Category: LOCAL NEWS

PDP: Southern, Middle Belt leaders blast Atiku, Tambuwal for working against zoning

  The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF), has criticized the purchasing of presidential nomination forms of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for...

EFCC given 7 days ultimatum to initiate criminal charges against Tinubu

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been given a seven-day ultimatum to prosecute Bola Tinubu, an All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential...

Corruption: Resist temptation of being used by politicians – Buhari warns EFCC

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja admonished the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to avoid being used for partisan politics or get...

Osinbajo jets out to Accra for ECOWAS summit

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Lagos on Friday for Accra, Ghana, to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of...

Osun 2022: Lasun Yusuf Dumps APC

    Nationnewslead reports that The Former Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Lasun Sulaimon Yusuf, has defected from the All...

2023 PDP ticket: Saraki, Tambuwal, Mohammed meeting fuels ‘Atiku opposition’

  The battle for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential ticket may be between a maximum of five aspirants, Nationnewslead has assembled. One is...

ASUU strike: NANS begins protest, orders students to occupy Abuja streets with cooking pots

    The National Association of Nigerian Students on Friday ordered students to occupy the streets of Abuja with their cooking pots, mattresses and other...

BREAKING: Don’t destroy 2023 chances, INEC timetable limited – Buhari warns APC again

  President Muhammadu Buhari has issued another warning to All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders. The party’s national convention will be held on Saturday at...

BREAKING: National Convention: Oyo APC breaks into two, inaugurates factional Chairman

The crisis rocking the Oyo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday took another dimension, DAILY POST gathered. The party is currently having two...

Osinbajo: Any Muslim who supports RCCG member traitor to Islam – MURIC warns

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has warned that any political party that picks any member of the Redeemed Church of Christ Group (RCCG) will kiss the Aso Rock goodbye....

APC convention: Buhari battles last-minute crisis, summons govs, chairmanship aspirants’ fail to agree

    In a bid to save the All Progressives Congress from collapse at the national convention, which holds on Saturday, the President, Major General Muhammadu...

Three siblings disappear from Abuja school, teachers, proprietor detained

  There is panic among residents of Kabusa community in the Federal Capital Territory over the disappearance of three siblings. The children, Marvelous, Alex and...

Head-to-head: How Nigeria lost 25 of 56 previous encounters against Ghana

    Fireworks are expected on Friday  (today)  as Ghana host their arch-rivals Nigeria in one of the most anticipated matches of the first leg of the 2022...

Woman jailed 10 years for selling 19-month-old baby for N200,000

    A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced a lady, Blessing Stephen, to 10-year imprisonment for conspiracy and child...

Teenagers arrested for killing housewife over phones, attacking children

    The Kano State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old man, Abdulsamad Suleiman, of Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Gwale, Kano, alongside an accomplice,...

Fayemi’s aide resigns, teams up with ex-gov Oni in SDP

    The Senior Special Assistant to Ekiti State Governor on Electoral Matters, Mr Olaiya Kupolati, has resigned his position and defected to the Social...

Funke Akindele battles Nse Nkpe, Nancy Isime, 3 others for Best Actress

    Funke Akindele-Bello has been thrown into stiff competition for the Best Actress in a Comedy category ahead of the eighth edition of the Africa Magic...

BREAKING: Court dismisses 36 states’ suit against $418 Paris Club debt deduction

    A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by the 36 States against the decision by the Federal Government to deduct $418million from the...

Oyo APC swears in factional chairman, excos

    The leadership and acceptance crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Oyo State deepened on Friday when a factional chairman, Alhaji Abu...

JUST IN: Actress found dead in hotel room

    Actress Takor Veronica has been found dead in a hotel room in Benue State. According to multiple reports, Veronica was found dead one week after...