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Wike to PDP candidates: Be Prepared to fight and struggle for power in 2027
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has challenged candidates contesting in the 2027 general elections on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be prepared to struggle for power. Wike, a national leader of the PDP, stated this during the party’s 109th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Wednesday in…
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Alleged Cybercrime: Sowore To Remain In Kuje Prison, Court Fixes Date For Ruling On Bench Warrant
Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, fixed June 30 for ruling on a motion filed by Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), seeking to vacate an order for his bail revocation. Justice Umar fixed the date after Sowore’s lawyer, Raphael Adakole, moved the motion for a stay…
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Ogun police eliminate 2 kidnappers, recover gun, ₦2.2m, phone, expended cartridge
Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Ogun State Police Command have recorded a major breakthrough in the Command’s ongoing war against kidnapping, successfully securing the safe release of an abducted victim and neutralising two suspected kidnappers. The command’s spokesman, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abeokuta. DSP Babaseyi…
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NDLEA uncovers industrial-scale meth lab in Oyo forest, arrests Mexican, 4 others, seizes multi-billion-naira drugs
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have struck yet another decisive blow against transnational drug syndicates following the discovery and dismantling of a fortified, industrial-scale clandestine methamphetamine laboratory operated by a Nigerian-Mexican cartel deep within the forest of Tapa Village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area, Oyo State. Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi…
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COAS JOINS TOP SECURITY LEADERS AT NIGERIA-UK SECURITY AND DEFENCE DIALOGUE
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Tuesday joined the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the Chief of Defence Staff, Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police and other senior security stakeholders at the Fourth Nigeria-United Kingdom Security and Defence Partnership Dialogue held in Abuja. The high-level engagement, co-chaired by the National…
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Oyo Govt declares 16-hour curfew in 10 LGAs
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the declaration of a 16-hour curfew in 10 local government areas of Oyo State. The Secretary to the State Government, Professor Musibau Babatunde, announced this in a memo issued on Tuesday in Ibadan. Babatunde said the curfew takes effect from Wednesday, 24 June 2026. He said the curfew,…
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Bayo Onanuga: “I Don’t See the Level of Hunger People Are Talking About”
Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga has pushed back against claims of widespread hunger in Nigeria, arguing that many citizens are benefiting from policies introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Speaking on Arise Television, Onanuga said government programmes and infrastructure projects are delivering tangible benefits despite concerns about the economy. Citing road projects as an example, he…
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JUST IN: France Announces First Ebola Case
France on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor back from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is fighting a major outbreak. The case is the first of the deadly haemorrhagic fever identified outside the African continent during the current outbreak, which has also affected Uganda. It’s also…
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Troops rescue kidnap victims, foil terrorist mission, recover weapons and ammunition
Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force North West Operation FANSAN YAMMA (JTF NW OPFY), have recorded another operational success, rescuing three kidnapped victims and foiling a terrorist mission during separate operations in Zamfara and Sokoto States. Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force (North West) Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Danja, announced this in…
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Nigerian Army kills 3 IPOB terrorists, recover weapons in Anambra
Troops of the Nigerian Army operating under Sector 5 of Joint Task Force South-East, Operation UDO KA, have gunned down three suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), during a joint security operation in Anambra State. The Army disclosed this in a post…