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JUST IN: Oyebamiji emerges as APC Osun governorship candidate
The immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Bola Oyebamiji, has emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for next year’s governorship election in Osun State. Oyebamiji was affirmed by all 1,660 delegates at the party’s primary after being nominated by Mr Kunle Adegoke, SAN, and seconded by Senator Babajide Omoworare.…
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Tax Reforms: FG Clears Over Rumoured Deductions of Funds Form Bank Accounts
Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, has assured Nigerians that the government has no authority or plan to deduct money directly from citizens’ bank accounts. Speaking at a media workshop on the newly consolidated tax law, Oyedele described circulating social-media warnings as false, misleading, and capable of destabilising…
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BREAKING: Ex-Labour Minister Ngige Arraigned, Remanded in Kuje Prison Over Alleged N2.2bn Fraud
A former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, was on Friday arraigned before an Abuja High Court sitting in Gwarinpa by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged N2.2 billion contract fraud linked to the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF). Ngige was docked on an eight-count charge bordering on abuse…
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PSC Opens Portal for Recruitment of 50,000 Police Constables Nationwide
The Police Service Commission (PSC), in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has announced the commencement of recruitment for 50,000 Police Constables, following the directive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a statement on Thursday, PSC spokesperson Torty Njoku said the recruitment drive aims to strengthen community policing, boost internal security and expand the…
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CAC Rolls Out New Mandatory Requirements for Business Name Online Updates
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has announced the introduction of new compulsory requirements for all business name online update requests, effective immediately. In a statement released on its official X account on Wednesday, the commission said applicants must now provide additional personal and contact information to strengthen verification processes and improve the accuracy of records…
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Negotiating With Terrorists Global Practice – Sheikh Gumi
Kaduna-based cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has said that negotiating with terrorists is a global practice and that neither the Quran nor the Bible opposes it. Mr Gumi, a self-appointed advocate for bandits, in an interview with the BBC published on Tuesday, dismissed the idea that the government should not negotiate with terrorists. “When they say…
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Explainer: Did Nigeria act legally by sending fighter jets into Benin?
By Bayo Wahab Nigeria’s military operation in the Benin Republic, following Sunday’s failed coup attempt, has sparked questions among Nigerians about whether President Bola Tinubu had the legal right to deploy fighter jets into a neighbouring country. Nigeria’s fighter jets took over Beninoise airspace after a group of soldiers calling themselves the Military Committee for…
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FG Secures Release Of 100 Schoolchildren Abducted In Niger State
Channels Tv The Federal Government has reportedly secured the release of 100 schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area, Niger State. Bandits on 21 November 2025, attacked the school in the remote community of Papiri. Arriving around 2:00 a.m. on motorbikes, the gunmen stormed the…
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BREAKING: President Talon Declared Safe as Benin Army Foils Attempted Coup
President Patrice Talon has been confirmed safe as loyalist forces move to reclaim full control of Cotonou following an attempted coup led by a dissident military faction early Sunday morning. A group of officers identifying themselves as the Military Committee for Refoundation briefly seized Benin’s national television station, where their leader, Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri,…
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Nnamdi Kanu’s new neighbours speak on ‘unusual prisoner’ in Sokoto
Vanguard News •Controversy over Gov Otti’s visit to IPOB leader Tension is gradually building across Sokoto metropolis as residents struggle to cope with the presence of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu who is currently serving his sentence at the Sokoto Central Correctional Centre. The development has unsettled many homes, businesses, transport operators and community dwellers, with…
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