The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has concluded the second phase of the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise today, Friday, 17th April 2026, recording a total of 3,748,704 completed registrations across the country. The figure contained in the commission’s weekly update for week 14 of the second phase of the exercise comprised both online…
A security analyst and lawyer, Marvin Ibe has urged President Bola Tinubu to sack his minister of state defense, Bello Matawalle, following the recent widely reported recommendations made by a seasoned congresswoman, Representative Kimberly Daniels. He made this known in a press conference on Friday in Abuja. Ibe insisted that Representative Kimberly Daniels meant well…
The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Oludaisi Elemide, has cautioned residents especially those living along Idi-Aba road, Abeokuta and other parts of the state to desist from the causing air pollution through indiscriminate dumping of refuse on road median. Elemide warned that any offender caught would be arrested and prosecuted. The Speaker…
Ogun State has recorded a significant milestone in women empowerment as the Nigeria for Women Programme Scale-Up (NFWP-SU) inaugurated Project Champions across four local government areas of the state. DAILY POST reports that the state presently boasts 3,486 Women Affinity Groups (WAGs) comprising 83,664 women beneficiaries. The initiative, supported by the World Bank, is being…
Isuofia community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State has lost its traditional ruler, His Royal Highness, Igwe (Col.) C.A.O. Muoghalu, the Isu Nk’Ibua n’Isuofia to the cold hands of death. An announcement by the traditional prime minister of the community, Chief Ndubuisi Osele, which was dated April 16, 2026, conveyed the information to…
The Commissioner, Osun State Police Command, Ibrahim Gotan, has commended journalists for their professionalism and urged sustained collaboration in addressing security challenges across the state. He made the remarks during a courtesy visit by the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Osun State Council, to the Police Command headquarters on Thursday. According to…
The Police Command in Rivers has deployed operatives to secure Computer-Based Test centres for the 2026 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, across the state. The spokesperson of the command, ASP Blessing Agabe, announced the deployment in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Friday. Agabe stated that the Commissioner…
The Rivers State Police Command has rolled out security arrangement for the 2026 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), deploying personnel and operational resources to all accredited Computer-Based Test, CBT, centers across the state. In a statement issued on Friday, the Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga A. Adepoju, said the move…
A Nigerian United States citizen and health specialist, Kelvin Onyiaeze,has announced plans to file a N1 billion defamation suit against social commentator Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan. Onyiaeze disclosed this in a briefing in Abuja on Friday. Recall that in a viral video, VeryDarkMan alleged that Onyiaeze is a land grabber. However, reacting, Onyiaeze described…
A new legal battle has erupted over plans to appoint a Deputy Governor in Kano State, as lawyers have approached the court seeking to halt the State House of Assembly from screening Murtala Garo for the position. In a letter dated April 15, 2026, and addressed to the Speaker, Jibrin Falgore, a law firm, Suleiman…
