Author: Candid Reporters

The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed fresh terrorism charges against two convicted Ansaru commanders and three other convicted members of the group over the attack on schools in Oriire LGA of Oyo state. The five defendants were arraigned on Wednesday before Salim Ibrahim, judge of the federal high court in Abuja, where they pleaded not guilty to the six-count charge. The defendants are Mahmud Muhammad, also known as Abu Bara’a or Abbas Mukhtar, whom the DSS described as the leader of Ansaru; Abubakar Abbas, also known as Isah Adam, Mahmud al-Nigeri or Malam Mamuda, identified as the group’s…

Tension heightened ahead of the Osun State governorship election on Wednesday as the state police command arrested Secretary to the State Government, Teslim Igbalaiye, and five others. The Ademola Adeleke campaign and the Osun State Government, however, accused the security agency of targeting opposition figures in a political crackdown. The police said the suspects were arrested during a raid on Igbalaiye’s residence in Osogbo, where they claimed to have recovered a sum of N4,810,500, two voter cards, a voter register and other items suspected to be linked to electoral offences, an allegation the Osun State Government and the governor’s campaign…

The people of Umunneochi Local Government Area on Tuesday rolled out the drums to host the Governor of Abia State, His Excellency, Dr. Alex Otti, to a grand civic reception in appreciation of his developmental strides and love for the people of the area. The event, which drew a massive turnout of sons, daughters, traditional rulers, and stakeholders, was a clear demonstration of the people’s gratitude to a government that has restored hope, peace, and development to Umunneochi. Speaking during the reception, community leaders noted that beyond appointing several illustrious sons and daughters of Umunneochi into key positions in his…

BY KENNETH KALU Since the inauguration of the administration of His Excellency, Dr. Alex Otti, the Executive Governor of Abia State, the State has returned decisively and irreversibly to the national limelight. In a remarkably short span of time, Governor Otti has demonstrated with unmistakable clarity what transformational leadership truly means in practice. From modern road infrastructure to smart schools, from newly commissioned hospitals to a rejuvenated civil service, from restored public confidence to renewed investor interest, the Governor has repositioned Abia State far beyond even the expectations of his most ardent supporters. What was once dismissed as a state…

A latest report has it that the Police authorities in Abuja have taken over the investigation into the controversial death of Mary Habila, the young woman who died at the residence of Nigeria’s Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, amid growing public scrutiny over the case. CANDID REPORTERS gathered that a police signal had been sent to the Ebonyi State Police Command directing officers in Abakaliki to hand over the investigation to authorities in Abuja. The sources further disclosed that Habila’s body is expected to be moved to the Federal Capital Territory as part of the takeover, where a forensic…

The Department of State Services, DSS, says it will appeal the life prison sentence handed out to three men arrested for their role in the abduction of school pupils and teachers in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The secret police said it was not satisfied with the verdict, stating that the sentence is not commensurate with the crimes committed. According to the DSS, the beheading of two teachers by members of the terrorist organisation involved in the abduction is a capital offense which should attract the death sentence. DAILY POST recalls that Justice Salim Ibrahim on Thursday…

Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, has declared his support for the Rainbow Coalition backed by Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Fubara spoke on Wednesday during the commissioning of the Rivers Medical Industries Project in Port Harcourt, where he endorsed Kingsley Chinda, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as his preferred successor. “We have made peace in the state, and we have a total agreement,” he said. “I am supporting our rainbow party, our rainbow coalition. President Bola Tinubu is our president and is the one we are supporting. “OK Chinda is the governorship candidate that…

BY AKWAUGO MMADINAOBI Yesterday, history was woven in real time in Akwete. And the man who gave voice to that history was Dr. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, CON, FCA- industrialist, former Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, President of Masters Energy Group, and a true son of Abia.  Standing calm, confident, and deeply human at the podium in his white Isi-Agu and red cap, before Her Excellency Senator Oluremi Tinubu, First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and His Excellency Dr. Alex Chioma Otti and his dear wife, Dr. Ogah did not just give a speech. He…

The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Her Excellency, Distinguished Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Tuesday, 21st July 2026, announced a donation of two billion naira for the establishment of a modern weaving research centre and for the internationalization of the renowned Akwete fabric from Ukwa East LGA of Abia State. Senator Tinubu made the announcement during a civic engagement with the Akwete Weaving Society Women at Township School, Akwete, Ukwa East LGA. She interacted with women weavers and witnessed live demonstrations of the traditional hand-weaving process. She commended the women for their skill, resilience, and dedication to preserving…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is set to commence a nationwide campaign to review the minimum wage, while also demanding for the introduction of a national minimum pension for retirees. Speaking at the inauguration of the Godwin Abumisi Pensioners’ Legacy House and Multipurpose Hall in Abuja, Joe Ajaero, president of the NLC, said the welfare of pensioners must receive the same level of attention as that of active workers. He noted that organised labour would no longer advocate improved wages without seeking better living conditions for retirees. “The Nigeria Labour Congress is currently in the preparatory stages for a major…