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Democracy Day: Senator Alli Praises Tinubu, Assures Oyo Residents Ahead 2027

The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Oyo State, Senator (Dr) Sharafadeen Alli has congratulated Nigerians on Democracy Day, describing June 12 as symbolising sacrifice, resilience, freedom and democratic perseverance nationwide. Alli, in a statement issued on Friday in Ibadan, commended President Bola Tinubu for demonstrating courageous leadership through policies and reforms aimed at rebuilding Nigeria’s economy, strengthening democracy and national stability. He stated that the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Tinubu administration had continued laying foundations for sustainable growth, improved security, economic recovery and better opportunities for millions of hardworking Nigerians across states. The senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District urged Nige...

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11Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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LGAN Decorates Mese as AACT Ambassador, Seeks Support for 2026 Championship

By Victor Okoye The Ladies Golf Association of Nigeria (LGAN) has decorated Deacon Shola Mese (JP) as an All Africa Challenge Trophy (AACT) Ambassador. Mese, Vice Captain of Ogunu Golf Club in Warri, Delta State and founder of the Shola Mese Foundation, received the honour during a courtesy visit by the LGAN President, Dr Lami Onayi Ahmed and her team to his office in Abuja. LGAN President Lami Ahmed led the delegation and described the AACT as a platform for promoting women's golf across Africa. Ahmed said the 2026 AACT would hold in Abuja from Nov. 2 to Nov. 7, attracting participants from more than 30 African countries. According to her, the championship will boost tourism, encourage youth participation, and strengthen Nigeria's profile in international golf. She ...

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11Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Bye-election : Maku aises alarm over alleged plot by State Govt to rig, altering security architecture

"••••Tasks Security agencies, INEC on neutrality••••" Mr Labaran Maku , the Labour Party candidate for the Nasarawa North bye- election, has alleged that the Nasarawa State Government has planned to rig the bye election slated for June 20, 2026. Maku, a former Minister of Information, made the allegation at a press conference on Wednesday in Akpata, Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of the State. He also called on security agencies, INEC, and civil society groups to remain neutral and ensure the bye-election is conducted transparently. " Our votes must count and the security agencies and INEC must ensure that the election is free and fair as well as peaceful," he said. The former deputy governor of Nasarawa State alleged that 9 wards were identified for rigging by th...

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10Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Heavy rain, windstorm kill grandmother, granddaughter in Bauchi

A Heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds has claimed the lives of a grandmother and her granddaughter in Bauchi State.The rainstorm also destroyed several houses and property in Bara community, Kirfi Local Government Area of the state. The victims, identified as 50-year-old Aisha Sagir and her four-year-old granddaughter, Aisha Shuaibu, both residents of Unguwar Katsinawa in Bara Village. The Police confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Bauchi Police state Command spokesperson, SP Nafiu Habib. According to the statement, the tragic incident occurred on Tuesday following a downpour accompanied by a severe windstorm. “Preliminary reports indicate that on June 10, 2026, Kirfi Local Government Area experienced heavy rainfall accompanied by strong win...

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9Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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PVC: Donli Urges Bayelsa Residents to Register Ahead of 2027 Polls

By Victor Okoye The Coordinator, Tinubu Torch Bearers (TTB), Bayelsa Chapter, Dame Julie Donli, OON has urged eligible Nigerians to register and obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). Donli made the appeal on Tuesday, stressing the importance of participating in the electoral process ahead of the 2027 general elections. She described the PVC as a constitutional right and a vital tool for democratic participation. “Your PVC is more than a card. It is your voice and your power to influence leadership and national development,” she said. According to her, every vote counts in shaping Nigeria’s future and strengthening democratic institutions. “By obtaining your PVC, you are taking an active step toward building a stronger, more prosperous and united Nigeria,” Donli ...

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9Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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2026 World Cup: Gara-Gombe Absolves Gusau of Eagles’ Qualification Failure, Blames Sabotage, Structural Challenges

By Victor Okoye A football stakeholder, Ahmed Shuaibu Gara-Gombe, has absolved Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Ibrahim Musa Gusau, of blame for the Super Eagles' failure to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Eagles will miss the 2026 FIFA World Cup after losing to the Democratic Republic of Congo on penalties in the African qualifying playoffs. The setback marks Nigeria's second consecutive absence from football's biggest tournament, having also failed to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Gara-Gombe told NAN on Monday that the qualification setback resulted from collective failures, internal sabotage, and longstanding structural problems inherited by the current NFF administration. With ...

