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Oyo Abduction: Alaseyori apologises over ‘the president is working’ remarks
“You know me too well to think I would ever make anybody feel that way.”
By Friday Omosola
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Jarvis Gushes Over Peller’s Sweet Gesture After Painful Cramps
Rite Foods Drive Academic Excellence with N35m Annual National Award
World Cup 2026: Morocco Secures Quarterfinal Spot After Comfortable 3-0 Win Against Canada
Osun 2026: Adeleke Reconstitutes Campaign Council To Accommodate APC Defectors
FG Sets Three-Year Cycle for Nationwide Learning Tests, Eyes Data to Fix Education Gaps
JUST IN: World Cup: Morocco become first team into quarter-finals after beating Canada
Jarvis Gushes Over Peller’s Sweet Gesture After Painful Cramps
Rite Foods Drive Academic Excellence with N35m Annual National Award
World Cup 2026: Morocco Secures Quarterfinal Spot After Comfortable 3-0 Win Against Canada
Osun 2026: Adeleke Reconstitutes Campaign Council To Accommodate APC Defectors
FG Sets Three-Year Cycle for Nationwide Learning Tests, Eyes Data to Fix Education Gaps
JUST IN: World Cup: Morocco become first team into quarter-finals after beating Canada
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NUPRC to launch 2026 Oil licensing round in Q3
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‘Release schoolchildren for humanity’s sake’ - Peter Obi begs bandits
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has appealed to the abductors of schoolchildren recently kidnapped by gunmen to release them immediately, describin...
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PDP to Aiyedatiwa: Publish details of approved projects, not just headlines
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By Nwafor
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NLC threatens solidarity strike over rising school kidnappings
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to embark on a solidarity strike with teachers and other workers if governments fail to urgently a...
By Nwafor
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Anambra plans tax education to boost internally generated revenue
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By Nwafor
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Ex-Prisoners Returning To Jail Drop By 88%—Tunji-Ojo
The federal government has announced a dramatic decline in the number of former inmates returning to correctional centres after release, describing it as one of the clear...
By Christiana Nwaogu
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Netanyahu downplays row with Trump, says both agree on disarming Hezbollah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu downplayed on Wednesday a row with US President Donald Trump, saying they both were aligned on the goal of disarming Hezbollah i...
By Ayobami
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Recidivism Drops By 88% As Correctional Reforms Begin To Yield Results- Tunji-Ojo
Says no of ex-inmates returning to prison drops from 11,616 In 2023 To 1,382 In 2025 The federal government has announced a dramatic decline in the number of former inmat...
By Christiana Nwaogu
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Abuja Indigenous Group Seeks Suspension Of FCT Demolition Exercises
The Abuja Original Inhabitants Youth Empowerment Organisation (AOIYEO) has called for the suspension of demolition exercises across parts of the Federal Capital Territory...
By Igho Oyoyo
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Senate constitutes committee to liaise with FG over unpaid contractors’ debts
The senate president directed the committee to submit its report within one week, detailing the federal government's efforts toward settling the outstanding debts owed to...
By Abdulqudus Ogundapo
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Recidivism drops to 1,382 as FG reports jail population surge
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By Nwafor
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Three MPs defect to PRP, ADC
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By Sharon Eboesomi
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Obi, Senate demand rescue of abducted Oyo schoolchildren
By Henry Umoru ABUJA — Former Anambra State governor and presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has called for the immediate releas...
By Nwafor
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They Are Not Asking For Rice – Atiku Fires Tinubu Over Oyo Kidnap Response
Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has described the reported dispatch of government officials bearing bags of rice and othe...
By Justina Otio
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First Lady launches Tinubu Torchbearers, rallies women
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By Nwafor
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Three Reps defect from APC to PRP, ADC
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By Nwafor
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3 Federal Lawmakers Dump APC For ADC, PRP
Three members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday formally defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to opposition parties, in a move that further...
By James Kwen
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30 years after: Abiola, Odumakin honour Kudirat Abiola
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Aiyedatiwa, Olowo hail death sentence for Owo attackers
By Dayo Johnson, Akure AKURE — Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State and the Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Ogunoye, have commended the judiciary and security agencies ove...
By Nwafor
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Ondo elders urge Aiyedatiwa to align with Tinubu’s 2027 interests
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By Nwafor
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Kuwait demands two Iran embassy staff leave after deadly attack
Kuwait demanded that two Iranian embassy staff leave the country within 24 hours on Wednesday after an Iranian attack on the country’s airport that killed one perso...
By Henry Oduah
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‘Don’t test us, minimum wage is constitutional matter,’ Labour cautions governors over N100,000 proposal
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The proposed N100,000 minimum wage reportedly put forward by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, has sparked widespread criticism from organised l...
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Oyo Abduction: Senate urges FG, security agencies to deploy resources, rescue victims
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By Akinbayo Wahab