, FULANI KWAJAFA, FORMER NDLEA BOSS WHO CREATED SARS, DIES AT 88 Fulani Kwajafa, the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and retired police commissioner, has passed away at 88. The news was confirmed by his son, Nuhu Fulani Kwajafa, who serves as the Director General of the Global Initiative for Peace, Love and …

HIGH COURT JUDGE REFUSES TRANSFER FROM KANO TO KOGI A Federal High Court Judge Justice Simon Amobeda has refused to comply with a judicial transfer order to Kogi State, nearly three months after the directive from the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John T. Tsoho.Justice Amobeda, who had been based in Kano, was posted to Kogi …

LIKE IN NIGERIA, BALLOT PAPERS SET ON FIRE, STOLEN, THROWN IN GUTTERS IN US ELECTION Ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington were set on fire with incendiary devices early Monday in what authorities believe are connected incidents, police said. The two arson incidents, which occurred near the Oregon-Washington border, are also believed to be connected to a third ballot box …

UMAHI CARPETS HOUSE OF REPS MEMBER: ‘I’M NOT ON YOUR LEVEL The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has slammed Remi Oseni, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, for accusing him of mispriority. Oseni had called out Umahi over the deteriorating road network in the country during a house hearing on Thursday. Oseni …

HARDSHIP: YOUTHS MAY CHASE US OUT OF OFFICE – GOMBE GOVERNOR, CHAIRMAN, NORTHERN GOVERNORS’ FORUM Governors’ Forum has warned members to wake up and tackle poverty, hardship, unemployment and other crises in the North to avoid being removed from office by the youth, whom they described as restive. The 19 Northern Governors have converged in Kaduna alongside traditional rulers from …

NORTHERN GOVERNORS MEET IN KADUNA, REJECT TINUBU”S TAX REFORM BILL The Northern States Governors’ Forum, led by its Chairman, Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, and hosted by Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna, organized a strategic meeting to address the critical challenges of insecurity, poverty, and the high number of out-of-school children among other socio-economic concerns. Ten Key Resolutions and …

KILLER COP WHO MURDERED ENUGU MUSICIAN DISMISSED FROM POLICE, REMANDED IN PRISON Police Inspector, Ozonwanji Joseph, implicated in the murder of Ogene musician, Chikezie Okezie Nwamba has been dismissed from Nigeria Police Force. The cop shot the popular musician, Igbo-Jah dead last Friday, drawing outrage. In a update provided by the police on Monday, it said the officer was found …

REPS MEMBER WHO ASSAULTED UBER DRIVER APOLOGIZES FOR ACTION, PROMISES TO TURN A NEW LEAF Representative Alex Ikwechegh, a member of House of Representatives, has tendered unreserved apology for assaulting a driver who came to deliver mail to him. In a statement, Representative.Ikwechegh said he was deeply sorry for what he did, which he said was ‘unacceptable and unbecoming of …

MEDIA MADE TINUBU ‘MINISTER OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES’ – BAYO ONANUGA The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has dismissed reports that the president is Nigeria’s substantive petroleum minister. Onanuga made the rebuttal on Sunday while fielding questions on Sunday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. When asked if the president hopes to hold …

POLICE ARREST HOUSE OF REPS MEMBER FOR SLAPPING BOLT DRIVER, APGA VOWS DISCIPLINARY ACTION The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested Hon. Alexander Ikwegh, a lawmaker representing Aba North and South Federal Constituency of Abia State, for allegedly assaulting a Bolt driver, Mr Stephen Abuwatseya. According to a statement released by the FCT Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine …

REPS MEMBER UNDER FIRE FOR ASSAULTING DRIVER A video showing Alex Ikwechegh, member representing Aba North & South Federal Constituency, allegedly assaulting an Uber driver during a delivery at his residence in Maitam, Abuja, is currently trending. According to the driver, whose name is yet unknown, tensions escalated when he requested that Ikwechegh come outside to receive his delivery personally. …

TENSION IN ENUGU AS HOODLUMS KIDNAP UNN DON, OTHERS A senior lecturer in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Prof Oguejiofo Ujam was on Sunday abducted along the Ugwuogo-Nike-Opi-Nsukka Road. Oguejiofor is the Dean, School of General Studies of the university. DAILY POST learnt that the kidnapping of the university don is one in a series of abductions along the …

19 SOKOTO TRADITIONAL RULERS RESIGN Nineteen traditional rulers comprising district and ward heads in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State have resigned their positions and declared their support for Senator Ibrahim Lamido. The traditional rulers that resigned included ward heads of Sabon Birnin Gabas, Tsilba, Sabon Garin Danbaki, Magajin Dawakin, Dan Faru, Zumbuli, Dawakin, Kanwuri, Hande, Sabon Fegi, …

EDITORIAL: To save Nigeria’s democracy, opposition parties need urgent reset Opposition political parties in the country are being buffeted by intra-party wrangling, which takes the wind out of their sail. By and large, they are self-inflicted wounds that weaken not just the parties, but democracy itself. When vibrant opposition takes flight in a democracy, what is left is no more …