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Protesters demanding the investigation of allegations against Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed, have maintained their daily sit-out at the Abuja offices of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The protesters are demanding the investigation of allegations that Ahmed diverted over $5 million in public funds to pay for his children’s luxurious foreign education. They also want the ICPC and CCB to investigate Ahmed for alleged conflict of interest and nepotism over the employment of his son, Faisal, by Oando…
The Nigerian Government, through the Galaxy Backbone, has launched the 1Government Cloud Academy, a strategic move to advance the country’s transition to a paperless civil service and enhance communication across Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). The initiative was spotlighted during the 2025 International Civil Service Conference held in Abuja, which President Bola Tinubu attended. Declaring the conference open, Tinubu underscored the strategic importance of data in governance, describing it as “the new oil,” but unlike oil, he said its value increases with refinement and responsible use. The President directed all ministries, departments, and agencies to rigorously capture data, safeguard it…
The average Nigerian market is a theatre of colours, scents, and voices. From the lively banter of traders to the glittering rows of bottles and sachets jostling for attention, every corner promises something new. In this daily spectacle of choice, cooking oil remains one of the most contested categories. Shoppers, armed with shopping lists and personal preferences, pause before aisles filled with promises of purity, affordability, and health. Still, among all the noise and choices, one brand has steadily become a trusted fixture in Nigerian homes: Golden Terra Oil. Made from 100% Pure Soya Oil, Golden Terra Oil is steadily…
No fewer than 210 Boko Haram fighters and their family members have surrendered to troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, Sector 2, along the Lake Chad region. In a statement on Wednesday, MNJTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Olaniyi Osoba, said the mass surrender followed intensified kinetic and non-kinetic operations in the region. According to him, the surrendered terrorists confessed to having participated in various terrorist acts along the Bakatolerom, Barkalam, Litri, and Kaiga Ngbouboun axis of Lake Chad. The spokesman further said that 10 assorted weapons of various calibres were recovered from the terrorists during the operation. He described the…
Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has lauded key leaders in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other opposition figures for coming together to battle the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the next election. The lawyer specifically thanked the concerned leaders of the main opposition party, PDP for dumping the party for the African Democratic Congress, ADC. DAILY POST had reported that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, former Senate President, David Mark, a former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido and other concerned leaders of the PDP dumped the party on Tuesday. The PDP stalwarts, who adopted ADC as a platform to…
Amid the rumoured planned defection of Senator Kelvin Chukwu from the Labour Party, LP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, a community leader, Prince Maxwell Ozoemena Nnamani has warned him of the dire implication of such a move. Nnamani made his feelings known in an open letter he penned to the Senator, where he also accused him of not giving the people of Enugu East adequate representation. There are now strong rumours that he is set to dump the Labour Party, just as he is widely acknowledged to have been poorly representing his constituents. Nnamani is now warning him not…
Ogun State Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Femi Soluade, has expressed optimism that the party, following the appointment of Senator David Mark as the interim national chairman and Rauf Aregbesola, as its national secretary, will unseat President Bola Tinubu in the upcoming 2027 elections. DAILY POST reports that appointments of the former senate president and ex-governor of Osun state, were made at a high-level meeting of opposition leaders held in Abuja on Tuesday night. The Ogun state chairman on Wednesday, in a statement signed by its publicity secretary, Olumide Onabajo, described the appointment as a significant step to…
Former Senate President David Mark has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), bringing to an end his decades-long association with the party he helped found. Mark, who played a key role in shaping the PDP since its inception, announced his resignation in a letter dated June 27. The development follows his recent appointment as one of the interim leaders of the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC), a move that signals a shift in Nigeria’s evolving political landscape. In his resignation letter addressed to the PDP leadership in Otukpo Ward 1, Benue State, Mark cited the party’s deep-seated leadership…
The Nigerian economy is projected to have grown by around 3.7 percent in the first half of 2025. The growth was driven by improved business conditions and increased crude oil production. The Stanbic IBTC Bank Nigeria Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) disclosed this in a report compiled by S&P Global and released on Tuesday. According to Muyiwa Oni, Head of Equity Research, West Africa, at the bank, the estimated 3.7 percent year-on-year GDP growth aligns with expectations for annual growth of 3.5 percent. “Insights from the monthly PMIs and crude oil production data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission suggest…
The Obidient Movement, umbrella body supporting Peter Obi, says the support from Northern Nigeria for their principal is increasing by leaps and bounds. The group expressed this confidence, when recently the Palace of the District Head of Pantami, in Gombe State, conferred Obi with the traditional title of Sarkin Maskan Pantami, meaning: “Chief of Shelter and Peace of Pantami.” The conferment of the title, was contained in an official appointment letter signed by Mai Martaba Alhaji Yakubu Abdullahi, District Head of Pantami, which was made public by the Global Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Dr. Tanko Yunusa, in Abuja, on…