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A quack medical practitioner has been arrested by the Nasarawa State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly killing a three-year-old girl through illegal blood transfusion. Mohammed Mahmoud-Fari, state commandant of the NSCDC disclosed this while parading the 27 years-old suspect, Muddansir Idris at the state command in Lafia on Monday. The suspect was arrested from the Kofan-Sarkin-Power area of Lafia following report from the parents of the deceased on Friday, Jan. 31, Mahmoud-Fari said. According to him, the suspect transfused blood to the child on the fateful day at a medicine store in the area. This, he confirmed resulted to bleeding from all her body openings, NAN reports. “Sensing danger, the suspect ran away and the baby was rushed to the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, where doctors tried frantically to save her life to no avail. “We were able to trace and arrest the suspect and also seal the premises,” Mahmoud-Fari said. He said...

Three men, on Monday, died in a ghastly road accident along Lagos-Ibadan highway. DAILY POST gathered that 14 other persons sustained various levels of injuries in the accident that happened around Saapade axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Two vehicles were involved in the accident: a Mazda bus with registration number, AKD 53 XN, coming from Ibadan to Lagos and a Ford bus with registration number, GB 490 XA, coming from Lagos to Ikire. The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps, confirmed the accident to DAILY POST. TRACE Spokesperson, Cdr Babatunde Akinbiyi, told our correspondent that the two vehicles had a head-on collision due to speeding and reckless driving. Akinbiyi informed that the Injured victims have been rescued to Victory Hospital, Ogere; State Hospital, Isara and OOUTH, Sagamu; adding that the dead victims were taken to FOS Mortuary, Ipara, all in Ogun State. He stated further that the driver of the Ford bus coming from Lagos to Ikire was among th...

Barcelona have provided the latest update on French forward, Ousmane Dembélé’s injury. DAILY POST had reported that the 22-year-old picked up a right hamstring injury during their 3-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League last year. Barcelona, in a statement on the club’s official website on Monday, stated that Dembele had some discomfort in his right thigh during their training session. The statement read: “During Monday’s training session, the first team player [Dembele] felt some discomfort in his right thigh due to muscle fatigue. “The player will continue with his recovery.” Barcelona will take on Athletic Club in the Copa del Rey on Thursday, before their LaLiga away fixture against Real Betis next Sunday.

Tottenham Hotspur manager, Jose Mourinho, has said he knew Liverpool would win the Premier League title, after they defeated Manchester City in November. The Reds are currently 22 points ahead of City, following the latest round of fixtures. Liverpool hammered Southampton 4-0, while Pep Guardiola’s men lost 2-0 to Mourinho’s team. However, Mourinho feels the title was won and lost, when the Reds beat the champions 3-1 in November. “I had the feeling early in November when I was with you, I had that feeling. “I know how difficult it is to win a third league in a row. It’s hard, it’s difficult. “But they [Man City] are still a fantastic team. Fantastic team, fantastic players, fantastic manager. “So for us to beat them is very good and the way the table is, you lose two matches you almost go to relegation, you win two matches you get up, and it was so important for us. So, so important,” Mourinho told Sky Sports.

The crisis rocking local government administration in Oyo state took another swift as one person, identified as Abdulasisi Isa was shot dead on Monday during a clash in Surulere Local Government Area of the state. The deceased was said to have been killed when supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and those of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), clashed over who is the authentic Chairman of the Local Government Area. DAILY POST reports that there have been pockets of violence between the supporters of the Chairmen who were sacked by Governor Seyi Makinde and the recently appointed Caretaker Chairmen in the state. The sacked Chairmen are members of APC while those who were recently appointed are members of PDP. It was gathered that several weapons were on display during the fracas. The deceased identified as Alajase is a member of the PDP from Surulere local government. Prior to the Surulere mayhem, it was gathered that there was violence in other local government areas such as ...

The Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lagos State, Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, on Monday, reacted to the ban on commercial motorcycles and tricycles, popularly called Okada and Keke Napep by the state government. MC Oluomo disclosed that his team was meeting with the state government over the ban. He disclosed that the meeting was aimed at prevailing on the state government to review the ban. Recall that the Lagos State Government had placed a ban on the operation of commercial motorcycles and tricycles in some local government areas and local council development areas in the state. The ban had taken effect from February 1st, 2020, and was disclosed in a statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotosho. However, MC Oluomo who spoke to journalists through his aide, Jimoh Buhari stated that he was also meeting with bus drivers. He explained that the meeting was to persuade them not to increase fares, which cou...

President Muhammadu Buhari says exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union has set the stage for a new trade regime between the UK and its old partners, as well as an alignment with new trading partners. This was contained in his statement Monday night by his spokesman, Garba Shehu. It recalled that understanding the inevitability of the situation, Buhari had earlier stated the opportunities presented by Nigeria and indeed other nations of the Commonwealth in the emerging trade scenario occasioned by the Brexit. “It is, therefore, heart-warming that Prime Minister Boris Johnson also believes that indeed, a new dawn awaits the United Kingdom in its trade relationship with countries within the Commonwealth, Nigeria inclusive as reflected in his speech earlier Monday in Greenwich. “President Buhari, while writing on, A new case for a Commonwealth based on trade, on the eve of the ‘UK- Africa Investment Summit’ in London in January, had said: “I – like many other Commonwealth leade...

Vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general election, Peter Obi, has revealed ways to tackle insecurity in the country. Obi who maintained that the state of insecurity in the Buhari-led administration was the worst ever, urged the government to focus on reversing the loss of jobs. He tweeted on Monday, “The state of insecurity under this administration is the worst the country has ever experienced. “To address it, we need to look at the economy and focus on reversing the loss of jobs, among other solutions.” Recall that On Sunday, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye alongside his members held a protest against insecurity situation in the country. They started the march at about 11am shortly after the church service at RCCG’s National Headquarters in Ebute Metta, Lagos State. Also, the senate minority leader Enyinnaya Abaribe had last week while contributing to a motion on insecurity on the fl...

Member of the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, has weighed in on the ban of Okada and Keke by the Lagos State Government. Protests have so far broke out in the state amid the ban on the operations of commercial motorcycles and tricycles in six local government areas and nine local council development areas. The ban, which took effect from Saturday, February 1, had Lagos residents stranded at bus stops while others were seen walking to their respective destination. Reacting to the development, Peller in a post on his Twitter page, supported Governor Jide Sanwo-Olu on his stand against Okada and tricycle in the state, adding that the riders have been caught often times violating traffic laws. However, querying the side effect of unemployment to the riders, Peller said the recent ban will help curb accidents and safeguard the lives of Lagos residents. He wrote: “What will happen to the hundreds of Okada owners that are now jobless all of a sudden? Isn’t it possible that some of the...

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has approved the appointment of Mrs. Morenike Olapeju Babafemi, as the new Head of Service in the State Civil Service. Mrs. Babafemi, who has had a stint as Acting Head of Service, before proceeding on an overseas training programme last year, was until the new appointment, a Visiting Research Fellow at the African Leadership Centre, School of Global Affairs, King’s College, London, United Kingdom. Her appointment as Head Office Service takes effect from Monday, February 10, 2020. She is to take over from the Mr Ayodeji Ajayi, who retires from the civil service on February 9, 2020, having attained the mandatory retirement age. Meanwhile, Governor Fayemi has commended Mr. Ajayi for his diligence and professionalism, which has helped in repositioning the state civil Service for effective service delivery. Mrs. Babafemi, is the first female to be appointed substantive Head of Service since the creation of Ekiti State on October 1, 1996. She started ...

The House of Representatives says it will expose Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that refuse to appear before it with their audited reports. NAN reports that the Chairman, Committee on Public Accounts, Rep. Wole Oke, disclosed this during an investigative public hearing into the audit reports of MDAs on Monday. The committee is investigating allegations of deliberate and reckless refusal by non-treasury funded MDAs to render accounts to the Office of the Accountant-General to the Federation (OAGF). “Any agency that is invited and refused to show up, we will name and shame such MDAs. It shows that you are hiding something. We are only asking you, ‘bring your audited accounts’. “If you have submitted to the auditor-general, show us proof; we are only saying based on the records that we have, so many agencies have refused to comply with the provision of the Constitution and relevant statutes. “It is through these kinds of engagements that we can formulate policies, make new la...

A Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, on Monday declared the Federal Government’s plan to establish RUGA Settlement and cattle colonies in Benue State as unwarranted, unlawful and unconstitutional. The court presided over by Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon, while delivering judgement, said any move by the Federal Government to compulsorily acquire land for RUGA Settlement or cattle colony in Benue State without the approval of the Benue State government was null and void. The suit was filed by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Benue State, Barrister Michael Gusa against the Attorney General of the Federation, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Minister of Agriculture. The judge granted an order nullifying every action or decisions taken to establish RUGA Settlement or cattle colonies for herdsmen in Benue State. Justice Olajuwon further issued an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Attorney General, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture,...

President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) on Monday in Abuja expressed serious concern over security challenges facing the country and agreed to do all they could to tackle the problems. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, confirmed to State House correspondents that those at the meeting advised Buhari the steps to take. “We met with Mr. President over the security issues in the country and other matters of governance. The recent security challenges this country is facing requires that we work very closely”, NAN quoted him as saying. “We had the debates in the two chambers of the National Assembly last week and resolutions were taken and we have come to discuss with Mr President on the way forward, what we feel about some of these security challenges and also to ask him what he thinks we should do. “We discussed everything that matters as far as the issue of security of this country is concerned.’’ Lawan further revealed that the meeting discussed the...

