The warning was contained in FAO’s ‘Status of the World’s Soil Resources 2026’ report, launched at the 17th Conference of the Parties […]
Cross River State Police Command has arrested five suspects and recovered five vehicles allegedly stolen from Akwa Ibom State and transferred to Cross River for resale. The suspects were arrested by operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit, VCRU, Satellite Town, Calabar, following intelligence on a suspected syndicate involved in the theft and distribution of […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says the recovered N1.23 trillion proceeds of crime over a 34-month period between October 2023 and July 2026 will not be found in the coffers of the Federal Government. The Director of Publicity for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said this on Tuesday during an interview on Arise Television’s […]
Plateau State chapter of Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, has debunked allegations that an unnamed Muslim organisation has established a religious and moral enforcement group operating under the umbrella of the Hisbah Corps in Jos North Local Government Area of the state. The JNI made the denial in a statement on Tuesday following outrage over allegations […]
Governments must slash emissions further and faster, and keep every climate promise they have made for the planet to be able to return to 1.5C of warming by the end of the century after an inevitable overshoot, a group of prominent climate scientists has said. In a flagship new report sketching out a way not […]
•Case postponed till September 28 Alex Enumah in Abuja Hearing in the suit seeking the disqualification of President Bola Tinubu and his party, All Progressives Congress (APC), from participating in the 2027 general election was yesterday stalled following the plaintiffs’ insistence on personally serving the court documents on the president. The presidential candidate of African […]
Michael Olugbode in Abuja Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has deepened his administration’s intervention in healthcare delivery with the commissioning and handover of a newly constructed 42-room patients’ apartment to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Maiduguri. The facility, built and funded by the Borno State Government, is intended to provide accommodation for […]
Two years after the collapse of the Namnai Bridge in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, which has remained unattended, another major road infrastructure in the state has suffered a similar fate, heightening concerns over the deteriorating condition of critical transport routes. The latest incident occurred last week along the Bali-Suntai Road, particularly around […]
Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Nicholas Baamlong, has confirmed the death of 23 people, while 143 suspected cases of infection have been recorded as a diphtheria outbreak sweeps across the state over the last two weeks. Baamlong, who disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Jos on Tuesday, said the state government and his […]
By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by the police in Cross River State over the alleged stabbing to death of a 20-year-old man, Uwem Daniel Akpan, following a misunderstanding. The incident occurred at about 7:30 p.m. yesterday at Peters Street, Awi, in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. Vanguard gathered […]
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — Chairman of the Northern Christian Association, NCA, Rev. John Hayab, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu deserves credit for projects being executed across the North, insisting that the region cannot honestly claim it has not benefited from the administration. Hayab, however, said the interventions had yet to address some of […]
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has warned lawyers involved in the suit seeking the disqualification of President Bola Tinubu from the 2027 presidential election against discussing the matter in the media or on social media. Justice Ekwo gave the warning on Tuesday while adjourning proceedings in the case instituted by […]
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was investigated over alleged drug-trafficking activities in the early 1990s. The confirmation was contained in a sworn declaration filed by the FBI on August 28, 2026, before the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The document was submitted […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has warned lawyers involved in a case challenging President Bola Tinubu’s eligibility for the 2027 presidential election not to discuss the matter in the media or on social media. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the warning on Tuesday while adjourning proceedings in a suit filed by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the […]
Lesotho is two years into a national state of disaster: US tariffs have gutted its garment factories, unemployment has passed 30%, and its main trade lifeline is guaranteed for less than a year. To understand how the mountain kingdom keeps ending up here, start almost forty years earlier.In 1987, something extraordinary happened in this small […]
Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto The Sokoto State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed the resignation of its former chairman, Alhaji Aliyu Bello Goronyo, saying he ceased to be the party’s leader nine months ago. Briefing journalists in Sokoto on Tuesday, the State Chairman of the party, Hon. Hayatu Tafida Aminu, said Goronyo’s […]
Suspected thugs allegedly attacked and severely injured the Secretary-General of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Uwheru Kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Edewor Akpedafe. The incident reportedly occurred during a meeting held at the residence of Olorogun Miller Uloho, Advisory Chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Council. It was […]
The Osun State Police Command has arrested six suspects over the alleged vandalism and theft of an electricity high-tension power line pole in Ikirun, Osun State. The suspects were arrested at about 6am at Eko-Ende Junction, Ikirun, while allegedly cutting the high-tension pole with a cutting machine powered by a generating plant. The command disclosed […]
The Delta State Government has terminated several contracts awarded by the previous administration over slow progress and failure by contractors to deliver the projects at the pace expected by the government. Among the projects affected are the Okerenkoko Township Road, the construction of Adjei Street and School Road with interlocking stones at a new layout […]
The year 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Women’s March against extending the dompas to the black women of South Africa. Every August, the commemoration of Women’s Month highlights the inheritances and unfinished legacies of women’s anti-apartheid resistance. This Women’s Month, it is timely to reflect on the legacies of women’s activism in […]
Across Africa, assisted reproductive technology (ART) is expanding at an unprecedented pace. Fertility clinics are opening in countries where, until recently, couples had little choice but to travel abroad, often to Europe, India, or within the continent South Africa—to access in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and related treatments. The costs of travel alone made this a […]
The question of why 70,000 Moroccans migrated to the Spanish-governed territories of Ceuta and Melilla within hours on 30 July – ‘Throne Day’, which is one of the most respectable celebrations of the Morocco Kingdom – still lingers in international media and haunts inquisitive minds. Commentators have talked extensively about the socio-economic and geopolitical incentives, […]
