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The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has slammed president Bola Tinubu over his decision to embark a on three-week vacation in Europe. In a statement on Sunday, Atiku said Tinubu’s absence from the country at a time of widespread hardship reflected a ‘disturbing vacuum of political leadership’. According to him, there was no constitutional vacuum, arguing that the circumstances surrounding Tinubu’s trip raised questions about his leadership priorities. “Nigeria is burning. Nigeria may not be facing a constitutional vacuum today, but there is a disturbing vacuum of political leadership,” Atiku said. Recommended The former vice-president contrasted Tinubu’s trip with…

A public affairs analyst and opposition party chieftain, Salihu Lukman, has explained why opposition parties should unite behind a single presidential candidate to unseat incumbent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the January 16, 2027, presidential election. In a statement at the weekend, Lukman explained that division among opposition leaders would be their albatross. According to him, it is only by putting their hands together that opposition parties can pull enough votes to end Tinubu’s re-election bid. “The experience of elections in Nigeria and elsewhere has repeatedly demonstrated that a divided opposition often strengthens the incumbent. When parties competing for the same broad…

Indigenes and residents of Iriamogu Village in Dindi-Ihiagwa Autonomous Community, Owerri West LGA, Imo State, have appealed to the State Governor, Hope Uzodinma to urgently intervene in what they described as the devastating environmental impact of dredging activities along the Otammiri River waterfront. The residents also expressed concern that the alleged degradation could endanger lives, destroy farmlands and infrastructure, and potentially pose a threat to electricity infrastructure located within the Community. Addressing Journalists and members of a Civil Society Organization, CSO, the President-General of Iriamogu Development Union, Mr Joseph Oforegbu, expressed concern over the activities of dredging operators in the…

Popular economist and financial analyst, Muda Yusuf, has urged the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA to publish the country’s fuel supply gap before granting import licences to petroleum marketers, in a move he said would help revive Dangote Refinery. Yusuf disclosed this in a statement at the weekend amid a 43.3 percent rise in petrol imports. Recall that NMDPRA fact sheet data showed that the country’s petrol imports rose by 43.3 percent despite Dangote Refinery’s capacity to meet domestic supply. Dangote Refinery had blamed NMDPRA’s persistent issuance of petrol import licences for the rise in Nigeria’s fuel imports. Recommended…

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti says the tenure of the current Chairmen and Councillors in the 17 LGAs of the State will end in 2028, not in November 2026. The Governor made the explanation on Thursday during his media chat with Abia people, while reacting to the trending speculation on the fate of the Executive Chairmen and their Councillors. According to the Governor, the former system where the tenure of elected local government executives lasted for two years, has been amended through the Act of the Abia Parliament. He dismissed speculation about the tenure of the local government Chairmen and their Councillors, noting…

Supporters and political stakeholders from across the North-West converged on Kaduna State as the Relax Tinubu Is Fixing Nigeria, RTIFN, movement stepped up mobilisation for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections. The gathering was part of the organisation’s North-West Zonal Town Hall and Public Engagement, which brought together RTIFN coordinators and executives from Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto and Zamfara states. Representatives of the City Boy Movement, party leaders and other stakeholders were also acknowledged at the event. Addressing the gathering, Director-General of RTIFN, Hon. Ahmed Bala, said the organisation was taking its message of support…

People whose relatives have gone missing following attacks or other forms of incidents have recounted the anxiety associated with such an experience. They said during a gathering in Adamawa State that waking up every day without knowing whether a loved one whose whereabouts are unknown is dead or alive is emotionally draining. The people, who convened in Yola under the auspices of the Adamawa State chapter of the Missing Persons Families Association for this year’s commemoration of the International Day of the Disappeared, marked globally every year on August 30, said that while there is hope in the knowledge that some…

A public affairs analyst, Mustapha Mohammed, has urged the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Downstream Petroleum, Ikenga Ugochinyere, to allow the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to fix the Port Harcourt and other state-owned refineries. Mohammed made the call in a statement on Sunday. Recall that Ugochinyere had vowed to invoke parliamentary powers to demand answers from the Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Bashir Bayo Ojulari, and the Executive Vice President over details concerning the rehabilitation of the state-owned refineries. Reacting, Mohammed urged the lawmaker to stop politicising the rehabilitation of the country’s refineries. Recommended “Ugochinyere and…

 The Jigawa State Ministry of Health has warned residents, particularly students and school personnel, against sharing personal items such as towels, handkerchiefs, cosmetics and eye drops as part of measures to contain the outbreak of acute viral conjunctivitis, popularly known as Apollo, in some communities. The warning was contained in a directive signed by Dr Abubakar D. Said Kanya, Director, Public Health and Disease Control, Jigawa State Ministry of Health, and issued to DAILY POST. He said the directive was coming ahead of the resumption of schools on Monday, following reports of outbreaks of the eye infection in some parts of…

The rift between Bashir El-Rufai and his elder brother, Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, sons of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, appears not to be over, as Bashir has again threatened to destroy the lawmaker. DAILY POST reports that Bashir took to his X handle on Saturday to attack his elder brother, who represents Kaduna North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, accusing him of abusing drugs. Although the exact cause of the dispute has not been ascertained, it may not be unconnected with Bello’s political choices, particularly in Kaduna State. In a more recent post, Bashir publicly threatened to destroy his…