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Atiku Backs NYSC Member Raye Amid Alleged Threats Over Viral Video
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has voiced support for Ushie Uguamaye, popularly known as Raye, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Lagos who claims to have received threats after her viral video criticizing President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, Atiku praised Raye’s courage, calling her…
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FG Followed Due Process in Awarding Lagos-Calabar Highway Contract — Minister
The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has dismissed claims that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu influenced the selection of a contractor for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. Speaking during an inspection tour in Lagos on Saturday, Umahi clarified that the decision to award the contract to Hitech Construction Company Ltd. was based on due process…
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PANDEF Tackles FCT Minister Over Inflammatory Comments
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has called on President Bola Tinubu to prevail on the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike to retract his publicly disparaging remarks made recently against the socio-political body. PANDEF described as regrerrable and embarrassing comments by Wike in the aftermath of the group’s visit to Tinubu at…
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N10bn Alleged Loot: SGF Akume’s PA ,Torhile Uchi Turns Chinery
** as he implicates Sen. Jack Gyado, Shango, Two Reps members, Chia Waya and others As the ongoing probe into the alleged fraudulent activities of the embattled personal Assistant to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF Senator George Akume, Hon. Andrew Torhile Uchi, continues , our correspondent gathered that he has allegedly…
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Accountability Hub Slams Fisayo Soyombo Over Alleged Misleading Report on NCS
…Accuses journalist of suppressing evidence, manipulating facts to push false narrative….Demands release of full, unedited footage to prove transparencyThe Accountability Hub, a civil society organization advocating for transparency and factual journalism, has strongly condemned investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo, accusing him of deliberately misleading the public and attempting to discredit the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The…
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The Changing Trajectory Of Governor Zulum’s Development Initiatives In Southern Borno
By: A G Abubakar The last outing by HE Professor Babagana Umara Zulum to Biu in Southern Borno, where multiple capital projects were either commissioned or initiated, signified a strategic shift towards inclusion and fair play. It was a masterstroke that had the potential to engender unity and balanced development in the region. This is…
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Zelensky vs Trump: When Character And Ego Stretched Diplomacy Beyond Elastic Limits.
By: A G Abubakar The altercations were as hot as they were undiplomatic. The setting? The Oval Office of the White House, the seat of the US government. The combatants were Presidents Donald Trump of the US and Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. The contention? Trump, trying to stampede Zelensky into commiting to a ceasefire process…
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Coalition to Obasa: Storming Lagos parliament again will be met with balance of force
A coalition of pro-democracy civil society organizations has strongly condemned the recent actions of the sacked former Lagos Speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa in his bid to take over the State House of Assembly, warning that a repeat of “storming the parliament” will be sternly resisted with a commensurate force. The coalition described the event…
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Group Allegedly Lists Sins of Benue’s Chief Judicial Officer
As the controversy surrounding the stewardship of the Benue State Chief Judge, Justice Maurice Ikpambese takes a new turn, including the recommendation of the Benue State House of Assembly for his sack, a rights group, The Masses Resistance Movement (TMRM) has written a public petition to the Court of ‘public opinion’ highlighting his many sins.…
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Anambra 2025: Umeoji defeats Soludo, leads opinion poll with 54.6% – AOP
Ahead of the November 8, 2025, governorship election in Anambra State, an opinion poll conducted by 12 independent research organizations has projected Chukwuma Umeoji, a former lawmaker representing Aguata Federal Constituency and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the leading candidate for the state’s top position. Addressing the media under the banner…