2027: Rivers Will Repay Amaechi for Backing Buhari Against GEJ, Wike Declares

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2027: Rivers Will Repay Amaechi for Backing Buhari Against GEJ, Wike Declares

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the people of Rivers State will remember former governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi’s role in the defeat of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election. Wike said Amaechi’s decision to back Muhammadu Buhari against Jonathan, a fellow South-South politician, would affect how voters…

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2027 General Elections, Politics

Kano APC Swells as Hanga, Gaya, Doguwa Lead 136,038 Defectors into Ruling Party

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Kano APC Swells as Hanga, Gaya, Doguwa Lead 136,038 Defectors into Ruling Party

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State has recorded a major boost ahead of the 2027 general elections following the defection of prominent politicians, including former senators Rufai Sani Hanga and Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya, as well as Senator Masud El-Jibrin Doguwa. The politicians were among 136,038 new members received into the APC in Kano…

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Rivers Tightens Grip on Scrap Dealers, Scavengers as Waste Agency Launches Mandatory Profiling

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Rivers Tightens Grip on Scrap Dealers, Scavengers as Waste Agency Launches Mandatory Profiling

The Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA) has commenced a compulsory profiling exercise for scrap dealers, scavengers, waste recyclers, refurbishers and PET collectors operating across the state. The exercise is part of efforts by the agency to obtain accurate records of individuals and businesses involved in the collection, recovery, recycling and trading of waste materials…

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Disaster Strikes Ilorin Mandate Market, 12 Shops Affected in Early-Morning Fire

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Disaster Strikes Ilorin Mandate Market, 12 Shops Affected in Early-Morning Fire

An early-morning fire has disrupted trading activities at a shopping complex within the Mandate Market area of Ilorin, Kwara State, leaving 12 shops affected. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday, September 5, 2026, at a commercial complex situated opposite Alkad Filling Station within the popular market. According to the Kwara State Fire…

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Why Uber Pulled Out of Nigeria After 12 Years — The Real Factors Behind the Exit

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Why Uber Pulled Out of Nigeria After 12 Years — The Real Factors Behind the Exit

Uber has ended its ride-hailing operations in Nigeria after about 12 years in the country, bringing an abrupt close to a service that helped reshape urban transportation and popularise app-based taxi services among Nigerians. The company’s withdrawal took effect on September 2, 2026. The American mobility company, which first launched in Lagos in 2014 before…

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Business Investments

Trump Dispatches Witkoff, Kushner to Moscow, Kyiv With Fresh Plan to End Ukraine War

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Trump Dispatches Witkoff, Kushner to Moscow, Kyiv With Fresh Plan to End Ukraine War

U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a fresh diplomatic push to end the Russia-Ukraine war, sending his special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to Moscow and Kyiv with what he described as a proposal for peace. Trump announced the mission on Friday, September 4, saying the two negotiators had been tasked with…

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Conflict and warfare

2027: Outrage Erupts as Donald Duke Alleges Politicians Resort to Human Sacrifice for Power

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2027: Outrage Erupts as Donald Duke Alleges Politicians Resort to Human Sacrifice for Power

Former Cross River State Governor and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) presidential candidate, Donald Duke, has triggered controversy ahead of the 2027 general elections with an allegation that some politicians resort to human sacrifice in their pursuit of political power. Duke made the claim in Abuja during an engagement with the Council of the Wise of…

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Political Violence

Tragedy on Yola-Girei Highway: Six Die as Sand-Laden Truck Crushes Tricycle

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Tragedy on Yola-Girei Highway: Six Die as Sand-Laden Truck Crushes Tricycle

Tragedy struck along the Yola-Girei Federal Highway in Adamawa State on Friday when a sand-laden truck collided with a commercial tricycle, leaving six people dead. The Adamawa State Police Command confirmed the fatal crash. The victims comprised the tricycle operator and five passengers who were travelling in the three-wheeled vehicle, popularly known as Keke NAPEP….

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Iran Raises Alarm at UN, World Leaders, Demands End to US Attacks

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Iran Raises Alarm at UN, World Leaders, Demands End to US Attacks

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Abuja has called on the United Nations, governments and the wider international community to speak out against what Tehran described as continued US military attacks on Iranian territory and the killing of civilians. The embassy made the appeal in a statement issued on Friday, September 4,…

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Conflict and warfare

Atiku Raises Alarm: ‘Nigerian Youths Now Selling Kidneys to Survive Under Tinubu’

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Atiku Raises Alarm: ‘Nigerian Youths Now Selling Kidneys to Survive Under Tinubu’

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised concerns over reports that some young Nigerians are resorting to selling their kidneys in desperate attempts to cope with the country’s worsening cost-of-living pressures. Atiku, who is the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), made the comments in a statement posted on his X account on…

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