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State Assemblies Commence Plans On Establishment Of State Police Over Insecurity

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State Assemblies Commence Plans On Establishment Of State Police Over Insecurity

Several state Houses of Assembly have begun moves to consider the creation of state police, a long-debated reform that President Bola Tinubu last week urged the National Assembly to legalise as part of sweeping constitutional amendments amid rising killings, mass abductions, and growing security failures across Nigeria. Nigeria has recently witnessed a resurgence of violent banditry and terrorist attacks, while...

Manufacturers Kick Against Senate’s Proposal To Increase Excise Duty On Sugar Products

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Manufacturers Kick Against Senate's Proposal To Increase Excise Duty On Sugar Products

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have kicked against a proposal to increase excise duty on carbonated sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) through amendment of extant law. Stakeholders expressed divergent views at a public hearing jointly organised by the Senate Committees on Finance and Customs on the proposed amendment to the Customs and Excise Tariff (Consolidation) Act last week. The bill seeks to...

Onochie Accuses Presidency Of Nepotism Over Ambassadorial List

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Onochie Accuses Presidency Of Nepotism Over Ambassadorial List

Former presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, has written an open letter to her late former boss, President Muhammadu Buhari, lamenting the state of the nation under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and accusing the current administration of rewarding Buhari’s political “enemies” while sidelining core loyalists. Onochie, who served as Special Assistant on Digital and Social Media during Buhari’s eight-year tenure and later...

Apostle Chibuzor Sends 10 OPM Members To Saudi Arabia With Secured Oil Company Jobs

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Apostle Chibuzor Sends 10 OPM Members To Saudi Arabia With Secured Oil Company Jobs

The Founder of Omega Power Ministries (OPM), HRM King Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, has again demonstrated his commitment to transforming lives as he sponsored ten members of the church abroad with fully secured employment opportunities in Saudi Arabia’s oil and gas sector. According to details shared by the ministry, the beneficiaries received their visas, flight tickets, and official appointment...

ADC: Atiku’s Bloc Eyes Obi, Amaechi For VP

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ADC: Atiku’s Bloc Eyes Obi, Amaechi For VP

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s bloc of the African Democratic Party has begun to shop for a politician from the southern part of the country as a running mate in the 2027 election, according to Sunday PUNCH. The bloc is said to be looking in the direction of the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. Our correspondents gathered...

“FG Made Emergency Vaccine Requests To Combat Cholera Outbreak” – Report

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"FG Made Emergency Vaccine Requests To Combat Cholera Outbreak" – Report

The Federal Government has made four emergency requests to the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision for cholera vaccines as the country grapples with a rising death toll from the disease. Nationwide data show that cholera has killed no fewer than 500 people as of October 26, 2025, underscoring the urgency of bolstering outbreak response efforts. The report, exclusively obtained from the...

PDP Dismiss Lamido’s Call For New NWC Dissolution

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PDP Dismiss Lamido’s Call For New NWC Dissolution

The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed the call by a former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, for the dissolution of the new National Working Committee and the appointment of a caretaker leadership. The party stated that Lamido’s proposal contradicted the party’s constitution and could not stand while ongoing court cases remain unresolved. Lamido had on Thursday issued a 10-day ultimatum to the...

Obasanjo Charges FG To Desist From Negotiating With Terrorists, Take Action

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Obasanjo Charges FG To Desist From Negotiating With Terrorists, Take Action

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has rejected calls for negotiations with bandits, insisting that Nigeria must take decisive action and embrace international assistance to confront escalating insecurity. Obasanjo, who spoke at the Plateau State Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival held in Jos, the state capital, on Friday, asked the Federal Government to stop apologising and negotiating with terrorists. His position comes...

Jonathan Briefs Tinubu On Guinea-Bissau Coup

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Jonathan Briefs Tinubu On Guinea-Bissau Coup

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday briefed President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa, Abuja, on what transpired in the Guinea Bissau elections. Dr. Jonathan also said that what was described as a coup in the country after the election, was not in actual sense a coup but rather what he described as a “ceremonial coup” carried out by the...

NARD Suspends Ongoing Nationwide Indefinite Strike

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NARD Suspends Ongoing Nationwide Indefinite Strike

The National Executive Council, NEC, of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, Saturday night suspended its total, indefinite and comprehensive strike (TICS) for a period of four weeks following a series of conciliatory meetings with the Federal Government and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). President of NARD, Dr Mohammad Suleiman, who confirmed this to Vanguard, said...

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