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8Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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FG Pegs Ministers’ Imprest At N700,000

The Federal Government has introduced fresh measures aimed at strengthening financial discipline across Ministries, Departments and Agencies.The government has pegged the imprest to N700,000 as new limits on reimbursement.The new directives are contained in the 2026 Annual General Imprest Warrant signed by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele and conveyed through a Federal Treasury Circular issued by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. The circular, dated June 3, 2026, and signed by the Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, authorises accounting officers across the three arms of government to approve funds to eligible imprest holders while setting clear spending thresholds and compliance requiremen...

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8Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Police Confirm Arrest Of Four Suspects Linked To Adelabu’s Sister’s Abduction

The Police on Sunday, confirmed the arrest of four suspects as well as the killing of two others during a rescue operation involving the sister of the 2027 governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Bayo Adelabu, Busola, and her two children in Ibadan. Also, firearms, including a pump-action gun, were recovered during the Saturday night operation, which lasted for several hours at the Ayegun area of Oluyole Local Government Area of the state. The abductees were smoked out of a three-bedroom bungalow where they were hibernating. Conducting journalists round the place in Ibadan, the state capital, on Sunday, the state Commissioner of Police, Oluwagbemiga Abimbola, said, “The police acted on a tip-off, which eventually resulted in the rescuing of the vi...

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8Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Late Sen. Akwashiki’s father endorses Maku for Nasarawa North bye-election

"•••••• as Maku promises to complete late Akwashiki's projects, retains aides, staff Mr Akwashiki Awalaro, father of late Sen. Godiya Akwashiki, has endorsed Mr Labaran Maku, Labour Party (LP) Nasarawa North Senatorial candidate for the June 20 bye-election. This, he said that the endorsement of Maku was based on the instruction of his son, late Godiya Akwashiki to the family to support Maku to replace him at the National Assembly, if he died. Awalaro stated this when he invited Maku and his campaign team to his ancestral home in Angba-Iggah, Nassarawa Eggon LGA. The father of late Akwashiki said that the entire family would drum support for Maku to succeed come June 20 bye election. " My son, late Senator Godiya Akwashiki told me and the entire family that in case he died,...

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8Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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2027 : Former Nasarawa Speaker Balarabe breaks silence, speaks to constituents in Umaisha, drums support for Wadada.

The Immediate Past Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi who today Sunday visited his home town Umaisha in Toto LGA of Nasarawa State for condolences has used the opportunity to speak to his people on his political direction ahead of 2027 general elections. Balarabe Abdullahi who was the first Speaker in the history of Nasarawa State to served for three consecutive times between 9th June 2015 to 28th November 2023, addressed his supporters in his residence in Umaisha. The former Speaker who is the current Chairman Governing Council of Federal Polytechnic Damaturu, Yobe State, declared his support for APC Governorship candidate Sen. Ahmed Aliyu Wadada come 2027 general election. Balarabe Abdullahi also endorsed the candidate of Hon...

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8Jun By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Allegations Linking Senator Alli To Adelabu Sister’s Abduction Is ‘Evil And Absurd’, Says Group

A civil society group, the Oyo Rising Citizens Forum (ORCF), has condemned as "evil and absurd" a circulating rumour linking Senator Sharafadeen Alli to the abduction of the younger sister of former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu. In a press statement signed by Aderemi Adebisi and Owolabi Salam, the group blamed the allegation on "disreputable individuals" with no legitimate means of livelihood who, it said, are willing to do the dirty work of desperate, failed political actors in the state. The statement described the purveyors of the story as professional blackmailers whose paymasters have “sold their conscience for a few coins. ”"Ordinarily, we would have ignored such cheap blackmail from characters of ill repute," the ORCF said, "but we are compelled to expose and educate...

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7Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Large Opioids Consignments Intercepted In Taraba, as NDLEA Arrests 75-year-old in Ebonyi

Large consignments of various opioids and illicit substances concealed in building materials was on Saturday 6th June 2026 intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Taraba State.The agency also made some arrests in its relentless nationwide offensive against drug cartels.The agency arrested a 75-year-old grandpa in Ebonyi, and four notorious female drug dealers in Edo, Imo, Kano, and Gombe states.The agency attributed a credible intelligence to the interception of a truck conveying building materials from Onitsha, Anambra state to Jalingo.A thorough search of the vehicle by NDLEA operatives at the Nukkai Timber Shade, Jalingo, led to the discovery of a massive drug stash concealed beneath the cargo, while a 22-year-old suspect, Buhari Abdullahi, ...

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7Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Insecurity: South-West CAN Demands State Of Emergency

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has called on the Federal Government to immediately declare a state of emergency on security.This, the association said, has become necessary to tackle kidnappings, banditry, and violent crimes nationwide. Chairman of the South-West CAN, Bishop Barnabas Tunde Akin-Akinsanya, said abductions and attacks in Oyo, Ekiti, Ondo, and Lagos now threaten national peace, economic development, and social stability. He noted that kidnappings, once seen as isolated, have become a recurring challenge fuelling fear among citizens. Akin-Akinsanya condemned the activities of kidnappers and bandits, expressed sympathy with victims and families, and prayed for the safe release of those still in captivity. “The time has come for governments at all le...

