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‘You’ll be killed if you come to Cameroon’ – Ambazonian fighters warn Okocha, Amokachi against Eto’o’s invitation Nigeria’s football stars invited by the President of Cameroonian Football Association, Samuel Eto’o for a ceremonial tournament holding in Victoria City, Cameroon, on Thursday 30 November 2023 will be killed if they honour the invitation, a separatist group has warned. The warning was issued in a voice message sent to DAILY POST’s correspondent by one Comrade Chris Anon who claimed to be head of the Ambazonia Interim Government based in the United States of America. Eto’o invited international football stars including those in Nigeria to the tournament to promote relationships and football development in Cameroon. The Restoration Fighters of the Ambazonia Interim Government, who are agitating for the independence of Southwest Cameroon, warned Nigeria’s former national football skipper, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, Daniel Amokachi and other ex-Super Eagles stars not to honour Eto’...

Hundreds of women protest Appeal Court’s sacking of Gov Abba Hundreds of women protest Appeal Court’s sacking of Gov Abba Hundreds of women staged a protest march to the Kano State Police Command to show their displeasure over the recent Court of Appeal nullification of the election of Abba Kabir Yusuf. The women, who carried placards and sang songs in support of Mr Yusuf, said they were protesting the alleged injustice done to the people of Kano State by the appellate court. The protesters, who’s began their march from the residence of former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso at Miller Road, went peacefully straight to the Kano State Police Command Headquarters in Bompai to hand over their letter of protest. However, on their way to Bompai area, they were intercepted by teams of police officers and personnel of the Nigeria Correctional Service, who escorted them peacefully to their destination. The women, most of whom wore red veils, converged on the Kano State Police Command Headquarters...

Ahead of Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu’s formal declaration of his governorship ambition today (Monday), Eterno Hotels in Benin City has cancelled his booking to use the hotel. The hotel, located in the Government Reserved Area, Benin, is owned by a prominent chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. Our correspondent gathered that Shaibu was contacted by the management of the hotel that the space was no longer available for his use while his money was refunded. The hotel management was said to have told the Shaibu group that another group, ‘Obaseki finishing well group,’ had paid for the same venue. One of Shaibu’s loyalists, who asked not to be named, told our correspondent that: “We found this very preposterous that we were contacted by the hotel management that a group had paid for the same venue for a programme slated for 7 a.m. same date.  “We know where this is coming from. Whatever their plans to frustrate our declaration will definitely fail. They ...

PRESS RELEASE NEW LASTMA BOSS CAUTIONS PERSONNEL TO BE CIVIL,SHOW EMPATHY AND SHUN CORRUPTION ON THE ROAD. The newly appointed Acting General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) Mr. Bakare Oki Olalekan over the weekend cautioned personnel of the Agency to be civil, demonstrate empathy and shun corruption in whatever guise while discharging their statutory duties on the road. Mr. Oki disclosed this at Oshodi while speaking to Lastma Comptrollers, Commander and Zebras on his new vision and mission for the Agency. The new Acting General Manager said it is a new dawn for traffic management in the State as the Agency would go all out to ensure that commuters have seamless experience traveling across the State. Mr. Oki said he would not condone corruption or bribe-taking by any official, charging them to be civil when contravening traffic offenders. "The public expect a corrupt-free LASTMA that will not be collecting bribes; therefore, you should be respec...

Three men arrested for losing Battery from an Airtel Mast in Abia . It happened at Inyilla  Ibere  in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia state . They were five in Number, three were captured and two escaped. More update later  

WE DON'T HAVE ACCREDITED AGENTS FOR PROCESSING PETITIONS, SUBMIT YOUR PETITIONS DIRECTLY TO OUR OFFICES - FPRO  It has been observed that many Nigerians seek the help and services of some unscrupulous and dubious elements in processing written complaints or petitions, which has hindered the smooth attention such petitions deserve and denied many justice. The Nigeria Police does not have agents to take and process petitions from Nigerians. These elements charge and dupe people of huge amounts under the pretence of processing their complaints with such monies and denting the image of the Police and our Senior Officers. This is improper and unacceptable. Nigerians are hereby urged to always drop petitions to our offices as normal correspondence, as there are no special treatments, or administrative bureaucracies on petitions.  The public is urged to expose and report anyone who is fond of doing that via our published complaint platforms. We condemn this in its totality and will...

