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Amid the economic hardship in Nigeria, activist cum politician, Aisha Yesufu, has described President Bola Tinubu as a bad person. Yesufu was reacting to Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume’s remark that those Tinubu surrounds himself with are behind Nigeria’s economic hardship. Ndume had said some individuals are behind the “harmful policies” under Tinubu-led administration rather than focusing on controlling inflation and stabilising the exchange rate. Ndume said these people are working to undermine Tinubu’s administration, while expressing concerns over the rising prices of fuel, food, and essential goods. He said: “Those who are bent on making the President look bad…

Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has donated relief funds to the families of 16 officers involved in a fatal motor accident on September 24, 2024, while returning to Kano after elections special duty in Edo State. DAILY POST recalls that police personnel had an accident along Zaria-Kano Expressway, at Karfi Kura, leading to the death of some officers, while 11 others sustained various degrees of injury In a statement, Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said: “In a decisive response to this tragic event, the IGP donated compensatory payment of N10 million each to the families of the five…

The chancellor of Covenant University, Bishop David Oyedepo, said on Friday that since the inception of the institution, he has not earned any wages. Oyedepo, who is the founder of Living Faith Church, disclosed this during Covenant University’s 19th convocation. The clergyman stressed that the success stories and personal growth of the students have been his true rewards. During the event, the institution conferred first and higher degrees and presented prizes to a total of 1,607 graduates. Oyedepo highlighted their contributions to various sectors such as aviation, fashion, banking, and ICT. “I said this before God. I have not earned…

The Police Command in Borno State has re-arrested a convict, Kyari Kur, who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Maiduguri. Kur also known as Henry, escaped from the facility in September after part of the perimeter fence collapsed due to a major flood incident. The Police Public Relations Officer, of the Borno command, ASP Nahum Daso, stated that Kur was apprehended on Thursday after police at Gubio Divisional Headquarters received credible intelligence about his movements. In a statement on Friday, Daso said that the police acted swiftly and arrested the convict in Gubio town. “The Police Command in…

Retired Assistant Comptroller-General ACG of Immigration, Sunday Fagbamigbe, has revealed that Nigeria has over 320 unmanned illegal border routes, which fuels insecurity in the country. Fagbamigbe, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Friday warned that the illegal routes will “provide avenues for insecurity, proliferation of arms, and dumping of unwholesome goods in the country.” He also said that the porous borders had also encouraged the thriving illegal drug and human trafficking all over the country. The former immigration boss advised the Federal Government to strengthen border security by investing in advanced technologists like electronic sensors,…

UNICEF has prevented one million doses of vaccines to the Borno State government in line with efforts to vaccinate residents against cholera. Prof. Baba Mallam, the state’s Commissioner for Health and Human Services, disclosed this while receiving 669,569 doses of the vaccines in Maiduguri. Represented by the Director of Disease Control and Immunisation in the Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Board, Fati Ali, Mallam explained that the initiative is timely, considering the potential outbreak of waterborne diseases following the recent floods in the state. He added, “UNICEF is one of the partners supporting and collaborating with the state 100 per…

The Rivers State Government has responded to the Court of Appeal’s decision, which upheld the Federal High Court’s ruling that nullified the N800 billion budget passed by four members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Edison Ehie. In a statement signed on Thursday by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Israel Dagogo Iboroma, SAN, the state government emphasised that the Appeal Court’s judgment did not reinstate the Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the assembly. Justice Iboroma clarified that Amaewhule and 26 others had defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, on…

The Senate on Thursday in Abuja strongly condemned the recent local government elections conducted in many states for chairmen and councillors describing them as sham and rape of democracy. It consequently vowed to do the needful about the charade for survival of democracy in Nigeria through required constitution amendments. Condemnation of local government elections by the Senate followed a motion sponsored by the Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Abba Moro (PDP, Benue South) on local government election conducted in Benue State last Saturday which he described as a sham. Seconding the motion, Senator Emmanuel Udende (APC, Benue North East)…

The Ondo State House of Assembly on Thursday halted the legislative process of granting approval to the 2024 supplementary budget over the failure of the Commissioner for Finance, Mrs. Omowumi Isaac, to honour the invitation of the parliament. The lawmakers who were infuriated over the decision of the Finance Commissioner to snub them despite being summoned threatened to issue a bench warrant against her. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa had sent a bill to the Assembly to amend the 2024 appropriation bill on the consolidated revenue fund of the state of a sum of N487,437 billion. With the sum of N246,198 earmarked…

Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has said that the worsening economic situation under President Bola Tinubu’s administration is fuelling mental health cases, among other factors. Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, stated this in his message as Nigeria joined the global community on Thursday to commemorate this year’s World Mental Health Day. In a post on his X handle, the LP presidential candidate in the 2023 general election said mental health remains one of the critical health issues not given the due attention it deserves in Nigeria. He lamented that suicide cases in the country, fuelled…