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Benue farmer slumps, dies over false alarm

A 54-year-old farmer, Jeremiah Onuminya, from the Usha community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, has reportedly slumped and died after a false alarm was raised about an attack by...

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Tinubu departs for France on 2-week visit

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart for Paris, France, today on a working visit. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy in a statement said during the visit, the...

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Uromi: Kaduna police officer threatens retaliation against southerners

A Kaduna State police officer, Hadaina Hussaini Dan-Taki, has threatened reprisal attacks on southerners living in northern Nigeria. Dan-Taki’s remarks followed the brutal killing of 16 northerners in...

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FG orders reopening of Independence Bridge

The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has directed the immediate reopening of the Independence Bridge in Lagos to vehicular traffic. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs. Olukorede...

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Nnamdi Kanu optimistic about release in April, says Igbo leader

The President-General of the Igbo Community Association (ICA), FCT, Engr. Ikenna Ellis-Ezenekwe, has revealed that Nnamdi Kanu is optimistic about securing his release from the custody of the...

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BREAKING: Natasha’s recall petition fails to meet constitutional...

The petition seeking the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District, has failed to meet the constitutional requirements outlined in Section 69(a) of...

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BREAKING: Supreme Court sacks Abure as Labour Party chairman

The Supreme Court on Friday removed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. In a unanimous judgment, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court set aside the decision of the Court of...

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Court bans Natasha, Akpabio, others from press interviews

Justice Binta Fatima Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has barred parties in the suit filed by suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio,...

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Supreme Court: Abure still national chairman – Labour Party insists

The Labour Party (LP) has said Julius Abure remains its National Chairman despite a Supreme Court ruling that sacked him from the position. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court sacked Abure by...

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Police IG withdraws invitation to Sanusi

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the withdrawal of the earlier invitation extended to the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II in connection with the violent incident...

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20 governors under fire for delaying N70k minimum wage

The National President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Alhaji   Haruna Kankara, on Sunday, said about 20 states have yet to implement the N70,000 new minimum wage for local...

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Police commands brace for fresh nationwide protest

The police authorities have placed their men on red alert ahead of a fresh nationwide protest slated for Monday (today) by the Take-It-Back Movement and other civil society groups. The Nigeria Police...

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Lakurawa terrorist group kills 13 vigilantes in Kebbi

The Lakurawa terrorist group on Sunday killed 13 members of a vigilante group as they attacked Morai community in Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The 13 vigilantes were reportedly killed...

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Plateau: Bokkos attack could lead to anarchy – JNI

The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has expressed concern over the ‘unwarranted’ killings of about 60 people in Bokkos Local Government Area of the Plateau state. The JNI in a statement by its Secretariat...

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Presidency denies sacking INEC boss, Yakubu

The Presidency has debunked widespread reports claiming that President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu. The...

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Take-It-Back Movement: Police disperse Abuja protesters with tear gas

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force on Monday dispersed protesters with tear gas in the Maitama area of Abuja. The protesters, who had gathered peacefully to express their grievances, were thrown...

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Saudi Arabia suspends visa for Nigeria, Egypt, 12 other countries ahead of Hajj

Saudi Arabia has announced a temporary suspension of specific visa categories for citizens of 14 countries, including Nigeria, India, and Pakistan, as part of new travel restrictions ahead of the 2025...

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Founder of defunct Diamond bank, Pascal Dozie, dies at 85

The founder of the defunct Diamond Bank Plc and a former chairman of MTN Nigeria, Pascal Dozie, is dead. According to a statement issued by the family on Tuesday, the business tycoon died in the early...

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16,000 doctors exit Nigeria in 7 years

The federal government, yesterday, acknowledged the stretched conditions of public hospitals nationwide following the exodus of over 16,000 doctors in the last seven years. The mass migration,...

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Ibas appoints administrators for 23 Rivers LGAs

Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has approved the appointment of administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. This comes less than 24 hours after a...

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