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EU Split On Proposed Date To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 90%
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EU Split On Proposed Date To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 90%

Chika Izuora

Nations in Europe are sharply divided on set target period to reduce greenhouse emissions. This week’s EU summit debated how to bridge the divide within the bloc regarding interim 2040 emission-reduction targets as the European Union insists on becoming a net-zero area by…

Hoteliers Groan As 5-Star Hotel Spends N450m Monthly On Electricity
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Hoteliers Groan As 5-Star Hotel Spends N450m Monthly On Electricity

Andrew Ojiezel

Hoteliers, under the auspices of the Hotel and Personal Services Senior Staff Association (HAPSSSA), are suffering from expensive electricity generation. They disclosed that each 5-star hotel spends about N450 million monthly. The president of the association, Comrade Iyeh…

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Nigeria Exits Global Financial Crimes Watch List After 2 Years

Cees Harmon

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has removed Nigeria from its grey list, following Nigeria’s successful and timely completion of its FATF Action Plan. The country’s removal is coming over two years of sustained effort, reform and inter-agency coordination to strengthen…

Road Users Demand Swift Action On Aba Expressway
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Road Users Demand Swift Action On Aba Expressway

Kalu Eziyi

Users of the Port Harcourt-Aba expressway have urged the federal government to re-award the contract for the reconstruction of the road to a reputable firm with a proven track record, following its termination. The users spoke with LEADERSHIP yesterday at Obehie Junction and…

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Corps Deploys 650 Personnel For Ember Months Campaign In Imo

Emmanuel Mgheahurike

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Imo State has deployed over 650 personnel for the ember months campaign in the state. The Sector Commander of the FRSC in the state, Udensi Oji, disclosed this during the flag-off of the 2025 ember months public sensitisation and…

First Lady Donates E-Learning Centre To Delta Technical College
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First Lady Donates E-Learning Centre To Delta Technical College

Felix Igbekoyi

The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has donated a state-of-the-art E-Learning Centre to Delta Model Technical College, Asaba, under her Digital Learning initiative implemented through the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) in collaboration with the National…

Delta Assembly Commits To Enforcing Laws For Public Good
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Delta Assembly Commits To Enforcing Laws For Public Good

Felix Igbekoyi

The Delta State House of Assembly (DSHA) has assured that its constitutional duty would not end with the passage of bills but would ensure that the laws enacted serve the people’s interests and remain relevant in a changing society. The Speaker of the House, Hon Emomotimi…

Wike Predicts Collapse Of PDP
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Wike Predicts Collapse Of PDP

Igho Oyoyo

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned that the the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is on the brink of collapse due to a strategy by its governors to sideline key figures like himself. Wike, while speaking at a media parley in Abuja…

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Court Jails Entrepreneur For Possession Of Counterfeit Currency

Abdullahi Olesin

Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has sentenced an entrepreneur, Muhammed Bukar to six months imprisonment for offences bordering on possession of counterfeit currency and cybercrime. Awogboro handed down the sentence after…

Police Present N33.8m To Families Of Dead Officers In Kebbi
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Police Present N33.8m To Families Of Dead Officers In Kebbi

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The commissioner of Police in Kebbi State, CP Bello Sani, has presented N33.8 million to 50 families of police officers who died in active service. Presenting the cheques to the beneficiaries at the headquarters of the command at Gwadangaji in Birnin Kebbi, CP Bello said the…

Okpebholo Vows To Protect Oil Infrastructure In Edo
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Okpebholo Vows To Protect Oil Infrastructure In Edo

Patrick Ochoga

The Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to maintaining peace and ensure the security of vital oil infrastructure across the state. The governor stated this when he received the leadership of the Independent Petroleum…

Women Group Consoles Ghana Over Ex-first Lady’s Death
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Women Group Consoles Ghana Over Ex-first Lady’s Death

Tarkaa David

The Africa Women Conference (AWC) has extended condolences to Ghana over the passing of their former first lady, Mrs Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings. Mrs Rawlings died at the age of 76 on Thursday in Accra, nearly five years after the death of her husband, former president Jerry…

Tinubu’s Wife Commissions Digital Centre In Edo
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Tinubu’s Wife Commissions Digital Centre In Edo

Patrick Ochoga

Wife of President Bola Tinubu, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has commissioned a Digital Learning Centre (DLC) at Ujabhole Grammar School, Irrua, in Esan Central local government area of Edo State, as part of efforts to bridge the digital divide and promote digital inclusion across…

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Don’t Fan Embers Of Disunity, Afenifere Group Urges North

Miracle Oluebube Modili

A group, Afenifere Diaspora USA, has appealed to Northern leaders not to fan the embers of disunity or provoke war between the Igbos and Yorubas, urging the two groups to sort out among themselves who should be the next president from Southern Nigeria in 2027. The group, in a…

EFCC Arraigns Estate Developer, 2 Others Over N1.8bn Fraud
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EFCC Arraigns Estate Developer, 2 Others Over N1.8bn Fraud

Abdullahi Olesin

The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a self-acclaimed estate developer, Christopher Oladunjoye, alongside Augustine Agodi and Ovie Goru, before Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ilorin,…

Tinubu Felicitates With Asiwaju Fasuyi At 70
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Tinubu Felicitates With Asiwaju Fasuyi At 70

Jonathan Nda-Isaiah

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated High Chief Olayinka Fasuyi, the Asiwaju of Ijesaland, President/CEO and Founder of Ibadan Business School, Ibadan, on his 70th birthday on October 25, 2025. In a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu rejoiced with…