Government

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ahmed Halilu as the Managing Director of Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, NSPMC Plc. Halilu is said to be an elder brother to the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, and had headed the company in an acting capacity following the resignation of …

No fewer than 546 members of different political parties have defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Mallam Madori Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The council chairman, Mallam Usaini Umar BK, stated this while receiving the decampees at Malam-Madori on Wednesday. He said over 546 supporters of the …

Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Doyin Okupe, has described the purported agreement between Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar as wishful thinking. He noted that the speculation about a deal involving the LP and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates was false. In a statement on Wednesday, Okupe said the massive support for …

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has berated the Labour Party flagbearer, Mr Peter Obi over his outing to churches. Okowa, who spoke with reporters in Kano State on Wednesday, said he does not believe in dragging …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said Nigeria needs visionary leadership in order to be put back in the right track. Obi made this statement while speaking at an event in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The event was organised by a group of Nigerians as the …

Former All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirants who were scheduled to meet in Abuja on Wednesday, failed to turn up. DAILY POST had reported that the aspirants were scheduled to meet by 2:00 p.m. at Transcorp Hilton on Wednesday to brainstorm and come up with viable strategies to support the presidential candidate …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved a reward scheme for users of the eNaira, including merchants. This includes providing merchants with the required promotional materials, subsidising the current Merchant Service Charge by 50% and activation of a nationwide sensitization that early business adopters of eNaira can leverage on …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written to President Muhammadu Buhari on the recent repatriation of $23 million stolen by the late General Sani Abacha. The United States government last week signed an agreement with the Federal Government to return the money to Nigeria. SERAP urged Buhari, Attorney-General of …

The campaign office of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has debunked reports that an alliance is brewing with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the 2023 elections. It referred to the rumours as the work of propagandists who enjoy twisting the truth …

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has called on the Federal Government to sign the renegotiated agreement with the striking members of the Academic Strike Union of University (ASUU). In a statement on Sunday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria urged both ASUU leadership and the current administration to resume negotiations in …