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A senior lecturer at Hussaini Adamu Polytechnic, Kazaure, Dr. Tijjani Ahmad, has agreed with the recent World Bank report that over 100 million Nigerians are still living below the poverty line, despite claims that the economy is now stable. Speaking on Thursday in an exclusive interview with DAILY POST, Dr. Ahmad explained that according to the World Bank’s definition, poverty …

The interim National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Tony Akeni has dismissed claims that former presidential candidate, Peter Obi would resign for any political coalition or rival aspirant. Akeni stated that such a move would dash the hope of millions of Nigerians seeking change. He asserted that withdrawing Obi from the race “is to take away 90 per …

The Asagba of Asaba and other monarchs in Delta State has called on President Bola Tinubu to issue a formal apology on behalf of the Federal Government for the massacre of Asaba indigenes by the Nigerian Army during the Biafran war in 1967. The monarch further pledged to pursue justice for the victims through every necessary channel and to any …

The police high command, on Thursday, said it has noted that there is no clear court order stopping the enforcement of the Motor Vehicles (Prohibition of Tinted Glass) Act, 1991. It, however, explained that out of consideration for the interest of Nigerians and the regard it has for the Nigerian Bar Association, the enforcement will be temporarily suspended. Benjamin Hundeyin, …

Following the resurge of insurgency, banditry and other violent crimes in the last one month, in some parts of Nigeria, there have been renewed calls for the declaration of state of emergency in the affected states. The federal government has at various times used the emergency rule to stem violent conflicts, arrest breakdown of law and order as well as …

Fresh revelations have shown that former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, was compelled to resign following allegations of certificate forgery hanging over him. Presidential aides told Saturday Punch that President Bola Tinubu personally invited Nnaji to the Presidential Villa, where he was directed to tender his resignation in the wake of the scandal. Nnaji’s ordeal began after …

Indications have emerged that President Bola Tinubu is facing mounting pressure from some of his closest political allies and long-time associates to review his relationship with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Multiple presidency sources told Signal.ng that the pressure intensified following reports that Wike’s regular monthly media briefings was generating public disaffections against the president. Wike …

The White House has accused the Nobel Prize committee of choosing politics over peace. It said this while protesting the decision to grant the peace prize to Venezuelan activist, María Machado. Announcing the award in Oslo on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee commended Machado for her “tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle …

Former lawmaker and human rights activist, Senator Shehu Sani, has criticised the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), describing the Bretton Woods institutions as “the witches and wizards” behind Nigeria’s worsening economic hardship following government-implemented reforms. In a post on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Friday, Sani said, “The World Bank and IMF are the Witches and Wizards …

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) is set to sanction its registrar, Ngozi Nnebedum, for making a false claim to Peoples Gazette and protecting disgraced minister Uche Nnaji over his forged certificate. Mr Nnaji, who was the minister of innovation, science and technology, resigned on Wednesday night following pressure resulting from The Gazette’s 2023 and 2024 investigative reports exposing his …