Yemi Kale, former statistician-general of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says approximately 89 million people, or 40 percent of Nigeria’s population, live below the poverty line. Kale, currently the group chief economist and managing director of research and trade intelligence at Afreximbank, spoke at The Platform Nigeria’s Independence Day event, themed ‘Rebuilding Our Nation’. The economist said Nigeria is …

A group of Republican Senators has written to the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urging him to consider re-designating Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA), citing what they described as “continued unchecked acts of violence and terrorism against religious minorities” in the country. The lawmakers are alleging that the …

The Commandant of the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Gbenga Agun, on Thursday reportedly slumped and died at an event in Benin City. DAILY POST gathered that the commandant died at an event organised by the International Association of World Peace Advocates shortly after delivering his keynote address. Agun was said to have …

A former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed claims that he plans to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race, describing the reports as false and misleading. Atiku made the clarification in a statement issued on Thursday by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe. The former Vice President clarified that his recent interview with the BBC Hausa Service had been misrepresented by …

Avid social commentator, Mahdi Shehu, has accused Nigeria’s political class of breeding the insecurity ravaging the country, saying bandits have become “good students” of corrupt politicians. In a strongly worded response to former Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani’s weekend post on X, he wrote, “Bandits are good students of their political teachers and they learn with distinction grades.” He argued …

A fresh storm has erupted in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as National Secretary, Senator Samuel N. Anyanwu, has issued a scathing rebuke to the party’s National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum, accusing him and members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of flouting the party’s constitution and acting beyond their powers. In a strongly worded letter dated October 1, …

At least 188 public schools have been shut down due to insecurity in Northern Nigeria. A search carried out by our reporters showed that many schools in the region had been shut due to attacks on the villages by bandits just as some of them are now serving as camps for people displaced by insecurity. Our correspondents mentioned at least …

Nnamdi Kanu’s son has shocked the world by becoming the first child ever to win English, Mathematics, and Russian Language in an international world brain competition. The 11-year-old prodigy outshined the United Kingdom in their very own language, emerging as the champion. He went further to defeat some of the world’s strongest young minds, proving his brilliance on the global …

For three months, former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, was denied access to the president. Every attempt to meet him ended with the same response: “The president is too busy.” In an interview, Dalung revealed how the Villa’s power brokers—popularly called “the cabal”—took complete control of presidential communication, often distorting access and decisions. According to him, the Nigerian …

“Everyone going to sermon on Friday, should bring his scriptures for review.” With those words during a TVC interview, Governor Umar Bago of Niger state introduced a new policy that has stirred heated debate across the state. The directive, which also requires clerics to obtain licenses within two months, has been welcomed by some as a tool for peace but …

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned that Nigeria’s surging population poses a grave threat to national stability, cautioning that failure to address it could unleash a crisis worse than Boko Haram. Speaking on Tuesday at the inauguration of the Bakhita ICT Centre at the Catholic Secretariat in Sokoto State, Obasanjo stressed that education and knowledge remain the most potent tools …

Ahead of the February council polls in the Federal Capital Territory, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has pledged support for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate for the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Dr. Moses Paul, stating that he would join him in campaigns across the FCT. Obi gave the assurance on Wednesday at the Merit …

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has sacked all commissioners and public officers serving under his administration. Fubara, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday evening by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, said the sacking was with immediate effect. The governor said the decision followed the recent Supreme Court judgment. Meanwhile, Fubara thanked members of his cabinet for …

Bolaji Abdullahi, the spokesperson of the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC), has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day speech, saying the Independence Day celebration is not about his government but the country. President Bola Tinubu had, in his Independence Day broadcast, highlighted the key reforms and economic milestones his administration has recorded in the past 28 months. But Abdullahi disagreed …

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says Nigeria is staggering under the failures of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Addressing a press conference on the occasion of the 65th Independence anniversary of the country, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, said Nigerians were faced with “acute convergence of crises: economic hardship, spiraling insecurity, and a growingloss of …