The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has urged the Edo State Governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, to do everything possible to fulfill his campaign promises to the people of the state. DAILY POST reports that Senator Monday Okpebholo, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared the winner of the September 21, 2024, governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Okpebholo polled a total of 291,667 votes to defeat his closest rival, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 247,566 votes. The Benin monarch made the call when he received the governor-elect and…
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Popular comedian and satirist, Dan Bello Galadanci, has criticised the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, of prioritising personal projects over urgently needed reforms in education and healthcare. In a series of viral videos seen by DAILY POST, Galadanci alleged that while the governor boasts of infrastructural achievements, the state’s schools and hospitals remain in bad condition, with funds allegedly diverted to fund the governor’s own residence and other non-essential projects. Galadanci also vowed to continue his campaign, challenging corruption and neglect in Bauchi and across Northern Nigeria. In one of the three different videos he posted on TikTok, Dan Bello…
More than two weeks after the conduct of the off-cycle governorship election in Edo State, the women’s wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) staged a peaceful protest on Tuesday, demanding the declaration of the party’s candidate, Asue Ighodalo, as the winner of the election. DAILY POST reports that the women, who thronged out in large numbers wearing black attire, alleged that the mandate freely given to the party’s governorship candidate was stolen by the electoral umpire and handed over to the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo. The women vowed to continue the protest until their mandate…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, has said that two of the three Bus and Taxi Terminals under construction by FCT Administration will be ready in January. Wike, who made this known when he inspected the ongoing projects in Abuja on Tuesday, said when completed, no bus or taxi would be allowed to operate on FCT road, adding that everybody would move to the various terminals. He expressed satisfaction with the pace of work inaugurated in July, barely three months ago, stressing that the contractor was given 15 months to deliver the three terminals at…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, has reinstated the military’s continuous onslaught against banditry and terrorism in the country. Lagbaja stated this on Tuesday in Oziokutu, in the Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State, during the commissioning of the Chief of Army Staff Special Intervention Civil-Military Cooperation Project at the Model Primary Healthcare Centre. Represented by the General Officer Commanding Two Division, Nigerian Army, Major General O.G. Onubogu, the Chief of Army Staff said, “We are on the lookout for bandits and terrorists who do not want the people of Kogi State to sleep. “We are…
The Abia State Government has granted approval to the state’s Ministry of Education to provide funds and running costs for the offices of Heads of Schools in the state. This move is intended to address issues of illegal fee collections and alleviate pressure on school heads. The decision follows allegations that some schools have been collecting illegal fees from pupils in primary and secondary schools. Addressing journalists at Government House Umuahia after this week’s State Executive Council (SEC) meeting, presided over by Governor Alex Otti, the Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, stated that the move aligns with the ongoing reforms…
Former Manchester United goalkeeper, Peter Schmeichel, has identified Thomas Tuchel as the manager who is ‘good’ for the club. Schmeichel also expressed his desire to support current Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag, who is current under intense pressure amid the club’s poor form this season. Ten Hag’s side is currently in 14th position on the Premier League table following their recent goalless draw with Aston Villa last weekend. “With the last two jobs Thomas Tuchel had, at Chelsea and at Bayern Munich, he was at those two clubs at the wrong time,” Schmeichel said on the Seaman Says podcast…
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has approved the establishment of a Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the arson, killings, and wanton destruction of property at the local government council headquarters that occurred on or around Monday, October 7, 2024. In a statement, the Secretary to the State Government, Tammy Danagogo, noted that the governor’s authority to establish the commission is derived from Section 2 of the Commissions of Inquiry Law, Cap 30, Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria, 1999. According to the statement, the members of the commission are: Justice I.R. Minakiri as Chairman, Inyingi Brown as Secretary, and Felicia…
A Jimeta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yola on Tuesday ordered that a couple, Abubakar Yuguda and Fatima Abubakar, be remanded for allegedly maltreating two minors. Chief Magistrate Musa Adamu ordered that the first defendant, Abubakar, and the second defendant, Yuguda, both of Makama B Ward, Yola Town, be remanded at the correctional facility until October 21. Adamu said the decision was to follow up on further investigation and witnesses to corroborate the first defendant’s plea of guilt and to commence the hearing for the second defendant. NAN reports that the first defendant pleaded guilty to the two-count charge bordering on…
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Tuesday revealed that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, will face disgrace in Abuja. Primate Ayodele described Wike’s fight with Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State as an attempt to fight God while warning him to stop the political crisis to avoid being forgotten. This is coming on the heels of the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State due to the power tussle between Wike and Fubara. In a statement signed by the prophet’s media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele warned both parties not to…