Two more Rivers State commissioners loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, have dumped the State Executive Council. The Commissioner for...
Kucoin has joined the list of Crypto Exchanges suspending Naira Peer to Peer trading on their platforms as Nigerian authorities tighten the noose on Crypto entities...
In April 2024, the headline inflation rate rose to 33.69%, up from 33.20% in March 2024, marking an increase of 0.49 percentage points according to the...
In April 2024, the headline inflation rate rose to 33.69%, up from 33.20% in March 2024, marking an increase of 0.49% points according to the Nigeria...
One of the worshippers affected by the incident at a mosque in Laraba Abasawa area of Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano is dead. AIG Umar...
A Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Maitama has granted former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, a N300 million...
The suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been granted another N300 million bail in the Nigerian government’s charge bordering on...
The embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has pleaded not guilty to the allegation of approving the printing of N684.5 million...
A yet to be identified man has set a mosque on fire at Laraba Abasawa in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. Daily Trust reports...
The Federal Executive Council has suspended the Cyber Security Levy imposed on Nigerians by the Office of the National Security Adviser via the Centra Bank. This...
The exchange rate between the Naira and dollar and the official NAFEM window fell to N1,520.4/$ on Tueday May 14, 2024. This is a 2.78% depreciation...
The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) exhibited a second consecutive day of bearish trends, with the All-Share Index falling by 0.77%. The index closed at 97,473.98 points, down...
Suspected armed Fulani herdsmen are currently attacking Ogbaulu community in Agatu LGA of Benue State. DAILY POST recalls that unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani, in...
In a move that is set to revolutionise the engineering, construction, and real estate sectors, Forte GCC Innovative Solutions Limited has announced its commitment to innovation,...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has revealed that the state is heavily in debt and that his administration inherited a huge debt profile from the previous...
A prisoner is on the run after two prison guards transporting him were shot dead. A prison van transporting an inmate was ambushed by armed...
The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, on Tuesday, said it looks like a tragedy to be a citizen of...
The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, on Tuesday, said it looks like a tragedy to be a citizen of...
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have invaded a State High Court sitting in Ilaro, Ogun State, arresting two defendants. Our correspondent reports that...
The Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has vowed to probe the activities of the state government in the last eight years. Fubara spoke...
Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress in Plateau State and the Trade Union Congress on Monday blocked the entrance of the headquarters of Jos Electricity Distribution...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has shut down the headquarters of Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) in Plateau State over electricity tariff hike. Our correspondent reports...
Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed three police officers, one Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, personnel in a separate attacks in Enugu State. The gunmen had attacked...
The political crisis rocking Rivers State added a new twist on Friday as Governor Siminalayi Fubara gazetted Executive Order 001, relocating the House of Assembly to...
Many are feared dead and missing as suspected Fulani herdsmen are currently attacking several communities in Agatu and Apa Local Government Areas of Benue State. Communities...
The face-off between Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, deepened on Friday as policemen took over...
A high court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, has restrained the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly from parading themselves as lawmakers....
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has barred the Speaker, Martin Chile Amaewhule, and 24 other lawmakers from parading as members of the...
Member representing Garki/Babura federal Constituency of Jigawa State in the House of Representatives, Isa Dogonyaro, is dead. Mohammed Bello El-Rufa’i, who is one of his colleagues,...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the request by former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello for vacation of the...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the request by former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello for vacation of the...
Bandits on Thursday night invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC), Osara, Okene in Kogi, and abducted some students. An eye witness said the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is billed to perform the groundbreaking of several projects at the National Fire Academy, Sheda in Abuja, the training arm of the...
FBN Holdings has announced that Mr. Tunde Hassan-Odukale has officially stepped down as Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, following the expiration of his tenure....
The clerk of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Emeka Amadi, has disowned the pro-Governor Sim Fubara’s faction of the Assembly. Amadi insisted that the Speaker...
