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Gold To Hit $6,300 in 2026 Despite Sharpest Fall Since 1980s

Economy

*Still, Central Banks Around The World Buy Despite Exorbitant Prices Global financial services firm, JPMorgan, expects gold prices to hit $6,300 (about N8.7m) per ounce by the end of 2026 – despite bullion suffering its sharpest one-day drop since 1983 last Friday. Gold futures fell 0.9% Monday, 2 February, continuing its descent following news that President Donald Trump plans to nominate former Fed governor Kevin Warsh to lead the US Federal Reserve – an expected pick that calmed investor nerves. But JPMorgan expects gold prices to hit $6,300 per ounce by the end of 2026 as investors and central banks…

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Backside From The Dead! Women Chasing The Perfect Body Are Pumping Corpse Fat Into Boobs, Butts

Lifestyle

*We’re Recycling, They Say *My Husband's Like 'Whoa, You Can't Go Anywhere Without Me Now' -Woman Gushes By Asia Grace Stacey was at the top of her game in poshness and pizzazz. But when it came to cutting a curvy hourglass figure, the svelte NYC siren came in dead last. Until she spent nearly $45,000 (about N65m) getting her hips and rear pumped full of a dead person’s donor fat, that is. “It can sound jarring at first,” Stacey, 34, a married financial specialist, told The New York Post. “But when you look at it scientifically, cadaver donor tissue [the…

Feb

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2026

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EXCLUSIVE! FCTA Workers’ Strike: NLC Demands Wike Negotiates Directly With Workers To End Impasse,Unions Vow To Press On With Tomorrow’s Protest

News

*NASS Intervention Fails *National Industrial Court Issues Fresh Restraining Orders *Police Urge Rescheduling Of Tomorrow's Protest By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the National Assembly to summon Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, to negotiate face-to-face with leaders of striking workers of the FCT Administration (FCTA), if the issues of poor welfare at stake in the industrial crisis are to be finally laid to rest. People&Politics gathered that the NLC leadership pointedly told a National Assembly team led by FCT Senate Committee Chair, Senator Ibrahim Bomai, which intervened in the matter,…

Feb

02

2026

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Onitsha Sit-At-Home: People Can’t Be Coerced Into Abandoning Kanu -IPOB Hails ‘Total Compliance’, As Disappointed Soludo Moves To Demolish 10,000 Shops

News

The ongoing war of wits between the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo over compliance to the Mondays-only sit-at-home exercise in the multi-billion Naira Onitsha Main Market reached a new high today. Caught in the crosshairs of the gladiators are traders in the market, who allegedly defied the governor's orders to disobey the sit-at-home directive allegedly given by IPOB. Apparently slighted by the traders' action, but citing damage to the state's economy, Soludo today gave the traders two weeks to relocate elsewhere. He went ahead to mark for demolition over 10,000 shops which were not…

Feb

02

2026

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2027: Drive To Consolidate Tinubu’s Hold On Oyo, South-West Underway

Politics

*Abuja Needs More Hands, Olaosebikan, Others In The Mix By Ifeanyi Ibeabuchi, Politics reporter Efforts by federally-ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to garner overwhelming votes in 2027 for President Bola Tinubu in his native South-West zone is obviously one of the many planks upon which the President's re-election bid stands. With strong opposition expected from the coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC) majorly spearheaded by Tinubu's political enemies, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Nasir El-Rufai, Rauf Aregbesola, Rotimi Amaechi, and other heavyweights, pursuing a catchy narrative of alleged non-performance by Tinubu amid the dire socio-economic suffering of many Nigerians, the President's camp…

Feb

02

2026

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Widespread Joy In Enugu As Govt Unfurls Extensive Land Use Reforms, Slashes Rates by 60%

News

*Bans Illegal Levies *Abolishes Ogbonecheagu Fees By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State Government has declared sweeping reforms in the land sector, including the immediate abolition of illegal levies and the streamlining of land-related charges, as part of Governor Peter Mbah’s broader economic transformation agenda. The government disclosed that ground rent, land use charge, and all property-related charges have now been unified and reduced by over 60 per cent, with property owners required to pay only a single Unified Land Use Charge annually through the Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS), whether their properties are located within estates or outside them.…

Jan

29

2026

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UPDATE! Heavy Security Presence At Niamey Airport After Explosions, Amid Earlier Warnings Of Possible Jihadist Attack

Foreign

Heavy security has been deployed around the main airport in Niger’s capital, Niamey, after overnight gunfire and explosions. The shooting and detonations began shortly after midnight on Wednesday, according to residents of a neighbourhood near the airport, which is next to Base Aérienne 101, a military base previously used by US and then Russian troops. Calm returned about an hour later, the residents told Agence France-Presse (AFP). Videos filmed by local people showed streaks of light in the sky and the sound of loud explosions, while other images showed flames several metres high and charred cars. Today, a heavy security…

Jan

29

2026

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JUST IN! Gunfire, Explosions Rock Niger, Aircraft Hit –Reports

Foreign

Gunfire and loud blasts have been heard at the main airport in the Nigerien capital of Niamey, according to Reuters news agency and an independent source. The apparent explosions were reported just after midnight, a witness told Reuters. The airport is next to Base Aérienne 101, a military base previously used by American and then Russian troops. An independent source with the Togolese airline Asky said gunshots caused several holes in the fuselage of its two planes on the tarmac of Niamey airport. Staff were at their hotel at the time but remained stranded in the country. “They destroyed both…

Jan

29

2026

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EXCLUSIVE! Strike: FCTA Workers Defy Wike’s Threat On Work Resumption, Drag Minister To Appeal Court

BREAKING

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Thoroughly dissatisfied with Tuesday's verdict of the National Industrial Court (NIC) ordering them to go back to work, striking workers of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) have promptly headed to the Appeal Court. The about 40,000-strong workforce are asking the upper court to throw away the ruling of the NIC. The workers declared an indefinite strike penultimate Monday following the collapse of talks with FCTA authorities over their demands for better conditions of service. They had complained about alleged lack of promotions; non-payment of five months' arrears of President Bola Tinubu's 2023 Wage Award; lack of…

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2026

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Mbah Inaugurates Digital Court Building, Backs Judicial Financial Autonomy

News

*He Must Be Re-elected In 2027 -Health Commissioner Vows By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has commissioned a new digital court building constructed by his administration, describing it as a giant step in the prioritisation of speedy justice delivery in the state. Mbah said technological integration, when combined with judicial financial autonomy, which was already in effect in the state, would ensure that the judiciary is not only independent in form, but effective in function. He maintained that the State Judiciary envisioned by his administration was one that must be independent, efficient, technology-driven, and people-centred. The…