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2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Suspected Tehran Threat: Pushing To Cripple Iran’s Economy, US Treasury Secretary Bessent Reportedly Flees To Live In Military Base

Foreign

*He is undeterred and will continue to work against the Tehran regime, a source says The US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, has relocated from his home in the Washington area to a military base after an Iranian threat against his life, the New York Times (NYT) reported. Bessent has spearheaded a US push to cripple Iran’s economy since the start of the Middle East war, vowing “economic asphyxiation” of the Islamic Republic through a web of sanctions. He is one of a number of senior figures in the President Donald Trump administration, including the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and…

Nov

12

2026

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Manchester Utd Sack Head Coach Carrick, Pochettino Tipped To Take Over

Sports

*Pockets £10m Payoff Michael Carrick has, today, been dismissed by Manchester United. He departs after a 4-4 draw with Aston Villa at Old Trafford last Sunday that left the team in the Premier League’s bottom three. United twice fought back from two goals down for a late point against Villa, after a dramatic recovery to defeat Roma in the Champions League five days earlier, but that wasn’t enough. United are third-bottom in the Premier League, a point behind 17th-placed Coventry, and 17th in the Champions League league phase table. Quoting foreign media reports, People&Politics had earlier in the week reported…

Nov

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2026

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NUJ FCTA Chapel Honours DOAS Overseeing Director With Responsible Citizen Of Nigeria Award

News

Organising Committee of the 2026 Political Advertising and Electoral Summit of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) chapel, has conferred the Responsible Citizen of Nigeria Award on Overseeing Director of FCTA's Department of Outdoor Advertising and Signages (DOAS), Dr. Azaki Sunday Kachiwoyi. It explained that the honour was in recognition of his new leadership responsibility and an encouragement to greater service to humanity. The award was presented yesterday by the Chairman of NUJ FCTA chapel, Comrade Uloma Ngozi Ufomba, who is also the Head of Public Relations of DOAS. These were disclosed in a press statement…

Nov

12

2026

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US Allegedly Plotting Renewed Iranian Demonstrations By December Or Military Strikes Ahead Inauguration Of ‘Inhibitive’ Democrats-Controlled Congress 3 Jan – Tehran

Foreign

*Warns Of Widespread Retaliation *'If American Planes Take Off From A Distant Military Base And Come To This Country To Bomb Iran, We Will Also Target That Base' *Oil prices fall Senior Iranian officials believe the United States (US) is planning either further military strikes or an ever-tightening economic stranglehold that will push hard-pressed citizens of the Gulf nation into fresh protests. They believe such demonstrations are being primed to potentially break out about late December (next month) to coincide with the one year anniversary of the last such uprising, which then spilled into January 2026 and elicited bloody reprisals…

Nov

11

2026

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NAIRA RAIN BEGINS: Honest Work Pays As Nigeria’s U-17 Women’s World Cup Winners Cart Home N100m Each From Tinubu

Sports

*Victory, A Life-changing Experience For Many *More Money Expected From Firms, Prominent Nigerians, Others *Foreign Football Contracts Underway Too By Felix Durumbah, Abuja In what amounts to a clear message to many of the country's youth involved in internet fraud (popularly known as yahoo yahoo) and other financial crimes, President Bola Tinubu today announced a cash reward of N100m to each of the teenage girls, the Flamingos, who won the just-concluded FIFA U-17 World Cup in Morooco. They beat hard-fighting Japan 2-1 in the final, after previously despatching the likes of highly-rated Brazil and others en route the final. The…

Nov

11

2026

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Sheriff, NDP Warri Reps Candidate, Commissions Office in Koko, Takes Campaign to Ogbinbiri, Ogbudugbudu

Politics

By Emmanuel Ogoigbe, Warri National Democratic Party (NDP) candidate for Warri Federal Constituency in the 2027 general elections, Chief (Dr.) Mulade Blessing Sheriff, has commissioned the party’s ward office in Koko, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, as part of his grassroots mobilisation campaign ahead of the 2027 polls. Sheriff also visited Ogbinbiri and Ogbudugbudu communities as he commenced his community-to-community and house-to-house campaign tour under his Light of Hope Transformation Agenda. Speaking at the office commissioning in Koko, Sheriff said the facility would serve as a communication link between him, the party and the people at the…

Nov

11

2026

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Sokoto APC Youths Rally Support For Tinubu, Aliyu’s Re-election Moves

Politics

By Rosemary Ameh, Sokoto Thousands of All Progressives Congress (APC) youths in Sokoto State have staged a massive solidarity procession under the City Boy Movement, declaring their support for President Bola Tinubu and Governor Ahmed Aliyu ahead of the 2027 general elections. The procession attracted a large turnout of youths, party supporters and coordinators drawn from the 23 local government areas of the state, in what participants described as a demonstration of confidence in the leadership of the two APC administrations. The rally was spearheaded by Hon. Nasiru Bazza, alongside a team of youth mobilisers and coordinators from across the…

Nov

10

2026

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2027: Oyo State Has Already Decided Alli Is The Next Governor

Politics

By Kehinde Olaosebikan Since 1999, the race to Agodi Government House, Ibadan, has never produced a clear frontrunner. Every election in Oyo State has been a gamble to the very end, a contest where no candidate could claim a comfortable lead at the start, and where victory was decided by last-minute coalitions, defections, and accidents of history. In 1999, the late Alhaji Lam Adesina fought a fierce battle against the People's Democratic Party (PDP)'s now-late Alhaji Yekini Adeojo. No analyst, no pollster, no elder could securely predict the winner until the votes were counted. In 2003, incumbency could not save…

Nov

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2026

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CRACKDOWN: 54 INEC Staff Members Isolated, Face Investigation, Possible Prosecution For Tampering With 2027 Voters’ Register

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*Nigerian Tourism Development Authority Postpones Naija Flavour International Tourism Expo By Tony Ezimakor, Abuja Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Joash Amupitan has disclosed that 54 staff members of the Commission have been isolated for their complicit roles in the multi-layered irregularities found in the voters' register which recently dampened the enthusiasm of voters, going into the 2027 general elections. Addressing journalists on the irregularities which have raised concerns among stakeholders about the integrity of the entire electoral process, Amupitan said the Commission has equally taken steps to address the issues, and assured Nigerians that matters of alleged…

Nov

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2026

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Axe Dangles Over Manchester Utd Manager Carrick, Vital Meeting Set For Tomorrow

Sports

*If Sacked, Announcement Could Be On Thursday There is fresh speculation that the board of wobbling Manchester Utd may sack the club's manager/head coach Michael Carrick any moment from tomorrow (Wednesday). The speculation came even as he still turned up at Carrington, the iconic club's training ground, to oversee today's session, getting there at exactly 07:15am. Although there are players on international duty, those players returning from injury or not involved in internationals were still set to train. Carrick's future will be decided at a meeting attended by club minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Chief Executive Officer Omar Berrada and…