Speaker of the pro-Wike faction of Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule, on Thursday raised alarm that Governor Similanayi Fubara was plotting...
An 18-month-old girl named Opal can hear for the first time thanks to a groundbreaking gene therapy for deafness. Opal’s parents, Jo and James Sandy,...
Story highlights The court granted Former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, along with his daughter and son-in-law, N300 million bail in EFCC’s multi-billion fraud charges. Charges...
A former Aviation Minister, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, on Thursday at the High Court of the Federal Capitol Territory FCT denied the alleged corrupt practices involving about...
Former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, has arrived at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, for his arraignment on alleged misappropriation of public funds. Sirika is expected to...
Airtel Africa reported a $1.7 billion loss due to currency devaluations in Nigeria and Malawi for fiscal year 2024. Despite a 20.9% growth in service revenues...
In a notable policy update, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the suspension of processing fees on significant cash deposits until September 30, 2024....
The political crisis in Rivers State took a new on Wednesday as lawmakers loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara elected Hon. Victor Oko Jumbo as Speaker. Oko-Jumbo,...
Lawmakers loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, have one Wednesday, elected Hon. Victor Oko Jumbo as Speaker, State House of Assembly. This development came barely 48 hours...
Lawmakers loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara have elected Hon. Victor Oko Jumbo as the new Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. Naija News reports...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) conducted its latest Primary Market Auction (PMA) on Wednesday, May 8th, 2024, offering one-year treasury bills with a maturity date...
Lesaka Technologies, the NASDAQ-listed fintech company with a market capitalisation of R4.5 billion ($242 million), is acquiring payment platform Adumo for R1.59 billion ($85 million) in...
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after his trips to the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia. More to come… The post BREAKING: President Tinubu Returns To...
A prominent Pay-TV operator, Multichoice Nigeria, has challenged the jurisdiction of the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) sitting in Abuja which recently restrained it from...
The daily foreign exchange turnover at NAFEX, the official platform where forex is traded, dropped to $84.3 million, representing the lowest point in approximately ten weeks....
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has taken a detour and returned to Nigeria, thereby aborting his planned trip to the United States of America to attend the 2024...
For the third time in three months, the Rivers State House of Assembly has overridden the assent of Governor Siminialayi Fubara. In March, the assembly had...
Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IE) has announced the reduction of its electricity tariff for customers under Band A from N225/kWh to N206.80/kWh. In a circular signed...
English youngster, Cole Palmer is one game away from breaking a record jointly held by Chelsea’s legends Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard. Cole Palmer has been...
Real Madrid have been confirmed as LaLiga champions for the 2023–2024 season. This follows Girona’s 4-2 win over Barcelona in the late kick-off. Carlo Ancelotti’s men...
Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), one of Nigeria’s most efficiently run bank, has just announced the largest ever pre-tax profits in Nigerian banking history. According to...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the arrest of a former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin and two other officers over N1.5...
The Court of Appeal has set aside the Lokoja High Court order against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, in...
Nigerian banks experienced a challenging April, as all major banking stocks posted losses month-to-date. This downturn coincided with the first month-to-date decline in the NGX All...
It turns out that Knuckles has hit harder than any of us expected. The Sonic movie spin-off, which only made its streaming debut last Friday (April...
Police have arrested the alleged mastermind of the killing of passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train. The incident happened in March 2022. The mastermind was...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and celebrity barman, Cubana Chief Priest, have agreed to settle out of court regarding the naira abuse case slammed...
Windows 11 and Windows 10 users are in some cases facing a problem whereby their VPN connection is failing to work thanks to the latest cumulative...
The Nigerian Naira closed the month of April in a steep decline, closing at N1,390.96/$1 in the NAFEM, where the exchange rate trades officially. This rate...
A salary increase for civil servants has been approved by the Nigerian Federal Government. The salary increment ranges from 25 per cent to 35 per cent...
The European Commission has again been urged to more fully disclose its dealings with private technology companies and other stakeholders, in relation to a controversial piece...
