The Middle East war triggered the world’s largest energy shock with market recovery likely to extend into 2027 even if the Hormuz blockade is lifted soon, Saudi oil giant Aramco’s CEO told investors Monday. A day earlier, Aramco had announced…

Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Sunday shot dead an undergraduate said to be of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) and injured three others in a violent attack. The attack reportedly occurred at about 6 p.m. along the Benin-Lagos Road,…

The Rivers State Police Command has imposed restrictions on tricycle (Keke) movement in parts of Port Harcourt following rising cases of the notorious “one chance” robbery syndicate in the state. The directive was announced on Monday, May 11, 2026, in Port…

London’s Heathrow Airport announced Monday that passenger numbers dropped in April as the Middle East war disrupted global air travel. The airport handled 6.7 million passengers last month, down 5.3 percent from one year earlier, Heathrow said in a statement.…

The FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, issued a warrant for the arrest of convicted former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, for his absence from proceedings in a N31 billion fraud trial involving him and six others. Mr…

The Sokoto State Government on Monday airlifted the first batch of 484 pilgrims for the 2026 Hajj exercise to Saudi Arabia. The pilgrims departed aboard the inaugural flight at about 6:14 a.m. from the Sultan Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto,…

The United Nations must be reformed to increase African representation, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday when he broke ground on an expansion of the UN’s Kenyan campus. Guterres has repeatedly called over the years for change to give Africa…

President Bola Tinubu arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya, in the early hours of Monday to participate in the highly anticipated Africa Forward Summit. The president’s aircraft touched down at approximately 00:18 a.m. local time. President Tinubu…

The Nigerian Air Force has released footage of airstrikes carried out in Kusasu, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, showing suspected bandits attempting to cross a river, with a canoe seen arriving at the gathering point. DAILY POST earlier…

Officers of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have apprehended suspected vandals in connection with the looting and theft of items from a truck involved in an accident along the Calabar–Itu Highway. A statement issued by the command’s Public Relations…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed a suit instituted by Fubara Dagogo, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), seeking to void the election of the party’s National Vice Chairman (South South). Delivering judgement, the judge,…

The Federal Government has announced the removal of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, requirement for candidates seeking admission into Nigeria Certificate in Education, NCE, programms in Colleges of Education. This was disclosed by the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa,…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that candidates seeking admission into Education programmes and Agriculture-related non-engineering courses will no longer be required to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board disclosed this in a post shared…

Amnesty International has called on Nigerian authorities to investigate the reported killing of civilians during a military airstrike in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The organisation, in a statement on Monday, condemned what it described as the killing…

A State High Court sitting in Owerri, the Imo State Capital, has sentenced  a 34-year-old man, Johnbosco Chidera Ashiegbu to death by hanging after finding him guilty of serial armed robbery and kidnapping. Johnbosco, a native of Amaiyi Akabo in…