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7Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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SENATOR NDUME HAILS TINUBU, UMAHI OVER N1.2 TRILLION GOMBE-BIU ROAD PROJECT

Former Senate Leader and Senator representing Borno South, Distinguished Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume , on Saturday, commended President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of Works, David Umahi, for commencing the reconstruction and dualisation of the 125-kilometre Gombe–Biu highway. The N1.245 trillion project was officially flagged off on Thursday at Liji in Gombe State. The event was attended by the Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, the Minister of Works, David Umahi, and the Managing Director of Hi-Tech Construction Company, Danny Abboud. In a statement issued in Abuja, Ndume described the project as the fulfilment of commitments made by the Tinubu administration to rehabilitate critical road infrastructure in the North-East. The lawmaker recalled that he had repea...

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7Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Senate President says he never promised to secure senatorial return tickets for APC senators who lost out in the party’s primary elections.

Akpabio explained that his comments were only meant to empathize with colleagues negatively affected by the outcome of their respective primaries, not to make any guarantees about securing them tickets. His clarification comes amid claims that he pledged to intervene on behalf of aggrieved senators.

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7Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Appeal Court Nullifies Recognition Of PDP Factional Caretaker Committee

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has nullified Federal High Court judgment that recognised a factional caretaker committee in the Peoples Democratic Party.The appellate court said the trial court granted reliefs that were never sought by any of the parties to the suit. In a judgment delivered by Justice Uchechukwu Onyemenam, on Wednesday, a certified true copy of which was obtained on Friday, the appellate court faulted Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, for going beyond the issues placed before the court in a dispute arising from the PDP leadership crisis Justice Agomoh had, in a judgment delivered on January 30, recognised the caretaker committee led by Abdurahman Mohammed and Samuel Anyanwu as the legitimate leadership faction of the party. However, the Court ...

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7Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Police Arrest Seven Robbery Suspects, Recover Firearm In Ogun

The Police has arrested seven suspects for alleged armed robbery, housebreaking, stealing, conspiracy, and conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace in separate operations across Oyo state. The Oyo State command’s spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abeokuta. Babaseyi said that the arrests were made during coordinated intelligence-driven operations carried out by operatives in the Sango-Ota, Owode-Egba, and Agbado Divisions. He said operatives of the Sango-Ota Division arrested three suspects identified as Pelumi Akintonde (21), Mojeed Sanusi (28) and Mubarak Lateef (17) over an alleged armed robbery incident in Alasia community. According to him, the suspects allegedly participated in an attack on a resident during whi...

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7Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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NSCDC Busts Illegal Detention Camp In Lagos, Rescues 24, Arrests Four

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has rescued 24 victims from an illegal detention camp in the Badagry area of Lagos State.Among the rescued victims, including a toddler, while arresting four suspected members of a cross-border criminal syndicate. The suspects, said to be nationals of Togo, Benin Republic and Ghana, were arrested during an operation carried out by operatives of the Lagos State Command of the NSCDC in Itoga, Badagry. The Lagos State Commandant, Adedotun Keshinro, disclosed this in a statement on Friday by the command’s spokesperson, Oluwaseun Abolurin Keshinro attributed the success of the operation to intelligence gathering and community engagement, noting that the raid followed credible information on activities at suspected criminal hideouts in t...

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7Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Assaults: Resident Doctors Threaten Nationwide Strike

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has threatened to embark on a nationwide industrial action over the growing wave of assaults, harassment and intimidation of healthcare workers across the country. The association accused the Federal Government and security agencies of failing to protect healthcare personnel from violence, intimidation and unlawful arrests. NARD disclosed that no fewer than 17 tertiary health institutions recorded cases of attacks on doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers within one year, warning that the deteriorating situation could cripple healthcare services if urgent action is not taken The latest outrage followed the controversial raid by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at the University of Uyo T...

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7Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Troops Neutralise Bandits, Dismantle Hideouts In Sokoto

Troops of Operation Fansan Yamma have neutralised bandits and dismantled their hideouts in the highlands bothering Zamfara around Dangulbi and Kurawa villages in Tureta Local Government Area of Sokoto State.According to reports several bandits, including kingpins, were killed while numerous others escaped with gunshot wounds in the operation conducted on June 4, in collaboration with other security agencies and local vigilantes in the area.The military hierarchy said that the tempo would be sustained. The swift response, professionalism, and courage displayed by our military personnel averted what could have been a tragic incident. “Let me once again reaffirm our commitment to protecting the lives and property of the citizenry. “The army engaged them in a fierce battle. The b...

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