POLICE ARREST MASTERMIND BEHIND DANGOTE-CEMENT-PRICE-SLASH SCAM The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Benjamin Ezeukwe aged 28 for masterminding and fleecing hundreds of innocent Nigerians in an elaborate cement-price-slash scam. Benjamin was arrested on October 19, 2023 in Rumuolumeni area of Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State following weeks of intensive investigation by officers of Area A Command of the State Command. Found in his possession were one Tecno phone, one IPhone, three SIM cards including that of 08039691980 which he used for the scam and a Toyota Avalon, which investigation revealed to be a proceed of his crime.  The suspect had in September, 2023 created a bogus but convincing online advert purportedly by Dangote cement claiming a massive price slash. Numerous unsuspecting customers fell prey to the scam, losing millions of Naira to the suspect.  Investigation has so far revealed that the suspect had perpetrated several other similar sc...

Gunmen kill abducted Imo monarch The traditional ruler of Otulu community in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state, Eze Joe Ochulor, has been murdered. The monarch who was kidnapped by yet-to-be identified gunmen on Saturday morning was said to have killed in the evening. A source who spoke on condition of anonymity told our correspondent on Sunday that the monarch’s body was found on the roadside at Mbutu community in the neighbouring Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area on Saturday. The source said, “The traditional ruler of Otulu community in Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State has been killed. The lifeless body of the king was found on the roadside at Mbutu community in Aboh Mbaise LGA on Saturday night. He was abducted from his palace on Saturday morning. “There is fear everywhere. Villagers are afraid because the traditional ruler was taken from his home on Saturday morning only for his lifeless body to be found on the same Saturday. This is horr...

11-year-old girl declared missing in Port Harcourt An 11-year-old girl, Naomi Sotonye Elijah, has been declared missing in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.  According to her family, she was last seen on Saturday, November 25, 2023, at Okilo Road, Abuloma area of Port Harcourt.  Sotonye, a JSS2 student of MYREL TREASURE academy, was reportedly taken by a stranger while on her way to her mother's shop.    Anyone with useful information on her whereabouts should please contact the family on these phone numbers; 08165139430, 08129487309, 07035802277.  

 ‘Why I don’t want to get married with my partner’- Iyabo Ojo Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo said she and her partner, music executive and show promoter Paul Okoye, aka Paulo, are enjoying their relationship despite not being married. She said they don’t want to get married to each other because they feel that “marriage is overrated.” The mother of two spoke in the latest episode of her TV show, Iyabo Ojo TV, which had veteran singer Charly Boy as a guest. She said: “I am enjoying my relationship. I am enjoying it. Luckily for me, he [Paulo Okoye] also doesn’t believe in marriage. We feel like it is overrated.” Charly Boy concurred: “I agree with you that marriage is overrated. My son called me the other day and said, ‘Dad, why can’t people have a contract and say we will just do five years in marriage and if we are lucky and happy, we renew the contract?’ “It sounds funny but you know, there are different coping mechanisms because these days, marriage is not what it used to be when o...

Church Cancels Wedding After Discovering That Bride To Be Was Already Pregnant. The Wedding between Mr Isreal Kennedy and Miss Rose scheduled to hold today Sunday 26th November 2023 at Assemblies of God Church No 15B Ikot Ekpene road Aba in Abia State was cancelled by the Church board after finding out that the bride to be was already Pregnant. Assemblies Of God as a foremost Pentecostal Church forbids bride to be ,from getting pregnant before their Church Wedding Day. A family member who confirmed the development to Blogger Promise Uzoma Okoro said after conducting pregnancy test on the bride to be, the church “found out that she was pregnant and announced that the wedding is hereby cancelled” It was further gathered that both the Bride to be and the Groom to be were subsequently suspended in accordance with the Constitution and By-laws of the Church.

