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Daily Post Nigeria Published The Department of State Service (DSS) is currently interrogating the leadership of Cattle and Food items dealers under the aegis of Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) over the recent hike in the price of food and beef in the Southern part of the country. Recall that the union had earlier embarked on an indefinite strike to protest the alleged maltreatment of Fulanis and other Northerners in the South. The invitation by the DSS was ...

#FREEDAWISU: Is Nigeria Back To The Dark Days Of Military Dictatorship? By Seun Awogbenle The Security agencies that should rout the criminals have also suddenly become incommunicado and incoherent, safe for when it is time to arrest innocent citizens who are demanding better of the government. by Seun Awogbenle Feb 27, 2021 Look, if before now, you needed any more evidence to accept that Nigeria has lost all pretence to democracy at least under President Muhammadu Buhari’s ruling government,...

— Congratulates Akeredolu, Ayedatiwa By Dayo Johnson Former Ondo state deputy governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi has said that his tenure was full of political intrigues and contrivance. Ajayi in a statement issued in Akure however said that he left office unruffled and head held high. Recall that Ajayi fell out with his principal, governor Rotimi Akeredolu over some irreconcilable differences and defected to the Zenith Labour Party. Ajayi contested against Akeredolu in the 2020 governorship electio...

The impeachment move against the deputy governor was unsuccessful because nine of the 26 lawmakers refused to support the process.

Raheem Akingbolu Prince Tony Momoh, a former Minister of Information, who died on Monday, February 1, 2021, lived a life of a true Nigerian. Till he breathed his last, Momoh demonstrated through actions and association that one Nigeria was possible. Perhaps if the Edo State born former newspaper Editor was here with the likes of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, his philosophical works would have made huge influence on the society. Whether as a Journalist, Lawyer, Politician, Administrator and co...

TRIBUTE TONY MOMOH Festus Akanbi, in this piece, examines the life and times of former Information Minister, Prince Tony Momoh who died on February 1, 2021 It was the famous American poet and essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson, who aptly captured the ephemeral nature of the death of great men whose legacies gave them a permanent space in people’s hearts long after their demise. In his award-winning poem, “All Return Again,” Emerson said: “It is the secret of the world that all things subsist...

Khalra Mission Organization patron Bibi Paramjit Kaur Khalra addressing a press conference in Amritsar Sahib —Raising deep concern over the disappearances of hundreds of the agitating farmers in Delhi, representatives of six human rights advocacy groups jointly said, “As many as 200 protesters have been detained, while many have been booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and Sedition sections in Delhi following the incidents took place at Red Fort on January 26”. A pre...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Osun State Police Command has narrated how a Corporal, Rauf Fawale, 35, was beaten by three operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) to death. Rauf, father of three, attached to Dada Estate Police station, Osogbo, died in the hospital after being beaten to coma by three men of DSS on Sunday, January 23. According to the spokesperson of Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola said one of the DSS officers identified as David Olowoporokun and other two sum...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Bauchi State Hisbah has confirmed the arrest of six youths who specialized in organizing sex orgies and fomenting trouble in Dolam village, in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state. Malam Aminu Idris, the Permanent Commissioner in-charge of Hisbah and Sharia Implementation, who confirmed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), identified the culprits as Abdurrauf Kabir 25, Dabo Yusuf 26, Abdurrazak Isah 24, Habu Umar 27, Yaron Nuhu-Maikaji 30, and Abdur...

By Ikechukwu Okaforadi The chairman of a Non Government Organization; Patriots for the Advancement Of Peace and Social Development (PAPS), Sani Abdulahi Shinkafi, yesterday described as irresponsible and malicious, the allegation that Governor Bello Matawalle supplied Hilux vehicles to bandits. A statement issued yesterday by the PAPS chairman said the report published by an online newspaper, is baseless and politically motivated to incite the people of Zamfara State against the Matawalle led ...