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James Akaie, a popular Nigerian special effects artist, is dead. The artist died following injuries sustained in an explosion that occurred at a movie location in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Popular movie director and producer, James Abinibi, announced the tragic incident in a…
Nigerian troops have neutralised an unspecified number of terrorists following a bloody attack on Forward Operating Base (FOB) Azir in Borno State. DAILY POST gathered that the attack was carried out on Friday morning when daredevil terrorists invaded the area with dangerous…
Truck drivers on Friday mounted a roadblock on the busy Bauchi–Jos highway at the Miri axis of Bauchi metropolis in protest after a colleague’s truck tyre was allegedly damaged by revenue enforcement agents. The spokesperson of the Bauchi State Police Command, SP Nafiu Habib,…
The Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has confirmed that 14 vessels are currently at Lagos ports, awaiting berthing to offload assorted consignments. According to the NPA’s Shipping Position bulletin released on Friday, the ships are spread across the Apapa, Tin Can Island and…
African Democratic Congress, ADC, stalwart in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has claimed that about 80 per cent of residents in the state live in poverty, blaming what he described as exclusionary development policies that fail to carry the majority of the population…
US President Donald Trump has warned that he could introduce trade tariffs against countries that refuse to back his ambition to take control of Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory under NATO member Denmark. Speaking on Friday during a health-focused roundtable at the…
The Federal Government has announced a ban on sand mining within a 10-kilometre radius of the River Niger to protect the first and second Niger bridges. The Minister of Works, Mr David Umahi, disclosed this on Friday in Asaba during the commissioning of the Second Niger…
Chelsea, on Friday, confirmed that young defender Olutayo Subuloye has signed a new contract with the club that will see him remain at Stamford Bridge until at least 2030. Subuloye joined Chelsea’s Academy at the Under-12s level from Brighton & Hove Albion. The defender has…
The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, appeared at the first State Council meeting of the year, held in Abuja, dressed in his traditional Kwankwasiyya attire and bearing the flag of his party, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). The meeting was also attended by all…
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has formally welcomed the publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, into the party. This was contained in a statement posted on its verified X handle on Friday. DAILY POST reports that Momodu on Thursday officially joined the opposition…
Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi has set a record ahead of Nigeria’s AFCON third-place final against Egypt on Saturday. According to OptaJoe, Iwobi has made the most line-breaking passes, leading to 13 shots and 4 goals at the ongoing AFCON in Morocco. The Fulham star has…
The Department of State Services, DSS, in Niger State have rescued two abducted pastors and a church member in Kaduna State. The victims, Idi Buhari, Emmanuel Jacob, and Suleiman Adamu, were said to have been whisked away on January 9, 2026, at the Gwagwada area of Chikun…
Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, says governance has been reduced to childish politics in Rivers state. Yesufu said this in a statement she posted on her verified X handle on Friday, describing the the political crisis in the state as concerning. The co-convener of…
A socio-political activist and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Aisha Yesufu, has slammed members of the Rivers State House of Assembly over moves to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy. In a statement on Friday, Aisha said that if the…
Nigerian troops under Operation Hadin Kai have repelled an attack by ISWAP fighters on a military base in Azir, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. Sources told security analyst Zagazola Makama that the attack occurred in the early hours of Friday, when the…
The Ekiti State Government, has placed the Elepe of Epe Ekiti, in Ijero Local Government, Oba Williams Adesoye on probation and watch list over consistent agitations by his community that he should be deposed following alleged unruly behaviour and high-handedness. The Ekiti…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described the violence that disrupted its party activities in Borno State as unacceptable, insisting that the inauguration of its committees in the state was lawful and properly authorised. In a statement issued by its National…
Residents of Obiaruku, Ukwuani local government area, Delta State have raised concern over the lack of medical personnel at the only hospital in their community, regretting that only one doctor is available to attend to hundreds of patients on a daily basis. They lamented…
