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Operatives of Kaduna State Police Command have apprehended two suspected bandits, recovering an AK-47 rifle and five motor vehicles. A statement issued on Saturday by the Command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, said, “At about 0310 hours on June 6, 2024, while conducting a routine patrol near the Agoro Level Crossing area, a team from the Tudun Wada Division in Zaria, intercepted a suspect identified as Babangida Sani, a 37-year-old male from Faskari Local Government Area in Katsina State. “He was traveling from Jos to Faskari and had boarded a commercial motorcycle en route the Flyover Garage.” The officers discovered an…
The Federal Government has increased its offer of a new national minimum wage to N62,000. This comes after the organized labour dropped its demand from N494,000 to N250,000. There was no consensus at the meeting and the Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage has adjourned. The organized private sector is also in agreement with the government over the N62,000 offer. Details later…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Vice Chancellor (VC) of University of Abuja, Prof. Rasheed Na’Allah, to appear before it on June 13 to show cause why the planned inauguration of the newly elected Internal Governing Council Members of the institution should not be stopped. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order in a ruling, shortly after the plaintiffs’ counsel, Maxwell Opara, moved an ex-parte motion to the effect. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the plaintiffs – Prof. Saint Gbilekaa, Prof. Edmund Nwanna, Prof. Sunday Ejaro, Prof. Kasim Umar, Prof. Wesley Nafarnda and Dr Uju…
Two unidentified labourers were brought out dead from a well after they drowned while attempting to retrieve a bucket used to fetch water in Ile-Ife. The two men, DAILY POST gathered, were engaged to work at a construction site in the town on Thursday. The incident, according to eyewitnesses, occurred around 1:09 pm at a construction site which is located opposite Ilesa Motor Park, along the Ife-Ilesa Expressway, Ile-Ife. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command, Kehinde Adeleke, said that operatives of the Corps and men of Federal Fire Service retrieved…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has said the state government has started getting credible intelligence on the killing of five soldiers on May 30 in Aba. Otti made this known on Thursday when he paid a morale boosting visit to the officers and men of the 144 Battalion, Nigerian Army, at the Ngwa High School, Aba. DAILY POST recalls that on May 30, five soldiers were killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen, at the Obikabia Junction in Aba. According to the governor, he was on the visit to address the soldiers on the killing. Otti added that the efforts made by the…
Fulham star Alex Iwobi has named his ideal Super Eagles starting lineup. The starting XI is composed solely of players he has shared the field with during his senior international career with the national team. In an interview with Victor Modo at the Super Eagles camp in Uyo ahead of Nigeria’s World Cup qualifier against South Africa, Iwobi selected former Wolves star Carl Ikeme as the goalkeeper in a 4-3-3 formation. In defence, he chose Efe Ambrose and the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations Best Player William Troost-Ekong as the centre-backs, with Ola Aina as the right-back and Elderson Echiejile…
Four residents of Niger State drowned while fleeing from a bandit attack in the Gurmana community of Shiroro Local Government Area. Residents in the community often use canoe to escape to an island to hide from bandits who frequently target the area. The incident occurred on Thursday when residents who had fled to the island on Wednesday attempted to return home, and their boat capsized. Recall that the attack by bandits on Wednesday night resulted in the death of three people, the rustling of cattle, and the abduction of several residents in Bassa near Gurmana. The spokesman for the Niger…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the Niger Delta Youth Leaders Front have demanded an autopsy report on the slain Mechanical Engineering student of Ajayi Crowther University, Jeffery Chamuke Akron. The demand followed suspicions that the real culprits may not have been arrested after Akron was beaten to death by his colleagues over an allegation of phone theft. Meanwhile, 25 suspected students, aged 18-34, were arraigned on Wednesday before the Chief Magistrate Court in Oyo State and were remanded in a custodial center until July 8 pending trial. The late Akron, who resided in a hostel on the…
Former Chelsea midfielder, John Obi Mikel has hailed England U21 star, Chinonso ‘Noni’ Madueke for finishing the 2023-24 Premier League season strongly. Towards the end of the season, Madueke made nine consecutive starts for the Blues in the Premier League and it was the first time since he joined from PSV Eindhoven. He scored 2 goals and provided three assists last season to help the Blues secure a spot in next season’s Conference League. Mikel noted that though young England international, Cole Palmer stole most of the headlines, Madueke was impressive. The former Super Eagles captain told The Obi One…
The government of Abia State, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Urban Renewal, joined their counterparts all over the world on Wednesday to celebrate World Environment Day in the state. Speaking on Wednesday, after environmental sensitization exercises with the Aba business community and a road walk, the Abia State Commissioner for Environment, Philemon Asonye Ogbonna, reiterated the government’s commitment to ensuring a clean and healthy environment for the citizens. He boasted that Abia is currently the cleanest state in the country, adding that achieving a healthy environment will be an ongoing process. “One of the cardinal policy objectives…