Buhari to join Tinubu’s campaigns
President Muhammadu Buhari is to join the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council in its nationwide rallies ahead of the February 25 presidential election. The council in a revised timetable released on Friday by its spokesman, Festus Keyamo, said President Buhari has indicated his readiness to be physically present in the tour of 10 states […]
Professor What!
By Toyin Falola Early last year, in distress, I called Dr. Samson Ijaola of Glorious University to ask him a question that was not allowing me to sleep: why are “big boys” asking me for money? It is unusual for them to do so because they usually do well financially. I often visit “big boys” […]
Ohakim: What I told Buhari about security challenges in Imo, by Uzodimma
Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo State, met with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, where both men discussed critical infrastructure that would improve security in the state. The visit to the seat of power came just hours after a former governor of Imo State, […]
Shekarau dumps APC
Ahead of next month’s general election, a former lawmaker who represented Birnin Gwari/Giwa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Hassan Adamu Shekarau, has resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter dated January 3, 2023 and made available to DAILY POST in Abuja, Wednesday, the former Kaduna State lawmaker […]
Gafaru’s murder: Police unveil alleged killer-cop, body to be exhumed
The Lagos State Police Command has identified Inspector Imeh Johnson as the officer who allegedly shot and killed Gafaru Buraimoh on December 7, 2022, in Ajah, Lagos State. Inspector Johnson is attached to the Ajah Division of the Force. The Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, explained that the alleged killer cop […]
Las Las! (Part III)
By Toyin Falola Nigeria is experiencing economic issues due to poor planning, ineffective policies, poor leadership, and many other factors. Despite the country’s abundant natural and human resources, the inability to use the wealth to turn things around for the masses has led many astray. A significant portion of the country’s wealth is in […]
Friends, colleagues, associates celebrate Falola At 70
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was among a galaxy of academics, friends, family and associates to on January 1, 2023 gathered online to celebrate eminent scholar Prof Toyin Falola who clocked 70. Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. The celebration which was […]
JAMB only admits 100,000 out of million applying for medical courses – Data
Data obtained from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, the agency responsible for the regulation of admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria revealed that out of over 1,256,494 candidates who applied for Medicine-related programmes in Nigerian public and private universities in three years, only 105,226 were admitted. The figures were obtained from […]
Your opinion on Obi can’t sway most Nigerians – Atiku tells Obasanjo
The campaign organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as his wish. Obasanjo in a letter on Sunday morning endorsed Obi for the February 2023 presidential election. Reacting to […]
Newborn seized in Warri hospital over N383,500 bill
A private hospital, Unique Health Medical Centre, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria has been accused of seizing a newborn over a bill of N383,500. It was gathered that a woman, Mrs Akpesiri Ojiko, was delivered of twins on November 17, 2022, at the General Hospital, Warri. It was learnt that one of the babies […]
