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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has emerged as an early frontrunner in the presidential primary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, after winning in five states in results released so far from the ongoing exercise.
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LAGOS— OPERATIVES of the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force have uncovered a major drug trafficking syndicate in Lagos, seizing suspected illicit drugs estimated at ₦7.8 billion and arresting several suspects, including the alleged kingpin, Eke Henry Ifeanyi.
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ABUJA — The African Democratic Congress (ADC) faction led by its 2023 presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, has picked him as its sole presidential candidate ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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President of the United States, Donald Trump, has welcomed Nigeria’s Ambassador to the US, Kayode Are.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has arrested Etinosa Osahon in Los Angeles over alleged criminal offences linked to theft and fraud.
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From the day the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced a fresh outbreak of Ebola, fears have spread far beyond its borders. Currently, health officials in the DRC are racing to contain the deadly virus.
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Okonkwo said he hit the student with stick before the said Emmanuel put a knife on her throat after rounds of forced sex.
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EXACTLY 237 days to the January 16, 2027 presidential polls, how the race will pan out is gradually taking shape
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By Luminous Jannamike, ABUJA Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has recounted how fear, betrayal and growing distrust consumed the final days of his government before the July 29, 1975 coup, warning that leaders who surrender to panic and suspicion often end up trapped by manipulative advisers, opportunists and their own fears. Read Also: Insecurity: Yorubaland unsafe, terrorist […]
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“It is deeply troubling that a simple request by senior party officials to visit a detained colleague was met, not with professionalism, but with a show of force more suited to the suppression of civil unrest,” the party added.
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