The United States President, Joe Biden, has disclosed that he contemplated suicide after the death of his first wife and 13-month-old daughter in a car accident. Biden disclosed this during an interview with radio journalist Howard Stern on Stern’s SiriusXM show. The president’s first wife, Nelia, and one-year-old daughter, Naomi, died in a car crash […]
Israeli strike kills two Islamiya group members in Lebanon
Two members of a Lebanese group that fired rockets across the southern border at Israel have been killed by Israel’s airstrike in the Beqaa region of Lebanon. Israel’s military said its air force “struck and eliminated Mosab Khalaf in the area of Meidoun in Lebanon.” The Israeli military said a member of the Jama’a Islamiya […]
Putin vs Ukraine: Russian airstrikes damage Ukrainian energy facilities in three regions
Ukraine’s Energy Minister, German Galushchenko, says Russia launched airstrikes on Ukrainian energy facilities in three regions on Saturday. Galushchenko said the attack damaged equipment and injured at least one energy worker. In a Telegram message, he said the Russian strikes targeted the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine and the western regions of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk. […]
Reps Speaker Abbas, Kukah canvass for national cohesion
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, and the founder of the Kukah Centre, Bishop Mathew Kukah, have called on Nigerians to work towards building a united nation. The duo made the call at the National Integration Conference with the theme: “Revisiting the National Question: Nigeria’s Elusive Search for National Integration,” organised by […]
LG election: Accreditation, voting begin in Oyo
Accreditation and voting have commenced in some polling units in Ibadan in the local government election in Oyo State. The election is being conducted in the 33 local government areas by the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC. DAILY POST however learnt that there are reports of late arrival of materials in some polling units. […]
BenPoly: Purge yourself of ethnic favouritism – Group tells Alia
The Idoma Intellectual Forum, IIF, has called on Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State to douse the palpable tension in the Benue State Polytechnic community and abort the growing acrimony, cautious distrust and ill feelings by appointing a substantive Rector for the school immediately. This was contained in statement on Friday, at Abuja by the […]
‘Nigerian govt should admit wrongdoing’ – Ejimakor reacts to US report on Nnamdi Kanu
The lead Counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Aloy Ejimakor, on Saturday, reacted to the United States, US, report on the Biafra agitator. Ejimakor urged the Nigerian government to admit its error in Kanu’s trial and bring the prosecution to a closure, “without further ado.” The US “2023 Country […]
Benue youths are not political thugs – Alia
Benue State governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has called on those discrediting the youths of the state by calling them thugs, to immediately apologize and desist from such. The governor made the call in Government House Makurdi, on Friday, when different youth groups came out in their numbers to welcome him back from an official […]
EFCC nabs 34 currency speculators in Abuja
Personnel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, attached to the Taskforce on Currency mutilation, Dollarization of the Economy and Forex Malpractice, have arrested 34 suspected currency speculators for alleged foreign exchange fraud. In a statement by EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, they were arrested on Friday in a sting operation following credible intelligence about […]
Payment still ongoing – Nigerian govt gives update on N50,000 grants
The Nigerian government has said the N50,000 Conditional Grant Scheme to Nigerians is ongoing as 150,000 of one million targeted citizens have received disbursement. The Minister of Trade and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite, disclosed this in a recent statement through her official X handle. “Grant disbursements are ongoing; 150,000 of the 1 million targeted payments have […]