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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 …

LAGOS STATE PAYS N740M TO RETIREES The Director-General of the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC), has confirmed that the Lagos State Government has disbursed N740 million in accrued pension rights to 348 retirees. This payment covers past service benefits earned before the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) was introduced in 2007. He highlighted the state government’s dedicated efforts to streamline pension …

TINUBU NOT AWARE HE IS NICKNAMED T-PAIN – BAYO ONANUGA Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has described as mischievous the nickname ascribed to his principal over the economic hardship in the country. Nigerians who are angered by the ravaging economic downturn, coined the term T-Pain to describe President Tinubu. According to them, the …

PANDEF SETS UP COMMITTEE TO RECONCILE WIKE, FUBARA The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), under the leadership of South-South elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has established a High Level Peace and Reconciliation Committee aimed at resolving the ongoing tensions between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Nyesom Wike, and Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State.This decision was announced …