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*Second Leg In Germany Next Wednesday Will Decide Who Goes To Final Bayern Munich will have to come from behind if they are to reach the Champions League final as they lost out 5-4 to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the thrilling first leg of their semi-final clash on Tuesday. Harry Kane, Michael Olise, Dayot Upamecano and Luis Diaz all got on the scoresheet for the Bundesliga winners in what proved to be a game that showcased the very best in attacking football. Bayern began the match on the front foot, and took the lead after Diaz was brought down by…

*Presidential/NASS Campaigns Begin 19 August, 2026, Governorship/State Assembly 9 September President Bola Tinubu's right-hand man, James Faleke, who is a member of the House of Representatives, has obtained the All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms on behalf of the President ahead of the 2027 poll. The forms were presented today in Abuja by the APC National Organising Secretary, Suleiman Argungu, who formally announced the commencement of the party’s nomination process. Faleke, who represents Ikeja constituency and is the founder of the Tinubu Support Groups, received the documents on behalf of President Tinubu. Faleke is known to…

Former Chairman of Oluyole Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State, Alhaji Kehinde Olatunji Olaosebikan, has reaffirmed his commitment to mobilizing voters enmass for a resounding victory for President Bola Tinubu's re-election in 2027. Olaosebikan made this known while declaring his aspiration to seek the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket to contest for the Oluyole House of Representatives seat, at the weekly meeting of APC in Oluyole LGA yesterday. Olaosebikan, a former Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to late Governor Lam Adesina, who donated a new Secretariat to APC in the LGA, assured the mammoth crowd of party members who turned…

*ISWAP Claims Responsibility, Saying Victims Were All Christians They routinely converged on a field to watch a local football match. Among them were ladies. But that was the last they knew as seemingly from nowhere, the sinister sounds of AK-47 guns cut down their lives. Forever. Gunmen have killed at least 29 people in Adamawa State, Governor Umar Fintiri disclosed on Monday. Local people explained further that the attackers targeted young people gathered at a football pitch, the latest bout of deadly unrest in Africa’s most populous nation. The attack on Sunday evening occurred in Guyaku communi, Gombi Local Government…

*How I Made My Money, By Dangote *...Pledges N550m Hostel For FUTO By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State House of Assembly has blown the lid off a decade-long alleged land fraud scheme, as its Special Committee on Land Conflicts moved against officials accused of swindling hundreds of college staff and residents. Chaired by Hon. Anthony Okechukwu Mba, lawmaker representing Nkanu East, the committee condemned what it called “rampant land grabbing, racketeering, and fraudulent sales” after receiving petitions from staff of the Enugu State College of Education and members of the public. The petitions named the late Mrs. Ugoma Adaeze Ndibisi…

*As Primary School Teachers Suspend Strike Following Minister's Intervention By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Striking public primary school teachers in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) resumed work today following the intervention of FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, in their demands which sparked the industrial action in the first place. The teachers had on 20 April this year withdrawn their services over non-release and non-implementation of the report of the 2025 Ministerial Committee on payment of their outstanding entitlements running into several billions of Naira. Also, they downed chalk following their displeasure at a precondition of vacancy availability slammed on them by the…

There was drama today at the premises of Federal High Court, Abuja, when prominent human rights activist and presidential flagbearer of African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 elections, Omoyele Sowore, came face-to-face with former Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami SAN, who initiated treason charges against the former during the administration of the now-late President Muhammadu Buhari. The penalty for conviction for treason in Nigeria is death. The encounter between both personalities, which was reportedly witnessed by lawyers and court officials, led to a tense exchange over past prosecutions and the current political atmosphere, according to a report…

*'Constitution Is Clear: NASS Members Can't Fix Own Salaries, Emoluments, Only Revenue Mobilization Commission Can' Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has questioned the right of the President Bola Tinubu administration to continue in office, saying it has failed to protect lives and properties of Nigerians amid the roiling insecurity in the land. Concerns have been raised both locally and internationally over the killings, maimings, frequent kidnappings and displacement of massive numbers of people by terrorists and other armed non-state actors across the country over the years with President Donald Trump and US lawmakers condemning what they saw as Federal Government's little…

*Honours Past Officers In an historic event that paid tribute to the prestigious school's enduring legacy of excellence, Government Secondary School (GSS), Bwari, an institution under the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Secondary Education Board (SEB), marked its 45th anniversary recently. The event featured week-long colourful activities which,in an atmosphere of conviviality, brought together past and present staff members, alumni, students, and well-wishers. In her welcome address, the Director/Principal of the school, Mrs Nkoli Okedo, described the 45th edition as a milestone and celebration of the school’s enduring legacy of excellence, discipline, and character development since its establishment. She noted that…

An education promoter, Mrs. Eunice Oghenekome Eto, has passed on. She will be buried on 1-3 May, 2026 in Otor-Iyede, Isoko North Local Government Area (LGA), Delta State. The deceased was the proprietress of Treasure Hills School, Lagos. A statement by the Eto family of Iyede Kingdom, noted that she was a devout Christian, mother, grandmother, in-law, sister, aunt, and cousin.*PHOTO CAPTION: The late Mrs Eunice Eto.