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Former Minister of Transportation and presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rotimi Amaechi, on Wednesday declared that he would abolish the federal character principle and replace indigeneship with citizenship if elected president in 2027, insisting that Nigerians should be judged by competence and performance rather than ethnicity, region or religion.

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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that talks with Tehran were “on the borderline” between a deal to end the Middle East war and a resumption of strikes on Iran.

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Barely 24 hours to the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primaries in Rivers state, one of the key contenders in the race, Architect Tonye Patrick Cole has withdrawn from the race, citing the supremacy and love for Rivers state, as reasons behind the decision.

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The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has lamented the increasing kidnapping of Nigerian children and called on the federal government and security agencies to be alive to their duties and protect innocent children.

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The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, has confirmed that none of its governorship aspirants has been disqualified from participating in the party’s gubernatorial primary scheduled for tomorrow.

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The Kano State Government has alleged that the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, may be indirectly working to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections.

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The Minister of Works Senator David Umahi has said that the total projects that the president Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing, both inherited and legacy projects that are ongoing, is a total of N34 trillion.

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has dismantled a major Nigerian-Mexican methamphetamine syndicate, arresting a suspected drug baron, three Mexican nationals and six Nigerian collaborators in coordinated operations across Ogun State and Lagos State.

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A first plane carrying nine West African migrants landed Wednesday morning at the international airport just outside Freetown, an AFP journalist saw.

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