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— Says President’s record provides case for continuity By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THE Director-General of the City Boy Movement (CBM), Francis Shoga, on Thursday declared that no candidate is better positioned to drive Nigeria’s development beyond 2027. Shoga pointed to what he described as significant progress in infrastructure, agriculture, energy and broader economic reforms […]

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By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has mourned Squadron Leader Ahamefule Aham Man-Ugwueje, the Abia-born co-pilot who died alongside 24 other Nigerian Air Force personnel in the aircraft crash at Igbokoda, Ondo State. Man-Ugwueje, who hailed from Umuahia, died barely 16 days after he married a fellow Nigerian Air Force officer, […]

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By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta ABEOKUTA — The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man identified as Adewale Ogoemi Arojah for allegedly impersonating a renowned cleric on Facebook and defrauding unsuspecting members of the public of more than ₦18 million. The suspect allegedly duplicated the Facebook profile of Prophet Dr Muyiwa Akogun and used the […]

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Nigerian software developer and creator of the viral Nigerian browser game Lagos Life, Shalom Rayhamen, has said the game is valued at $1 billion, dismissing a reported $100,000 offer for the game as too small.

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LAGOS — Professor Idowu Akanbi Sobowale, a renowned communication scholar and veteran member of Nigeria’s media and communication community, has died at the age of 85. Sobowale died on Thursday morning, October 8, 2026, according to a statement by a member of his family, Akinniyi Sowunmi. Sowunmi announced the death in a statement titled, “Transition […]

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By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Ahmed Muhammed Sanusi, has ordered an investigation into allegations that police investigators demanded N450,000 from a content creator before investigating a complaint he brought to the command. The allegation was contained in a video circulating on social media in which the content creator, […]

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The minister said there was no basis for the reports of a rift, insisting that both men remained connected by their shared political interests.

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By Daniel Abia P/HARCOURT — A former political ally of ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Dr Sokonte Davies, has left the African Democratic Congress (ADC), citing better prospects within the All Progressives Congress (APC). Davies, a former governorship aspirant and founding member of the ADC, announced his decision to return to the APC on Wednesday […]

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