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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered that Babachir Lawal, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), be remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Lawal had…

The office of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, in Awka, the Anambra State capital is currently on fire. DAILY POST observes that helpless staff of the commission and other people gathered at the scene to watch the…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that Ibikunle Amosun, Governor of Ogun State, will not escape punishment for the embarrassment he caused the party during the presidential rally at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Kuto,…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has expelled Jerry Gana, a former Minister of Information, and a contender for the party’s presidential candidate, for anti-party activities. …

The Tijjaniya SUFI Movement of Nigeria has asked its followers nationwide to vote for president Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming election. In a statement signed by the chairman of the SUFI…

The supreme court has dismissed the appeal filed by the Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the 2019 elections. The faction of the party headed by Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, had…

Senate President Bukola Saraki says Bola Tinubu is angry with him because he opposed Tinubu’s ambition for the All Progressives Congress  (APC) to field a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2015 presidential election. It was believed…

The nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 1.93% in 2018, data made available by the National Bureau of Statistics has shown. According to the report, which was released by the bureau on Tuesday, the fourth quarter GDP…

Prophet T.B. Joshua has given both a message of hope and warning to Nigerians regarding the 2019 presidential elections. President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will slug it out with Atiku Abubakar,…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appealed to Ogun traditional rulers to prevail on their subjects to be law abiding and show respect to constituted authority during and after the general elections. ‘‘I am happy for what…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it adopted the simultaneous accreditation and voting from the recommendations made by the Commonwealth Observer Mission which observed the 2015 general election in…

Palpable tension has enveloped Benjamin, a popular area in Eleyele, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital following the discovery of a den suspected to be a ritualists’ hideout, DAILY POST reports. DAILY POST recalls that, few years…

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has signed a pre-contract agreement to join Juventus in the summer in a deal that will earn him over £400,000 a week. The 28-year-old has agreed a four-year contract that will see him join the…

The leadership of the Nigerian Army in 2015, led by Kenneth Minimah, a lieutenant general, activated a last-minute plan to truncate that year’s presidential election to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from being declared winner,…

ANTI-GRAFT agencies, financial institutions and other agengies have been urged by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to assist in tracking campaign finances of political parties and their candidates. The…

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal was yesterday detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Lawal will be arraigned today. The commission had filed a 10-count charge…

A Second Republic lawmaker and prominent member of the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Dr. Junaid Muhammed, has said the socio-cultural group did not endorse People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate former Vice…

A fire at a hotel in New Delhi has killed at least 17 people, including a child, according to officials. The blaze erupted in the early hours of Tuesday at Hotel Arpit Palace in a congested part of central New Delhi. Fire…

Arsenal legend Ray Parlour reckons Mesut Ozil could get Unai Emery sacked at the Emirates. The German star penned a bumper new deal last season but has fallen down the pecking order at the Emirates. Ozil cried off Saturday’s…

Mr Paul Arinze, an official of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, on Monday, asked a National Industrial Court in Lagos, to suspend a “Special Review Audit” that is probing the affairs of the Public and Government Affairs…

Religious leaders from all the states in the South-west region have thrown their weight behind the second term bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking in Ibadan, Oyo State, the National Chairman, National Hajj Commission…

Osang Abang, a scriptwriter with M-Net, has died. The 30-year-old University of Calabar graduate, who passed away on Thursday night, was buried on Monday. Before his death, Abang was co-writing content for Tinsel, a popular…

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it will not condone fake news, incendiary or hate speeches “designed to whip up dangerous ethnic, religious and/or political sentiments capable of stoking the embers of violence” during…

U.S. lawmakers on Monday reached a tentative deal to try to avert another partial government shutdown on Saturday, but congressional aides said it did not contain the $5.7 billion President Donald Trump wants for a border wall. …