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2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

FCTA Workers To Lock Wike’s Gate Monday As 40,000 Set For ‘Mother Of All Strikes’

News

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Following failure to reach meaningful agreement with its about 40,000 staff members over the latter's demands for improved service conditions, authorities of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) will see offices shut from Monday, 19 January, 2026 as the workforce kick off an indefinite strike. FCTA is headed by Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Barrister Nyesom Wike,whose gate the workers plan to lock immediately the industrial action starts. From Tuesday to Thursday this week, the workers' umbrella Joint Unions Action Committee (JUAC), led by its president, Comrade Rifkatu Iortyer,had been locked in series of talks with…

Jan

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2026

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Imo Community Oil Find Sparks Trail Of Deaths, One Beheaded, Twins Killed In Cold Blood As ‘Enforcer’ Armed Gang Runs Wild

News

By our reporter The discovery of oil in a serene community in Imo State, South-East Nigeria,rather than usher blessings, peace and collective economic progress, has sparked a chain of killings, terrorism, and fear reportedly unprecedented in the area. According to a male resident of Ukwugba Obiakpu Autonomous Community of oil-rich Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area (LGA), instead of being a cause for communal uplift and general cheer, the oil has presently turned a curse as one of his kinsmen, identified as Sixtus Odinaka, uncompromisingly sits atop the royalties paid to the community by a particular oil firm operating in the area,…

Jan

16

2026

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No Peace Deal With Terrorists -Defence Minister Warns State Govts

News

Talking tough, Defence Minister, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, has warned state governments to steer clear of any proposed peace deal with bandits. He handed down the warning in an interview with BBC Hausa Service, pointing out that the Federal Government (FG) has consistently advised governments at all levels not to negotiate with armed non-state groups. The warning is coming at a time some state governments, especially in the North-West geopolitical zone, have so-called peace pacts with bandits who ravage communities, murder large numbers of locals, annex whole areas, impose illegal taxes and levies on the hapless populace and take control…

Jan

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2026

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I Know The Terrible Cost Of Speaking Out In Iran, I Beg The World To Stand With Those Speaking Out Now -Activist Nasrin Parvaz

Opinion

It has been more than 40 years since I was imprisoned in Iran for speaking out against human rights abuses and state executions, and for defending women’s rights. I spent eight years behind bars in Iran’s notorious Evin prison. I was tortured. I remember it as if it happened yesterday. Every few years, uprisings erupt across Iran – and each wave of resistance is deeper and more widespread than the one before. In 2022, it was women who led the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement after the murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini by the country’s “morality police”, and it revolutionised my…

Jan

16

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

AFCON Loss: Nigeria Beaten By Goalkeeper Bounou, Solid Squad That Dominated -Moroccan Media

Sports

*Morocco Target First AFCON Trophy In 22 Years By Felix Durumbah,Abuja As many football-loving Nigerians continue to do a post-mortem on Super Eagles' Wednesday night's shock ouster from the final of ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) and seek to explain it away with one reason or the other, the debate is yet to subside. Some fans on social media have even gone to the clearly ridiculous extent of evaluating the loss along ethnic lines: That Nigeria's losing penalty takers, Sam Chukwueze and Bruno Onyemaechi, allegedly did so deliberately because they hail from a particular 'grumbling' part of the country…

Jan

16

2026

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2027: Oyo PDP Members, Others Collapse Into APC For Tinubu -Folarin, Ajimobi, Adelabu, Ali

News

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in Oyo State have declared the party as the dominant political force in the state, insisting it is now fully united, repositioned to reclaim its strongholds, deliver President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027, and dislodge the opposition from the Agodi Government House. Former Senate Leader and Oyo State Ambassador for Renewed Hope, Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin, made the declaration in Ibadan North Federal Constituency at the grand finale of the 14-Federal Constituency Tour organised by the Renewed Hope Ambassadors. He spoke alongside other party leaders. Describing Ibadan North as an APC…

Jan

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2026

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Benue Poly, BSUTH Sign MoU To Improve Healthcare Services

Health

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Determined to improve healthcare services in Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, the management of the institution has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), Makurdi. Speaking during the ceremony at BSUTH, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr. Stephen Hwande stressed the importance of the collaboration with the polytechnic and assured that the polytechnic community would not regret the collaboration. Dr. Hwande, who revealed that the desire of the Teaching Hospital's management was to make it second to none, appreciated Benue State Governor Hyacinth Iormem Alia for ensuring the steady growth of…

Jan

15

2026

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Mbah Reaffirms Support For Fallen Heroes, Families, Members of Armed Forces

News

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to continue to partner with the Federal Government (FG) to support the Nigerian Armed Forces, fallen heroes, and their families. Mbah also stressed the need to learn from the scars of division and internal conflicts in the nation’s history in order to build a more united and secure society, saying that “peace and safety must be protected by restraint, dialogue, and shared responsibility.” Mbah took the position on Thursday, 15 January, during the 2026 Armed Forces Remembrance Day and Wreath-Laying Ceremony at Okpara Square,…

Jan

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2026

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EXCLUSIVE! With Strike Looming, Desperate Wike Hurriedly Pays One-Month Tinubu Wage Award, 13 Months Hazard Arrears To ‘Warring’ Staff, As Workers Remain Defiant

News

*Payments Not Enough, We've 18-Point Demand, Employees Say *Security Bosses Invite Labour Leaders By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Apparently accurately reading the mood and body language of the about 40,000 workforce who are intent on pressing ahead with a strike threat over alleged poor welfare and service conditions, authorities of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA),led by FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, have caved in to some demands of the irate workers. The staff members, under their umbrella Joint Unions Action Committee (JUAC), had last week issued a 7-day ultimatum to Wike seeking immediate resolution of their 18-point long-standing statutory welfare and…

Jan

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2026

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Trump’s Threat To Bomb Iran Reportedly Swiftly Halts Authorities’ Bid To Execute Protesters

Foreign

*I'm Reliably Told They Won't Execute, Trump Says *2571 Reportedly Killed In Two-Week Protests Donald Trump said he has been assured the killing of Iranian protesters has been halted, while adding he will “watch it and see” about threatened US military action. The President said at the White House on Wednesday that “very important sources on the other side” had also now assured him that Iranian executions would not go ahead, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. “They’ve said the killing has stopped and the executions won’t take place,” Trump said. "There were supposed to be a lot of executions today (Wednesday)…