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target=_blank>NACCIMA, NOA Partner On Strengthening National Image-Building
The National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has taken a significant step towards strengthening national image-building, responsible citizenship, and positive international relations following an engagement with the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu. The engagement, tagged “An Evening with the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency,”…
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target=_blank>2027: AAC Seeks Tinubu’s Approval To Inaugurate PCC At Aso Rock
The African Action Congress (AAC) has written to President Bola Tinubu, seeking approval to inaugurate its presidential campaign council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, ahead of the 2027 general elections. The party also requested food, drinks and other logistical support for participants at the proposed event scheduled for November 11, 2026. In a letter dated…
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target=_blank>2027: Obi’ll Double His Votes in Lagos, Abuja, Says IAD
…Dismisses Wike, Soludo’s threats, endorses NDC candidate for presidency The Igbo Agenda Dialogue (IAD) has predicted that former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, will double the votes he secured in Lagos State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the 2023 presidential election when Nigerians go to the polls in 2027. The group also dismissed…
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target=_blank>Over 100 Opposition Members Defect To APC In Kogi
More than 100 members of four opposition parties have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Onicha-Igo, Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State, ahead of the 2027 general elections. The defectors, drawn from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP), pledged…
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target=_blank>Ebola: US Mission Issues Health Advisory To American Citizens In Nigeria
On Wednesday, the United States (US) Mission in Nigeria issued a health advisory to American citizens in the country after the Federal Government reported a case of Bundibugyo virus disease, a form of Ebola. The mission, in a post shared on its official X account, said Nigerian health officials were conducting contact tracing, as the…
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target=_blank>2027: We Recognise Security Challenges In Some Zamfara Communities – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has put in recognition the peculiar security challenges bedeviled some communities across Zamfara State as the 2027 general elections is fast approaching. This was pronounced by the Resident Commissioner, INEC Zamfara State, Dr Mahmuda Isah, during a stakeholders meeting on Wednesday at the Commission’s headquarters in Gusau, saying that,…
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target=_blank>Police Arrest Four Robbery, Kidnapping Suspects Terrorising Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested four persons suspected of belonging to an armed robbery and kidnapping gang that allegedly terrorised the residents of the state. Upon their arrest by the operatives of the command, some weapons were recovered from them, including two AK-47 rifles, two pump-action rifles and one English-made double-barrel rifle. Also…
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target=_blank>Ooni Mourns Fasoranti, Says Yoruba Race Lost A Pillar Of Wisdom
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has paid tribute to the memory of the late National Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti describing his death as huge loss to the Yoruba race. The monarch stated this in a statement on Wednesday issued from his palace by…
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target=_blank>Adefarati Mourns Pa Fasoranti, Says Yoruba Has Lost A Moral Compass
The House of Representatives member representing Akoko South East/Akoko South West Federal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Labour, Employment and Productivity, Hon. Adegboyega Adefarati, has mourned the demise of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. New Telegraph had earlier reported that Pa Fasoranti died on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at the age of 100. In…
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target=_blank>700 Communities Get Grassroots Health Interventions
More than 700 communities across Nigeria are benefiting from grassroots health interventions under the Federal Government’s National Health Fellows Programme, with young Nigerians targeting gaps in electricity, medical equipment, disease prevention and access to healthcare services. The interventions include solar-powered vaccine storage in Benue State, laboratory upgrades in Akwa Ibom, tuberculosis referrals in Plateau State…
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