The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed that 13 persons lost their lives while ten others sustained various degrees of injuries in the tanker explosion in Jos North LGA. The Command also said 28 shops, eight cars, six tricycles and two motorcycles were destroyed in the incident. DAILY POST recalls that on Wednesday, a tanker carrying Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) had brake failure along the Bauchi road area of Jos North LGA and fell off, causing an explosion. The Police, through its Public Relations Officer, Alfred Alabo, confirmed the figures to journalists in Jos, the state capital, on Friday. According…
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Monday, May 1, has been declared a public holiday to mark this year’s Workers Day celebration. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this on Friday. Barely a week ago, Nigeria marked the Eid-el-Fitr holidays. Aregbesola, in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Shuaib Belgore, on Friday, lauded Nigerian workers for their hard work, diligence and sacrifice. He added that workers’ efforts are largely responsible for the greatness of the country and the respect Nigeria now commands in the comity of nations. In his statement, “There is dignity in labour; we have to have dedication and…
DISCUSSION VIDEO LINK AND STUDY GUIDE 📺 WATCH THE DISCUSSION VIDEO VIA THE LINK BELOW 👇 https://youtu.be/3n5Xy1yTlgg GOD’S CHILDREN AS PILGRIMS TO THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM: MANIFESTATION OF GOD’S REIGN ON EARTH THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER Date: Apr 30, 2023 Sub Theme: Dangers on the path of Pilgrims to heavenly Kingdom 3 Topic: Legalism Text : Mark 3:1-6 Aims to introduce the concept of legalism and to expatiate on the menace of legalism on Christianity. Introduction Legalism is a theory relating to, or exhibiting strict adherence to the law, especially to the letter of the law rather than its spirit. Legalism…
Date: 2023-Apr-29 🎯TOPIC: CHRISTIAN HOME RELATIONSHIPS 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW 👇 https://youtu.be/KF0Qj3i-Iy4 ✝ TEXT: Ephesians 5: 23-6: 9(NKJV) 5:23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 5:24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in everything. 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 5:26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the…
The shortage of the naira in recent times crippled the Nigerian economy, the United Nations has disclosed. It stated that the informal sector felt the brunt of the scarcity the most. It noted that the continuing decline of oil production is set to impact the country’s finances in 2023. The UN disclosed this in its ‘Trade and Development Report Update; Global Trends and Prospects (April 2023),’ report produced by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. UNCTAD said, “In Nigeria, a shortage of cash, triggered by the replacement of the highest denominations of the country’s currency, hobbled the economy,…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, on Wednesday, lashed out at the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), saying his alleged ‘sins’ against Nigerians would never be forgiven. The separatist group, in a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, was reacting to Buhari’s recent appeal that “all those that I have hurt, I ask that they pardon me.” The President, who spoke on Sallah day inside the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when residents of the Federal Capital Territory, led by the minister, Mohammed Bello, also thanked Nigerians for tolerating him. “I can’t wait to…
Amid persisting terror activities in the North-East, the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has reiterated the commission’s readiness to revoke the registration of any NGO operating in the region found to have a link with any terrorist group. Bawa was speaking at the opening of a one-day workshop on economic and financial crime reporting the commission organised for journalists in the region in Maiduguri on Thursday, April 27. Speaking through the Maiduguri Zonal Commander of the Commission, Oshodi Johnson, the EFCC helmsman said, “Section 56 of the Terrorism Act also empowers the Special Control…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, in Abuja, said the fighting power of the Nigerian Army had progressively increased since his regime began in 2015, making it one of the strongest in Africa today. “The fighting power of our army was at its lowest ebb as of May 2015. However, seven years later, its fighting power has increased significantly, making it fourth in ranking among African militaries as against seventh in 2015,” Buhari said at the Nigerian Army parade of trooping and presentation of colours at Eagle Square, Abuja. Recent data from Global Fire Power showed that…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has arrived at the Nigerian Army trooping and presentation of colours parade at the Eagle Square in Abuja on Thursday. Buhari will unveil 28 out of the 81 national and regimental colours for the newly established and operationalised units and retired unit colours of the Nigerian Army. The PUNCH reports that other dignitaries present are the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, and the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba. Others are the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, the Chief of Naval…
A magistrate’s court in Abuja has rescheduled the trial of a pastor of the House on the Rock Refuge Church, Uche Aigbe, who faces charges of illegal possession of firearms. The court adjourned the case until 2 May due to the absence of a defence lawyer, who had sent in a letter to request permission to be away. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command had in February arrested Mr Aigbe, after a video clip of him carrying a gun during a Sunday church service went viral on social media platforms. The images of the pastor showing him welding an…