Gill Einhorn is head of the Forest Future Alliance and Natalie Çilem is community lead of the Global Wildfire Leadership Network. Wildfires have devastated communities across the world this summer, claiming lives, displacing thousands of people and leaving billions in economic damage in their wake. In Europe alone, wildfires have already caused an estimated €19 […]
By Omeiza Ajayi Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has described the death of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP National Vice Chairman (South-South), Daniel Orbih, as painful, saying he has lost a true friend and political associate. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, […]
The Idoma Area Traditional Council (IATC) has nullified chieftaincy titles reportedly conferred by the Ward Head of Akpoge/Ogbilolo in Ado Local Government Area of Benue State. The development comes days after the Deputy Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Chief Mrs Lami Danladi Ogenyi, was conferred with the title of “Ene Ebo Y’Agila”, […]
The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man, Bello Abubakar of Ganwo village, Yauri Local Government Area, over an alleged attempt to kill a commercial motorcycle rider and steal his bike. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bashir Usman, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday. According to the statement, the incident occurred […]
Sylvester Idowu in Warri A prominent Isoko industrialist and philanthropist, Chief Daniel Omoyibo, popularly known as ‘Danmotech’, has rallied the people of Isoko to close ranks and support the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, and the Senator representing Delta South, Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, ahead of the 2027 elections. Omoyibo made the call […]
The Olowo of Owo Kingdom, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye III, has sought the support of the Executive Chairman of Still Earth Group, Ms Oyindamola Lami Adeyemi, towards the successful hosting and promotion of the annual Igogo festival. The monarch requested during a courtesy visit to Adeyemi at her Banana Island residence in Lagos […]
By Daniel Abia P/Harcourt The President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Fegalo Nsuke, said there is no threat to ongoing negotiations between the federal government and the Ogoni people. Nsuke said that angry comments from some interest groups do not threaten the process, as the members of MOSOP, the […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly has commenced consideration of a proposal to increase the retirement age for magistrates in the state from 60 to 65 years. The development followed deliberations during Monday’s plenary on the Magistrate Courts Amendment Bill 2026, which seeks to strengthen the magistracy, retain experienced judicial officers and enhance the administration […]
Print article Share Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide (CO2). Methane traps heat in the atmosphere more efficiently than CO2, but has a significantly shorter lifespan, fading after just a few decades. Therefore, reducing emissions of methane – a gas primarily produced by agriculture, fossil […]
AI-driven innovative technology brand TECNO is set to showcase at IFA ShowStoppers 2026 a broad portfolio that reimagines technology through advanced innovations, distinctive design and more personalized experiences. Highlights include the Next-Gen Bezelless Concept Phone, 360° hinge touchscreen laptop MEGABOOK T15 360 Pro and the Tonino Lamborghini TECNO Collection. Visitors are invited to experience TECNO’s […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has issued a fresh summons to former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, over an alleged $14.86 million fraud. This came after the former governor accused the EFCC of conducting itself more as an organ of the All Progressives Congress, APC, than as an institution of the state. The […]
Fidelis David in Akure Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has unveiled the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s mobilisation plan for the 2027 general election, declaring that the party has only one structure in the state and must operate as one indivisible political family. Aiyedatiwa, who spoke at the APC Elders Council meeting in Akure, directed the […]
Co-conveners of the B.I.G. Conference, Jane Agadia, an entrepreneur and programmes manager, Tubo Layefa, have restated their commitment to the youth-focused initiative created to equip young people with practical knowledge, exposure, skills and opportunities to help them build meaningful futures. Agadia also announced the forthcoming launch of her book, The Opportunity Room, which captures lessons, […]
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a former Los Angeles gang member, was found guilty on Monday by a Las Vegas court of the 1996 murder of chart-topping rapper Tupac Shakur. Thirty years after the rap legend’s death, the jury found Davis, 63, guilty of murder after just a few hours of deliberation. “Count one, murder with […]
Bandits have allegedly attacked communities in Kano State for the third consecutive day, killing at least one person and abducting the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rogo Local Government Area. A source who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed to DAILY POST that the latest attack occurred in Beli village, Rogo LGA, […]
Former South Side Compton Crips gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been found guilty of the 1996 murder of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur, ending nearly three decades of uncertainty surrounding one of hip-hop’s most notorious killings. A 12-member jury in Las Vegas unanimously convicted the 63-year-old Davis of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon […]
Print article Share Every six to seven years, climate modelling groups around the world run a coordinated set of simulations that explore how the climate could change in the future. These simulations form a key line of evidence for future projections used in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment reports. They are built around […]
PAUL C NWABUIKWU writes that Okpebholo’s negative image is largely self-inflicted His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Edo State, Mr Monday Okpebholo approaches the routine task of making public speeches with all the wariness of a hyena who stumbled into lion territory. For some reason, the remarkable fellow who revels in the nickname “Akpakomiza” finds […]
By Dayo Johnson Ahead of the 2027 general elections, Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has pledged his support for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu and all APC candidates contesting for Senate, House of Representatives, and State House of Assembly seats in the state. Aiyedatiwa’s declaration put to rest speculations that he was supporting candidates […]
By Dayo Johnson Ondo State Government has commenced immediate remedial intervention on the damaged portion of the Iwaro–Oka Road in Oka-Akoko, a federal highway in Akoko South West Local Government Area. The intervention followed growing concerns over the recent damage on the road. Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa directed the Commissioner for Infrastructure, Lands and Housing, […]
When four members of Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms travelled to London in March 2026 to accept the Chatham House Prize on behalf of the movement, the ceremony was widely celebrated as a moment of recognition for one of the most remarkable grassroots humanitarian responses in recent memory. Since fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed […]