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Aug
11
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
LG Funds: Again, Osun APC, State Govt ‘Fight’ As Council Workers Suffer

LG Funds: Again, Osun APC, State Govt ‘Fight’ As Council Workers Suffer

News
By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan There is fresh political heat in Osun State over the vexed issue of Local Government (LG) funds allegedly seized by the Federal Government (FG). The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-West State has countered the fresh claim by the Peoples Democratic Republic Party (PDP)-controlled state government that the FG is withholding the much-needed funds. The State chapter of APC said contrary to "the misinformation contained in the press statement of the State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kolapo Alimi, on Sunday that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is withholding the allocations of the Local Government councils,"…
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Aug
11
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
Northern Christians Praise Gombe Gov As Exemplar Of Inclusive Governance

Northern Christians Praise Gombe Gov As Exemplar Of Inclusive Governance

News
*State, Bastion Of Peace In Troubled Region, CAN Notes By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has called for a regional framework to dismantle entrenched stereotypes and usher lasting peace across Northern Nigeria. Chairman of Northern CAN, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, made the call during a courtesy visit to the Governor of Gombe State/Chairman, Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF), Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya. The northern Christian leader urged the Gov to use his position as Chairman of NSGF to lead a coordinated regional drive to foster unity, bridge…
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Aug
10
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
Community Shield: Unfancied Crystal Palace Come From Behind To Beat Liverpool

Community Shield: Unfancied Crystal Palace Come From Behind To Beat Liverpool

Sports
Some believed it would be a stroll in the park for Liverpool, the reigning English Premier League (EPL) champions But in a case of the first man to get to the police station not necessarily being the person who wins the case, underdogs Crystal Palace came from behind twice to beat Liverpool to the Community Shield, at Wembley today, August 10. And at a stroke, the trophy cabinet has to find space for a second cup. I's the London bus syndrome just as the Eagles of Crystal Palace would have dreamt it. A first Community Shield to follow up on…
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Aug
10
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
Delta Police Foil Robbery Gangs, Recover Stolen Car, Firearms, Others

Delta Police Foil Robbery Gangs, Recover Stolen Car, Firearms, Others

News
 By our reporter Apparently beating its chest, Delta State Police Command said it has recorded what it described as a major breakthrough in its fight against armed robbery, recovering a stolen Mercedes Benz GLK, firearms, motorcycles, and an array of stolen valuables in a string of coordinated operations across the South-South state. The operations, ordered by State Commissioner of Police (CP) Olufemi Abaniwonda, also resulted in the arrest of notorious robbery suspects and the neutralizing of criminal threats in Asaba,the state capital, and Ogwashi-Ukwu,a major town in the oil-producing state. According to the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Superintendent…
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Aug
10
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
The Very Day I Got Divorced, Trump Asked Me On A Date -Actress

The Very Day I Got Divorced, Trump Asked Me On A Date -Actress

Foreign
Emma Thompson has accepted Academy Awards, Baftas and even a damehood over a glittering career, but there was one offer she had to turn down. The actor says she once got asked out on a date by Donald Trump on the same day her divorced was confirmed. Thompson said she was in her trailer filming Primary Colors in 1998, a political satire based on Bill Clinton’s presidential rise, when the phone rang. “It was Donald Trump,” Thompson told an audience on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland, where she received the Leopard Club award for…
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Aug
10
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
NDLEA Nabs Church GO For Alleged Cross-border Drug Trafficking

NDLEA Nabs Church GO For Alleged Cross-border Drug Trafficking

News
By our reporter National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested a General Overseer (GO), Prophet Adefolusho Aanu Olasele (alias Abbas Ajakaiye), of a Lagos-based church for alleged trafficking in prohibited hard drugs. According to the agency, the GO had fled the country for months and abandoned his church, allegedly to escape arrest, when he knew of NDLEA's sniffing around into his illegal involvements. The agency said Olasele, who is GO of The Turn of Mercy Church, Ajah, was nabbed for masterminding multiple shipments of illicit drugs into Nigeria. A statement by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, today, disclosed…
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Aug
10
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
Kaduna Partners German Body GIZ For Peace Through Sports

Kaduna Partners German Body GIZ For Peace Through Sports

Sports
By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Kaduna State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to partnering with organizations that use sports as a tool to promote peace, unity, and socio-economic development across the state and the nation. State Commissioner for Sports Development, Professor Benjamin Kumai Gugong, disclosed this during a peace-building event held to mark this year’s International Youth Week, organized by the German Cooperation agency, GIZ, themed 'Sport for Development', in Kaduna. Professor Gugong commended the initiative, describing it as a practical step toward fostering peaceful coexistence -a value the state has consistently advocated. “What GIZ is doing is helping us to…
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Aug
10
2025
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KWAM 1, Eccentricity And Cult Of The Big Man

KWAM 1, Eccentricity And Cult Of The Big Man

Opinion
FESTUS ADEDAYO At the risk of being labeled thanatophobic - a preoccupation with death or its anxiety - the grim reality is that, last Tuesday, Nigeria’s music world would have lost veteran Yoruba Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde. Being Muslim, it is in order to say the man popularly known as KWAM 1 would have been buried same Tuesday or early Wednesday. He would have been killed over a mere tiff with an airline official over allegation of carrying liquour on board an aircraft. There is no grimmer way of putting the potential calamity than this. It is a signpost of…
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Aug
10
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
UK Plans Immediate Deportation Of Convicted Foreign Criminals

UK Plans Immediate Deportation Of Convicted Foreign Criminals

Foreign
*Ekweremadu Case In View Most foreign criminals convicted by a UK court will be deported immediately, instead of 30% of the way through their prison sentences, under plans announced by the government. Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has proposed a change in legislation that will give the government the power to deport most foreign prisoners as soon as they are convicted and incarcerated. However, foreign terrorists, murderers and other serious offenders who have been given indeterminate sentences will continue to serve their time in the UK before being considered for deportation. It is not clear if this proposal will in any…
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Aug
09
2025
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Ogun Govermor Tackles Gbenga Daniel, Denies Allegation Of Witch-hunt

Ogun Govermor Tackles Gbenga Daniel, Denies Allegation Of Witch-hunt

BREAKING
The Ogun State Government has described as a barefaced lie, the allegation of witch-hunt levelled against Govermor Dapo Abiodun by a former governor of the state, Senator Gbenga Daniel. In a statement issued recently, Senator Daniel disclosed that some of his properties were marked for demolition and alleged that he was deliberately being targeted by Governor Dapo Abiodun. Responding in the statement on Saturday, Governor Abiodun's Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Kayode Akinmade, said the allegation by Senator Daniel was in bad taste. According to him, it has become a familiar pattern for the Senator to ascribe political…
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