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The Osun State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, led by Kazeem Oyewale, has backed the Police over the arrest of Wakeel Nurudeen Iyanda Alowonle. Alowonle, the Chairman of the Osun State Transport Management System, was arrested and shot on the stomach by the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Osun State Police Command late on Monday. Oyewale, who cleared the air that members of the union were law-abiding citizens and not criminals, implored the Police and other security operatives to fish out the killers of NURTW members murdered in November 2022 by unknown persons. In a statement…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Federal Ministry of Finance to immediately refund the 50 per cent deduction from the Nigerian Shippers’ Council’s account. The House also mandated the Federal Ministry of Finance to release all outstanding 2 percent Port Development Levy Surcharge funds owed to the Nigerian Shippers’ Council. Adopting a motion moved by Abba Ahmed Sani from Zamfara State, the Green Chamber equally mandated its Committees on Shipping Services, Finance, and Public Accounts to ensure compliance with the resolution. Presenting the motion, Sank said the Ministry of Finance deducted…

Professor Godwin Oyedokun, a don at Lead City University in Ibadan, has said the sack of some federal government workers who graduated from Benin Republic universities decrees is harsh and insensitive. Oyedokun said  this to DAILY POST in an interview on Tuesday. His reaction comes as a former Nigerian Senator and activist, Shehu Sani, on Monday announced that the federal government dismissed some workers with Benin Republic certificates. The dismissal comes amid the fake certificates saga earlier last year, following the revelation from a Nigerian journalist, Umar Audu, who exposed how he bought a Benin Republic certificate for N600,000. Reacting…

Lawmakers in the Kogi State House of Assembly have lamented the spate of illegal mining activities in the state. The lawmakers, who disclosed that the development was very worrisome, noted that the activities of illegal miners had increased insecurity. Speaking during a public hearing on a bill for a law to Prohibit the Issuance of Mining Permits in Kogi State and Other Matters Connected Therewith, 2024, the Chairperson, House Committee on Mining, Hon Omotayo Adeleye noted that when passed into law, it will help to track down illegal miners operating in the State. According to the lawmaker who is representing…

The Management of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, says a total of 385 students bagged first class honours in the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 combined convocation of the University. DAILY POST reports that 206 students bagged first class in 2021/2022 while 179 first class bagged first class in 2022/2023. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Lilian Salami disclosed this on Monday at the 49th/50 convocation and 54th Founders’ day media briefing in Benin City. Salami also disclosed that a total of 20,630 students would bag first degrees, Postgraduate Diplomas, Masters and PhDs at the combined convocation ceremonies. She gave the…

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has stated that he was not aware that his political associates bought votes on his behalf. This is coming a few hours after he emerged victorious in all the 18 local government areas of the state. DAILY POST reports that the incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was accused of vote-buying after his victory in the November 16 election. However, speaking in an interview with Channel TV on Sunday night, the governor noted that the oppositions are using the vote-buying allegation as an excuse for their loss. “I’m not aware of…

The leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement and the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has raised concerns over the Tinubu government’s preference for Lagos State against other states of the federation. To this end, Kwankwaso accused Lagos of attempting to dominate other regions in the country, particularly Kano, because of the overwhelming support it receives from the central government. Kwankwaso alleged that Lagos is meddling in Kano’s internal matters, including the selection of its emir. He made the claims during a speech at the convocation ceremony of Skyline University in Kano on Sunday.…

Gunmen suspected to be cultists have reportedly killed a soldier and four people at North Bank, a suburb of Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State. This dastardly act occurred on Friday night. In the past few weeks the North Bank area of Makurdi has been embroiled in rival cult clashes that has claimed several lives and properties. Eyewitness accounts disclosed that two yet-to-be-identified young men killed on Friday night were not members of any confraternity but victims of rampaging cultists. The chairman of the vigilante group known as Operation Shara in the North Bank, Nura Umar, said that four…

The Adamawa State Police Command has announced to the public that its operatives will conduct a one-day shooting range exercise at Counter Terrorism Unit base along Mubi Road, Girei Local Government Area. The exercise is scheduled for Thursday, November 21, 2024, from 6 am to 6 pm. The command, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, asks members of the public, especially those residing at Nas Radio Station, Sangere FUTY, Federal Housing, in Hayin Gada, to keep off the area. The statement, released on Saturday evening, advised the public not to panic at the sound of…

Award-winning Nigerian filmmaker Kunle Afolayan has stated that he once directed a movie without understanding its storyline. Afolayan stated this while narrating his work experience at the third edition of KAP Film & Television Academy’s Reel Circle. He narrated: “I was asked to direct something I know nothing about. I tried to bail out but I was convinced that I could do it. But I knew I didn’t know what I was going to do. I didn’t understand the storyline. It is an installation film; even at the time, I did not know what the installation film was. “I read…