It was a sad day for traders as fire engulfed a section of the popular Nkpor Main market in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra state, near the commercial city of Onitsha, destroying goods worth N300,000 million. DAILY POST gathered that the
An Area Court in Jos on Thursday sentenced Ishaku Saidu, 25, to six months imprisonment for stealing various household items worth N2.3 million. The judge, Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the offence and begged the court for leniency.
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Federal Government on Wednesday announced a 50 per cent reduction in transportation costs along 22 interstate routes during the Yuletide season. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Dele Alake, who chairs the
Gunmen suspected to be notorious bandits have killed a man in Kwalfada village of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State for refusing to marry his daughter to their colleague. According to a resident of the community, Usman Magaji, one of the bandits
The national secretariat of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, says it has observed with great displeasure the lingering leadership crisis in the Abia State chapter of the party. It advised that the status quo before the crisis should be maintained pending the outcome
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed to sanction the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike for working against the party. PDP Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Damagum’s remark followed
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has approved N13.1 billion to finance the renovation and new construction of toilets and the provision of furniture across secondary and primary schools in the six area councils for 2024. The mandate secretary,
Vice President Kashim Shettima has reiterated the commitment of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to economic revitalisation through poverty reduction. The VP stated this on Wednesday while inaugurating the corporate headquarters of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, in Abuja.
The Niger State Government has declared a seven-day public holiday for civil servants in the state. Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago made the declaration at the end-of-year cake cutting with all members of the State Executive Council in Minna, the state capital. The governor
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has approved N100,000 to be paid to all civil servants as Christmas bonus. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Warisenibo Johnson, disclosed this in a statement in Port Harcourt. Meanwhile, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has gone