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“APC Must Go”: VDM leads Abuja protest over insecurity, kidnappings

Hundreds of protesters on Thursday took to the streets of Abuja, led by social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), demanding urgent government action over worsening insecurity, kidnappings, and economic hardship across Nigeria.

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Refuse Heaps: Agency donates 10 waste trucks to Lagos

….LAWMA evacuates 418,500 tonnes of waste in May By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS — The Lagos State Lottery and Gaming Authority has donated 10 brand-new waste compactor trucks to the Lagos State Government in a move aimed at strengthening waste management operations across the state. Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, made this known […]

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Terrorism: Five sentenced to 25 years in prison for roles in Papiri school abduction

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced five persons to 25 years in prison for the roles they played in the November 21, 2025 attack on St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri village, Niger State.

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State Police Bill scales second reading at Senate

By Henry Umoru ABUJA — A bill seeking to establish state police and transfer policing powers to subnational governments, aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s internal security architecture, has passed second reading in the Senate. The proposed legislation, titled A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to Provide […]

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Mandela, Tambo must be weeping over Xenophobia — Imo APC Youth leader

By Emmanuel Iheaka The youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State, Franklin-Kennedy Ibeh, has condemned the ongoing xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals of African descent in South Africa. Ibeh, in a statement issued in Owerri on Thursday, accused the administration of President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) […]

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NDEBUMOG, Oxfam seek greater inclusion of women in extractive sector

Stakeholders have called for increased economic inclusion of women in Nigeria’s extractive sector, urging regulators, policymakers and community leaders to address structural barriers that limit women’s participation in decision-making and access to opportunities. The call formed part of a communiqué

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Court convicts 11 Indian sailors, fines merchant vessel for cocaine trafficking

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos hasl convicted 11 Indian sailors and their merchant vessel, MV Aruna Hulya, ordering them to pay a combined total of six million US dollars ($6,000,000) in fines and restitution for trafficking 31.5 kilogrammes

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