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Nov

27

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

UCL: Arsenal Top Standings, Liverpool Bow To Lowly PSV, Mbappe Double Brace Lifts Madrid

Sports

This was billed as a clash of two of the best teams in Europe and for most of a cold evening in north London on Wednesday night, it felt like it. An absorbing game that ebbed and flowed throughout had Bayern Munich’s rising teenager Lennart Karl cancel out Jurrien Timber’s opening goal from a corner before substitutes Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli sealed a deserved win for the home side. It maintains their 100% record in the Champions League and sends them top of the table. Harry Kane let it slip in the buildup that scoring against Arsenal gives him…

Nov

27

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Another Military Coup In Africa As Soldiers Seize Power In ‘Narco State’ Guinea-Bissau

Foreign

*Sack Electoral Process With President, Rival Claiming Victory In Poll *Give No Terminal Date For Military Interregnum Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have announced they are taking “total control” of the West African country, three days after elections that both the two main presidential contenders claim to have won. Military officers said they were suspending Guinea-Bissau’s electoral process and closing its borders, in a statement read out at the army’s headquarters in the capital Bissau and broadcast on state TV. They said they had formed “the high military command for the restoration of order”, which would rule the country until further notice.…

Nov

25

2025

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Agbaja Centre of Excellence Project To Be Unveiled as Summit 2025 Opens

News

Leaders of Agbaja communities in Enugu State will unveil plans for the proposed Agbaja Centre of Excellence (ACE) as the Agbaja Summit 2025 opens in Enugu on Wednesday. The iconic structure, slated for construction at 9th Mile, is designed to serve as a central hub for Agbaja conferences, meetings, and skill acquisition programmes. The proposed two-storey complex will feature a convention arena, large and medium event halls, multiple office spaces, and computer hubs. The summit, which begins with a colloquium at the Amadeo Event Centre, Ebeano Tunnel Road, will focus on the theme: “Education and Skill Acquisition.” Enugu State governor,…

Nov

23

2025

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Tinubu – No Outrage, No Shock As Terrorists Kill General, Kidnap Over 200 Students

Opinion

By Ikeddy ISIGUZO NO outrage. No shock. No anger as terrorists kill Brigadier-General Musa Uba in the North-East sector. Nigerians were processing that affront when news of terrorists' attack on worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Eruku in Kwara State during their church service. The attackers went away with 35 worshippers. They are asking for ransom of N100 million on each of them.By Monday, 25 students of Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, were abducted, their vice-principal, and a security guard were killed.The killing of Brigadier-General Uba, and the abductions of the female students, reeked of betrayal…

Nov

23

2025

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Excitement In Enugu As Agbaja People Celebrate Onyeama, Onoh, Chinze And 18 Others

Culture, Feature

By SHEDDY OZOENE Every society arrives at moments when it must pause, look back, and decide whether it has done right for those who shaped its path. For Agbajaland, that moment comes again in the next few days as the people gather for the 2025 Agbaja Summit. It comes with another opportunity not merely to celebrate culture, but to confront history with gratitude. From November 26 to 27, Agbaja sons and daughters will return to Enugu, the Coal City, for the second edition of an event that has quickly grown into a collective reaffirmation of identity. Agbaja, a clan of…

Nov

22

2025

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Honour For Onyeama, Onoh, Chinze, As Agbaja People Rekindle Common Identity

Culture, Feature

By SHEDDY OZOENE (Also Published In SATURDAY VANGUARD Newspaper, today) Next week, Enugu — the Coal City — will once again come alive with the biennial Agbaja Summit. From November 26 to 27, 2025, Agbaja sons and daughters from across Nigeria and the Diaspora will converge for the second edition of a gathering designed to restore identity, rekindle community spirit, and shape a collective vision for the future. Agbaja, a cluster of more than 40 communities spread across Udi, Ezeagu, Enugu North, Enugu South, and Igbo-Etiti LGAs, is bound by shared ancestry and an enduring sense of kinship. The maiden…

Nov

21

2025

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SNG USA Calls for Ribadu’s Suspension, ICC Alert, and Presidential Address Over Escalating Terror

BREAKING

PRESS RELEASESave Nigeria Group (SNG) USADate: December 20, 2025. Save Nigeria Group USA Condemns Escalating Terror Violence, Demands Immediate Suspension of NSA Nuhu Ribadu, Public Disclosure of Terror Sponsors, and Presidential Address to the Nation. Nigeria today faces a systemic security collapse, evidenced by: The Save Nigeria Group (SNG) USA expresses grave outrage and deep alarm over Nigeria’s rapidly deteriorating security situation, marked by relentless terrorist attacks, mass kidnappings, targeted killings, and credible allegations of internal compromise within the nation’s security architecture.SNG USA is particularly appalled by disturbing reports from Kwara State indicating that a captured Fulani Islamist militant, with…

Nov

21

2025

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With Tinubu, It Will Only Get Worse

Column, Opinion

With Tinubu, it will only get worse: It is no hyperbole to say that all the indices of human development have gone south under Tinubu’s watch. Life in Tinubu’s Nigeria typifies the Hobbesian state of nature – “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” But scarier still is the fact that when you think you have seen the worst, it gets even messier. With Tinubu, nothing is sacred. All that matters is raw power and the exercise of same. Every institution has been compromised… Tinubu’s presidency is turning into an unmitigated disaster before our very eyes… And what do we get…

Nov

19

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Terrorists Ambush Soldiers Hunting Kidnappers Of Kebbi School Girls, Tinubu Cancels Foreign Trips, Shettima Lands In B/Kebbi

News

As the nation is still mourning the killing of Brigadier General Musa Uba by terrorists in an ambush in Borno State, many soldiers were reported to have sustained varying degrees of injuries after terrorists ambushed troops heading to rescue kidnapped schoolgirls in Kebbi State. The school girls kidnap, like that of the Chibok girls during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, has outraged the nation, still reeling from many unresolved acts of terrorism. The latest terror compelled President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to quit the idea of attending scheduled AU-EU and G-20 meetings outside the country. Tinubu has also dispatched Vice…

Nov

19

2025

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Oba Of Benin Warns Non-Royals Against Using Royal Titles

News

*Shuts 2 Fake Meeting Points By Owen Eresoyen, Benin City Oba of Benin Kingdom,Omo N'Oba Edo Uku-Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has warned individuals who are not members of the Benin Royal Family against using royal titles pertaining to the reverred monarchy. The warning came after two fake royal family meeting points were shut down in Benin, the Edo State capital. The Oba expressed his disapproval of the use of the word "chapter" in the name "Benin Royal Family Evbiemwen chapter", stressing that no such title exists in all of the Benin Kingdom. According to the Oba, royalty is ordained by…