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Jul
21
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
Gov Radda In Sunday Evening Road Crash, Allegedly Sustains Fracture

Gov Radda In Sunday Evening Road Crash, Allegedly Sustains Fracture

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*He's 'In Good, Stable Condition, No Serious Injuries', Says Spokesman By our reporter Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State was on Sunday evening, July 20, involved in an auto crash. He was said to be returning from Daura,the hometown of the late former president Muhammadu Buhari, to Katsina town when the crash occurred. Though a Government House press statement on the accident described it as "a minor accident", independent sources familiar with the matter claimed that Gov. Radda's leg was impacted in the crash. Another claimed that the governor had a fracture and was treated,in the first instance, at the…
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Jul
20
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
Assassination Bid: Doubts Over Health Of Multimillionaire Anambra PDP Guber Candidate, Ezenwafor

Assassination Bid: Doubts Over Health Of Multimillionaire Anambra PDP Guber Candidate, Ezenwafor

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By our reporter Narrowly escaping death from assassins' bullets in Abuja, opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the November 8,2025, poll in Anambra State, Jude Ezenwafor, is reportedly battling for life in a private hospital in Nigeria's capital. A source said he has been operated upon to extract bullets from his body, but could not say if his condition was stable or not. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command said it is investigating the assassination bid. Two other persons with Ezenwafor at the time were reportedly also shot. The multimillionaire governorship candidate was returning home from an…
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Jul
20
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
Bagudu Wins APC Reps Primary For Chikun/Kajuru

Bagudu Wins APC Reps Primary For Chikun/Kajuru

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By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna There was rejoicing on Saturday as Fidelix Joseph Bagudu emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) bye-election primary into the House of Representatives (HoR) for Chikun/Kajuru constituency of Kaduna State, North-Central Nigeria. The primary was to fill the seat made vacant following the death of Hon. Abubakar Adams Ekene, the Labour Party (LP) member of the House of Representatives representing the constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Sports, in July, 2024. Bagudu, from Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA), who was declared winner of the primary, polled a total of 98 votes to defeat his two…
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Jul
20
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
You’re A Committed, Patriotic Leader -Makinde Lauds Aare Musulumi

You’re A Committed, Patriotic Leader -Makinde Lauds Aare Musulumi

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By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has described the Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta states, Alhaji Dawud Makanjuola Akinola (fondly called De-Damak), as a religious leader with a marked difference in terms of patriotism and commitment to the state's development. Governor Makinde stated this on Sunday, July 20, while felicitating the Aare Musulumi on his birthday. The governor, who extolled the virtues of Alhaji Akinola, lauded his philanthropy, selflessness and "passionate interest in everything that will make Oyo State and Nigeria better and greater." He prayed to God to grant the Aare Musulumi more years,…
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Jul
20
2025
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Awujale’s Burial And Aso Rock’s Graveyard Politics

Awujale’s Burial And Aso Rock’s Graveyard Politics

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FESTUS ADEDAYO “Why should I bother myself with what is done to my body when I die? Oyomesi (the council of seven high-ranking chiefs in the Oyo Empire) knows what to do with my body!” That was what immediate past Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi 111, told me in his palace, a few weeks before he journeyed to Ibara - where Oyo buries its kings. He was furious with Ogun State traditional rulers. His grouse was with the Obas and Chiefs Law of 2021. That law has aberrant stipulations that are repugnant to tradition and customs. One of them…
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Jul
20
2025
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Insecurity: The Narrative Is Changing In Nimbo And Eha Amufu

Insecurity: The Narrative Is Changing In Nimbo And Eha Amufu

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By SHEDDY OZOENE It is not always that any arm of the nation’s security apparatus gets praised in the pages of newspapers. It is compelling to do so today, and the Enugu State office of the Directorate of State Security (DSS) gets the prize for the manifest results of its contributions in managing insecurity in the state. It may be too early in the day to say that the threat of insecurity in the state has fully been arrested, but much progress has been made in recent months, especially in the key flashpoints of Nimbo and Eha Amufu. The DSS…
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Jul
20
2025
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Love Story Of One Gone, Not Forgotten

Love Story Of One Gone, Not Forgotten

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By OREVA GODWIN It gladdens my heart that the mere thought of writing this article puts a smile on my face. Your handsome face is forever etched in my heart. My lookalike, my first true love. My mentor. My joy. Loving you was so easy because you were a good man. Today, I declare my love for you again and remind you, even though you're gone, that you are not forgotten. Godwin Ukoko was an amazing father and a loving husband. He made our house a home built on love, unity, and support. In his words to my older siblings:…
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Jul
20
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
N310bn World Heavyweight Title: Usyk Defeats Dubois In 5

N310bn World Heavyweight Title: Usyk Defeats Dubois In 5

Sports
*Again Becomes Undisputed Champion *Blow-By-Blow Account By Donald McRae,at Wembley, and other reports The mighty Oleksandr Usyk is, yet again, the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world as he decisively defeated Daniel Dubois in the fifth round after a display as clinical as it was brutal. At the age of 38, Usyk outclassed and outfought his British rival, who is 11 years his junior, to establish himself definitively as the best heavyweight, so far, of the 21st century. At stake was a record fight purse of $203 million (about N310billion), Usyk raised his arms high as Dubois managed the slow,…
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Jul
19
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
Rashford Season-Long Loan Move To Barcelona ‘A Done Deal’, Says Romano

Rashford Season-Long Loan Move To Barcelona ‘A Done Deal’, Says Romano

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*Medical Tests In Days*About $10m Salary*Spanish Champions Can Purchase Him For $35m End Of Season,If… Marcus Rashford, the Manchester United forward, is reportedly set to undergo medicals in Barcelona within days following an agreement between the English club and Barcelona over a season-long loan for the forward. The United man asked to leave the club last winter after being dropped from the first XI by the then new head coach, Ruben Amorim. The England man spent the second half of last season on loan at Aston Villa, but the midlands club decided against paying the optional £40 million redemption figure.…
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Jul
19
2025
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By Felix Duru Mbah
N310bn Undisputed World Heavyweight Fight: Ex-Biafran Child Soldier In Corner For British Boxer Dubois Tonight

N310bn Undisputed World Heavyweight Fight: Ex-Biafran Child Soldier In Corner For British Boxer Dubois Tonight

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*Recounts Sorrows Of Nigerian Civil War, 'I Walked Over Dead Bodies' *How War, Suffering Transformed Him Into A Tough Man As final activities heat up for tonight's record $203million (N310billion) world heavyweight boxing title clash between champion, Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk, and Britain's Daniel Dubois, unbeknownst to many, there is a Nigerian input in the latter's preparations to upstage the dreaded Usyk. Usyk is globally famous for dethroning the feared British beast and then-reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, Tyson Fury, in May, 2024, against all odds. He repeated the feat in his defence against Fury, literally retiring him from the sport.…
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