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Jun
19
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
Police, Other Security Agencies In Benue To Synergize -CP

Police, Other Security Agencies In Benue To Synergize -CP

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By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Benue State Police Command has reiterated its commitment to work in synergy with other security agencies to protect lives and property of people of the state. Briefing journalists on Thursday, June 19, at the State Police headquarters in Makurdi, the state capital, State Commissioner of Police (CP), Emenari Ifeanyi, expressed the Command's desire to ensure the safety of the people. The Police boss appreciated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his visit to the state, adding that it has brought hope to people in the affected communities and other areas. Ifeanyi, who lauded the Inspector General of…
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Jun
19
2025
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Mbah Inaugurates LOC For Coal City 2026 Games

Mbah Inaugurates LOC For Coal City 2026 Games

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By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has inaugurated the Coal City 2026 Games Local Organising Committee (LOC) charging its members to organise a successful, world-class festival. Inaugurating the committee at Government House, Enugu, he expressed confidence in the membership of the committee, noting the readiness of the State to showcase Enugu to the world. "Enugu State is a home of sports excellence and sporting legends. We want to set the standard. We want to showcase a world-class and memorable sports festival. "I am sure that the members are reputable and have a pool of resources to…
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Jun
19
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
How Tinubu Will Lose In 2027 -El-Rufai

How Tinubu Will Lose In 2027 -El-Rufai

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By our reporter Apparently brimming with confidence, former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has beat his chest to say there is no way back to Aso Villa for President Bola Tinubu in 2027. El-Rufai, who alongside some opposition heavyweights, is in the political trenches plotting to stop Tinubu's second term aspiration, asserted that the dire socio-economic situation in the country has pitted Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) against majority Nigerians, who, he noted, are the victims of the government's economic policies. El-Rufai took the position in an interview shared on X. He noted that anybody…
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Jun
19
2025
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EFCC Arrests Former Assembly Speaker, 14 others for Alleged Money Laundering

EFCC Arrests Former Assembly Speaker, 14 others for Alleged Money Laundering

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Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday June 17, 2025 arrested a former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Moses Thomas Sule and 14 other members for alleged money laundering.  The 14 members are:  Gwottson Fom, Sani Abubakar, Jwe Philip Gwom, Thomas Dantong, Happiness Mathew Akawu, Cornelius Dotyok and Agbalak Ibrahim. Other members are:  Danjuma Azi,  Fwangje Bala Ndat,  Salome Tanimu Wanglet,  Namba Rimuyat, Nimchak Rims, Ishaku Maren and  Paul Datugun. The former legislators were arrested following claims by some concerned citizens of the state against them for…
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Jun
19
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
Mbappé Hospitalized At Club World Cup

Mbappé Hospitalized At Club World Cup

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Kylian Mbappé has been admitted to hospital with acute gastroenteritis, Real Madrid said. The forward missed the team’s opening game of the Club World Cup against Al-Hilal, which ended in a 1-1 draw on Wednesday. “Our player Kylian Mbappé is suffering from an acute case of gastroenteritis and has been admitted to hospital in order to undergo a series of tests and follow the appropriate course of treatment,” Madrid said in a statement. A club source said Mbappé, who was taken to hospital on Wednesday, had been isolated from his teammates since Tuesday and was considered out of the group…
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Jun
19
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
Pro-vulnerable Children’s Group Urges Wike To End Ongoing Strike in Schools, Health Centres

Pro-vulnerable Children’s Group Urges Wike To End Ongoing Strike in Schools, Health Centres

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*To Visit FCT Minister Soon By Prosper Okoye Association for Orphans and Vulnerable Children NGOs in Nigeria (AONN), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, has urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to urgently intervene in the ongoing strike by primary school teachers and primary healthcare workers in Abuja, Nigeria's capital. The call was made during the association’s quarterly meeting in Abuja. Teachers under the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) resumed an indefinite strike on March 24, 2025, over the non-payment of the ₦70,000 minimum wage. Similarly, primary healthcare workers under the Nigeria Union of Local Government…
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Jun
19
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
Israel-Iran Conflict: Resolve To Kill Ayatollah Khamenei Thickens

Israel-Iran Conflict: Resolve To Kill Ayatollah Khamenei Thickens

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Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel Katz, said today (Thursday, June 19) that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “can no longer be allowed to exist” after Soroka hospital in southern Israel was hit during an Iranian missile attack, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports. Katz told journalists in Holon near Tel Aviv: "Khamenei openly declares that he wants Israel destroyed – he personally gives the order to fire on hospitals. He considers the destruction of the state of Israel to be a goal, "Such a man can no longer be allowed to exist." At Keast 240 Wounded By Iranian Missile Strikes The Associated…
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Jun
19
2025
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Tinubu’s Visit: Alia Applauds President On Directive To CDS, IGP Over Criminal Herdsmen

Tinubu’s Visit: Alia Applauds President On Directive To CDS, IGP Over Criminal Herdsmen

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By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has appreciated President Bola Tinubu for his visit, yesterday, to the crises-strewn state following the killings at Yelwata town in Guma Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Governor Alia also expressed strong belief on the President's assurance to work with the State Government to fashion out a framework to usher lasting peace in the North-Central State. A statement by the governor's Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Tersoo Kula, said the Governor also thumbed up the President's directives to security agencies to ensure the criminals who perpetrated the Yelwata and similar gruesome…
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Jun
19
2025
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Aniocha South APC Threatens Spokesman With Disciplinary Measures

Aniocha South APC Threatens Spokesman With Disciplinary Measures

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*'You Lack Authority To Speak For Us Over Ned Nwoko' Aniocha South Local Government Area (LGA) branch of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, South-South Nigeria, has slammed the party's branch Publicity Secretary, Prince P.C. Izediunor, over certain goings-on in the party. A press statement signed by the branch Secretary, Mr Sunday Ashibuogwu, berated the spokesman for taking a stand allegedly contrary to the party's general position on the re-election bid of Senator Ned Nwoko, who represents Delta North in the Senate. Apparently, the party's LG branch stands opposed to the senator's second term aspiration. Accusing the…
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Jun
19
2025
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Israel-Iran Conflict, Day 7: Kill Khamenei,Face Hell -Iraq’s Ayatollah Sistani Warns U.S

Israel-Iran Conflict, Day 7: Kill Khamenei,Face Hell -Iraq’s Ayatollah Sistani Warns U.S

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*As Iran Hits Israeli Hospital *Trump Mulls Deployment Of Extraordinary Military Weapon Iraq’s top Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, warned against targeting Iran’s leadership and said that the Iran-Israel war could plunge the whole region into chaos, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports. Sistani said in a statement on Thursday,June 19, that any targeting of Iran’s “supreme religious and political leadership” would have “dire consequences on the region." He warned that it could spark “widespread chaos that would exacerbate the suffering of its [the region’s] people and severely harm everyone’s interests." Sistani urged the international community to “make every effort to…
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