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APC, PDP, Presidential Aspirants Spokespersons ‘Bark’ At Each Other

Ofcourse it’s a barking season, and we should expect more. It first started with APC’s Keyamo, before Atiku’s spokeperson fired back, lol. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has likened the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Bola ...

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‘Help Nigerians Need Is Here’ – Tinubu Says As He Returns From UK

Bola Tinubu, standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the help the country needs is here. Tinubu, who left the country on September 24, returned on Thursday. The last time he was seen attending a public event physically ...

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Professor Drags Estranged Wife To Court For Renaming Daughter After Ataoja Of Osogbo

Professor Drags Estranged Wife To Court For Renaming Daughter After Ataoja Of Osogbo A Professor, Adekunle Oloki, has approached a District Customary Court in Osun State, for an order asking his former wife, Kafayat Oyetunji, to reverse his daughter’s name. ...

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Buhari Presents 2023 Budget To National Assembly

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday presented the proposed N19.76 trillion budget for the 2023 financial year to the National Assembly. The budget, which would be the last presented by the Buhari administration, is about 15.37 percent higher than the amount ...

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Strike: Appeal Court Orders ASUU To Resume Work Immediately

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has ordered members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work with immediate effect. The appellate court gave the order in a ruling on an application by the ASUU seeking permission for it to ...

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Abuja Soldier Selling Guns To Kidnappers Arrested

  A soldier, identified simply as Nafiu and attached to the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment, Tungan Maje, Federal Capital Territory, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services for allegedly hiring out and selling guns to kidnappers. Punch ...

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EFCC Arraigns Saphire Scents MD, Wale Jana For N12m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned the Managing Director of Saphire Scents Limited, Adewale Aladejana, before Justice M. A Madugu of the Federal High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N12 million under ...

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Police To ‘Fish Out’ Female Officer Who Carried Atiku’s Wife Handbag

  The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says it will take action against the police orderly of Titi, wife of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Wednesday, the PDP presidential candidate posted on Twitter pictures of ...

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NNPC Uncovers Illegal Pipeline Used To Steal Oil For Nine Years

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has uncovered an illegal oil connection from Forcados Terminal that operated for nine years. NNPCL Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, disclosed this on Tuesday at the Senate’s joint committees on Gas and ...

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Eid-ul-Mawlid: FG Declares Monday Public Holiday

  The Federal Government has declared Monday as Public Holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid Celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made this declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, ...

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WHO Alert Over India-Made Cough Syrups After Deaths In The Gambia

  A global alert has been issued over four cough syrups after the World Health Organization (WHO) warned they could be linked to the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia.   The syrups have been “potentially linked with acute ...

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Court Nullifies Akinlade’s Election As APC Reps Candidate

  A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Thursday nullified the election of Hon. Isiaka Abiodun Akinlade as House of Representatives candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yewa South and Ipokia Federal Constituency. The ...

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Ex-Vice President, Namadi Sambo’s Phone Stolen At Event In Abuja

The mobile phone of a former Vice President, Namadi Sambo, was stolen by a yet-to-be-identified person during an event in Abuja on Thursday despite his heavy security details. A former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, announced this via his Twitter handle. According ...

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King Charles’ Secret Nickname For Meghan Markle Revealed In New Book

  King Charles III has a secret nickname for Meghan Markle, a new book claims. When Markle joined the royal family, it was clear to Charles that she would be able to handle whatever was thrown at her, according to ...

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Father Sedates Daughter, Defiles Her

A 50-year-old man, Olukayode Joseph has reportedly defiled his 14-year-old daughter after sedating her with drugs in Ogun State. Joseph was arrested Thursday by operatives of the Ogun So-Safe Corps, who accused him of turning the teenage girl into a ...

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Workers Of State Owned Kwara Hotels Stage Protest Over Unpaid Salaries

Workers of Kwara Hotels, on Thursday, paralysed activities in the hotels over alleged unpaid seven months salaries and 18 months service charges. The workers of the facility, owned by the state government, locked the entrance of the hotels accusing the management ...

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Ogun monarch allegedly blinds trader for dancing with queen

  A trader, Wasiu Oduwole, has demanded justice after a traditional ruler, Nureni Oduwaye, allegedly kicked his eye at the Moore Blessing Hotel, Ikenne, in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. The victim claimed he could no longer ...

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Court Remands Pastor For Culpable Homicide In Kogi

A chief magistrate court sitting in Lokoja has remanded Pastor Peter Michonza of the New Jerusalem Deliverance Ministry, Ageva in Okene local government area of Kogi State at the Federal Correctional Centre Kabba for 14 days. The presiding chief magistrate, ...

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APC Primary: Oyetola Appeals Judgement Nullifying His Candidacy

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has appealed a Federal High Court judgement that nullified his nomination as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the July 16, 2022 governorship election in the state. This is as the ...

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ASUU To Sue FG Over Registration Of Factional Academic Unions

The Academic Staff Union of Universities says it is approaching the National Industrial Court (NIC) over the Federal Government’s registration of the two factional unions. “ASUU is going to court. It is going to be the NIC,” ASUU’s lawyer, Femi ...

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30 Die In Canoe Accident While Fleeing From Gunmen

About 30 people lost their lives at Birnin Waje community in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State after canoes they boarded capsized on Wednesday night while fleeing an attack from armed men. A source told Daily Post that those ...

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I Inherited A Country At Crossroads With Bombs Going Off In Cities – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says he inherited a country at crossroads with bombs detonating in cities across Nigeria when he assumed office in May 2015. He, however, said his government has been able to manage Nigeria’s security crisis in the last seven ...

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Fani-Kayode Withdraws Case Against Estranged Wife, Precious Chikwendu

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Thursday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja for the termination of further hearing on the attempted murder case that was filed against his estranged wife, Ms Precious Chikwendu. The former Minister, ...

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