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FCT Rations Water As 2 Treatment Plants Undergo Repairs
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FCT Rations Water As 2 Treatment Plants Undergo Repairs

Igho Oyoyo

Water supply to residents in the city centre of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is being rationed over major rehabilitation works at two of the territory’s four water treatment plants. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in a statement on Sunday…

Kano Gov’t Closes Schools For Sallah Celebration
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Kano Gov’t Closes Schools For Sallah Celebration

LONGTONG YAKUBU

Kano State Government has directed all primary and post primary schools in the state to proceed for the Eid-el-Kabir break from 4th to 15th and 16th June, 2025. A statement signed by the Director Public Enlightenment Ministry of Education, Balarabe Kiru, directed parents and…

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Northern Senators Mourn Kano Athletes Killed In Fatal Accident

Samson Elijah

The Northern Senators Forum has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic road accident that claimed the lives of members of the Kano State contingent returning from the just concluded National Sports Festival in Ogun State. In a condolence message signed by its Chairman, Senator…

Man Utd Complete £62.5m Signing Of Cunha From Wolves
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Man Utd Complete £62.5m Signing Of Cunha From Wolves

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Manchester United have announced an agreement for the signing of Matheus Cunha from Wolves. Cunha will become Ruben Amorim’s first signing of the summer as he looks to rebuild a squad that finished 15th in the Premier League while the club have moved swiftly to seal the…

Catholic Bishops Alarmed Over Nigeria’s Unity
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Catholic Bishops Alarmed Over Nigeria’s Unity

Igho Oyoyo

The Catholic Bishops under the auspices of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) have expressed deep concern over the country’s unity and deepening divisions, attributing these to weak leadership, ethnic tensions, and religious discord. Bishop of Lafia Diocese…

Gov Oborevwori Condemns Age Falsification By Civil Servants
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Gov Oborevwori Condemns Age Falsification By Civil Servants

Felix Igbekoyi

Delta State Governor, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori on Sunday, condemned the act of age falsification by some civil servants with the intention of extending their years of service in the state. Governor Oborevwori stated this at a thanksgiving service held in honour of the state…

Akpabio Condoles Gov Yusuf, Families Of Kano Gateway Games Contingent
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Akpabio Condoles Gov Yusuf, Families Of Kano Gateway Games Contingent

Samson Elijah

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has commiserated with the governor of Kano State, Mallam Abba Yusuf and families of 22 members of the state contingent to the just concluded National Sports Festival in Ogun State who lost their lives on Saturday. Akpabio, who…

2027: Ex-Kwara Chief Of Staff Ladi Hassan Declares Guber Ambition
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2027: Ex-Kwara Chief Of Staff Ladi Hassan Declares Guber Ambition

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A former Chief of Staff and stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alh Ladi Hassan has declared his plan to contest the Kwara State governorship election in 2027. Hassan, a close ally of the former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki made his intention known during a…

Resident Doctors Demand Resolution Of Welfare Issues In 4-month
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Resident Doctors Demand Resolution Of Welfare Issues In 4-month

Iniobong Ekponta

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called on the federal and state governments to address the issues of welfare, employment status and labour casualisation affecting medical workers within four months. NARD also expressed dismay that infrastructure decay…

Oba Of Benin Resolves 7-yr-old Communal Crisis
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Oba Of Benin Resolves 7-yr-old Communal Crisis

Patrick Ochoga

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II has resolved the leadership crisis plaguing Iguoshodin N’ Igbemaba Community in Ovia North East local government area of Edo State, seven years after the hostility began. The resolution followed the appointment of Pa. Johnson Ahanor as the…

NECO Disowns Fake Facebook Account Linked To Registrar
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NECO Disowns Fake Facebook Account Linked To Registrar

Henry Tyohemba

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has disclaimed a fake Facebook account opened in the name of its Registrar/Chief Executive, Professor Dantani Wushishi. The Council emphasised that the questionable Facebook account was opened with the aim of defrauding unsuspecting…

Police Arrest 3 Suspected Notorious Cultists In Lagos
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Police Arrest 3 Suspected Notorious Cultists In Lagos

Remi Adebayo

Operatives of a tactical team of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspected notorious cultists along the Owode-Ikorodu axis of the state for being in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The suspects were apprehended following a credible tip-off which led…

Elon Musk Denies Drug Use Allegations From 2024 Campaign
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Elon Musk Denies Drug Use Allegations From 2024 Campaign

Ruth Nwokwu

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday denied a report that he used ketamine and other drugs extensively last year on the 2024 campaign trail. The New York Times reported on Friday that Musk used so much ketamine, a powerful anesthetic at the time that he developed bladder…

Political Detractors Trying To Link Me To My Wife’s Death — Gov Eno
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Political Detractors Trying To Link Me To My Wife’s Death — Gov Eno

Iniobong Ekponta

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has reacted to a viral video making the rounds on social media in which her second daughter, Jane, was seen making a veiled allusion of her mother being sacrificed by her father for the ‘god of politics’, as a fabrication of desperate…

9 Villagers Killed By IED Explosion In Borno
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9 Villagers Killed By IED Explosion In Borno

Francis Okoye

A total of nine villagers were killed on Saturday by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) while waiting to board vehicles to their different destinations at a bus stop in Mairari Village in Guzamala local government area of Borno State. Speaker of Borno State House of…