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Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has revealed that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, diverted the sum of $300million meant for Ogoniland’s environmental remediation into building a chain of supermarkets in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Sowore, convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, who made the revelation in …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Mr Peter Obi, on Thursday, September 25, was conferred with Honorary Citizenship of Georgia following his participation in a series of events marking Black Congressional Week in Washington, D.C., with a particular focus on Georgia State engagements. Obi joined U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock at the Congressional Black …

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has announced plans to convene an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting following the dismissal of Nigerian workers by Dangote Refinery for joining the union. The National President of PENGASSAN, Comrade Festus Osifo, disclosed this to Daily Post in an interview on Friday, stating that the union would determine …

President Bola Tinubu on Friday described the economic hardship which followed some of his reforms as a pain from an economic surgery. He told Nigerians that the nation’s economy is recovering from crisis and thanked them for perseverance. Tinubu spoke at Mapo Hall in Ibadan Oyo State during the coronation of the 44th Olubadan of Ibadan Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja. …

Nigerian workers under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association, PENGASSAN, at Dangote Refinery, have detailed actions meted out on them by Aliko Dangote, the president of the refinery. This was disclosed in a letter signed by Caretaker Committee Chairman and Secretary of the Branch, Abdulfaitai Muhammed and Eseoghene Choice, to the zonal chairman PENGASSAN Lagos Zone. According to …

Former Kano State Governor and presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has dismissed reports claiming he and Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf have written to the All Progressives Congress (APC) indicating their intention to return to the party. In a statement on Friday, Kwankwaso described the reports circulating online as …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a request by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to be transferred from the Department of State Services (DSS) custody to the National Hospital for medical treatment. Justice James Omotosho delivered the ruling on Friday, dismissing an application filed by Kanu’s legal team seeking his …

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has waded into the dispute between the medical personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the private consultants on the health status of the Biafra nation agitator, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The umbrella body for medical doctors in the country has set up a seven-man probe panel to look into the disputes arising between …

Lawyers have expressed outrage after an Owerri Chief Magistrate, Obinna Njemanze, on Thursday ordered the remand of their colleague, Chinedu Agu, at the Owerri Correctional Centre over opinion articles criticising Governor Hope Uzodimma’s administration. Agu, a vocal critic of the Imo State government, was arraigned on four counts bordering on cyberstalking, criminal defamation and incitement. Prosecutors alleged that his social …

The UK will make it easier to attract global talent at a time when the US is making it harder, the chancellor has said, in a direct reference to a recent overhaul of American visa policy. On Friday, US President Donald Trump announced a 50-fold hike in the cost of skilled-worker permits to $100,000 (£74,000), causing confusion as staff from …