Three dead as gunmen attack bank, police station in Abuja

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked the Abaji Divisional Police headquarters in Abuja and robbed a branch of a commercial bank in the area. The assailants, numbering about 15, invaded the bank and the police facility simultaneously on Thursday evening at about 5:00 PM. DAILY POST reports that a police officer and two of the suspects were killed during the attack. The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, who confirmed…

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Reps panel seeks new aircraft for Tinubu, Shettima

The House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence has asked the Federal Government to acquire new aircraft for President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima. The committee’s recommendation was made known in a report released after its investigation into the status of the aircraft in the Presidential Air Fleet. “The committee is of the strong and informed opinion that, considering the fragile structure of the Nigerian federation and recognising the dire consequences of any…

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Nigerian Govt, states can pay minimum wage with recovered loot – Falana

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said that both the federal and state governments have the ability to pay the minimum wage provided looted funds are recovered. Falana made this statement in an interview with Channels Television, monitored by DAILY POST. “The state governments that are saying they have no money to pay, the money is there. “All they need, including the Federal Government, is to muster the political will to collect and recover money…

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US court jails Nigerian three years for $5.6m fraud scheme

A Nigerian man, Tochukwu Nwosisi, 52, who lives in Indiana, was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison for his involvement in a global advance-fee scheme that defrauded victims of over $5.6 million. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, from at least February 2015 to January 2018, Nwosisi participated in an […] The post US court jails Nigerian three years for $5.6m fraud scheme appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News –…

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Kano: 4.7m pupils learning on bare floor, indictment on govt, wealthy individuals – Shehu Sani

Former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has described reports that 4.7 million school pupils in Kano State learn while sitting on the bare floor as unfortunate. DAILY POST recalls that the Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf recently accused the immediate past administration led by Abdullahi Ganduje of neglecting the education sector. The governor claimed that when his administration took over in May 2023, about 4.7 million pupils were sitting on bare floor in primary schools across the…

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Oyo/Osun customs seize illegal items, generate N6.3bn in May

Despite the economic headwinds encountered for most parts of the second quarter of 2024, the Oyo/Osun Customs Area Command has declared generation of the sum of N6.34bn for May 2024. Cumulatively, when added to the revenue generated for January to April 2024, the sum of ₦30.66bn has been generated as revenue from January to May […] The post Oyo/Osun customs seize illegal items, generate N6.3bn in May appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria…

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June 12: Opposition’s Failure To Unite, Threat To Democracy – Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday said the failings of the opposition parties to uphold the functionality of their existence is the major threat to Nigeria’s democracy. Atiku, who stated this in his Democracy Day message, said the failure of opposition political parties to form a coalition and articulate a plan of good governance makes them more guilty than the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) which, he said, has brought a dawn of gloom in…

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Speaker Abbas Reshuffles House Committees

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen has reshuffled Committees and appointed Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin as chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Habit. Jibrin who before this appointment was chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and had chaired the Appropriation and Finance Committees in preceding assemblies. The new chairman who served as executive director of the Federal Housing Authority is expected to lead the committee for efficient oversight of the…

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Edo: NNPP Elders Overrule Guber Candidate’s Suspension

Leaders of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), led by the former Vice Presidential candidate, Bishop Isaac Idahosa, in Edo State have intervened in the impasse within the party ahead of the forthcoming governorship poll in the state. The impasse had led to the suspension of the party’s governorship candidate Pastor Azemhe Azena by his ward. However, at a meeting of the elders, held in Etsako East Local Government, it was unanimously agreed that the suspension…

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June 12: Nigerians Are Angry Over Hardship – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said Nigerians are angry over the hardship in the country. The opposition party also said All Progressives Congress (APC) administrations since 2015 has desecrated the democratic principles, legacies and values which the late Chief MKO Abiola laboured and died for. PDP, in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Hon Debo Ologunagba, to mark the Democracy Day,  charged Nigerians to speak against the anti-democratic tendencies of the APC which, according…

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