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SUSPECTED HERDSMEN ATTACK SGF AKUME’S VILLAGE 48 HOURS AFTER TINUBU’S VISIT Suspected herdsmen have launched a deadly attack on Wannune community in Tarka Local Government Area of Benue State, the hometown of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume. The attack left many dead and several others injured. The assault occurred just 48 hours after …

TINUBU PLANNING SAINT LUCIA HOLIDAY WHILE NIGERIA BLEEDS – PETER OBI A glance at the news in a day in Nigeria, one would see the sad reality of our dear nation, and one would wonder if our country has a serious government in place. Even hitherto peaceful areas have turned into killing fields. From Kano today comes a bomb explosion …

PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED AND FORCED TO RESIGN, VIDEO REVEALS ORDEAL OF RIVERS LG SOLE ADMINISTRATOR Two days after Hon. Goodluck Iheamnacho, Sole Administrator of Ahoada East Local Government Area in Rivers State, tendered his resignation, disturbing footage has surfaced revealing that he was physically assaulted and coerced into stepping down under duress. In the video, both Iheamnacho and Hon. Umegbewe Alabi …

FIVE KILLED, 15 INJURED AS BOMB EXPLODES IN KANO A bomb explosion in Kano has reportedly killed no fewer than five people and injured 15. The explosion happened on Saturday morning at a scrap collection company located on the Eastern bypass in the state. Ibrahim Bakosri, state police commissioner, who visited the scene, said the bomb was a military model. …

FRESH INSIGHT INTO BENUE KILLINGS, IDP CRISIS A Benue youth leader, Magagi Mike Alidu, Alidu, in this interview with DAILY POST, decries the massacre of Benue people and the state of the displaced people in the state. Alidu, who is the President of Ochetoha K’Idoma Youth Wing Worldwide, also spoke on the causes of the recent gruesome murder of over …

RIVERS LG SOLE ADMINISTRATOR RESIGNS Mr. Goodluck Iheamnacho, the Sole Administrator for Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State appointed by Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), the state’s Sole Administrator, has resigned his appointment less than three months into the office. Ibas was appointed after the suspension of Governor Siminalaye Fubara by President Bola Tinubu on March 18, 2025 …

NNPCL SPOKESPERSON, SONEYE RESIGNS, GIVES REASON The spokesperson of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, has resigned. Soneye disclosed this in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Saturday. He said he would no longer be the spokesperson for the oil giant, as he had “stepped aside from his role as Chief Corporate Communications Officer of …

UK COURT RULES AGAINST SHELL OVER NIGERIAN OIL SPILL The UK High Court trial finds that Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary can be held legally responsible for legacy oil pollution in Nigeria. The High Court has ruled that Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary can be held legally responsible for legacy, or historic, oil pollution which has …

INSIDE NIGERIA’S POLITICAL DYNASTIES More children of past and present political leaders in the country are getting actively involved in politics, Weekend Trust can authoritatively reveal. Checks by our correspondents reveal that an increasing number of children of political icons from the 1st Republic to the current dispensation are either contesting various elective positions or are using their privileged backgrounds …

PETROL MARKETERS INCREASE FUEL PRICES Nigeria’s petroleum product marketers and filling station owners have increased the price of Premium Motor Spirit, DAILY POST reports on Friday. Correspondent who visited major filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Friday, gathered that members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, had hiked their fuel prices by between N35 …