Mohbad’s father beg Nigerians for financial assistance to fund DNA test for grandson, Liam The father of the late singer Mohbad, Mr Joseph Aloba appeals to the public for assistance in funding a DNA test to determine the true paternity of his grandson, Liam. Highlighting the importance of conducting the DNA test in two different hospitals, Aloba emphasized his inability to accept his grandson, Liam, if the test reveals another man as the biological father. According to Mohbad's father, “I want Nigerians that are fighting for justice for Mohbad not to get tired, they should please support me because I can’t do it alone. “They should help me find out what killed my son. And I also want the DNA of his son to be done because I don’t want to accept a bastard child. “I need help. You know as a father, I have to arrange money for the DNA, and I want the DNA carried out in two separate places. I have spoken to my lawyer."  

“People are nice when they want to borrow money but when it’s time to pay back they turn to a different person” – Basketmouth’s ex wife, Elsie Okpocha Basket mouth estranged wife Elsie okpocha has in a recent video came for debtors who were unapologetic about it. She slammed people who would owe other people with intentionality. In her video she revealed that it was a very bad thing to owe people and that most debtors would approach their target in a very nice and polite way to ask for the money and when they’ve gotten it, they become mean and very reluctant to pay back the money. She went on to express that it was one thing for a person to be broke and not have the funds to pay back a money borrowed, and that it was anther thing for the person to have the funds and just decide not to pay. She even cited an example of some people who would rather spend their money on expensive things than actually paying back the money they owe. She also expressed that for some debtors, they were so un...

“She Was Right About Edo Girls” – Kemi Olunloyo Defends Blessing CEO Over Statement On Edo Women She wrote: “Blessing CEO was right about Edo girls though. I found out about this in 2007 in Canada that most are trafficked for pr0st^tution in Italy and some mothers were well aware and supported it. The ones trafficked from Italy to Canada usually have small children and their goal is to get Canadian PR cards leading to citizenship. The Oba of Benin once cursed the traff^ckers blaming them. One lady came on Arise News last week to tell her ordeal where she was lied to, promised work, and turned into a s^x sl^ve. Many Nigerian females organized Pr^st^tution rings in Ghana 🇬🇭 too. Please know what’s going on and remove the tribal sentiments and learn more about human traff^cking at @officialnaptipnigeria”.  

Ahead of the Edo 2024 governorship election, the state Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, will on Monday officially declare his intention to seek the ticket of the People’s Democratic Party in the forthcoming primary of the ruling party in the state. According to a letter of invitation from Shaibu, all is now certainly set for the epoch making event which will hold in the Edo State capital of Benin and feature top PDP politicians from across the 18 local government areas of the state and even beyond. The deputy Governor dropped hint of his intention to run in the 2024 election when he spoke recently with journalists in Abuja, maintaining that Edo people were in dire need of practical governance and cannot afford to experiment again with someone who does not understand the politics and needs of Edo State. The Deputy Governor added, “Everywhere, including the international scene, people are clamouring that governments should not be pushing projects that are not needed. So, we need to do nee...

Police begin autopsy on corpse of cult member who died in custody …refute claims he was tortured to death, say he ran berserk, shouting, assaulting, biting others inside cell   Police in Ogun have begun an autopsy on the corpse of a 39-year-old cult member, Seyi Oduyiga, who died while in custody recently. Oduyiga said to be a member of both Buccaneer and Eiye confraternities, was said to have died in police cell after he went berserk, biting, shouting and assaulting other suspects in custody. The deceased suspect and his cohorts were arrested following an intelligence report that suspected cultists on the wanted list of the police in the state were within Atoyo area of Sagamu, on November 18, 2023, over series of cult clashes witnessed in the town and which left five other cult members dead. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola, conveyed this to newsmen in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday. Odutola said the command decided to do autopsy on the corpse of the deceased...

