Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, assured residents that no project would be abandoned under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. He gave the assurance after he inspected the ongoing construction of the divided highway from Nile University to Ring Road III in Abuja. He also inspected the ongoing full scope development of Arterial Road N1 from Wuye District to Ring Road II, Abuja. The minister, who declared a zero-tolerance policy for abandoned infrastructure under the current dispensation, insisted that most of the ongoing projects would be delivered to residents by the end of December. He said, “the…
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A Professor of Industrial and Technology Education at the Federal University of Technology, FUT, Minna, Professor Emmanuel Raymond, has identified Technical and Vocational Education and Training, TVET, as Nigeria’s most potent tool for tackling unemployment, reducing insecurity and driving sustainable economic growth. Raymond stated this while delivering the university’s 131st Lecture, titled “The Marriage Between TVET and Job Creation: Let No One Put Asunder,” at it’s Gidan-Kwano campus. He argued that Nigeria’s continued emphasis on certificate acquisition rather than practical skills has left millions of graduates unemployed and unable to meet labour market demands. Prof Raymond lamented that the nation’s…
A High Court in Kano State has sentenced a newlywed woman, Saudat Jibril, to death by hanging after finding her guilty of murdering her husband, Salisu Idris, just nine days after their wedding. The judgment followed the conclusion of the trial, during which the court heard evidence presented by both the prosecution and the defence. The incident occurred in May 2025 in Farawa, a community in Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State, where the couple had been married for only nine days before the husband was killed. The prosecution, led by Barrister Lamido Abba Soron Dinki, counsel to the…
Big Brother Naija Season 11 housemate, Oyin, sparked drama in the Diary Room on Tuesday after she requested for a loan from Big Brother. Biggie asked how she intend to pay back and she said she would use part of the grand prize to refund the loan. Big Brother then asked what other means does she have if she doesn’t win the show and Oyin said she doesn’t mind working as Biggie’s housemaid to offset the loan. Biggie suggested that he could hire her as a ninja. Oyin: “Big Brother, I need a loan. I will use part of the prize money…
Nigerian influencer, and human rights activist, Oruche Ogeamara Precious, popularly known as Mama Pee, has warned South African singer, Tyla against her upcoming concert in the country. She gave the warning on Thursday following Tyla’s failure to condemn xenophobic attacks and killing of Nigerians in South Africa. DAILY POST reports that the latest South Africa’s anti-foreigners campaign started in April 2026. The videos of attacks on other Africans and the killing of some Nigerians by South African citizens intensified tension. However, reacting to the announcement of Tyla’s APOP World Tour, which included a Lagos performance on December 22, Mama Pee argued that the…
Big Brother Naija Season 11 housemate, Tram, has boasted that no lady has ever broken his heart. During a conversation with some fellow male housemates on Tuesday, Trams revealed that he has been able to avoid heartbreaks because he always have plan-B. “I have never gotten heartbroken, na only teenage relationship pain me. E get one point wey we go get to and my plan-b go don dey wait dey ask, ‘What are we?’,” he said. Trams also claimed that not outrightly admitting to women that you are interested in them, boosts their own interest. However, Araga argued that it doesn’t…
Peter Okoye, one-half of the defunct Nigerian Afrobeats duo, P-Square, has accused his twin brother, Rudeboy of always joining popular trends to bring him down. Peter made the allegation on Wednesday evening while responding to Rudeboy’s reactions to his post about the advantage of Nigerian languages. DAILY POST reports that Peter had while responding to a question from his fan, asked “who Naija language help?” The singer has been heavily criticised online following the controversial statement. Distancing himself from Peter, Rudeboy in several posts on X said, “I’m a ‘nobody’. I repeat! A nobody! Without the culture, native, language.” However,…
Minister of State for Industry, John Owan Enoh, has highlighted the role of the Dangote Refinery in Nigeria’s economy under President Bola Tinubu. Enoh, in his remarks after visiting the 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Lagos on Wednesday, said the plant is vital to the realisation of Tinubu’s $1 trillion economy target. According to him, the refinery is a major pillar of Nigeria’s industrial sector, which is why no Minister of Industry can afford not to visit the plant. “You cannot be a minister in charge of industry and not visit the Dangote Refinery,” Enoh stated. “This facility matters because of what…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has debunked allegations that he intentionally misled President Donald Trump to get the United States involved in the Iran war. “Nobody tells President Trump what to do,” he stated in a new interview with ABC News, recalling their conversation in Mar-a-Lago shortly after Trump was re-elected in 2024. “The first thing he said to me: I have to make sure that Iran doesn’t have nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu disclosed. “We both understood that we had to take action.” Netanyahu also refuted the report that he assured Trump a regime change was possible in Iran, and that…
The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Olumide Egbedun, has given his own account of what led to the arrest of the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Teslim Igbalaye, on Wednesday. DAILY POST reported on Wednesday that the Osun State Police Command arrested several suspects, including Igbalaye, following an operation linked to an alleged vote-buying investigation in Osogbo. The police said the arrests were carried out during an operation in which officers also recovered millions of naira, electoral materials and other exhibits. According to the police, “The operation was carried out after the command received credible and actionable intelligence…
