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Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has reacted to the controversy surrounding Vice President Kashim Shettima’s recent remarks at a book launch. Sani said that Shettima spoke in tongues and therefore should have known better that he couldn’t control its interpretation or misinterpretation. In a post on X, Sani wrote: “When you speak in tongues, utter a phrase or a proverb, you can’t control its interpretation or misinterpretation. My Brother the VP should know this rule better.” The comments come amid public debate over a speech delivered by Shettima during the public presentation of the book ”OPL 245: The Inside Story…
The growing threat of digital assets fraud has continued to pose a challenge to market integrity and undermines investor confidence in Nigeria, the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Dr Emomotimi Agama, has observed. He made the observation at an event to mark African Union Anti-Corruption Day, themed “Understanding Virtual Assets and Investment Fraud.” Agama noted that corruption continues to be a major obstacle to Africa’s economic growth, social development, and attractiveness to investors. He said that as digital innovation transforms financial systems, they face new challenges, particularly the rise of virtual asset fraud and sophisticated investment…
The Federal Government says about 161 million Nigerians are currently food insecure, even as it intensifies efforts to avert an impending food and nutrition crisis. Alhaji Nuhu Kilishi, Director of the Nutrition and Food Safety Department, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja. He was speaking during a stakeholders’ consultative meeting on the development of a Food and Nutrition Security Crisis Preparedness Plan, FNSCPP. The plan is a spin-off of the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria, ANRiN, project, a state-led, World Bank-funded initiative aimed at reducing malnutrition by expanding access to quality, cost-effective nutrition…
The Presidency has said Vice President Kashim Shettima’s remarks at the launch of a book written by a former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, did not criticise the suspension of Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. Shettima’s remarks at the event appeared to suggest that he opposed the suspension of the Rivers governor. However, the Presidency dismissed the insinuations on Friday in a statement released by Office of the Vice President. It said Shettima’s remarks were misrepresented outside the context in which it was made. A statement by…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly killed a personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and abducted three seminarians in Edo State. DAILY POST gathered that a local vigilante sustained gun injuries during the incident. The Civil Defence Corps officer and the three seminarians were reportedly killed and abducted during an attack on the Catholic Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary school located at Ivianokpodi, Agenebode in Etsako East Local Government Area. It was also gathered that the security officer was attached to the Catholic school. Reverend Father Peter Egielewa, the Director of Social Communications, Catholic Diocese of…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of two persons and 10 injured in a car accident that occurred along the Ringim-Kano Road in Jigawa State. The FRSC Sector Commander in Dutse, Umar Mas’ud, disclosed this on Friday, he said the fatal accident happened around 10:40 a.m on Thursday and involved two Volkswagen Golf vehicles. The crash, according to him, was caused by speeding and wrongful overtaking. All the Thirteen people involved were from Bareda village in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Mr Mas’ud revealed that during the rescue operation, personnel of the corps recovered…
Turkish giants, Galatasaray, have returned to Napoli to continue the talks on signing Victor Osimhen. Fabrizio Romano, the Italian football transfer expert, reports that the Turkish side submitted a new proposal structure to Napoli on Friday. It includes a €70m fee with bank guarantees for the installments which is now left for the Italian side to decide upon. Meanwhile, Sporting CP striker, Viktor Gyökeres has continued with his strike in protest against the club. The player, according to Romano, will not show up in training at Sporting again at any moment this summer. “His decision is clear as reported during…
Operatives of the Taraba State Police Command have arrested four suspects linked to cases of murder and car theft in Wukari local government council of the state. The arrest, as announced by the command’s spokesperson, James Lashen Saminuon, Friday in a statement in Jalingo, led to the recovering of a stolen vehicle. “Officers attached to the Wukari Division apprehended Dauda Usman, 45, and Japhet Shekarau, 30, over the killings of two commercial motorcycle operators, Idris Papa from Kano State, murdered on 27th June 2025, and Abdulkadir Ahmad from Bauchi State, killed on 7th May 2025”, the statement read. The suspects…
A high-ranking officer with Ukraine’s Security Service, SBU, was gunned down in broad daylight in the capital city of Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials and local media reports. The officer, whose identity was not officially confirmed by the agency, was shot multiple times in a car park shortly after 09:00 local time on Thursday in the Holosiivskyi district. Ukrainian media, however, have identified the victim as Colonel Ivan Voronych. Chilling CCTV footage shows a man in jeans and a dark T-shirt exiting a building while carrying a plastic bag and a holdall. As he approaches a parked car, another man,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reported receiving a total of 129 applications from associations seeking registration as political parties. The update was provided during the Commission’s regular weekly meeting held on Thursday. A statement signed by Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, revealed that seven new applications were submitted in the past week, bringing the total to the current figure. “At its regular weekly meeting held today, Thursday 10th July 2025, the Commission received further updates on additional requests from associations seeking registration as political parties. “Since last week, seven…