Founder and General Overseer of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo has placed a curse on the man who attempted to bomb his church in Kaduna State. Recall that the Kaduna State Police Command had on Sunday arrested a suspected suicide bomber inside a church located at Sabon Tasha in Chukun Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Yakubu Sabo had confirmed that the suspect named Nathaniel Samuel was a Christian from Bauchi State. Sabo had said the suspect was arrested inside the church with a bag containing items suspected to be Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Speaking on Monday at the Church’s Covenant hour of prayer, Oyedepo said Nigeria has never been this vulnerable. The cleric who boasted that God confirmed his prayers said woe to anyone involved or connected with the callous killings in the country. He decreed that the generation of members of Boko Haram, Miyetti Allah is cursed. ”The most irresponsible, most murderous syst...

An All Progressives Congress Chieftain in Edo State, Dr Blessing Agbomhere, says the rift between Gov. Godwin Obaseki and party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, is degenerating. Agbomhere, a former governorship aspirant of APC in Edo, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, called for a truce. He said the crisis did not only discourage potential investors from going to Edo but also de-marketed the state from other states and the world. “One of the reasons, I am not happy with this present Government of Edo is that I feel that this crisis is de-marketing Edo to the rest of the states and the world. “Now, they have been burning cars in Edo. They have been shooting and harassing people in Edo. Have you ever heard this government prosecuting anybody for that? “It means they are not aware or it means they are not working. So, in the last rally, at least we heard that cars were burned. “If I am a governor of Edo State, I will never support any attack w...

The Chairman of Lagos State Chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Alhaji Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya (MC-Oluomo), has warned commercial drivers against indiscriminate increase in transport fare over the ban of motorcycles and tricycles in some parts of Lagos State. The NURTW boss gave the warning in a statement on Monday, saying the warning became imperative following the complaints from members of public, alleging commercial drivers of taking advantage of the ban to inflict more pains on the commuters. Lagos State NURTW Chairman directed that no commercial driver should inflate their charges, warning that anyone caught in the act would be dealt with in line with the rules and regulations of the union. He directed all the branch chairmen of the union to monitor and ensure that the commercial drivers do not extort people as a result of the ban of motorcycle and tricycle operations in some parts of the metropolis. He stated that NURTW in Lagos State has been making...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described Nigeria as the freest country to live in the world. The Minister stated this when he received the Finland Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Jyrki Pulkkimen and his team, who were on a courtesy visit in his office on Monday. He also said that the President Muhammadu Buhari government had not tampered with the freedom of speech or rights of individuals. The Minister said the government was only sanitising the media on hate speech and abuse of the freedom of speech. He said this was not an attempt to clip the media. He said the social media regulation was only to sanitised and not deny the rights of individuals. He said whatever is tolerated on the streets would be accepted online. According to him, the government, through the Ministry of Information, had begun the fight against hate speech since 2017. The Minister pointed out that if people were allowed to do whatever they want on social media in a country like ours wit...

The Middle Belt Forum has called on Governor Lalong to stop the constant bloodletting in the region by evolving a security outfit similar to Amotekun as created by the Southwest states. The forum, says a security outfit such as Amotekun will help in no small measure to curb the deteriorating security situation in Plateau state and environs. The National President of the MBF, Dr Pogu Bitrus, in a statement, said a strategy that sees security personnel collaborating with local authorities is what the region desperately needs for its protection. “We believe an outfit such as that of Amotekun and Joint Task Force (JTF), comprising local vigilante groups and security personnel, as practised in the North-east can go a long way in protecting our people from murderous activities of terrorists and criminal gangs. “The Forum calls on Governor Lalong to stop these unremitting blood-spattered assaults by evolving a security outfit similar to that of Amotekun as adopted by the South-west to arrest ...

One of the four abducted seminarians of the Good Shepherd Seminary, at the outskirts of Kaduna State, has been found dead. Mattracks are sold worldwide in over 100 countries on all 7 continents for over 25 years OPEN Michael Nnadi was kidnapped alongside three other seminarians from his school a few weeks ago but was declared missing after the Kidnappers released three others. He was later found dead late Saturday evening. Mattracks are sold worldwide in over 100 countries on all 7 continents for over 25 years OPEN DAILY POST recalls that three of the students regained their freedom on Friday, but Michael was still missing. According to a statement by the Registrar of the institution, Dr. Rev. Fr. Joel Usman, ‘it is sad that the missing student was found dead’. “This is to inform all our friends and well-wishers that the remaining abducted Seminarian has been found dead. ” Thank you very much for your prayerful support. Let us keep praying for Nigeria in Great Distress. ” Please let us...

Members of the Northern Governors Forum have condemned the recent killings of some innocent people in Plateau state. Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, alongside his colleagues of Jigawa and Kebbi states described as unfortunate, the recent killing of Plateau. The governors who represented members of the Northern Governors Forum made their positions known when they paid a sympathy call to Governor Simon Lalong at Government House Jos. Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State who led his colleagues of Bauchi and Jigawa states said the visit was to support the security measures taken by Governor Simon Lalong to avert the recurrence of such incidents in the state. According to Bagudu, members unanimously agreed to support Lalong to ensure the maintenance of peace and security in the state seeing that he is the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum forum, Governor Atiku Bagudu emphasized the need for mutual understanding among all citizens of plateau state regardless of their differences...