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By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Atiku Abubakar has described President Bola Tinubu’s plan to raise another bond to settle power sector debts as a display of fiscal recklessness, institutional dishonesty, and contempt for public accountability. The former vice president, in a statement on Sunday by his Senior Special […]

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The victims were reportedly returning to Daududawadawa community, an island settlement located behind the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering (NASME) Barracks in the North Bank area of Makurdi, when the boat overturned midway through the journey.

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They also called on Civil Society Organisations (CSO), labour unions, and well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) to implement a Senate resolution directing their recall and deployment to  the Federal Ministries of Environment and Works.

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–Women, informants, fake ‘madmen’ among suspects —- Raises alarm over influx of Northerners in Ondo forests By Dayo Johnson Akure Ondo State security outfit Amotekun has paraded 97 suspected criminals, including women, arrested across all 18 council areas within 14 days. Parading the suspects in Akure, Amotekun Commander Chief Adetunji Adeleye said arrests covered kidnapping, […]

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has inaugurated newly elected state executive committee members in Sokoto State.

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By Jeff Agbodo, Abakaliki The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s achievements in infrastructure development across six geopolitical zones in the country will sell him through in 2027 election. Umahi said in South East zone where he hails from, no opposition candidate can execute the magnitude of projects […]

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By Daniel Abia, P/Harcourt The council of traditional rulers in Khana local government area of Rivers state has raised the alarm over what it claimed to be a sponsored protest by some persons in the area to cover up the ongoing investigation of attempted assassination on the life of His Majesty, King Suanu Baridam. A […]

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–Community in shock as police launch manhunt By Dayo Johnson Akure Suspected gunmen have abducted 60-year-old Adeniyi Adelana, community head of Ode Oriya Village in Owo council area of Ondo State and shot his wife. A police source said six armed men stormed the residence around 8:05pm Saturday. The assailants invaded under cover of darkness […]

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South African authorities have arrested a 28-year-old man after discovering 150 live venomous scorpions concealed inside his luggage at Cape Town International Airport.

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The PRP national chairman advocated for budgetary independence for INEC, arguing that the commission should be allowed to defend its budget independently before the National Assembly.

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