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target=_blank>NDLEA Arrests 101-Year-Old Woman Over Sale Of Illicit Drugs
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have confirmed the arrest of a 101-year-old great-grandmother for dealing in illicit drugs. The woman, identified as Esther Ogunmabo, was arrested in Ilisan, Ogun State, with retail sachets of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 90 grammes, which she claimed she sold to locals. In a…
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target=_blank>Abia Rural Dwellers Trained On Climate-Smart Agriculture
Experts from the Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), under the Abia State Ministry of Agriculture, have urged farmers in the Asa-Umuakwa community in the Ugwunagbo Local Government Area of the state to embrace climate-smart agricultural practices as a way forward. This message came after the Onyedinma Foundation, in partnership with the ADP, successfully concluded a two-day…
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target=_blank>2027: APC Severes Relationship With Defectors In Ondo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has announced that it has severed relationships with those who dumped the party to contest the National Assembly election under various political platforms in next year’s election. Some members of the party who lost out at the last primary election have obtained nomination forms from other political…
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target=_blank>Sokoto First Lady Flags Off Palliatives For 3,000 Women
The Wife of the Sokoto State Governor, Hajiya Fatima Ahmad Aliyu, has flagged off the distribution of cash grants and food assistance to 3,000 women and other vulnerable groups across the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. The intervention is aimed at cushioning the effects of the current economic hardship and improving the welfare…
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target=_blank>2027: A’Ibom PDP, APC, Others Endorse Tinubu, Akpabio, Eno
The re-election bids of President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, received a major boost at the weekend as stakeholders across party lines in Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District endorsed them for 2027. The collapse of the PDP and other opposition parties into the APC, to support…
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target=_blank>Gunmen Attack Southern Kaduna Community
Panic has gripped Abu community in Fadan Ninzo Chiefdom, Sanga local Government Area, after gunmen kidnapped two persons and killed two others in an attacked on Saturday night of 22nd August 2026, in Southern parts of Kaduna State’s NorthWest Nigeria. The incident occurred between 8:00pm and 9:00pm in Abu community, according to a statement signed…
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target=_blank>Police Rescue 42-Year-Old Woman From Kidnappers’ Den
The Bayelsa State Police Command has rescued a 42-year-old woman, Esther Chinedu, who was abducted in Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state, after spending nearly one month in captivity. Chinedu, an indigene of Ebonyi State and resident of Amassoma, was reportedly abducted on July 28, 2026, after suspected kidnappers stormed her shop…
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target=_blank>APC National Chairman Felicitates Nigerians On Eid-Ul-Maulud
As Muslims across Nigeria and around the world commemorate the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW), the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has extended his warmest felicitations to the Muslim Ummah and all Nigerians. In a message issued on Sunday, he said: “Eid-ul-Mawlid reminds us of the timeless…
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target=_blank>Kwara APC Assembly Candidate, Oyinloye, Engages Constituents
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Share/Oke-Ode Constituency in the Kwara State House of Assembly, Oyinloye Benjamin Dairo, has held a strategic meeting with women and youth leaders from across the Ifelodun Constituency as part of his ongoing consultations and grassroots engagement and mobilisation. The stakeholders’…
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target=_blank>2027: Match Your Prayers With Action – PFN Chairman Tells Christians
As preparations for the 2027 general elections begin, Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Niger state chapter, Pastor PeteRock Sadiq has called on Christians to match their prayers with responsible civic action, adding that “the Church can no longer afford political indifference.” He said while delivering an address to mark the 14th anniversary…
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