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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne

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Breaking: Prince Charles becomes king after mother’s death

Prince Charles, the former Prince of Wales has become the new king of United Kingdom with the passage of her…
Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of PDP, reacts to allegations of fraud leveled against him by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.

Politics

Wike vows not to give up the battle to sack Ayu as PDP’s chairman

Wike spoke in Port Harcourt, his state capital as other chieftains of PDP were busy at the National Executive Council,…
Troops

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Nigerian troops kill more than 252 ISWAP terrorists

By Sumaila Ogbaje More than 252 Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have been eliminated by troops of…
MultiChoice

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Price increase: Tribunal slams N25m fine on MultiChoice

The tribunal, in the judgment, also refused to grant the prayers of the claimants, seeking for an order directing the…
PDP NWC faults suspension of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, by the Abia Chapter of the party

Politics

Adolphus Wabara replaces Jibrin as PDP BoT Chairman

Adolphus Wabara, a former president of the Nigerian senate has been appointed the new chairman of the Board of Trustees,…
Gambia orders suspension of sales of all brands of paracetamol syrup after the deaths of dozens of young children in the country

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Gambia probes link between child deaths, paracetamol syrup

Gambia’s director of health services, Mustapha Bittaye, told Reuters that a number of patients began to fall ill with kidney…
Pastor Adeboye of RCCG and wife, Folu celebrate 55 wedding anniversary

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Pastor Adeboye celebrates wife on 55th wedding anniversary

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has taken to social media…
Obasanjo and Atiku

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2023 presidency: Why Obasanjo will support Atiku

According to Aniagwu, former President Obasanjo, who Atiku worked with as vice president between 1999 and 2007, saw his capabilities…
Ex-Governor Yahaya Bello summoned over breach of trust charges

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PDP raises alarm over Yahaya Bello’s ‘terror’ video

Kogi State government in a statement by its Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo on Wednesday claimed the Governor's…
Obama and wife Michelle, unveiling their portraits at White House as former US president and First Lady respectively.

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How Trump prevented Obamas from unveiling White House portraits

Obama and wife, Michelle returned to the White House for the formal unveiling of their official portraits, revealing the paintings…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said the time of reckoning is coming for those who continue to insist that they can take everything to themselves in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP

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Wike to PDP: A day of reckoning is coming

Wike also maintained that nobody can silence him from speaking against such injustice and the demand for the right thing…
Medical doctor, Abass Adeyemi: Arrested over alleged murder of cab driver, Emmanuel Yobo Agbovinuere, in Benin, Edo State.

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Osun doctor Abass Adeyemi kills cab driver with injection, steals car

Adeyemi who hails from Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, was alleged to have killed the victim on 3…
Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike and Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman of DAAR Communications

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PDP crisis: Dokpesi’s DAAR Communications loses 868 plots of land in Rivers

In what look like a fallout of the crises over the presidential ticket of opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the…
FG releases names of individuals, BDCs financing terrorism in Nigeria

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JUST IN: DSS confirms arrest of Tukur Mamu, gives reason

Reports early Wednesday indicated that Mamu was arrested by the Interpol in Egypt on his way to lesser Hajj in…
Kemi Badenoch

Metro

25 facts about Kemi Badenoch, the British-Nigerian in Liz Truss’ cabinet

Badenoch describes herself as a cultural Christian and notes that her maternal grandfather was a Methodist minister in Nigeria.
Mallam Tukur Mamu

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Updated: DSS arrests Sheik Gumi’s aide Tukur Mamu at Kano airport

Tukur Mamu, a Nigerian publisher who became popular over his involvement in negotiation that led to the release of some…

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Over 900,000 PVCs still uncollected in Lagos — INEC

According to him, the total number of uncollected old PVCs in the state is 928,362 as at 5th Sept. 5…
Chelsea part ways with Thomas Tuchel

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Analysis: Potter, Pochettino, others likely to replace Tuchel at Chelsea

The last time Chelsea were looking for a successor for a sacked manager, they turned to a former Paris Saint-Germain…
Sharia Court

Metro

Kaduna housewife seeks divorce over husband’s `unusual’ sex demands

Zainab Yunusa told the court that Garba demanded for sex even while she was menstruating and during the Ramadan fast.
Henry Gotip, Executive Chairman of Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State: Abducted from his Jos residence

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Gunmen abduct Henry Gotip Chairman of Kanke LG of Plateau

By Polycarp Auta Mr Henry Gotip, the Executive Chairman of Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau was abducted by yet…
14 suspected oil thieves busted in Abia

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Oil theft: Civil Defence nabs 426 suspects, 90 trucks, 38 boats in 6 months

By Kelechi Ogunleye The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Wednesday said it arrested 426 suspects involved pipeline…
ADC threatens to sue Anambra Govt over imposition of N50m campaign permit fee for candidates participating in November 8, 2025 election

Politics

ADC suspends 17 state chairmen, ex-national vice chairman

ADC also appointed Dr Mani Ahmed, a presidential aspirant in 2015, as Chairman of its party’s Board of Trustees (BoT).
Booker Prize shortlist

Art

Zimbabwean writer NoViolet Bulawayo, 5 others shortlisted for 2022 Booker Prize

The Booker Prize is open to works by writers of any nationality, written in English and published in the U.K.…
An NGO, ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), has urged the Jigawa Government to declare a State of Emergency because of flood that had wrecked havoc across the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.

Metro

Building collapse: Housewife dies, husband survives in Jigawa

The couple were sleeping when the building collapsed, spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the…
Libya bound Ajoke Micheal intercepted in Sokoto

Metro

9 women on the way to Libya intercepted in Kano

Abdullahi Babale, Zonal Coordinator of NAPTIP said the victims were all female, aged between 19 years and 55 years.
Abike Dabiri-Erewa chairman of NIDCOM

Metro

We’re in safe hands – Nigerians in Northern Cyprus counters Abike-Dabiri

Dabiri-Erewa had about a week ago cautioned Nigerians against going to Northern Cyprus to study, citing high incidents of murder…
Elizabeth Ativie, former Deputy Speaker and the only woman who have presided over the Edo State House of Assembly: Dumps APC

Politics

Ex- Edo Assembly Speaker Elizabeth Ativie dumps APC

Ativie's effort to advance her political career was frustrated when she failed to secure APC's ticket for Uhumwode Federal Constituency…
Nigerian writer, Rose Okeke: Wins 2022 James Currey Prize for African Literature with her manuscript, “Child of the Corn.”

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Nigerian Okeke wins 2022 James Currey Prize for African Literature

The James Currey Prize for African Literature is an annual award for the best-unpublished work of fiction written in English…
Some rescued children

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Police bust fake orphanage, rescue 15 children, arrest Rev. Sister, others in Rivers

Rev. Sister Wechinwu claimed that five of the children were recovered from mentally challenged women, while the others were brought…
NANS debunks association with Free Nnamdi Kanu protest

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NANS releases list of new leaders (full list)

Usman Umar Barambu, a student of the Federal University, Dutse is the new president of NANS
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