Anambra: Catholic priest remanded for impregnating teenager Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen, a Catholic Priest in Anambra state, has been remanded for allegedly raping and impregnating a teenager. An Awka Chief Magistrates’ Court, otherwise known as the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court , Anambra State remanded the priest in prison till December 6, 2023. The magistrate ordered the prosecutor to transmit the original case file to the office of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Anambra State. The priest was also accused of forcefully taking the pregnant minor to Benin City, Edo State, where she was delivered of her baby, but police investigation revealed that the whereabouts of the said baby is still unknown. The offence of having sexual intercourse with a minor, is punishable under section 34(2) of the Child’s Rights Law of Anambra State, 2004. Nwaigwe was among the priests expelled by a popular Catholic Faith-Based Religious Congregation in Orlu, Imo State, k...

Foreign investors don’t trust Nigeria again, Timi Frank tells Tinubu The quest by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be recognized in the Guinness World Records over reforms initiated by him since assumption of office is a misplaced venture, a political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, said on Friday. He was reacting to the President’s comment in that regard during his recent trip to Germany. According to him, no investor would be willing to invest in a couhtry with negative world record as they would always do background checks before they go anywhere. Tinubu had while addressing an audience at the 10th German-Nigerian Business Forum, in Germany, said, “Nigeria voted for me for reforms and from day one of my inauguration, I started the reforms. To me, if you didn’t mention me in the Guinness Book of Records, I’d strive to find a way to insert myself because I did it without expectation.” But Frank in a statement in...

Court sacks 16 PDP state lawmakers, five National Assembly members The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked all the 16 members of the Plateau State House of Assembly who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for disobedience to court order and lack of political structure. Meanwhile, a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor John Wade, declared that the PDP deserves no sympathy because the party shot itself in the leg, while the State Commissioner of Information and Communications, Mr Musa Ashoms, described the recent judgment against the PDP as a temporary setback. It will be recalled that prior to the last judgment, the Appeal Court had earlier sacked four members of House Representatives and two senators who are members of the PDP. In a dramatic twist of event, Speaker of the House of State Assembly, Honourable Moses Sule, his deputy, and other principals of the House last week resigned, and Honourable Dewan Gabriel of the YPP was elected as the ...

SERAP moves to block World Bank loans to Nigeria’s 36 states over misspending despite N87trn debt The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the World Bank President Mr Ajay Banga “to promptly, transparently and effectively conduct investigation into spending of loans and other facilities by the country’s 36 state governors and to suspend any loans and funding if there is relevant admissible evidence of mismanagement or diversion of public funds by any of the states.” SERAP also urged the Bank to “suspend further applications for loans and any other funding to the 36 states until these states are able to satisfactorily explain details of spending of loans and other facilities obtained from the Bank and its partners.” Many of the country’s 36 states are allegedly mismanaging public funds which may include loans obtained from the Bank and its partners, and allocations from the Federal Government, which may also include loans obtained from the Bank. In the lett...

Police Officer Who Killed George Floyd Stabbed In Prison Derek Chauvin, the US police officer whose murder of George Floyd sparked massive racial justice protests in 2020, was stabbed in prison on Friday, the New York Times reported citing unnamed sources. Chauvin knelt on the 46-year-old Black man’s neck for more than nine minutes on a Minneapolis street despite the dying man’s pleas. Floyd’s cries of “I can’t breathe” were a rallying call for demonstrators domestically and abroad who took to the streets in the killing’s aftermath. The US Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed an assault to AFP without naming the person wounded. “An incarcerated individual was assaulted at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Tucson,” in the southwestern state of Arizona, it said in a statement. “Responding employees initiated life-saving measures for one incarcerated individual,” the statement said, adding that the wounded individual was sent to a local hospital “for further treatment and evaluati...