Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old man, Jafar Mohammed, over the alleged abduction and rape of a 16-year-old girl. The suspect, a resident of Zango Ward in Bauchi metropolis, was arrested in October 2026 at ...

The camp of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to face Nigerians at the ballot and not hide behind Ebola. Atiku’s senior media aide, Phrank Shuaibu, made the call in a ...

The General Overseer of Daystar Covenant Assembly, Apostle Tony Dorofi, has decried greed, jealousy, tribalism and unhealthy rivalry among Pentecostal pastors, warning that the practice is undermining the growth and unity of the church in Taraba State and Nigeria. Dorofi ...

Nigerian gospel singer, Yinka Alaseyori, seems to have finally reconciled with Tope Alabi after five years of public malice. DAILY POST recalls that the fight between the two ministers started in June 2021 after Tope Alabi publicly criticised Alaseyori’s hit ...

Traders in Onitsha, Anambra State, have petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, over alleged threats, intimidation and the demolition of commercial buildings linked to a dispute over market leadership and property ownership. The traders, operating under the Association of ...

Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, has faulted former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over his gloomy assessment of Nigeria’s economy and democracy. Barau said the Tinubu administration is addressing longstanding challenges, but government must improve communication of its efforts. He spoke in ...

Arise News anchor, Rufai Oseni, has said that the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has been whipped back in line. Speaking during Arise Television’s ‘Morning Show’ on Wednesday, Rufai said the whole crisis in Rivers State is all about personal ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senatorial candidate for Ogun Central, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State of being afraid to face a fair contest over the omission of Hon. Ladi Adebutu’s name from ...

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, has explained how the agency’s newly introduced tokenised payment system will change the way Nigerian students pay their school fees. Speaking during a briefing with journalists on Wednesday, ...

A coalition of United States-based pro-Biafra activists, Rising Sun Foundation USA, has challenged Nigerian legal practitioners to produce any precedent of a court convicting an accused person with a repealed law. The challenge was informed by the argument advanced by ...

Odofin, who is the 12th prosecution witness, PW12, in the ongoing trial of the immediate past Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Abubakar Sirika, and three others, said this on Wednesday while being cross examined by counsel for Al Buraq, Michael ...

The Federal High Court in Lagos has refused to grant businessman and social media influencer, Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as KC Luxury, bail on medical grounds following his ongoing trial over alleged cocaine trafficking and money laundering. Justice Musa ...

The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, in Zamfara State has vowed to remain steadfast in its 2027 governorship ambition, insisting that criticism and alleged falsehoods will not derail its plans to “salvage” the state. The party’s publicity secretary, Kassim Almustafa Kayatawa, ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 19 suspected cybercrime fraudsters following a sting operation at Applewood Estate, Orchid Road, Lekki, Lagos State. The anti-graft agency said the operation targeted individuals suspected of defrauding unsuspecting victims through gift ...

Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has said Nigeria would have accumulated substantial wealth if successive administrations had protected public funds and allowed them to generate interest in banks. Obi made the statement during a radio interview in Nasarawa State ...