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Sixteen governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, seeking a second-term mandate will be given priority as the party commences the digital upload of all its governorship and State Houses of Assembly candidates on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Candidate Nomination Portal, ICNP. The move is part of the party’s race against time to meet statutory deadlines ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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Police Command in Anambra State says it has arrested four suspected kidnappers, involved in separate kidnapping and robbery incidents across the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Awka.
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted 1.63 million pills of tramadol concealed in two long trailers heading for Kano as it intensified efforts to dismantle a transnational drug trafficking syndicate operating along the Togo-Benin Republic-Nigeria corridor. The agency also arrested an 80-year-old suspected drug dealer in Rivers State, a businesswoman linked to cannabis shipments from Canada, a Chadian woman, a couple and other suspects in coordinated operations across Lagos, Edo, Kogi and Rivers states.
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Troops of the 34 Artillery Brigade operating under Operation UDO KA have dismantled a kidnapping syndicate in Imo State, recovering suspected ransom proceeds and a vehicle allegedly used in the crime. The Nigerian Army disclosed this in a statement posted on its X handle on Sunday and signed by the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division Nigerian Army, Lt. Col. Olabisi Olalekan Ayeni.
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One of the teachers rescued after spending 56 days in the custody of kidnappers in Oyo State, Zacchaeus Olatunde, has claimed that he and the other captives were released by their abductors before security personnel eventually escorted them home. Olatunde made the claim during a telephone interview with Nigeria Info FM aired on Friday while recounting the ordeal of teachers and pupils abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State.
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The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has expressed its preparedness for a major national struggle for a comprehensive review of the national minimum wage. NLC President Comrade Joe Ajaero hinted at this while making his remarks at the commissioning of the Comrade Godwin Abumisi Pensioners Legacy House and Multipurpose Hall in Abuja.
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Three young men died on the spot on Sunday after a Toyota Camry with number plate ABC 833 CE lost control and crashed into the culvert of a bridge on Deidei- Idu- Karmo New Road in Abuja. The accident occurred around 3:45 pm and involved four young male occupants, according to officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and eyewitnesses at the scene.
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Troops of Operation HADIN KAI, OPHK, supported by personnel of the Nigeria Police Mobile Force, MOPOL, have foiled an attempted mass abduction by suspected ISWAP terrorists at the Federal Government Girls College, FGGC, Monguno, Borno. The Acting Military Information Officer, OPHK, Capt. Mohammed Goni, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri. Goni said troops equally rescued all 46 students targeted in the attack.
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Spain have won the 2026 FIFA World Cup following a 1-0 win over 10-man Argentina at the New York/New Jersey stadium in USA. Ferran Torres scored the winning goal in the second half of extra-time to break Argentina hearts, obliterating their dream of becoming the first country to successfully defend the tournament since 1962.
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About 30 people are feared dead after a canoe capsized in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
Eye witness report says that the incident occurred at Malamawar Yandutse village on Sunday evening when the canoe, carrying about 40 passengers, mostly women and children, capsized.
Eye witness report says that the incident occurred at Malamawar Yandutse village on Sunday evening when the canoe, carrying about 40 passengers, mostly women and children, capsized.
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Weldone sir SP Tochukwu Ikenga you are doing well in Anambra State
ReplyDeleteIn some of these stories up there 🤔
It's well,that's all
That means ransom was paid before the kidnapped victims were released.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm
ReplyDeleteConflicting reports on the abducted teachers and Pupils. Whose report do we believe ?
All in all we thank God for their safe return, but for the painful loss of Mr Michael and the other teacher.
Congratulations once again to The Spainard.
So many deaths. RIP to all of them.
ReplyDeleteIt's either government paid their ransom or negotiated their release