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‘I’M ALIVE’, SAYS NIGERIAN SENATOR WHO WAS REPORTED DEAD IN SWITZERLAND Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Senator Ned Nwoko, has refuted the trending reports that he died in Switzerland. Nwoko, in a statement he signed and issued on Friday in Abuja, said the reports were entirely false and malicious. He said: “In recent weeks, I have also been subjected …

ANYAOKU LED THE PATRIOTS TO SEEK NEW CONSTITUTION FOR NIGERIA Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, was a guest of President Bola Tinubu on Friday, where he and other leaders of thought went to sell the idea of a new Constitution for the country. The group under the auspices of The Patriot said a new Constitution has …

ENDBADGOVERNANCE: PROTESTERS FIGHTING LEGITIMATE COURSE –OBASANJO Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the Nigerian youths participating in the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests are fighting a legitimate course and deserve a listening ear. “What the youth (protesters) are demanding are very legitimate and should be listened to or why should they be denied what rightfully belongs to them? “They are frustrated, they are …

ARMED DSS, POLICE OPERATIVES STORM #ENDBADGOVERNANCE EVENT A large contingent of security personnel, comprising agents from the Department of State Services (DSS) and police officers, has surrounded the office of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) in Ikeja, Lagos State. The security operatives laid siege to the office, known as Rights House, at 43, Adeniyi Jones Avenue, …

FULANI HERDSMEN ATTACK BENUE COMMUNITY; OVER 30 PEOPLE KILLED No fewer than 30 people were reportedly killed in Ayati village in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State Thursday night. Sources told journalists in a telephone chat on Friday that local bandits and suspected armed herders unleashed terror on the village. Recall that the violent protest that led to the …

JAPA: 430,000 NIGERIANS GET UK VISAS IN SEVEN MONTHS The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr Richard Montgomery, has revealed that the United Kingdom government has so far given no fewer than 430,000 visas to Nigerians seeking to study and relocate to the European nation in 2024. Montgomery disclosed this during a meeting with the Chairman of the Nigerians in …

DANGOTE ACCUSES IOCs, NIGERIAN GOVT AGENCY OF FRUSTRATING REFINERY The President and Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has revealed that the Dangote Refinery’s crude oil supply problem lies with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and the International Oil Companies (IOCs) in Nigeria. Africa’s richest man disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He was responding to …

FG LIED, THEY NEVER GAVE 36 STATES N570B — OYO GOVERNOR Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has countered claims by President Tinubu that the federal government granted N570 billion to the 36 states of the federation, stating that the information is not completely accurate. In a newsletter signed by the governor and published on the state’s official website on Thursday, …

TWO OHANAEZE LEADERS CLAIM ‘ACTING PRESIDENT GENERAL ‘ A leadership crisis has hit the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, following the death of its President-General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. The Secretary-General of the group, Ambassador Okey Emuchay, who hails from Abia State, and the Chairman of the Elders’ Council in Rivers State, Chief Jackson Omenazu, are locked in succession …

COURT STOPS ENUGU APC CHAIRMAN, AGBALLAH, NINE OTHERS, FROM PARADING AS PARTY OFFICERS A High Court sitting in Enugu State has granted an injunction preventing Barr Ugochukwu Agballah from parading as the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State. The order obtained by DAILY POST on Friday was signed by J. I. Agu, Esq, Deputy Chief Registrar …