Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, has warned the Nigerian Army against recruiting Igbo youths to fight Boko Haram in the Northeast. This was contained in a statement to DAILY POST signed by OYC President-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro and Secretary-General, Okwu Nnabuike. The group was reacting to a recent recruitment exercise pronounced by the army’s Director…
A former Relationship Manager with a bank in Enugu has been handed an 18-year jail sentence after being arraigned before a Federal High Court in Enugu by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a six-amended-count charge bordering on forgery, altering and giving a loan with defective collateral. EFCC Acting Head of Media and Publicity, Tony…
Boxing Heavyweight Champion, Anthony Joshua who is currently in Nigeria, shared lovely new family photos. He is pictured above with his father, Roland Joshua and his four-year-old son, Joseph Joshua. Meanwhile, Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) will defend his WBO, WBA and IBF titles on June 20 in his native London against former title challenger Kubrat…
Nasiru Ali, a member of the house of representatives from Kano state, has asked his colleagues to donate part of their salaries to fund security agencies. Ali said a percentage of the lawmakers’ salaries should be donated to a special fund for the operation of the armed forces. He said this while contributing to the…
Iranian Vice President, Masoumeh Ebtekar has tested positive for coronavirus as confirmed in state news in Tehran on Thursday, February 27. Iran’s Health Ministry spokesman, Kianoush Jahanpour who confirmed the development in a press conference said the tally of infections had risen to 245 with 106 more cases confirmed, the highest number for a single…
The driver of the cab and the Rapid Response Squad (Lagos State Police Command) should be commended for their quick intervention to prevent another suicide, barely 10 days after Daibo Toju Davies plunged himself into the lagoon. The police in Lagos on Thursday rescued a 28-year-old man, Princewill David, who jumped into the lagoon at…
The young footballer Tiyamiyu Kazeem, Remo Stars FC player, murdered by an operative of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has been laid to rest. Kaka, as he was fondly called, was buried in Ajaka, Sagamu in Ogun state. Photos from the sad event were shared on the Nigerian National League (NNL) club side Twitter handle…
Senator Shehu Sani said on Thursday that the acute poverty and begging culture in the north were as a result of social injustice and the systemic failure of political leaders of the region. Sani, an activist and former senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, insisted that the poverty ravaging the region could not…
The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case in Lagos State, Nigeria. The case, which was confirmed on the 27th of February 2020, is the first case to be reported in Nigeria since the beginning of the outbreak in China in January 2020. The case is an Italian citizen who works…
A yet -to- be identified police officer is on the run after his lover died while allegedly making love inside the room of the deceased located at Atayese street, Bawa Estate, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state capital. A source who craves anonymity told The Nation that the incident happened Wednesday night at the deceased house. The…