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Aug
03
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
First Mass Abduction Hits Zamfara LG

First Mass Abduction Hits Zamfara LG

News
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 50 persons in North-West Nigeria in a mass abduction, according to a private conflict monitoring report created for the UN and seen by Agence France-Presse today. Armed bandits targeted the village of Sabon Garin Damri in Zamfara State Friday, the report said, the latest attack in a region where residents in rural hinterlands have long suffered gangs who kidnap for ransom, loot villages and demand taxes. The report said this was the first “mass capture” incident in the Bakura Local Government Area (LGA) this year. “The recent trend of mass captures in Zamfara has been…
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Aug
03
2025
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2027: I Don’t Break Promises, I’ll Spend Just One Term In Office -Obi

2027: I Don’t Break Promises, I’ll Spend Just One Term In Office -Obi

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By our reporter Presidential hopeful for the 2027 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has restated that, if elected, he will serve just one term of four years. Addressing fears in some quarters that he may seek re-election after the first term, Obi said his promise is sacrosanct, pointing to his personal track record down the ages of sticking to his promises always. Recall that last month, Secretary-General of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Anthony Sani, while speaking to a national daily, had said the North does not trust Obi to do just one term as promised, saying former president Goodluck Jonathan, a…
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Aug
03
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
Insecurity: Benue Professor Expresses Readiness To Meet Gov In Court

Insecurity: Benue Professor Expresses Readiness To Meet Gov In Court

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By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Following Nasarawa State governor Abdullahi Sule's demand for apology and retraction of comments by a university don, Professor Zacharys Gundu,who had stated that the state was a launchpad for terrorists killing Benue State indigenes, the latter has vowed to meet the governor in court. Professor Gundu, who is the Vice Chancellor (VC), University of Mkar in Benue State, restated that he was prepared to meet Governor Sule in court. Benue and Nasarawa States are contiguous and were one bloc when both were part of the defunct Benue-Plateau State, until 1976 when the then Federal Military Government…
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Aug
03
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
President Tinubu’s 2nd Term To Propel Unending Growth In Nigeria -Olaosebikan

President Tinubu’s 2nd Term To Propel Unending Growth In Nigeria -Olaosebikan

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A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Kehinde Olaosebikan has expressed confidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second term would propel unending growth and development in Nigeria. Speaking with media correspondents in Ibadan,the Oyo State capital, over the weekend, Olaosebikan stated that the President would at the end of his second term in 2031 give Nigeria a Nigerian with the leadership qualities of a former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, as his successor for ceaseless progress of the evolving new and greater Nigeria just as he did in Lagos State in 2007. He described…
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Aug
03
2025
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Badeggi Radio Closure: A Dangerous Echo From Nigeria’s Authoritarian Past

NEWS ANALYSIS: Badeggi Radio Closure: A Dangerous Echo From Nigeria’s Authoritarian Past

Opinion
NEWS ANALYSIS By TONY ONYIMA, Ph.D. The recent closure of Badeggi Radio in Niger State by Governor Mohammed Umar Bago has reignited a fundamental national conversation around press freedom and the limits of executive power in a democratic state. The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has condemned the governor’s action in unequivocal terms, describing it as “a blatant attack on press freedom and democracy.” Beyond the headlines, however, the incident reveals a more profound unease with how public office holders relate to independent media, and it raises urgent questions about the protection of constitutional rights under Nigeria’s democratic dispensation. At…
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Aug
03
2025
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Crunch WCQ: How S/Africa Is Preparing For Super Eagles

Crunch WCQ: How S/Africa Is Preparing For Super Eagles

Sports
*Aside 2010 Hosting, This Is Our Best Chance Since 2002 -Press *Fear FIFA Hammer Over Ineligible Player Ahead of Nigeria's vital World Cup qualifier (WCQ) against Bafana Bafana of South Africa, the press are already ramping up tension among football fans in the late President Nelson Mandela's country. The match is slated for September 9 this year. The first leg in Uyo ended 1-1 in June, 2024. South Africa presently leads Super Eagles' group, Group C , with only the top team in each of Africa's nine groups directly qualifying for the World Cup to be hosted by the trio…
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Aug
02
2025
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2025/26 Season: Guardiola Fear Rocks Etihad

2025/26 Season: Guardiola Fear Rocks Etihad

Sports
In what may come as music to the ears of some fans of Liverpool, Arsenal and other top tier rivals of Manchester City in the English Premier League (EPL), there is strong fear at Etihad that City manager Pep Guardiola's marriage is heading for divorce. Etihad insiders greatly fear that should this happen, it may negatively impact their celebrated manager's psyche and thus, the team's start to the 2025/26 season. There has been speculation for some time that the relationship between Guardiola (54) and Cristina Serra (52) is over and that the couple is already separated. Spanish media reported months…
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Aug
02
2025
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We Are Dying Slowly, Save Us -Gaza Residents

We Are Dying Slowly, Save Us -Gaza Residents

Foreign
*Starvation Takes Hold After Week Of Appalling Milestones By Malak Tantesh,in Gaza, and Julian Borger The people of Gaza did not need this week’s official confirmation from UN-backed hunger experts that the “worst-case scenario of famine” was unfolding there. For months they have watched as their children waste away. “All my children have lost nearly half of their body weight,” said Jamil Mughari, a 38-year-old from Maghazi in central Gaza. “My daughter, who is five years old, now weighs only 11kg. My son Mohammad has become just skin and bones. All my children are like this. “I myself used to…
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Aug
02
2025
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NGE Condemns Closure Of Badeggi Radio By Gov. Umar Bago

NGE Condemns Closure Of Badeggi Radio By Gov. Umar Bago

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The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) strongly condemn the recent order for the closure of Badeggi Radio by Governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger State. The Guild, the umbrella association of topmost journalists in the country, considers the governor's action as "a blatant attack on press freedom and democracy in Nigeria". In a statement signed by Eze Anaba and Onuoha Ukeh, its President and General Secretary, respectively, the Guild says the act of censorship and intimidation undermines the fundamental principles of a democratic society, where free press is essential for holding those in power accountable. "Section 39 of the 1999…
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Aug
02
2025
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How Killer Herdsmen Took Over My Domain, Are Enjoying Our Assets -Plateau Royal Father Narrates Touching Story

How Killer Herdsmen Took Over My Domain, Are Enjoying Our Assets -Plateau Royal Father Narrates Touching Story

News
A scary picture of the uprooting of inhabitants of seven villages from their indigenous lands by suspected Fulani killer herdsmen in Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State, has emerged. Not done with forcibly removing the indigenes, with scores allegedly killed in the process and thousands fleeing for sake of their dear lives, the invaders proceeded to occupy the lands,take over existing livestock and generally enjoy the comfort of living on the properties of the original owners. The Wazirin Mushere and community leader in the LGA, Da Yohana Margif, painted the picture in a statement to newsmen. He named…
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