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Filling stations in Lagos have increased the price of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, to N930 per litre. Newsmen confirmed on Monday that First Royal petrol station along College Road, Ogba, Lagos, increased its price from N860 to N930 per litre. AS Sallam Petroleum, opposite First Royal, and MRS Oil filling station,…
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has stated that the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibom Ibas (retd) is only dismantling all the governance structures put in place by the suspended Governor of the state, Siminialayi Fubara. PDP also described the immediate past Head of Service of the state, Dr. George Nweke, as a…
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The House of Representatives on Friday passed for second reading a bill seeking to stop anyone above 60 years from contesting election into the office of president and governor. It was sponsored by Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere, a lawmaker from Imo State. The bill stated: “A person shall be qualified for election to the office of the…
Thousands of Kogi Central constituents have unanimously thrown their weights behind the ongoing recall process for the suspended Senator representing the District in the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, saying no amount of falsehood and propaganda can derail the process. The constituents noted that it had become clear that her being in the Senate was…
With Agency Reports As the US’s strikes on the Houthi terrorist organization in the middle East intensifies, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will send a second aircraft carrier to accompany the USS Harry S. Truman in the Middle East region, according to reports by the Associated Press and Politico, citing US officials. The second carrier…
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The Super Eagles have brightened their 2026 World Cup qualification hopes with a 2-0 victory over Rwanda. Victor Osimhen’s first-half double secured the crucial three points for Nigeria. Osimhen’s goals came in the 11th minute, connecting with an Ademola Lookman free-kick, and in the third minute of added time, following a solo run. This victory…
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.’Action shows you’ve realised you’re as good as gone’ Kogi Central indigenes have described the recent court injunction obtained by the embattled lawmaker representing the Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission from receiving a petition for her recall, as a sign that “she has realised that she is as good…
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. Discard ‘inducement’ insinuations as unfounded . ‘We want to bring her back to learn purposeful representation’ Ebira indigenes have condemned, in strong terms, insinuations that the recall process against the lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, was not endorsed by the majority of the electorate in the area. The…
The House of Representatives has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State. The lower chamber granted approval during Thursday’s plenary session, making some minor amendments. During the session, presided over by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen, the House resolved that the National Assembly would serve as the legislative arm for…
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Former military president General Ibrahim Babangida has provided a gripping account of the failed Gideon Orkar coup of 22 April 1990, in his autobiography A Journey in Service, launched on 20 February 2025, in Abuja. The memoir sheds light on one of Nigeria’s most infamous coup attempts, which sought to overthrow his government and excise…
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