The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works, Barinada Mpigi, is dead. He was 64. A source confirmed the lawmaker’s demise to Peoples Gazette on Thursday. Details surrounding the circumstances of his death were not immediately disclosed as of the time of filing this report. Born on June 23, 1961, Mpigi represented Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the Senate until …

Medical students at the University of Nigeria are currently protesting over an increase in their school fees. According to the students, they received a memo last night informing them that their tuition fees had been increased by 100%. In response, medical students at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, staged a protest, blocking the school gate and restricting movement in …

Rivers State House of Assembly has stopped the impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Deputy Governor, Ngozi Odu. According to TVC News, the House adopted a motion to halt the impeachment process on Thursday during its resumed sitting in Port Harcourt. The development is not unconnected to the recent intervention President Bola Tinubu. The President recently met with …

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the United Kingdom former royal, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. A statement from Thames Valley police was released Thursday that said, “As part of the investigation, we have today (19/2) arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office and are carrying out searches at addresses in …

Senate President Godswill Akpabio says the Electoral Act 2026 (Amendment) signed into law by President Bola Tinubu will ensure that every Nigerian vote counts. Akpabio spoke to State House correspondents shortly after Tinubu assented to the bill on Wednesday in the presence of principal officers of the national assembly. “At the end, Nigerians will benefit a lot from future elections. …

A new study has revealed how Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation and recent ambassadorial nominee, Femi Fani-Kayode, amplified a fictitious story that misled the Nigerian media and, in turn, the House of Representatives. Titled, ‘7,221 Refrigerated Human joysticks”: Examining Nigerian Media’s Failure to Verify a Sensational, “Credible” Satirical Story,’ the study published in the Journal of Media Ethics was conducted …

It was a shocker for opposition politicians and civil society organisations on Wednesday as President Bola Tinubu signed the amended Electoral Act just barely 24 hours after it was passed by the National Assembly. The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) had earlier called on President Tinubu to withhold assent to the Electoral Act 2026 (Amendment) Bill, citing what it …

A tragic incident occurred Tuesday night along the Ukwu Akpu Awhum axis in Enugu State when a massive tree, brought down by heavy rainfall, crashed onto a moving commercial bus, claiming the lives of several passengers. Residents said the incident occurred during a torrential downpour accompanied by strong winds, which uprooted the tree and sent it crashing onto the highway, …

Lawrence Agubuzu, Eze Ogbunechendo of Ezema Olo Kingdom in Enugu state, has asked President Bola Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), or return him to Kenya, where he was arrested before being brought to Nigeria. Agubuzu spoke on Tuesday while delivering a goodwill message at the 2026 National Traditional and Religious Leaders Summit …

Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has accused President Bola Tinubu and Senate President Godswill Akpabio of allegedly plotting to undermine Nigeria’s sovereignty by legitimising electoral malpractice. Speaking at the #OccupyNASS protest on Tuesday at the National Assembly in Abuja, Adebayo alleged that the current administration, alongside lawmakers, is attempting to institutionalise election rigging through …

The Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) has transferred the detained Islamic cleric, Sheikh Sani Abdulkadir Zaria to the Department of State Services (DSS) after being accused of coup plot against President Bola Tinubu’s government. A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Peter Lifu had on Friday ordered the DIA to produce the cleric on February 18 to determine …

A Kaduna-based legal practitioner and former National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barrister Mark Jacob, has said that former Kaduna state governor, Malami Nasir El-Rufai should be ignored because he is only trying to gain the attention of Nigerians. Speaking exclusively to DAILY POST on the recent arrest of the former governor by the Economic and Financial …

Nigeria appears to be placing a significant bet: that mechanisation, backed by finance and policy discipline, can transform agriculture. Unlike previous asset-distribution schemes, the tractors are not being handed out for private ownership. Instead, they are allocated to certified Mechanisation Service Providers (MSPs) operating under a lease-to-own structure. This service-based commercial model is designed to ensure asset utilization efficiency, financial …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, on Wednesday decried what she described as “broad, sweeping attacks” on the Judiciary. Kekere-Ekun warned that indiscriminate allegations of corruption against judges could erode public trust and imperil the rule of law. She gave the warning at the swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed judges of the Federal High Court at the Supreme Court …

A former Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mike Igini, has blamed the Supreme Court of Nigeria for what he described as the confusion surrounding Nigeria’s electoral process. Igini spoke on Wednesday while fielding questions on The Morning Show, a programme on Arise Television, where he traced the evolution of electoral reforms and the controversies that …