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Tinubu supporting Wike to destabilise Rivers, Asari-Dokubo alleges

Former Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu is supporting the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to destabilise the peace in Rivers State. Asari-Dokubo expressed his disappointment in Tinubu for allowing Wike to “run amok including procuring court judgment” to remove the state governor, Sim Fubara. The...
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Sanwo-Olu felicitates ex-minister of industry, Akande, at 80

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated Nigeria’s first female Minister of Industry and second female President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chief (Dr.) Onikepo Akande, on her 80th birthday. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Gboyega Akosile, on Tuesday, described Akande,...
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Nigerian national wanted in US cybercrime case arrested in Philippines

Philippine authorities have arrested Ahmed Alex, a 35-year-old Nigerian national wanted by US federal authorities for his alleged involvement in a major cybercrime operation targeting American citizens, particularly retired military personnel. The arrest took place on October 11, led by the Philippine Bureau of Immigration’s Fugitive Search Unit along Panay Avenue in Barangay Paligsahan, Quezon...
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Africa bleeding to terrorism – Defence Minister

The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to combating terrorism in West Africa and the continent in general. He said this in Abuja on Tuesday when he received a delegation from the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, led by Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Al-Moghidi in...
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Strike: Pay withheld salaries, SSANU, NASU tell Wale Edun

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities have urged the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to release their four months’ withheld salaries. This call follows President Bola Tinubu’s approval of the payment. The unions firmly dismissed any prospect of...
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‘I used to pretend to be Lil Wayne’ – Tems

Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has revealed that she used to mimic American rapper Lil Wayne when she was younger. Featuring on ‘The Cruz Show’ on Real 92.3 FM, the Oscar-nominated diva disclosed that she used to “pretend” to be a rapper and Wayne was her role model. “Hip-hop is my...
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CAF 2025 qualifier: Super Eagles play Rwanda November 18

The Confederation of African Football has picked November 18 for Nigeria’s final 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Rwanda. The match is scheduled for the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Nigeria Football Federation. The Matchday 6 encounter will draw the curtain on the race...
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Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...