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Oil Prices May Hit $100 Per Barrel With Escalating Middle East Crisis
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Oil Prices May Hit $100 Per Barrel With Escalating Middle East Crisis

Chika Izuora

Experts are forecasting an unprecedented oil price hike with the spiral of military strikes between Israel and its neighbours. Israel’s attack on Iran is unlikely to cause a major disruption to oil supply, analysts at two major banks said, but a worst-case scenario involving…

Shari’a Court Judges Meet On Access To Justice For GBV Survivors
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Shari’a Court Judges Meet On Access To Justice For GBV Survivors

Isaiah Benjamin

Over 50 Shari’a court judges from Kano and Kaduna states have met in Kaduna to discuss a new direction aimed at easing the administration of justice as part of efforts to fight the growing cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the two states. The acting grand Khadi of Kano…

Flood: Kebbi Starts Evacuation Of Drainages
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Flood: Kebbi Starts Evacuation Of Drainages

Kabir Wurma

Following the expectation of heavy floods in this year’s rainy season, the Kebbi State government has directed the immediate evacuation of all drainages in the state capital, Birnin Kebbi. The commissioner for urban development planning, Hon. Hayatu Bawa Jega, gave the…

2027 Race Not Only For Old Candidates – Former Minister
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2027 Race Not Only For Old Candidates – Former Minister

Chibuzo Ukaibe

Former minister of education, Professor Tunde Adeniran, has dismissed the insinuation that the 2027 presidential election would be contested only by former old presidential candidates. He, therefore, called on the youths to participate actively in Nigeria’s political…

Terrorism: Army Chief Charges Recruits To Be Battle Ready
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Terrorism: Army Chief Charges Recruits To Be Battle Ready

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Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has charged new recruits of the Depot Nigerian Army, Zaria, Kaduna State to be prepared to fight terrorism and insurgency in the country. General Oluyede gave the charge at the Passing Out Parade of 6,195 recruits of the 88…

Congolese Rebels Seek Peaceful Solution To Crisis
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Congolese Rebels Seek Peaceful Solution To Crisis

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The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has held talks with Rwanda-backed rebels about protecting civilians in areas under their control in the east. Bintou Keita, the UN secretary general’s special representative, said the rebels spoke of…

Blood Shortage, Cause Of 40% Maternal, 30% Road Accident Deaths–NBSA
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Blood Shortage, Cause Of 40% Maternal, 30% Road Accident Deaths–NBSA

Patience Ivie Ihejirika

As Nigeria joins the global community to mark World Blood Donor Day, the director-general of the National Blood Service Agency (NBSA), Prof. Saleh Yuguda, has attributed the persistent shortage of safe blood to the country’s high maternal mortality and accident-related…

Israel To Attack ‘Every Site, Target’, Iran Warns Of More Strikes
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Israel To Attack ‘Every Site, Target’, Iran Warns Of More Strikes

Tarkaa David

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will strike “every site and every target” of Iran, after Iran launched waves of missiles in retaliation for Israeli strikes on Friday. The Israeli military also said the Air Force was carrying out extensive strikes in various…

Glorious Payback For June 12
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Glorious Payback For June 12

Wole Olaoye

Thank you, Mr. President. If any seer had predicted in 1993 that a day would come when the heroes of the June 12 struggle would be honoured, such a crystal gazer would have been labelled a fraud. Everything was loaded against the pro-democracy groups. Many of those operating…

Mohammed Uwais: Jurist, Reformer, Patriot
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Mohammed Uwais: Jurist, Reformer, Patriot

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The death of Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais on June 6, 2025, at the age of 88, closes a monumental chapter in Nigeria’s legal and democratic journey. Coming on the day of Eid-el-Kabir, his passing carries symbolic weight – signifying the quiet departure of a jurist who served…