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AFCON 2025: CAF sends two referees home ahead of semi-final matches
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AFCON 2025: CAF sends two referees home ahead of semi-final matches

Ifreke Inyang

The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has dropped two referees from the remainder of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Morocco. According to BSN Sports, the two officials dropped are: Boubou Traoré (Mali) and Abdou Abdel Mefire (Cameroon). CAF did not state…

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2027: We’re not part of Kashim Imam’s committees – Borno ADC

Matthew Atungwu

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Borno has disassociated itself from the transitional and registration committees allegedly set up by one of its chieftains, Kashim Imam. Alhaji Umar Bolori, the ADC chairman in the state, made the position of the party known at a news…

Rivers: Tinubu won’t sacrifice Wike for Fubara – Fayose
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Rivers: Tinubu won’t sacrifice Wike for Fubara – Fayose

Vanessa Onah

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has said President Bola Tinubu will not sacrifice the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, for Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, amid the ongoing political crisis in the state. Speaking on ARISE News on…

Lucia Onabanjo, wife of ex-Ogun gov, dies at 100
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Lucia Onabanjo, wife of ex-Ogun gov, dies at 100

Gift Oba

The wife of the first civilian governor of Ogun State, Madam Lucia Onabanjo, is dead. She died on Monday at the age of 100. The news of her death was confirmed on Tuesday in a statement signed by her daughter, Olubukunola Onabanjo, the Chairman of the Ogun State Local…

Police launch investigation into death of six family members in Rivers
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Police launch investigation into death of six family members in Rivers

Ifunanya Obeme-Ndukwe

The Rivers State Police Command has launched an investigation into the death of six family members discovered in a locked room in Ogale, Eleme, on Sunday. According to the police, Godwin Ogosu, the brother of one of the victims, reported that his elder brother, his brother’s…

Benue: Police confirm four dead in Otobi-Akpa herdsmen attack
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Benue: Police confirm four dead in Otobi-Akpa herdsmen attack

Winner James

The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the death of four persons in an attack that occurred in Otobi-Akpa, Otobi Ward, Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Udeme Edet, who confirmed the attack newsmen on Tuesday, said…

Labour Party faction loyal to Peter Obi in Rivers joins ADC
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Labour Party faction loyal to Peter Obi in Rivers joins ADC

Ifunanya Obeme-Ndukwe

The faction of the Labour Party in Rivers State loyal to the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has defected to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, deepening the realignment of opposition forces in the state ahead of the 2027 general elections. The defection…

Rivers: Tinubu controls Lagos from palms of his hands – Fayose
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Rivers: Tinubu controls Lagos from palms of his hands – Fayose

Francis Ugwu

Former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose, has backed Nyesom Wike, Minister of the FCT, over the political rivalry with his estranged political godson, Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Fayose claimed that President Bola Tinubu controls Lagos state from the “palm of his hands.”…

Wike: You’re nobody three years ago – Ayo Fayose hits Fubara
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Wike: You’re nobody three years ago – Ayo Fayose hits Fubara

Francis Ugwu

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has waded in on the political rivalry between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his estranged godfather, Nyesom Wike, Minister of the FCT. Fayose said Fubara was nobody a few years ago before he became the governor. Speaking in an…

Badagry declares seven days of mourning for late Aholu Menu Toyi I
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Badagry declares seven days of mourning for late Aholu Menu Toyi I

Vanessa Onah

The Chairman of Badagry Local Government Area, Mr. Babatunde Hunpe, has declared a seven-day mourning period following the death of the Akran of Badagry, Aholu Menu Toyi I. The announcement was made on Tuesday in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Kriko…

Edo: Police remove DPO over Ekpoma anti-kidnapping protest
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Edo: Police remove DPO over Ekpoma anti-kidnapping protest

Enahoro Iyemefokhai

Barely three days after the anti-kidnapping protest that rocked Ekpoma, the administrative headquarters of Esan West Local Government Area, the Edo State Police Command has removed SP Nelson Igbinoba, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of the Division. DAILY POST…