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In Grand Style, Fabulous Sisters Group Celebrates Second Anniversary

In Grand Style, Fabulous Sisters Group Celebrates Second Anniversary

*Spices Up Exciting Event With Health Talk On Menopause, Self-Medication By Ngozi Ufomba A group, Fabulous Sisters, marked the second anniversary of its formation in grand style with a celebration of sisterhood, love, growth, and impact, at RIC Empire Garden, Abuja. The event, themed 'Sisterhood, Love, Growth and Impact', which took place last Sunday, brought together members of the group for a memorable celebration replete with fun, food, inspiration, and a special health session aimed at empowering women in different stages of life. In her welcome address, President of Fabulous Sisters, Mrs. Ogechukwu Udegbunam, noted that the past two years…
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Saka, Yamal, Raphinha Maintain Arsenal, Barcelona’s Unbeaten Start To Season

Saka, Yamal, Raphinha Maintain Arsenal, Barcelona’s Unbeaten Start To Season

The smile on Declan Rice’s face a few minutes from time, on Monday (yesterday) said it all. The Arsenal midfielder had just shut down Ian Maatsen as the Aston Villa full-back zoomed into the box. Arsenal were hardly imperious, Bukayo Saka scoring the only goal, but Unai Emery’s side struggled to hurt the champions, David Raya untroubled. The records will show Villa have lost their first two league matches of a season without scoring for the first time since 2002 but, despite successive defeats, this time there was no capitulation. For Villa, this was a marked improvement on defeat at…
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Messi Hangs Argentina Boots, Says ‘Hurts A Lot’

Messi Hangs Argentina Boots, Says ‘Hurts A Lot’

He overcame all the doubts that detractors poured on him, from youth. Messi's has been a story of a man whose God-given talent has not only created many detractors for him, persons and groups whom him and favourable circumstances shamed over the decades. When he was a child, they said his poor family could not afford the expensive daily injections to treat his rare Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD) which had stunted his physical progress. He overcame it as Barcelona in 2000 signed him as a 13-year-old academy player, opting to underwrite the medical expenses. Later, they said, having broken into…
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Ekiti House of Assembly Resumes Sitting, Heads Of Public Agencies To Render Stewardship Account From 1 Sept

Ekiti House of Assembly Resumes Sitting, Heads Of Public Agencies To Render Stewardship Account From 1 Sept

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Ekiti State House of Assembly resumed from recess on Monday, 31 August. A statement by the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Babatunde Oke, today, stated that members returned to the Assembly complex to continue legislative duties, oversight responsibilities, and constituency representation. “In line with the Assembly’s commitment to transparency, accountability, and effective oversight of public resources, the account of stewardship of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and tertiary institutions will commence on Tuesday, 1 September 2026. “The sessions will provide an opportunity for heads of MDAs, governing authorities of tertiary institutions and…
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PRE-2027 FRAUD?: NDC Accuses INEC Of Supplanting Names Of Candidates With Fictitious Ones

PRE-2027 FRAUD?: NDC Accuses INEC Of Supplanting Names Of Candidates With Fictitious Ones

*It's A Bid To Spark Crisis In NDC, Opposition Parties As Elections Near, Party Says By Tony Ezimakor, Abuja Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of systematically pre-rigging of the 2027 general elections by removing names of the party's duly nominated candidates and replacing them with names unknown to the party. The party said the shocking anomaly happened in Anambra State, home of the NDC presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, where NDC observed that its nominees for State offices were deliberately replaced by names not known to NDC, noting equally that the alarming development was…
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The Drums of War and Nigeria’s Endangered Voters

The Drums of War and Nigeria’s Endangered Voters

By SHEDDY OZOENE Every election season in Nigeria has traditionally been a time for persuasion. Political parties sell their programmes, candidates present their records and promises, and voters weigh their options. That civic tradition is now under threat. As the country moves towards the 2027 general elections, a darker pattern is emerging. Some politicians and their supporters, often protected by their closeness to power or influence, are increasingly suggesting that victory for their preferred candidates—usually candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)—is non-negotiable and that those who stand in their way could face consequences. When the discussion moves away…
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NELFUND, South-East, The Hypocrisy And Nonchalance

NELFUND, South-East, The Hypocrisy And Nonchalance

By SAMSON EZEA The Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), the Federal Government of Nigeria’s institutional frameworks for providing interest-free student loans to Nigerians who need financial support to access higher education and skills training, is a welcome development, no matter how one views or interprets it, particularly as it concerns the South-East region and the manner in which the scheme has fared in the region. It is an axiomatic fact that, for many years, the cost of tertiary education in Nigeria has created significant financial barriers for students, particularly those from low-income families. The idea behind a national student-loan system…
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Real Madrid, Manchester Utd, FC Twente So Ruthless, Score 13 Goals (SEE RESULTS OF MATCHES PLAYED IN MAJOR EUROPEAN LEAGUES, SUNDAY, 30 AUGUST)

Real Madrid, Manchester Utd, FC Twente So Ruthless, Score 13 Goals (SEE RESULTS OF MATCHES PLAYED IN MAJOR EUROPEAN LEAGUES, SUNDAY, 30 AUGUST)

ENGLAND: Premier League Chelsea - Brighton 4-3Leeds - Brentford 1-1Sunderland - Fulham 1-0Manchester Utd - Ipswich 5-2 FRANCE: Ligue 1 Paris FC - Nice 3-0Rennes - Le Mans 3-2Monaco - Marseille 2-0 GERMANY: Bundesliga Freiburg - Werder Bremen 4-1Augsburg - Schalke 3-0 ITALY: Serie A Napoli - Como 1-2Cagliari - Inter 0-1Lazio - Genoa 1-0 NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie Utrecht - PSV 1-6Feyenoord - Den Haag 2-2Willem II - Heerenveen 2-2Telstar - Ajax 0-4Cambuur - Twente 1-4 SPAIN: LaLiga Real Madrid - Malaga 4-0Dep. A Coruna - Valencia 3-1Celta Vigo - Ath Bilbao 0-2*PHOTO CAPTION: Real Madrid players celebrating after another goal…
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Imo Emerges Nigeria’s 4th Largest Economy

Imo Emerges Nigeria’s 4th Largest Economy

*Massive Investment Inflow In Last Two Years The dividends of skillful economic engineering by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma are paying off as the state has emerged the fourth largest economy in Nigeria. According to BUdgiT, a prominent Nigerian civic organisation that employs technology to simplyfy public spending, budgets, and governance data for citizens, Imo came fourth after, Lagos, Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. Whereas Lagos posted N41.17 trillion in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Rivers had N7.9 trillion, Akwa Ibom N7.77 trillion while Imo had N7.68 trillion. Interestingly, Imo is ahead of Delta, a major oil-producing state which GDP was…
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Goods Worth Millions Of Naira Go Up In Flames In Abuja Building Materials Market Inferno

Goods Worth Millions Of Naira Go Up In Flames In Abuja Building Materials Market Inferno

An early morning inferno today razed the building materials market at Eda Plaza, opposite Chida Hotel, Jabi, Abuja. Goods worth a fortune are said to have been destroyed in the blaze, leaving the traders heart-broken and needing to pick up the pieces of their lives afresh. Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD), which confirmed the fire in a statement by its Head of Public Affairs, Nkechi Isa, a copy of which was made available to People&Politics in Abuja, emphasized the need for adequate fire extinguishers and fire fighting equipment in malls and markets in the FCT to curtail fire…
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