The Kebbi State Government has expressed serious concerned over the abduction of the District Head of Kanya, Alhji Aliyu Isah Kanya in Danko Wasagu Local Government Areas. The District Head was kidnapped by suspected bandits alongside nine others. Ahmed Idris, Chief Press Secretary to Kebbi State Governor in a statement on Monday said that the state governor, Nasir Idris, Kauran Gwandu made the pledge in Birnin Kebbi while reacting to the development which he described as unfortunate. “The governor said he was highly disturbed on receiving the news of the abduction but assured that government in collaboration with security agencies…
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The ranks of the All Progressives Congress (APC) further swelled in Ekiti State on Monday, as Governor Biodun Oyebanji received the former female governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the 2022 election, Engr Kemi Elebute-Halle, into the ruling party. At the carnival-like event, Oyebanji assured the defector and her supporters that their future and political careers are guaranteed in the party. The governor gave the assurance on Monday when Elebute-Halle and hundreds of her supporters officially dumped ADP and joined the ruling party. Elebute-Halle was the candidate of the ADP in the June 18, 2022 governorship election,…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Monday to bring back all hostages still held by Palestinian militants in Gaza, as the country commemorated the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. Speaking at a solemn event marking the occasion, Netanyahu said, “On this day, in this place, and in many places across our country, we remember our dead, our hostages, whom we are obligated to bring back, and our heroes who fell in defense of the homeland and the nation. We went through a terrible massacre a year ago.” His remarks came just hours after the Hostages…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah launched 135 projectiles into Israel on Monday, according to the Israeli military, as the nation commemorated the first anniversary of Hamas’s deadly October 7 attack. Air raid sirens sounded across northern Israel throughout the day as tensions escalated. The barrage from Hezbollah came as Israel held solemn vigils and rallies, marking the anniversary of last year’s brutal Hamas assault, which left deep scars across the country. The missile strikes on Monday are part of the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, which have steadily worsened following a year of cross-border violence sparked by the 2023 conflict between Israel…
The Kogi State government has approved the sum of N72,500.00 as the minimum wage for state civil servants and local government workers. The State Governor, Usman Ododo, disclosed this while receiving the report of the State Minimum Wage Committee, which was set up by the government to look into the implementation of the new minimum wage for workers, at the banquet hall of the Government House in Lokoja on Monday. He also stated that consequential adjustments would be made to affect all categories of workers in the state, emphasizing that this move is in fulfillment of the promises made to…
Members of the All Progressives Congress under the aegis of APC Youth Solidarity Network have decried the alleged failure by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL to deliver on the Port Harcourt Refinery project despite a “$2 billion investment”. President of the group, Olayemi Isaac, who addressed journalists at a press conference on Monday alleged that the refusal to fix the refinery was a plot by some individuals to “sustain fuel subsidies, import blended fuel, and siphon taxpayers’ money”. The party group also demanded an immediate investigation and probe into the activities of the NNPCL boss, Mele Kyari and…
The Federal Mines Office in Kogi State has said it is not in any way in collaboration with the Kogi State government regarding the closing down of mining activities in the state. The Federal Mines Officer (FMO) in charge of the state, Engr B.F. Kuye, disclosed this in a statement to newsmen in Lokoja on Monday. DAILY POST recalls that the Kogi State government, last week Thursday, said in a statement that it had suspended all mining activities in the state in order to “have genuine mining data and clean up the sector to minimize or eradicate criminalities in totality.”…
The Rivers State Government has established a Local Government Election Tribunal and an Appeal Panel to oversee the just-concluded electoral process. In a statement on Monday by the Chief Registrar of the Rivers State High Court, David Ihua-Maduenyi, it was revealed that the tribunal, initially scheduled for inauguration on Friday, October 4, 2024, was officially inaugurated today, Monday, October 7, 2024, by the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi. The Local Government Election Tribunal members are Rosemary N. Ibanibo, Precious Dike, Emmanuel Evans-Dappa, Menenen Poromon, Grace Ikenyiri, Benedict Neenaador Kinakah, Chief Magistrates G. S. Minanyo and Mabel Amesi,…
Late on Sunday, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets at the northern Israeli city of Haifa, injuring eight people and causing significant damage, according to Israeli authorities. Around five rockets were fired, with one striking a roundabout near a supermarket and several apartment blocks in eastern Haifa. The Israeli military reported that it is investigating why its air defense systems failed to intercept the incoming rockets. Hezbollah claimed the attack was aimed at a military base south of Haifa in retaliation for the killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an Israeli airstrike last month. Elsewhere,…
A Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja has granted a bail variation to five #EndBadGovernance protesters. DAILY POST recalls that the court had earlier slammed N10M bail each on the ten members of the #endbadgovernance# protesters who were charged with attempt to overthrow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. However, Justice Emeka Nwite in his ruling, on Monday, reduced the amount from N10 million to N5 million each after the protesters were unable to meet their bail condition. Counsel to the first, second and fourth defendants told the court that some of the protesters were unable to secure sureties with landed property…