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The Nigerian government has finally set the stage for the trial of a foremost legal luminary, Professor Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), over alleged forgery and use of false documents in a disputed property case in the United Kingdom. An indication to this effect emerged with the filing of a criminal charge […]
Nigerian govt files charges against Mike Ozekhome over alleged forged documents

A Chief Magistrate Court in Minna, Niger State, has ordered the remand of a 25-year-old man, Aminu Ahmed, in correctional custody over alleged kidnapping. Ahmed, a resident of GRA Phase 1, Kontagora, is facing two counts of criminal conspiracy and kidnapping, contrary to Sections 60(1) and 250(A) of the Niger State Penal Code Law, 2025. […]
Man, 25, arraigned for alleged kidnapping of 3-year-old in Niger

Senegal have defeated Morocco 1-0 in a dramatic 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday night. It was a tight affair between the top-two ranked countries on the continent in Rabat. And there were no goals in the first half. The second half was tilting towards a 0-0, until the ref disallowed Ismaila Sarr’s […]
BREAKING: AFCON 2025: Senegal defeat Morocco to win trophy

The Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Kamar Bakrin, said Nigeria is on its way to self-sufficiency in domestic sugar production. Bakrin, in an interview with the recent DAILY POST, said stakeholder response to its recently launched Sugarcane Outgrower Development Programme (SODP) is practical for the growth of the country’s sugar industry. […]
Nigeria to achieve self-sufficiency in sugar production – NSDC Boss, Bakrin

Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Switzerland for the 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF. DAILY POST reports that the event is scheduled to be held from January 19 to 23, 2026. He was said to have arrived from Conakry, Guinea, where he represented President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the presidential […]
Shettima arrives Switzerland for 56th World Economic Forum

Aston Villa manager, Unai Emery, has claimed his team is “not top five contenders” in the Premier League. Emery was speaking to the media following a surprise 1-0 defeat to Everton on Sunday. The loss means Villa missed the chance to cut Arsenal’s lead at the top to four points. They are now seven points […]
EPL: Unai Emery names team that won’t finish in top 5 after Villa lose to Everton

At least seven fresh suspected cases of Lassa fever have emerged in Benue State, intensifying public concern over a potential wider outbreak of the viral illness. The State Epidemiologist, Dr. Asema Msuega, confirmed the development during a briefing with journalists in Makurdi, explaining that samples from the affected individuals have been taken and dispatched for […]
Benue records seven new suspected Lassa Fever cases

Former South-East Spokesman to President Bola Tinubu, Denge Josef Onoh, has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to immediately suspend all its lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly allegedly involved in moves to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu. Onoh made the call in a statement issued to newsmen […]
Fubara impeachment plot: Suspend Rivers lawmakers now – Onoh urges APC

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has forecast dust haze and sunshine from Monday until Wednesday across the country. ‎NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, predicted moderate dust haze over parts of Kebbi and Kano States of the northern region on Monday. ‎The agency envisaged horizontal visibility of 2km to 5km over the region […]
NiMet predicts 3-day dust haze, sunshine from Monday

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has condemned the killing of a housewife and her six children in Kano. In a statement posted on his verified X handle on Sunday, Obi described the incident as horrifying. He commended the swift action of the Nigeria police in arresting the criminals “Police swift action is commendable. […]
‘It’s horror’ – Peter Obi reacts to kiling of housewife, six children in Kano