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The immediate past Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Adijat Adeleye, has emerged as the All Progressives Congress House of Representatives consensus candidate for Ifo/Ewekoro federal constituency ahead of the 2027 elections Adeleye has equally picked her nomination and expression of interest forms for the House of Representatives seat pledging a qualitative representation that upscale social and infrastructural development across the two local governments of Ifo and Ewekoro. The former two-term lawmaker representing Ifo constituency 2 at the state assembly between 2011 and 2019 was picked as the consensus candidate for the Ifo/Ewekoro federal constituency at the APC…

Dangote Petroleum Refinery exported an estimated 57 million barrels of jet fuel between April 2024 and April 2026, with shipments fluctuating sharply month-to-month but rising to a peak of about 160,000 barrels per day in the latest data. An analysis of export volumes from energy intelligence platform Kpler shows that the refinery’s monthly shipments, measured in thousand barrels per day, varied widely across the 25-month period, reflecting changing demand patterns and production capacity across Africa, Europe and the Americas. Findings from the data showed that exports began at relatively low levels in early 2024 when the refinery commenced operations before…

The Victorian government has overturned a ban on public screenings of this summer’s FIFA World Cup matches at Federation Square, allowing football fans to once again gather at the iconic venue in central Melbourne in Australia. The ban had been introduced by the Melbourne Arts Precinct, which manages the square, citing safety concerns and damage caused during previous tournaments. As reported by BBC Sport on Thursday, Victorian premier Jacinta Allan intervened after calls from Football Australia and supporter groups for the decision to be reversed. “I disagree with that decision, and I am overturning it,” Allan said in a statement,…

TrustedVolumes, an independent market maker and resolver used by 1inch Fusion, confirmed it was exploited and said about $6.7 million in stolen funds are being held across three Ethereum addresses.In a Thursday X post, the market maker said the stolen funds were split across three wallets, with two addresses each holding about $3 million and a third holding about $700,000. TrustedVolumes said it was open to “constructive communication” over a bug bounty and a “mutually acceptable resolution.”The confirmation came after Web3 security company Blockaid said its exploit detection system had identified an ongoing Ethereum exploit targeting TrustedVolumes. Blockaid said the…

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been released from the ICU three days after being read his last rites by a priest. “Mayor Rudy Giuliani is out of the ICU and will spend some time recovering before leaving the hospital,” his spokesperson, Ted Goodman, tweeted on Wednesday, May 6. “The mayor and his family appreciate the outpouring of love and prayers sent his way.” Goodman offered thanks to the politician and disbarred lawyer’s supporters for “the outpouring of love and prayers sent his way.” “Mayor Giuliani — the man who took down the Mafia, saved New York City,…

Gunmen on Tuesday night attacked Nding Susut, a village in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing six persons, including five members of a family. Police spokesperson Alfred Alabo confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, saying the attack occurred in the Fan District of Barkin Ladi. “The assailants opened fire on residents who were seated in front of their houses, resulting in the tragic loss of five lives, four females and one 9-year-old boy,” Mr Alabo said, adding that three other women sustained injuries and were receiving treatment at the General Hospital. The latest attack comes…

The Enugu State government said it invested N439.2 million in nutrition and related health interventions in 2025 to improve child survival and development outcomes. The Executive Secretary, Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Ifeyinwa Ani-Osheku, disclosed this at a joint inception and planning meeting in Awka, Anambra State on Wednesday. The two-day meeting in Awka was organised for stakeholders from Enugu and Benue states on the need to prevent malnutrition in the first 1,000 days of life. The meeting was organised through a collaboration between the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the governments of Enugu and Benue States,…

Channels Television has debunked the statement by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, that it is making money from land allocated to it in Abuja. The media organization made the rebuttal on Thursday, stating that the minister’s statement is incorrect. Recall that on Wednesday during a media parley engaged in a public dispute with Channels Television, suggesting that the media organization benefited from land allocations in Abuja. According to the media organization, all land obligations were met in 2007. “The statement that Channels is making money from the land allocated to it in Guzape is not…

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Sani, has dismissed alleged intimidation tactics by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, amid the ongoing leadership crisis rocking the party. He accused Wike of using his position as FCT minister to fight political opponents within the party, describing the alleged moves as “the last kick of a dying horse.” Speaking during the Arise Television’s Morning Show on Thursday, Sani accused Wike of repeatedly using government instruments to frustrate meetings held by rival factions within the PDP. He insisted that members of his PDP group were not disturbed…

Detectives of the Ijebu Imushin Division, Ogun State Police Command, on Wednesday, foiled a truck hijacking incident, recovered a stolen DAF truck and a wooden-fabricated rifle. DAILY POST learnt the driver who was conveying motor spare parts was intercepted by suspected hoodlums at the Oke-Ado area of Ijebu North, where the truck was forcefully taken from him. In a statement made available to newsmen by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, on Thursday, upon the information the officers collaborated with highway patrol operatives, swiftly mobilized to the scene, forcing the suspects to abandon the truck and flee under pressure. Babaseyi…