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Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested a middle-aged woman, Esther Obidigwe, and her two children, Ozioma and Obuka, for allegedly beating their 75-year-old patriarch in Awba-Ofemili, Awka North local government area of the state. The arrest followed a report from the victim, Mr Romanus Obidigwe, which he tabled at the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare. Obidigwe, a retired senior civil servant, while narrating his ordeal at the Ministry, said he had suffered much at the hands of his wife and children, including sexual starvation. “My family has been in the habit of beating me. In this…

President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe, has directed the branches of NBA branches to monitor the trials of the #EndBadGovernance protesters. Osigwe also stated that he has launched a pro bono support initiative for protesters who lack legal representation. He made this known in a post on his X handle on Wednesday. Osigwe disclosed that the recently established NBA’s Citizens’ Liberties Committee (NBA-CLC) has been positioned to ensure that no defendant suffers injustice. The post read: “I have directed the branches of the Nigerian Bar Association @NigBarAssoc to monitor the trials of the #EndBadGovernance protesters. Additionally, I have…

The Federal Government, through the Minister of Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, has vowed to get rid of bandits and other criminal gangs terrorizing northwest. This is amid the arrival of the Minister of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa and other top military officials in Sokoto on Tuesday, with the aim of leading a military onslaught against the bandits and other criminals bedeviling the North West region DAILY POST recalls that the Federal Government last Friday ordered the military to relocate its command structure to Sokoto State, address the soaring banditry activities, urging the CDS to…

The Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has directed organisations utilising Supernumerary Police, SPY, personnel to heed to the new standardised uniforms of the officers. Egbetokun gave the directive on Tuesday in Abuja at the inauguration of the new standard Supernumerary Police uniforms. “As we relaunch these uniforms and kits, we mandate all organisations utilising SPY Police personnel to strictly adhere to these new standardised uniforms. “The Force Quartermaster and personnel across the states will provide guidance on the registration and acquisition. “All Police Training Schools are instructed to adopt the new uniform issuance model for SPY Police personnel,” he said.…

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed the Labour Party Chairman in Igumale Ward 1 of Ado Local Government Area of Benue State, Mr. Sunday Oche. The deceased was said to have been shot dead in an ambush while on his way from the farm in the company of five others, who escaped with serious injuries. A friend of the deceased, who pleaded anonymity, revealed that the victims had on Monday gone to a farm in Igumale and while on their way back, ran into an ambush by the armed herdsmen. “There were six of them who went to the…

The leadership of Deeper Life Church has distanced itself from the claim of a 60-year-old man, Obatayo Adetunji, accused of having carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old girl. DAILY POST reports that the suspect had claimed to be a pastor in the church. While disclosing that the suspect was not affiliated with the Deeper Life Ministry as a pastor, the church, in a statement issued by Oka Regional Overseer, Pastor Oludu David, condemned alleged rumour circulating on social media that Adetunji was a pastor in the region. According to the church, Adetunji is neither a pastor nor a worker at Deeper…

The Yobe State Government has laid to rest 34 victims of a brutal attack on the Mafa community, believed to have been carried out by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The attack, which occurred on Sunday, is described as the worst in the state since the Boko Haram insurgency began 14 years ago. The burial was led by the deputy governor of Yobe State, Idi Barde-Gubana, who conducted the funeral prayers for the deceased. During the ceremony, the deputy governor expressed deep sympathy for the victims’ families and pledged that the state government would work closely with the federal government to…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has expressed dismay over the increment in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also referred to as petrol, saying it is a betrayal of Nigerians, especially the working class. President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, made the reservations on Tuesday, saying part of the reasons why the union accepted the N70,000 minimum wage was as a result of an understanding that there would be no further increase in the price of fuel. Nigerians woke up to a sudden increase in the price of fuel from the official price of N617 to N897 per…

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, has inspected a burnt major store at the state-owned Specialist Hospital, Yola, alleging the likelihood of sabotage. It became public knowledge towards evening on Tuesday that a store of the hospital containing furniture and equipment was torched earlier, in the night of Monday, September 2. Observers of happenings at the hospital who were quick to recollect that the same store was destroyed by fire in June 2021, concluded that sabotage was likely. Governor Fintiri voiced the same opinion when he visited the place on Tuesday, saying the Specialist Hospital Yola is a “collective heritage…

President Bola Tinubu who is currently in Beijing has seized the opportunity to visit the China Railway Construction Corporation, CRCC, where he acknowledged the company’s role as a reliable partner in Nigeria’s infrastructure development programme, commending its ongoing railway projects in the country. The President noted, ”It is equally very important that we give assurances to the Nigerian people across our local communities that the Ibadan-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano railway segments will be completed and done to the satisfaction of Nigeria and West Africa at large. ”We will support your investment in solid minerals and other ventures in Nigeria. I am here to…