Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party, nPDP, and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has called out President Bola Tinubu for failing to mention the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, when he addressed the crisis rocking Rivers State. Eze commended Tinubu for intervening in the crisis which rocked some parts of the state after the local government elections but wondered why Wike, who is widely alleged to be a key player, was nowhere mentioned in the statement signed by the President’s aide, Bayo Onanuga. DAILY POST reported that Tinubu…
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Popular Nollywood actress, Annie Idibia has been named among 100 Most Influential Women in Africa. Annie was named in the group on Monday, October 7 2024, by Glocal Unity Women International. Reacting to the news on her Instagram story, Annie described the recognition as a ‘loud one’. She wrote: “Ok, guys!! This one Loud. I am still rubbing my eyes. Pitching myself. So grateful!! Child of Grace. Na me be this?? “100 Most Influential in the entire African continent and the world. What?” Annie Idibia named among 100 most influential women in Africa
Popular American rapper and YouTuber, DDG, has reacted to the backlash he received after breakup with his baby mama, Halle Bailey. DAILY POST reports that the singer announced a breakup with Bailey via his Instagram page on Thursday October 3 2024, explaining that the split was based on a mutual agreement. However, reacting to the backlash received from fans on social media, DDG noted that he and Bailey remain family. Speaking in a viral interview with ‘No Ordinary podcast’ on Monday, the rapper said, “I have announced that we have split up, right? It happens, Halle is still family and…
The Industrial Training Fund, ITF, has announced Osun State as its South-West zonal headquarters. This was announced in a statement issued by the Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi on Tuesday. Alimi in the statement said the development was disclosed to the Special Adviser to Governor Ademola Adeleke on Technical and Vocational Education, Arch Dapo Ademola-Adesina, by the ITF management on Monday. The statement by Alimi recalled that Ademola-Adesina had on May 30, 2024, during a courtesy visit to the agency, proposed a collaboration with the Osun State Board for Technical and Vocational Education in the…
Ahead of the 2027 elections, the Chief Executive Officer of TheChoice9e9ja, Caleb Udeoha, has said Nigerians can leverage on technology to vote out non-performing political office holders. Udeoha spoke in an interview on Arise Television while unveiling TheChoice9ja, a digital platform on which Nigerians can rank the performance of elected political leaders. He said Nigerians can use technology to hold their leaders accountable. According to him, political office holders will be assessed and ranked on the platform based on their campaign promises, as well as other relevant key performance indicators (KPIs) that are relevant to their offices. Udeoha said, “This…
French authorities have ordered Omar, the son of slain Al Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, to leave the country. The 43-year-old has been asked to leave over posts on social media, according to France’s new interior minister, Bruno Retailleau. Omar was born in Saudi Arabia and has also lived in Sudan and Afghanistan. He left his father at 19 and eventually moved to Normandy in northern France in 2016. However, on Tuesday, Retailleau said on X (former Twitter) that Omar bin Laden had “posted comments on his social networks in 2023 that advocated terrorism”. “As a result, the prefect of…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has condemned the Rivers State Police Command and the Department of State Services, DSS, accusing them of colossal failures, inaction and passive compromise of intelligence. HURIWA said it was their inaction that paved the way for the coordinated arson attacks by economic and political terrorists in some local councils in the Ikwerre axis. HURIWA, in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, said both security agencies did nothing to prevent the massive invasion of local councils by armed political terrorists. DAILY POST reports that suspected political thugs had set…
The Supreme Court has shifted hearing in a suit filed by the Kogi State Government against the Federal Government, challenging the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe state government finances. The suit has been adjourned to October 22. Justice Uwani Abba-Aji fixed the date on Tuesday after taking arguments from Attorneys General of about 15 other states who have joined Kogi State in the legal battle against the Federal Government. At Tuesday’s proceedings, the apex court granted the request of Benue, Niger, Katsina, Oyo, Ondo, Cross River, Enugu and Jigawa among others to be made…
No fewer than 40 fishermen have jointly killed a mother hippopotamus that killed Malam Usman Maigadi, a guard at Orchard Farm owned by the Emir of Yauri, Dr Muhammad Zayyanu-Abdullahi, on September 22. NAN gathered that the fishermen armed with bows and arrows, killed the hippopotamus in Yauri River, Yauri Local Government Area, on Monday. Confirming the development, the Chairman of Yauri LGA, Alhaji Abubakar Shu’aibu, said the animal was killed by the fishermen following a directive from the Emir of Yauri. ”If you could recall, the hippo killed Yauri Emir’s guard and another farmer in September. ”We can’t keep…
The Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Public Integrity, CFTPI, has announced that the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, ranked highest in the 2024 Transparency and Integrity Index. This was disclosed at the unveiling of the Transparency and Integrity Index 2024 on Tuesday, in collaboration with the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, BPRS, in Abuja. Dr Umar Yakubu, Executive Director CFTPI, explained that the principles used for the ranking followed global best practices and United Nations Conventions on Anti-Corruption. The index ranked 514 selected Nigerian government institutions and showed that NOSDRA scored 77.92 percent. In his remarks, the…