The NGX All-Share Index experienced a significant decline in April, losing N3.57 trillion in market value. This downturn represents the first monthly decline for the...
The federal government has declared Wednesday, 1st May, 2024, a public holiday to mark the Workers’ Day celebration. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday...
Sitting arrangement on Tuesday tore senators apart when they resumed plenary in the main chamber of the National Assembly which had been under renovation for years....
MTN Nigeria released its Q1 2024 results, showing revenue of N752.9 billion, up 32.5% compared to N568.1 billion for the same period in 2023. However, the...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced the deregulation of meter prices under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) Scheme for end-user customers. This is contained...
Finidi George has been appointed as the new head coach of the Super Eagles. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced Finidi’s appointment in a communique...
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced the appointment of Finidi George as new Super Eagles head coach. The former international beat Emmanuel Amuneke to the job....
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has authorized an increase in the minimum wage for workers in the state from N40,000 to N70,000. The announcement was...
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has increased the minimum wage of workers in the state civil service to N70,000, beginning from May 1, 2024. DAILY POST...
The exchange rate between the Naira and the Dollar is being quoted as high as N1,380/$1 at the parallel market, a weakening from the N1,280/$1 recorded...
Alaba Excel Abbey, one of the campaign coordinators of incumbent Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo state, has been assassinated. Mr Abbey, who served as a ward...
Candidates of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have won all the chairmanship positions in Saturday’s local government election in Oyo State. DAILY POST reports that there are...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has cast his vote in today’s local government election. Makinde voted at Polling Unit 1, Ward 11 in Ibadan North...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Jim Ovia, CFR, renowned banker and businessman, as the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education...
A yet-to-be identified number of workers are currently trapped at a building which collapsed in the Kuntau area of Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State....
Yet-to-be ascertained number of people are currently trapped in the rubble of a building which collapsed in the Kuntau area of Gwale Local Government Area of...
An unidentified number of workers are currently trapped at a building which collapsed in the Kuntau area of Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State. According...
Military commander of an army camp located at Sabon Garin Dan’Ali, in Danmusa local government area of Katsina state has reportedly been killed in an ambush....
Social media platform TikTok says that a bill banning the app in the U.S. is “unconstitutional” and that it will fight this latest attempt to restrict...
Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced the activation of $250 million in fresh investments in Nigeria. This is a significant development that can bolster economic ties...
Agboola Ajayi, a former deputy governor of Ondo, has been declared the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primary election in the state. ...
The former deputy governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the November governorship election. He...
The Nigerian military has closed its camp and withdrawn troops in Allawa community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Allawa community is one of...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed the escape of inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Suleja, Niger state. Daily Trust had reported how the inmates...
Tragedy struck at BrickHall Schools located in the Cadastral Zone B11, Kaura in Abuja on Wednesday, when a four-year-old pupil, Miguel Ovoke, died during the school’s...
Barcelona manager, Xavi Hernandez, has changed his mind about leaving the club this summer. Xavi is reported to have met with the club’s president, Joan Laporta...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the commencement of the N100 billion Consumer Credit Scheme for Nigerians amid escalating economic hardship in the country. Ajuri Ngelale,...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the commencement of the N100 billion Consumer Credit Scheme for Nigerians amid escalating economic hardship in the country. Ajuri Ngelale, the...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the launch of the first phase of Consumer Credit Scheme in Nigeria, a programme designed to offer credit facilities to working...
The Nigerian Government has suspended the operations of Dana Air. The order followed an incident involving a Dana Air plane at Lagos airport on April 23,...
Nigerian chess expert Tunde Onakoya, who broke the previous Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon, receives a royal welcome from his compatriots at the...
Chess-in-Slums founder, Tunde Onakoya has returned to Nigeria to a hero’s welcome after breaking Guinness World Record in New York, the United States of America. Recall...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh charge against former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, at the High Court...