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At least six inmates have died within one week following a suspected cholera outbreak at the Kurmawa Maximum Prison in Kano State. Amnesty International raised the alarm in a post on its official Facebook page, calling on authorities to immediately declare an emergency at the correctional facility. Amnesty said several other inmates were currently receiving treatment, warning that the death toll could be higher as the suspected disease continues to spread among prisoners. It urged the authorities to immediately transfer critically ill inmates to hospitals for proper medical attention to prevent further deaths. Recommended The organisation warned that failure to…

Nigerian Afrobeats singer, Oluwatobiloba Anidugbe, popularly known as Kizz Daniel, has opened up about why he decided to take a break from music. Responding to a fan via X on Friday, the singer attributed his decision to the death of his mother earlier this year. According to him, the break was not because he was working on a new album. The fan, @VicroyDominion1, had tweeted, guessing that working on a new album had made the singer busy and prompted him to pause for a while. Recommended Kizz Daniel, however, said, “I paused for my Mom, not an album… Lost her this…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his views on the closely watched meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Chinese premier concluded a three-day state visit to the United States on Friday after bilateral talks aimed at deepening Washington-Beijing relations. At a press conference on the sidelines of the United Cultures Forum in St. Petersburg, Putin was asked if he was “jealous” of the US meeting and the prospect of a trilateral session with Trump and Xi during the APEC summit. “Jealousy is something from a completely different area of a humanitarian nature—relationships between men…

Moses Simon has revealed that he never imagined he would reach the milestone of 100 appearances for Nigeria’s Super Eagles,” DAILY POST reports  The Paris FC winger made his 100th appearance for the Super Eagles on Friday night as Éric Chelle’s side defeated Madagascar’s Barea 2-1 in a keenly contested encounter. Simon came on for Akor Adams in the 61st minute to mark the landmark appearance. After the match, the 31-year-old was presented with a special commemorative frame featuring a Super Eagles jersey bearing his name and the number 100. Recommended Speaking at the post-match press conference, Simon expressed his…

The naira depreciated against the US dollar across the foreign exchange markets on Friday, ending the week on a negative note.Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) data showed that the naira weakened to N1,329.51 per dollar on Friday, compared with N1,328.67 recorded on Thursday at the official foreign exchange market. This means that, on a day-to-day basis, the naira declined by N0.84 per dollar against the US currency at the official FX market. Similarly, at the parallel market, the naira weakened to N1,390 per dollar on Friday from N1,385 traded on Thursday. Further analysis by DAILY POST showed that on a…

President Donald Trump implored his counterpart, President Xi Jinping, to halt any Chinese assistance to Iran during their White House meeting. United States Ambassador to China David Perdue disclosed the issue raised, reiterating Washington’s position that any help Beijing gives Tehran is intolerable. The envoy said President Trump “did a great job making sure China knows this is unacceptable,” adding that Beijing had shown action on the issue. “We’ve seen movement on that already,” Perdue told Fox News. “That’s what commitment is. They assured us they aren’t doing that.” Recommended Trump and Xi met at the White House again on…

 The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ogun State, Senator Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, has vowed to aggressively pursue and recover corporate taxes and revenue generated by industrial entities operating within the state but remitting their top-level executives’ taxes to Lagos State. Adeola, who currently represents Ogun West Senatorial District, made the declaration during an interactive session with journalists at the Ogun State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat in Abeokuta, as he outlined his political agenda for the 2027 governorship election. Addressing newsmen on his economic strategy on Friday, the lawmaker expressed concern…

Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, and MRS filling stations’ premium motor spirit (PMS) pump prices have remained stable at N1,395 per litre despite the drop in crude oil prices. A market survey by DAILY POST on Friday showed that fuel pump prices in Abuja and its environs across NNPCL and MRS outlets stood at N1,395 per litre. This comes despite a drop in Dangote Refinery’s gantry petrol price by N25 per litre to N1,325 from N1,350 per litre, and a decline in Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices to $104 and $92 per barrel, respectively, at the…

A public affairs analyst and civil society advocate, Victor Kala, has urged the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Ekiti South Federal Constituency I, Engr. Toyin Zachaeuous, to stop dragging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu into the alleged corruption probe against him and allow the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, to continue its investigation without interference ahead of the 2027 general election. Kala disclosed this during a briefing in Abuja on Friday. He stressed that the APC candidate should allow the independent probe against him to take its full course without fear or favour. According to him,…

Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Nigerian authorities to immediately declare an emergency at the 115-year-old Kurmawa Maximum Prison in Kano following the reported deaths of at least six inmates within a week from a suspected cholera outbreak. In a statement posted on its official Facebook account on Friday, Amnesty said several other inmates were receiving treatment, warning that the number of deaths could be higher as the disease continues to spread among prisoners, most of whom are awaiting trial. “Immediate hospital transfers must be done for critically ill prisoners,” Amnesty International Nigeria said. It warned that failure to intervene…