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A stalwart of the All Progressive Congress, APC, and national coordinator of the Disciples of Jagaban, Comrade Abdulhakeem Alawuje, has pleaded with Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu amid the current hardship in the country. Alawuje, in a statement, said that the situation will soon improve for the better when Nigerians will ask Tinubu to continue in office even beyond 2027. According to him, the current pains are temporary, and with collective support and patience, the nation is on the path to a brighter future under Tinubu’s leadership. He said that the President is well aware of the…

The Abia State Police Command has described the reports circulating online regarding the shooting incident that led to the death of a civilian around the Alaoji Flyover area in Aba as misinformation. In a clarification statement made available by ASP Maureen Chinaka, the spokesperson of the Abia State Police Command, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, said: “On the 14th of August, 2024, a team of Police officers from the Quick Intervention Unit of the Abia State Police Command was returning to Umuahia from an official assignment. Upon approaching Alaoji Flyover area in Aba, the team began hearing sporadic…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas to immediately disclose the exact amount of the monthly running costs, amounting to millions of naira, being paid to and received by members of the National Assembly, along with the spending details of such running costs. SERAP also urged Akpabio and Abbas to urgently end the alleged practice by the National Assembly of fixing its own salaries, allowances, and running costs, in conformity with the Nigerian Constitution of 1999 [as amended] and Nigeria’s international obligations. SERAP made…

A governorship aspirant of the Labour Party for next year’s election in Anambra State, John Nwosu, has rejected the proposed local government election by the state independent electoral commission. Nwosu, in a press release he signed and sent out, described the process as being hasty and purposefully intended to aid the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to capture the grassroots for next year’s election. He said: “The unbelievably contrived and hurried local government election purportedly scheduled for 28th September 2024 is stranger than fiction. “The governor is convinced that he can capture the Anambra State judiciary and use them to…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Lagos State Chapter, says the N35,000 wage award in the state should not be taken as part of or in lieu of the N70,000 new minimum wage recently passed into law. The State NLC Chairman, Funmi Sessi, who gave this explanation in Lagos on Friday, said the is concerned over a statement from a certain commission that the state was already paying more than N70,000 prescribed minimum wage to its employees. The union called for a new wage structure starting from the approved N70,000 to be worked out to reflect various cadre and salary grade…

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has petitioned the Chief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Josiah Majebi, over the unlawful detention of the publisher of Democracy News, Chief Femi Olugbemi, at the Kabba Correctional facility in the state. J.U. Usman, counsel to Kogi NUJ, noted in the petition that the President of Upper Area Court Kabba, Edwin Tebu, unlawfully detained Olugbemi over alleged criminal defamation. The petition, titled “Gross Abuse of Office, Reckless Exercise of Discretion and Unlawful Incarceration of Our Client,” read in part: “Our client, as a professional journalist, has observed the ethics of journalism in the discharge…

Evicted Big Brother Naija ‘No Loose Guard’ housemate, Nne of Ndi Nne pair, has tipped Mbadiwe Twins to emerge winners of the reality show this season. She made the prediction during a recent interview with Pulse. “I am rooting for Mbadiwe twins to win this season,” she said. Nne who was sent packing from the house on Sunday along with her aunty, Chinne, by custodians Streeze who picked an “evict only” box, claimed that they were evicted because the custodians considered them as “threat.” She further claimed that Streeze’s decision to evict them could be a revenge for the Ndi…

A fire outbreak destroyed a four-bedroom bungalow in Ilorin, Kwara State capital on Thursday. It was gathered that the incident occurred as a result of gas explosion caused by a housemaid. Spokesman of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, in a statement in Ilorin on Thursday, said the incident occurred at about 10:42 am, at No. 6, Phase 1, off Baba-Soja Street, Akerebiata, Ilorin East Local Government Area of the state capital. He said the fire crew responded immediately, racing to the scene to prevent further destruction. “Upon arrival, the firefighters encountered a bungalow with a four-bedroom flat fully…

Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi has described the seizure of aircraft in Nigeria’s Presidential Air Fleet as an international embarrassment. Obi said the development is yet another of many embarrassing incidents exposing the nation’s failed leadership and poor attitude to the rule of law in a democracy. DAILY POST learnt that the seizure followed the Ogun State Government’s failure to honour a $74.5 million award granted to a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited by an independent arbitral tribunal, chaired by the former President of the UK Supreme Court. The seized jets…

President Bola Tinubu has reportedly tipped Abdullahi Ganduje, National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for ambassadorial appointment in “any African country”, DAILY NIGERIAN exclusively reports. DAILY POST recalls that Ganduje took over as the National Chairman of the APC on August 3, 2023, following the resignation of Senator Abdullahi Adamu. According to the report, the President first delegated Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate to break the “bad news” to Ganduje. The report explained that the ambassadorial offer was aimed at saving him from the ongoing corruption trial he is currently facing in Kano. Recall that…