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The First Lady of Edo State, Mrs Betsy Obaseki, has dismissed allegations that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has planned to influence the outcome of next Saturday’s governorship election in favour of the All Progressives Congress, APC, using “federal might.” DAILY POST reports that the Edo First Lady said this while responding to questions during an online television interview. “President Tinubu is smarter and wiser. He is not at their level at all. I also want to praise former President Muhammadu Buhari for his democratic stance and using federal power only to safeguard voters, not to tamper with election results,” she…

The air component of Operation Delta Safe conducted two separate missions targeting specific sites along the Imo River, including the areas of Owaza, Uzaku, Obuzor, Osuaku, and Obiaku. Group Captain Kabiru Ali, Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, said in a statement that NAF aircraft were assigned to provide close air support to ground troops near the Imo River. However, due to discrepancy between the initial coordinates and the troops’ updated location, the aircrew proceeded to conduct armed reconnaissance in the areas of Owaza and Uzaku. During this operation, they identified an active illegal refining site at…

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted thundery and rainy weather conditions from Tuesday to Thursday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Monday in Abuja forecasts thunderstorms over parts of Bauchi, Kebbi, Taraba, Kano, Katsina, Adamawa and Kaduna states during the morning hours on Tuesday. According to the agency, thunderstorms are expected over the entire region later in the day. “In the North Central region, thunderstorms are expected over parts of Kogi, Benue, Plateau, Federal Capital Territory, Nasarawa and Niger states during the morning hours. “Later in the day, thunderstorms are expected over the Federal Capital Territory, Kwara,…

The traditional head of Kofare Wauru Jabbe in Yola South Local Government Area, Adamawa State, the Mai Jimilla, Bashiru Ahmadu, has commenced a regime of night patrols with youths and local security guards around his community. The patrols are meant to deter bandits, kidnappers and armed robbers who have recently been troubling the community. The Kofare Wauro Jabbe traditional ruler spearheads the community-led night patrols to secure the community with the participation of security personnel, residents, and youths. “His involvement has united the entire community, setting an example of leadership and dedication,” a resident of the community, Gansi Gabriel said,…

The Yobe State Government has confirmed four persons dead from acute diarrhoea in Gujba Local Government Area. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Lawan Gana, made this disclosure to newsmen in Damaturu on Monday. Gana said the disease was detected in Jangalawaji and Tadandara settlements in Gujba Ward. According to him, both villages were among the areas ravaged by recent floods in the state. The Commissioner explained that samples of the victims were collected and undergoing examination. He urged the public not to panic, as the government was doing everything possible to address the situation. He denied claims of an…

The Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed the killing of three people accused of witchcraft. The Command, in a statement signed by police image maker, Suleiman Nguroje, said the complainants gave the names of the victims of the brutal killing as Lazarus Bashiru, Galion Isa, and Ajasko Yakubu. “On the 14/9/2024, one Dogara Sabon Reza and Jeri Dogara reported at Tigno Divisional Police Headquarters that one Salestina Bala and her collaborators conspired, tortured and killed three people who they accused of witchcraft,” the Command said. The victims and suspected culprits are residents of Lamurde Local Government Area. Condemning the extra-judicial…

The Yobe State Police Command says the body of a 25-year-old man murdered by unknown persons has been recovered in the Nayi-Nawa area of Damaturu. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, noting that the deceased was identified as Lawan Adamu. “On September 15, at about 2230hrs, ‘A’ Division Police Headquarters, Damaturu, received a distress call reporting a corpse with deep cuts. Police arrived to find the victim with deep throat cuts and multiple stab wounds. A blood-stained knife was recovered at the scene. “The body was removed to General Hospital Damaturu,…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized 2.4 million tramadol pills in Gombe State. The NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made the announcement in Abuja on Sunday. According to Babafemi, the operation, carried out on September 14, led to the arrest of three suspects on the Bauchi-Gombe road. They were apprehended while traveling in a truck marked GME 552 ZU. Babafemi added that the drugs were concealed within bags of salt. In a separate operation in Kaduna State on September 10, a suspect identified as Idris Adamu, 23, was arrested in Kachia town…

Matthew Hassan-Kukah, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, has stated that candidates cannot be forced to sign a peace accord ahead of the 2024, Edo governorship election. DAILY POST reports that the signing of the peace accord was in the instance of the National Peace Committee headed by the former Nigeria’s Head of State, General Abdulsalam abubakar to shun electoral violence during elections. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, shunned the pre-election peace accord, which has become an electoral ritual in the last decade. However, speaking about the development on Sunday, during the Edo Election Security Townhall programme in…

Dangote Refinery has hit out at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) for claiming they bought fuel from them at N898 per litre. https://dailypost.ng/2024/09/15/dangote-sold-fuel-to-us-at-n898-per-litre-nnpcl/ A statement made available to DAILY POST on Sunday and signed by Anthony Chiejina, the Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer of Dangote Company, debunked those claims. Chiejina described it as “misleading and mischievous” and urged Nigerians to wait for “a formal announcement on the pricing, by the Technical Sub-Committee on Naira-based crude sales to local refineries, appointed by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, which will commence on October 1, 2024.” It read:…