A Lagos High Court Sitting in Ikeja has adjourned the arraignment and plea bargain outcome of convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans till November 21. Hearing in the plea bargain application filed by the kidnap kingpin, could not proceed on Thursday due to the absence of the Evans and his counsel in court. The prosecution, the Lagos State Government was also absent. Evans and his co-defendant, Joseph Emekam are standing trial on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, kidnapping and attempted murder preferred against them by Lagos Government. At the last sitting of the court on May…
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Super Eagles defender, Ola Aina, has revealed that winning a trophy with the national team would be the best thing that will happen to him as a footballer. The Nottingham Forest star was part of the Super Eagles squad that came close to winning the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, title in February 2024. Recall that Nigeria lost 2-1 against Ivory Coast in the 2023 AFCON final. Speaking to Dangolo ahead of the Super Eagles’ 2025 AFCON qualifier with Libya on Friday, the Nottingham Forest said: “It’s a privilege to play for the Super Eagles. It’s a dream for…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says that troops have in the last one week, eliminated 165 terrorists, apprehended 238 others and rescued 188 kidnapped hostages in different operations across the country. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations of the armed forces on Thursday in Abuja. Buba said the military also recovered 153 assorted weapons and over 2,000 assorted ammunition comprising 81 AK-47 rifles, 23 fabricated rifles, 27 Daneguns, and 30 AK-47 magazines among other items during the week. He added that the troops also recovered over 1,500 rounds of…
The Nigerian Government has said the decision of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, to increase petrol price to N1,030 per liter is based on economic realities. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris said this on Thursday. The NNPCL had on Wednesday increased fuel pump price to N1030 per liter in the Federal Capital Territory. Reacting to the latest fuel price hike, the minister attributed it to global energy market conditions. He clarified that the NNPCL’s decision was not influenced by the government but by market forces in line with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Idris…
Some sports journalists who were travelling to Uyo, through Anambra State, to cover a football event in Awka Ibom State, have been kidnapped. The Super Eagles will take on Libya in an African Nations Cup qualifier in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Friday. A source told DAILY POST that the journalists, who were about 11 in number, were travelling in a bus through Iseke, around the Ihiala area of Anambra, when they were kidnapped. The incident was said to have happened on Wednesday. Another source said on Thursday morning that nine of the journalists have been rescued, while one is…
Long queues remained up to past noon Thursday around filling stations in the Adamawa State capital, Yola, where petrol seized by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is being auctioned to members of the public. Customs’s Operation Whirlwind which has been fighting against illegal diversion of petrol from Nigeria to neighbouring countries had held a news briefing earlier on Wednesday, October 9, announcing that the seized petrol would be auctioned. It had risen from the press briefing at the Adamawa/Taraba Area Command headquarters in Yola to officially flag off the auction sale at the two designated stations. The auction sale continued…
Social media critic, VeryDarkMan, real name Vincent Otse, has revisited the circumstances surrounding the death of the late singer Ileriouluwa Aloba, known as Mohbad. DAILY POST recalls that Mohbad died on September 12 2023 under questionable circumstances and was buried the following day. Since his passing, numerous efforts by his family, authorities, and other stakeholders to uncover the truth about his death have been unsuccessful. In a recent reevaluation of the case, VDM released a new video asserting that justice for Mohbad remains out of reach. VDM had earlier demanded a DNA test to be conducted, alleging Mohad’s wife Wunmi…
The Nigerian Navy has announced that its troops from Operation Delta Sanity have achieved significant success in the Niger Delta region, deactivating 124 illegal refining sites and arresting 55 suspected oil thieves and illegal refinery operators over the past four months. The Flag Officer Commanding Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Samson Bura, made this known to journalists in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Thursday. He noted that 116 wooden boats, 543 dugout pits, and 64 storage tanks were also deactivated, along with the arrest of 6 vessels in the last four months. Rear Admiral Bura added that various items and equipment…
The Nigeria Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has reacted to reports that its visa clearance requires a married woman to bring a letter of approval to travel from her husband. Reports had emerged on social media that married women must also submit a photograph of their husband before they are issued clearance. But Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, in a statement on Thursday said the requirement was stopped and is not mandatory. According to him, the inclusion of that item arose following some ugly developments in some source countries. He, however, assured Nigerians that the item had been…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has rejected claims of poor treatment by Libya captain Faisal Al-Badri. The NFF insisted that the Libyan Football Federation (LFF) created chaos for its own team, the Mediterranean Knights. NFF’s Assistant Director (Protocol), Emmanuel Ayanbunmi, said the Libya Federation only informed the NFF that its team was landing in Port Harcourt, and not Uyo, only three hours to the team’s arrival on Tuesday. Ayanbunmi added that the Libyan delegation jettisoned road transportation arrangements made for them by the NFF and instead hired buses on their own. “If they travelled on buses that were not air-conditioned,…