January 2020

The group claimed that Amotekun was a subtle plot by Christians to dominate the Southwest region.

Addressing journalists in Osogbo, Osun State yesterday, the Vice President, Sheikh Abdurrasheed Hadiyatullah said Amotekun was a covert effort to create a Christian dominated state police.

Hadiyatullah described Amotekun as a sinister motive which is at variance with true, genuine and real yearning of the public for a more secure environment.

He said: “The Amotekun program is viewed

UNICEF in a statement in Birnin Kebbi by its Communication, Advocacy and Partnership Specialist, Malam Rabiu Musa, said that malnutrition, air pollution and lack of access to vaccines and antibiotics were among the drivers of preventable deaths from pneumonia, which killed a child every three minutes in the country, NAN reports.

“Pneumonia is caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi, and leaves children fighting for breath as their

The deceaseds have been transported from the Calabasas crash site to the department’s Forensic Science Center for examination and identification, New York Post reports.

Responders recovered the first three bodies from the crash site Sunday and removed the next six victims Monday.

The department said it will post updates to its official Twitter page.

DAILY POST recalls that the Sikorsky S-76 crashed on Sunday morning, killing Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna

An abandoned Federal Government’s electricity plant, worth hundreds of millions of naira, has been razed at Oke-Agbe, in Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State.

With the source of the fire still unknown, residents of the community expressed despair over the incident following the neglect of the facility which was constructed to improve power supply in the Ondo North Senatorial district, as well as parts of Ekiti and Kogi States.

The Maura Power plant, Oke-Agbe was said to have been established by the administration of former Goodluck Jonathan.

An eyewitness said the fire destroyed the entire power plant and

Pinnacle Communications has described the allegation of task invasion made against it by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) as misleading, untrue and aimed at hurting its impeccable image.

ICPC had threatened legal action against 44 property owners including two buildings in Abuja belonging to Pinnacle Communications Ltd, citing indebtedness to Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS. It also denied invading the office of the firm without a warrant.

ICPC’s statement came hours after Pinnacle lamented the invasion of its Abuja office by officials of the anti-graft agency.

But Pinnacle, in a statement to DAILY POST on