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The National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has claimed that former President Muhammadu Buhari resisted pressure from political interests seeking to make President Bola Tinubu his successor because he considered Tinubu’s presidency detrimental to Nigeria. Baba-Ahmed made the claim at a summit organised by the Northern Elders Forum, where he criticised Tinubu’s administration and urged Nigerians to prevent the president’s ambition for a second term from overriding the national interest. In a video of the event published on Symfoni’s YouTube channel, the PRP chairman said Nigerians should have questioned the implications of Tinubu’s presidential ambition when…

Labour leaders and pro-democracy activists have called on Nigerians to unite against rising petrol prices and worsening economic hardship, accusing the Federal Government of implementing policies that impoverish workers and the masses while enriching a privileged few. They warned that rising pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, had eroded workers’ purchasing power, deepened poverty and pushed millions of Nigerians into a daily struggle for survival. The activists, including the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, and members of the Joint Action Front (JAF), made the call at the weekend in Lagos…

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has reaffirmed his claim that states and local governments are owed about ₦9 trillion in Nigeria LNG (NLNG) dividends. Makinde, through his Special Adviser on Media, Dr Sulaimon Olanrewaju, said the Presidency failed to address the central issue in its response to the governor’s earlier comments about the alleged withholding of NLNG dividends. In a statement issued on Sunday, the governor maintained that a reconciliation exercise conducted by a consultant engaged by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), with the support of the Federal Government, had identified a shortfall of about ₦9 trillion due to states…

Political economist and professor, Pat Utomihas defended the educational qualifications of political commentator Anthony Kila. However, speaking via a post shared on on Saturday, Utomi condemned what he described as a disturbing pattern of online attacks and public humiliation. He said he had known Kila since 2006, when they first met in Cambridge, England, while he was preparing to contest Nigeria’s presidency. He clarified, however, that he had not personally examined Kila’s academic certificates or letters of appointment and could not independently verify the details of his educational qualifications. ADVERTISEMENT Utomi dismissed claims that Kila had never attended school, calling…

A former spokesperson to ex-Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande has dismissed claims by Babachir Lawal that former President Muhammadu Buhari considered Osinbajo’s 2023 presidential ambition “highly immoral and distasteful”. Akande, who served as Osinbajo’s spokesperson from 2015 to 2023, described the allegation as false in a statement on Saturday, saying Buhari had personally offered to support the former vice-president’s ambition on at least four occasions. Osinbajo contested the All Progressives Congress presidential primary in 2022 but lost to Bola Tinubu, who went on to win the 2023 presidential election. Lawal, a chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, ADC, and former…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and National Leader of the Rainbow Coalition, Nyesom Wike, has cautioned the people of Rivers State against surrendering their political future to “gamblers” without vision or proven developmental records. Speaking during a Rainbow Coalition town hall meeting at Ayama in Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State, Wike rallied support for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid, declaring that leadership requires concrete action and foresight rather than perpetual political trial and error. He emphasised that the Rainbow Coalition represents a broad alignment designed to secure a decisive victory in the upcoming 2027…

French protesters stormed and torched buildings in cities across France in chaotic demonstrations that sought to unite student protesters with a revived yellow vest movement on Saturday. Tens of thousands of people were estimated to have taken part in protests which spread through viral calls on social media and brought together diverse groups including students, farmers, trade unionists, climate activists and people angry about fuel prices and the cost of living. Protesters burned down the Lyons tourism office, torched cars and built burning barricades on the streets of Paris and broke down the door of Marseilles city hall to storm…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has said he fears divisions within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) more than he fears the opposition ahead of the 2027 general elections. Shettima spoke on Saturday in Abuja when he unveiled the campaign head office of Arewa for Asiwaju (A4A), a northern coalition backing the Tinubu/Shettima ticket, and formally inaugurated its campaign structure. “Honestly, I am not afraid of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP. I am not afraid of a diminished Peter Obi. But I am more afraid of internal contradictions within our household. If we unite as a people, as a family, we will…

The camp of Seyi Makinde has vowed that its candidate, Oyo State  Governor Seyi Makinde, will defeat President Bola Tinubu in 12 battleground states during the January 2027 presidential election. The campaign organisation, which is promoting Makinde under the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), named Rivers, Oyo, Kaduna, Plateau, Borno, Enugu, Bauchi, Sokoto, Delta, Kano, Adamawa and Lagos states, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, among the areas where it expects to defeat the President. In a statement issued by its Director of Strategic Communications, Hon. Richard Nnanna Ihediwa, the organisation argued that Tinubu’s planned visits to the states would…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has increased its premium motor spirit, PMS, pump price following the announcement of a discounted fuel price. Checks by DAILY POST on Friday showed that NNPCL increased its petrol price to N1,405 per litre from N1,370 per litre. Several fuel pump attendants, who spoke to DAILY POST on condition of anonymity, said the latest price increase was announced on Thursday but implemented on Friday. This means that NNPCL’s petrol price increased by N35 per litre, although the state-owned oil company has not explained the reason for the adjustment. Recall that on Monday, NNPCL…