The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, has called on Nyesom Wike to resign as minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mr Basiru’s call for Mr Wike’s resignation came a few hours after the minister…

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has condemned the Nigerian government, accusing President Bola Tinubu’s administration of embarrassment and moral cowardice over the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife by the United States. The statement was released on…

The Nigeria Football Federation has welcomed the nationality switch of Wrexham goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo, expressing optimism about adding the 24-year-old to its goalkeeping options. Born in London to Nigerian parents, Okonkwo was eligible to represent both England and Nigeria and…

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil) Heineken Lokpobiri and others to maintain the status quo pending the hearing and determination of a case involving four oil fields. Judge Emeka Nwite…

Former Nigerian Ambassador to South Korea and Coordinator of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors in Rivers State, Desmond Akawor, has alleged that development in Oyigbo Local Government Area has ground to a halt since Governor Siminalayi Fubara assumed office. Akawor made…

The Board of LOTUS Bank has appointed Dr Isiaka Ajani-Lawal as its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, effective December 2025. This appointment was disclosed in a statement made available to The PUNCH on Monday. The PUNCH reports that LOTUS Bank is…

A professor emeritus, Biodun Jeyifo, has said decolonisation in Nigeria and other postcolonial societies cannot be achieved through administrative reforms alone, arguing that meaningful change must involve the redistribution of resources alongside development. Mr Jeyifo made the remarks on Monday…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, has said Nigeria needs leadership and not what he called a “Paris Menu.” Shaibu made the remark while condemning President Bola Tinubu’s recent lunch with French President,…

The Federal Ministry of Education has announced plans to introduce a unique Examination Learners’ Identity Number for candidates writing Senior School Certificate Examinations this year. The move, according to a statement issued on Monday by the Director of Press and…

Former Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, says it is oil that dictated what President Donald Trump of the United States has done in Venezuela. Prof Akinyemi stated this on Monday in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a…

A former President of the Nigerian Labour Congress and ex-General Secretary of the Organisation of African Trade Unions, Hassan Sunmonu, has criticised Nigeria’s growing dependence on loans from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, saying the borrowings have…

The police in Anambra State have arrested and detained a 42-year-old woman, Eucharia Ogochukwu, for alleged cyber bullying and defamation of a senior police officer’s character. Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesperson in Anambra State, disclosed this in a statement on…

The leader of the Hausa community, also known as Sarkin Hausawa of Ibadanland, Alhaji Ali Ɗahiru Zungeru is dead. DAILY POST gathered that Zungeru died Monday evening. Our correspondent reports that Zungeru was turbaned few months ago. He succeeded his…

Members of the Association of Waste Management Vendors and Recyclers of Nigeria, Ogun State Chapter, on Monday, protested what they described as high-handedness and alleged extortion by the Special Adviser on Environment and Managing Director of the Ogun State Waste…

Nigeria’s opposition party, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has described the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife by the United States as a “clear warning” to governments that lack legitimacy. In a statement signed by its spokesperson,…