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Oct

09

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

EPL Things To Watch Out For This Weekend

Sports

Leeds Test Will Prove Whether Rice's England Nations League Withdrawal Was Right Decision Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice’s future role in England’s midfield was questioned by Gary Lineker after Alex Scott’s impressive first senior international start in the 7-0 thrashing of Croatia in the UEFA Nations League. But the decision to withdraw from Thomas Tuchel’s squad in an attempt to manage his workload made sense after Rice had only three weeks off post-World Cup before returning to pre-season training. The 27-year-old has struggled with persistent back problems after suffering a hamstring injury last December and Mikel Arteta will hope that the…

Oct

09

2026

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Oyo APC Guber Candidate Sharafadden Alli Fumes, Alleges Wife, Party’s National Assembly Hopefuls Attacked

News

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan The Senator Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation (SSACO) in Oyo state has condemned alleged attacks on Alhaja Tawakalitu Alli, wife of the Oyo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, and two candidates of the party in Ibadan on Wednesday. A statement by the organization on Thursday indicated that Mrs. Alli was attacked during a medical outreach she organised at Ibikunle House, Ayeye, Ibadan while the Oyo South APC senatorial candidate, Hon. Aderemi Oseni, and Ibadan North West/Ibadan South-West Federal Constituency candidate, Hon. Folake Olunloyo-Oshinowo’s campaign trains were attacked during separate campaign events at…

Oct

09

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

FCT Education Secretariat Accredits 37 Schools, Grants Provisional Status to 7 Others

Education

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Education Secretariat, through its Department of Quality Assurance, has accredited 37 schools following a comprehensive accreditation exercise conducted across public and private schools in the Territory in the 2025/26 academic session. Acknowledging the efforts of the Department, the FCT Secretary for Education, Dr. Danlami Hayyo, while presenting certificates of accreditation to the accredited schools, commended the Director, Department of Quality Assurance, Hajia Hajarat Titilayo Alayande, and her team of professional education quality assurance personnel for their diligence, commitment and professionalism in ensuring that schools meet the required standards. Dr. Hayyo urged the accredited schools to sustain…

Oct

08

2026

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NGE Demands Apology From The Nation Over ‘Journalists Failed Journalism’ Editorial

BREAKING

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has demanded an apology from the Editorial Board of The Nation newspaper over an editorial accusing journalists of “failing journalism” in connection with the 22nd All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) held in Enugu. The Guild, in a statement signed by its President, Eze Anaba, and General Secretary, Onuoha Ukeh, on Thursday, said the editorial itself fell short of professional standards by reaching a conclusion without establishing the full facts surrounding the conference. The Nation editorial, published on Thursday under the headline, “Journalists Failed Journalism,” had questioned the decision of the NGE to allow Peter…

Oct

08

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

FG Bows To NLC Threat? Govt Fixes Petrol Price At N1,350/L, Offers Discount At NNPCL Stations

News

By our reporter On a day that Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) grumbled loudly over the deleterious effects of high petrol price on workers and the masses and issued an ultimatum to Federal Government (FG) on petrol, FG today pegged the amount payable on the vital product at N1,350 a litre across the country. Additionally, government announced a 30-day discount on petrol bought at all retail outlets run by its oil behemoth, Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPCL). The FG clarified that the discount was not a subsidy, but its way to assist public transportation bring down fares for the benefit of…

Oct

08

2026

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Revert To N670/L Petrol Price Within 14 Days Or We Take ‘Remedial Steps’ -NLC Warns FG

News

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Nigeria may witness a nationwide industrial convulsion as, embittered by seeming official indifference to the spiralling poverty in the land arising from dire socioeconomic difficulties, Labour has handed the Federal Government (FG) two weeks, beginning tomorrow (Friday) to reverse petrol price to the January 2024 rate, or face consequences. People&Politics notes that a litre of petrol at pump heads of retail outlets in January 2024 sold for about ₦668.30 whereas presently it goes for about N1,500 in different parts of the country - a jump of over 100 per cent. NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, who…

Oct

08

2026

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How The North Can Reject Tinubu And Still Re-elect Him Unintentionally

Politics

By Ike Abonyi An incumbent’s strength sometimes lies not in popularity, but in the disunity of the opposition.—Anonymous The geopolitical North, like every other region of Nigeria, is deeply dissatisfied and angry with President Bola Tinubu's administration. It is equally clear that the region is preparing to subject President Tinubu to the same electoral treatment it gave President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. However, political observers fear that two factors could prevent the North from repeating the events of 2015. First, Tinubu is not Jonathan. Second, the politically unified North of 2015 no longer exists. If Jonathan was unwilling to risk…

Oct

08

2026

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Things Fall Apart Between Popular Ghanaian Celebrity, Husband, Fight Dirty

Foreign

*Must Face Court After Hospital Discharge - Police Ghana Police Service (GPS) has said it will arraign Harold Norman, husband of actress and fashion personality Rosamond Akua Adobea, popularly known as Nana Akua, immediately after his discharge from hospital. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) said Mr Norman was due to appear before the court yesterday, 7 October, 2026, but his lawyer informed the Police that he had been admitted to hospital and was unable to appear, according to a report in ghanagraphiconline. In a statement, the CID said investigators from the country's Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) had…

Oct

08

2026

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Eziokwu, Echi Nọ Ebea N’Enugu State (1)

Column, Opinion

By TUNDE OLUSUNLE "My brother Tunde," Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, the attorney and daring disruptor who is reengineering Enugu State said to me as he received me into his office in "Lion Building," the seat of government in Enugu, the famous "coal city" capital of Enugu State with a warm handshake. "We've kept you so long here now that in the traditional African society, you would have been due for a new wife. I'm happy madam is not here to hear us, though," he smiled as he waved me to a seat. He courtesied the gentleman we had both sat…

Oct

08

2026

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Age No Barrier To Huge Achievement As 76-Year-Old Poet Anne Carson Wins 2026 Nobel Prize In Literature

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*Soyinka Won It In 1986 Canadian poet, classicist and translator, Anne Carson, has, today, won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The 76-year-old is best known for genre-crossing works such as Autobiography of Red, a queer coming-of-age story which reimagines a poem by the ancient Greek poet Stesichorus. Born in 1950 in Toronto, Carson earned a PhD in Classics and has taught at a number of universities throughout her decades-long career. Her works include Plainwater, Wrong Norma and The Beauty of the Husband. She became the first woman to ever win the TS Eliot prize with the latter in 2001.…