The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that the FCT’s N1.28 trillion 2024 statutory budget will revolutionise infrastructure provision in the nation’s capital. The minister, who made this statement during a media chat with journalists in Abuja, said the budget will not only cater for the provision of roads in the…
The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the release of 28 girls abducted by bandits yesterday in Katsina. The girls were reportedly kidnapped while collecting firewood near Kasia village in Batsari LGA of the state. ASP Sadiq Aliyu, the command’s spokesperson, confirmed the rescue in a statement on Tuesday. He stated that all the victims…
Governor Ahmed Sokoto has refuted allegations that he took loans to execute projects in Sokoto State. The BBC Hausa Service reported on Monday that Sokoto State is among the northern states that have taken foreign loans to execute developmental projects. According to the report, the current administration has taken a foreign loan amounting to $489…
A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 general elections, Dr Sam Ohuabunwa, has said that the involvement of Igbo governors and leaders in the affairs of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide will fast-track economic development and stem the tide of insecurity in the land. Ohuabunwa, the chairman of…
Governor Biodun Oyebanji has expressed the readiness of his government to collaborate with the Federal Ministry of Tourism to harness and develop the untapped tourism potential of Ekiti State and turn it into a leading tourism destination in the country. Governor Oyebanji revealed this on Monday during the 6th edition of Hike Ekiti Mountain Safari,…
Members of the Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, UNIMEDTH, in Ondo State, on Tuesday, commenced a 14-day warning strike. Among other grievances, the striking doctors cited the non-payment of seven months’ salaries to their new members. While staging a peaceful protest at the hospital premises, the doctors…
Ward attendants at the Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja, Kogi State, embarked on a peaceful protest on Tuesday over the death of one of their colleagues, the late Salamatu Aliu of Post Natal Ward. DAILY POST learnt that the deceased was rushed to the hospital for medical attention on Sunday evening but was not attended to…
A former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ali Ciroma has died. Ciroma died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State capital, on Tuesday. A family member, who is also the Secretary of the Borno State Council, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ali Ibrahim Ciroma, announced the death of the veteran unionist in…
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has declared that religion cannot divide the upper legislative chamber and Nigeria despite senators belonging to different faiths. Akpabio, who spoke on Monday night while hosting his Muslim colleagues and attended by a few others who are Christians for Iftar (breaking of fast) in Abuja, said everyone serves…
Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been sworn in as the fifth Senegalese President. The 44-year-old Faye becomes Senegal’s youngest President. He took over from Macky Sall on Tuesday, April 2 in an event witnessed by African leaders in the new town of Diamniadio, near the capital Dakar. “Before God and the Senegalese nation, I swear to…
