The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, stated that if the ruling All Progressives Congress wanted to make Nigeria better, it could have presented Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as its standard bearer. Obi said this while discussing with guests at the London home of Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Dele Momodu, on the occasion…
President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, expressed condolences over the loss of lives of two United States embassy officials and two Nigerian police officers accompanying them in an attack by gunmen in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. Buhari, in a statement by his Spokesperson, Garba Shehu, described the incident as unfortunate. Buhari said, “I was…
Peter Obi, Labor Party Presidential Candidate in the last election has condemned the killing of two staff members of the United States of America Embassy and two policemen in Anambra State on Tuesday. SAHEL gathered that the US embassy staff were attacked at Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra while on a humanitarian aid mission…
The Federal Road Safety Corps on Wednesday ordered an investigation into the assault of a motorist by a patrol team in a viral video. The FRSC disclosed this in a statement signed by the Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, and made available on its Twitter page. The statement read, “The Corps…
The President-elect Bola Tinubu has opposed the application by his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for a live broadcast of the proceedings of the election petition. In response to the application, Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima, through the team of their lawyers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun said the…
A police officer on duty has died in a road accident reportedly caused by a speeding truck belonging to the Dangote Cement factory in Ogun State. Five other persons were injured in the crash around Saiten Petrol Station along the Abeokuta-Lagos highway on Tuesday night. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) told DAILY POST on…
President-elect Bola Tinubu went down memory lane in recalling how he was granted political asylum in the United States during the regime of General Sani Abacha in 1995. The former head of state had clamped down on human rights activists, lawyers, doctors, journalists and some groups. The President-elect was at the time a member of…
Nigeria needs $12bn to clean up decades-old oil spills in southern Bayelsa State over a 12-year period, a new report revealed on Tuesday, as it singled out two international oil companies, Shell and Eni, for being responsible for most of the pollution. Oil majors in Nigeria have long faced legal challenges over Niger Delta spills,…
THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it has been inundated with frequent complaints from consumers on fast depletion of their internet data. NCC’s Chairman, Board of Commissioners, Professor Adeolu Akande, made this known recently at the NCC fifth edition of Campus Conversation held at the University of Ibadan. The commission, however, sensitised students of…
The Executive Governor of Osun State , Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the publisher of Ovation Magazine, Aare Dele Momodu as “a detribalised and patriotic Nigerian with huge contributions to national development” According to a birthday congratulatory message issued on Tuesday, signed by the spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, reads: “Governor Adeleke noted…
