Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has charged all security agencies in the state to ensure a level playing field for all political parties to lawfully carry out their political activities and campaigns in Abia. Governor Otti gave the charge during the monthly State Security Council Meeting, where security situations across Abia were discussed. Briefing journalists after the meeting, the Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, CP Wilfred Olutokunbo Afolabi, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Navy Commander MacDonald Ubah (Rtd), assured journalists of their readiness to ensure hitch-free political campaigns and elections in 2027. According to CP…
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The naira depreciated against the US dollar across the foreign exchange markets on Friday, ending the week on a negative note.Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) data showed that the naira weakened to N1,329.51 per dollar on Friday, compared with N1,328.67 recorded on Thursday at the official foreign exchange market. This means that, on a day-to-day basis, the naira declined by N0.84 per dollar against the US currency at the official FX market. Similarly, at the parallel market, the naira weakened to N1,390 per dollar on Friday from N1,385 traded on Thursday. Further analysis by DAILY POST showed that on a…
President Donald Trump implored his counterpart, President Xi Jinping, to halt any Chinese assistance to Iran during their White House meeting. United States Ambassador to China David Perdue disclosed the issue raised, reiterating Washington’s position that any help Beijing gives Tehran is intolerable. The envoy said President Trump “did a great job making sure China knows this is unacceptable,” adding that Beijing had shown action on the issue. “We’ve seen movement on that already,” Perdue told Fox News. “That’s what commitment is. They assured us they aren’t doing that.” Recommended Trump and Xi met at the White House again on…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ogun State, Senator Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, has vowed to aggressively pursue and recover corporate taxes and revenue generated by industrial entities operating within the state but remitting their top-level executives’ taxes to Lagos State. Adeola, who currently represents Ogun West Senatorial District, made the declaration during an interactive session with journalists at the Ogun State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat in Abeokuta, as he outlined his political agenda for the 2027 governorship election. Addressing newsmen on his economic strategy on Friday, the lawmaker expressed concern…
Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, and MRS filling stations’ premium motor spirit (PMS) pump prices have remained stable at N1,395 per litre despite the drop in crude oil prices. A market survey by DAILY POST on Friday showed that fuel pump prices in Abuja and its environs across NNPCL and MRS outlets stood at N1,395 per litre. This comes despite a drop in Dangote Refinery’s gantry petrol price by N25 per litre to N1,325 from N1,350 per litre, and a decline in Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices to $104 and $92 per barrel, respectively, at the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Assembly candidate for Abeokuta South Constituency 2, Adeoye Adewale Adeniran, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of resorting to misinformation and political propaganda over the eligibility of Senator Iyabo Obasanjo to contest the 2027 Ogun Central Senatorial election. Adeniran, popularly known as A3, in a statement on Friday, described reports suggesting that the Supreme Court had disqualified Obasanjo from the election as “misleading, legally speculative and politically motivated”, urging members of the public to disregard such claims. His reaction followed the Supreme Court’s judgment of September 24, 2026, in a case involving…
Nigerian football fans have reacted to the Super Eagles’ victory over Madagascar in a 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifier on Friday. Eric Chelle’s men came from a goal down to beat Madagascar 2-1 at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium. Goals from George Ilenikhena and Moses Usor gave Nigeria the victory against Madagascar. Reacting to the result, some Nigerians criticised several Super Eagles players and urged them to improve their performances in subsequent matches, while others insisted that Nigeria was lucky to beat Madagascar. Recommended Here are some comments gathered by DAILY POST on X: @judon20: “A lot of…
The senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, Senator Victor Umeh, has called on the federal government to declare his senatorial zone an ecological disaster zone, following the menace of erosion and flooding in the zone. Parts of Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, have recently experienced severe flooding and erosion devastation as a result of torrential rainfall. These have led to the death by drowning of a six-year-old schoolboy and the caving in of about three houses into an erosion gully, displacing their occupants. The senator made the call at the weekend when he visited the family of the drowned schoolboy…
Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Nigerian authorities to immediately declare an emergency at the 115-year-old Kurmawa Maximum Prison in Kano following the reported deaths of at least six inmates within a week from a suspected cholera outbreak. In a statement posted on its official Facebook account on Friday, Amnesty said several other inmates were receiving treatment, warning that the number of deaths could be higher as the disease continues to spread among prisoners, most of whom are awaiting trial. “Immediate hospital transfers must be done for critically ill prisoners,” Amnesty International Nigeria said. It warned that failure to intervene…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, says Nigerian politicians steal public funds every minute. He spoke in Abuja on Thursday at the 80th birthday celebration of former Attorney-General, Kanu Agabi. Olukoyede said the anti-graft agency receives over 20,000 corruption petitions every year, adding that most of the cases are shocking. “I receive over 20,000 petitions in a year in respect to public corruption, all terrible. What is going on? Like every minute, public officers take money, and if you go through some of our case files you will weep. Recommended “The way people take…