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Treatment of wastewater in Nigeria’s oil fields is failing, raising the risk of health hazards

    The water that comes out of the ground along with oil and gas during oil and gas exploration and production operations is anything but clean. Oil Well Structure. This wastewater, known as “produced water”, is often heavily contaminated with salt, oil and grease, as well as potentially dangerous compounds. Some are linked to lung, skin […]

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Scores of terrorists dead as Boko Haram, ISWAP clash in Lake Chad

An infighting between the late Abubakar Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), has reportedly left scores of terrorists killed in the last three days. Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad, gathered that the notorious leader of Boko Haram, Ali Ngulde, on […]

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Osinbajo jets out to Vietnam

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, departed Abuja today for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for high-level bilateral engagements in the Southeast Asian country, including meetings with the President of Vietnam, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and the Vice President, Pho Chu Tich Nuroc, among other government officials and the business community. Osinbajo’s reciprocal visit to the Southeast Asian […]

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Stop taking credit for projects in Aniocha North – APC chieftain tackles Okowa

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has been admonished to stop taking credit over projects that his administration never awarded, funded and commissioned in Aniocha North Local Government Council of Delta State. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State, Hon. Chinye Matthew made this disclosure to DAILY POST recently. Matthew, chairman of […]

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Dogara, Aggrieved Northern APC Members Adopt Atiku As Candidate

A file photo of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. A group of mainly All Progressives Congress (APC) members of northern extraction led by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mister Yakubu Dogara, has adopted the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for the 2023 general election. The group […]

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Food prices: Nigerians suffering, use agricultural interventions to end crisis – Experts tell FG

Reactions have continued to trail the worsening situation of food prices across the country as experts called on the federal government to improve agricultural interventions to solve the crisis. Recall on Wednesday, the National Bureau of Statistics Food Prices Watch Report for October said the prices of beans, rice, tomato, onion, sliced bread, and palm/vegetable […]

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Atiku has solutions to Nigeria’s power problem – Reno Omokri

Number one bestselling author and former aide to ex president Goodluck Jonathan, Pastor Reno Omokri, has said that the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has the solution to Nigeria’s power problems. He said only Atiku has detailed correctly how he intends to solve the problem. Omokri said this in his […]

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Nigerian police chief Usman Alkali Baba sentenced to prison

Usman Alkali Baba was appointed inspector general of police in April 2021 A court in Nigeria has sentenced the police chief to three months in prison for disobeying an earlier order to reinstate an officer who has waged a lengthy battle to get back his job. Patrick Okoli has been fighting his forced retirement since […]

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Unlike Atiku, Tinubu Has Many Controversies Surrounding Him – Dino Melaye

A photo combination of APC presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, and PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. A spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Dino Melaye, has claimed that everything surrounding the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is controversial contrary to his PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar. Speaking on […]

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NANS plans nationwide protest against Aisha Buhari over student’s tweet

Muhammad and Aisha Buhari The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, said it will embark on a nationwide protest over Aminu Mohammed, a student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa, who was remanded by court after criticising the First Lady Aisha Buhari  on Twitter. In a statement issued on Thursday, the president of NANS, Usman […]

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Nigeria Is One Of Four African Countries Printing Currencies – Buhari

Emefiele and Buhari unveiling the new naira note on Wednesday. President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday boasted that Nigeria is among four of the 54 African countries that print their currencies locally. He said when he unveiled three redesigned naira notes earlier proposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), adding that it is a thing […]

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2023: Afenifere Endorses Ambode’s Ally For Lagos Gov Race

L-R: BOOT Party’s National Chairman, Sunday Adenuga; the party’s Lagos deputy gov candidate, Rotimi Balogun; gov candidate, Wale Oluwo; Afenifere chairman in Lagos, Tunde Onakoya; with another chieftain, Lanre Anjolaiya in Lagos on November 30, 2022 The Lagos State branch of the pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has endorsed the governorship candidate of the BOOT […]

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Elon Musk Signals New ‘War’ Against Apple

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 02: Elon Musk attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue/AFP (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via […]

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Nigeria must look beyond oil – Peter Obi

  The Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says Nigeria must look beyond oil, adding that he intends to move the country from oil to industrial revolution by expanding physical infrastructure. Obi also said he would pursue a drastic reduction in the cost of governance and corruption if elected into office. The former Anambra State […]

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Fuel scarcity: Atiku vows to block leakages, liberalize oil and gas sector

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Sunday, said he was prepared to block all leakages that have encouraged mismanagement and inconsistent delivery of fuel to Nigerians. He also promised to liberalize the oil and gas sector by allowing private investors to engage actively in that sector and provide enabling environment that would […]

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‘I Wish You Well’, Tinubu Congratulates Atiku At 76

  A photo combination of Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu. The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has congratulated his opponent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar who turned 76 years old on Friday. Tinubu sent the birthday wishes in a terse tweet, hours after mocking the former Vice […]

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I Will Name, Shame Oil Thieves, Atiku Tells Business Leaders

  Ifeanyi Okowa and Atiku Abubakar in Lagos on Saturday, November 26, 2022 The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has threatened to name and shame oil thieves in the country if elected Nigeria’s President in 2023. He made this known on Saturday when he interacted with the Business Dialogue […]

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Obi Salutes ‘Elder Brother’ Atiku At 76

A photo combination of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi. Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Friday congratulated his rival in the 2023 race, Atiku Abubakar, on the occasion of the latter’s 76th birthday. Mr Abubakar is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. “My Dear Elder Brother, HE Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, […]

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Innoson exports $4.7m made-in-Nigeria vehicles to Sierra Leone

THE first batch of vehicles manufactured for the government of Sierra Leone by Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Ltd., IVM, has been delivered to the West African country by the Nnewi-based indigenous automaker. The vehicles, which arrived in Freetown on November 21, 2022, were built to order by Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Defence. The request for the […]

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Nigerian youths must oppose those messing up their future – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Nigerian youths not to allow those messing up their future to succeed. Obasanjo also urged them to change the narrative by participating in all socio-economic and political activities. A statement by spokesperson Kehinde Akinyemi said the ex-leader spoke at a mentorship retreat organised by the Youth Development Center of […]