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target=_blank>Police Inspector Shoots Colleagues, Kills One, Injures Another In P’Harcourt
A Police Inspector serving with the Rivers State Police Command on Sunday opened fire on his colleagues carrying out a guard duty, killing one of them in the process and seriously injuring the other. According to a statement signed by Grace Iringe-Koko (SP), the command’s spokesperson, the incident happened at Next Cash and Carry Supermart…
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target=_blank>Ondo Health Tech Students Protest Poor Facilities, Extortion
Academic activities were paralysed on Monday at the Ondo State-owned College of Health Technology in Akure when students of the institution protested alleged extortion and the poor state of infrastructure within the institution. The students, who gathered at the school’s main entrance in their hundreds as early as 7 am, barricaded the gate with a…
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target=_blank>FCMB Secures Nat’l Banking Licence, Targets Int’l Status
FCMB Group Plc has obtained a national banking licence for its flagship banking subsidiary following the successful completion of a major capital raise, ensuring continuity of its domestic operations while it works toward meeting the higher capital threshold required for an international licence under Nigeria’s ongoing banking sector recapitalisation programme. The development comes amid the…
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target=_blank>Ceed Road Construction, Maintenance To LG – Adegbenro
A former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure in Ondo State, Dr Gboye Adegbenro, has called for greater involvement of local governments in road construction and maintenance. Adegbenro argued that decentralising the responsibility of road construction and maintenance would significantly improve the quality and sustainability of roads across Nigeria. Speaking with reporters at Ilara-Mokin in Ifedore…
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target=_blank>Geregu Power Grows Revenue To N184.94bn, Assets Hit N305bn In FY 2025
Geregu Power Plc has reported a solid financial performance for the year ended December 31, 2025, marked by strong revenue growth, improved operating profit and a significantly expanded balance sheet, according to its audited financial statements. The power generation company recorded revenue of N184.94 billion in 2025, representing a 34.8 per cent increase from N137.13…
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target=_blank>Afriwood Studios To Resume 2026 Operations
…Expands Focus On Original African IP Afriwood Studios, an African-led creative company, has announced it will officially resume operations for 2026 on Monday, January 19, 2026, as the studio strengthens its long-term plan to grow original African intellectual property (IP) across comics, graphic novels, animation, films, and other screen concepts. The studio said the resumption…
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target=_blank>Nigerian Army Denies Mutiny Threats
The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports alleging threats of mutiny by soldiers over salaries and allowances, describing the claims as false, misleading, and deliberately sensational. In a statement issued on January 19, 2026 and signed by Colonel Appolonia Anele, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, the Army said the online publication, reportedly circulated by Sahara Reporters,…
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target=_blank>IPOB Denies Involvement In Enugu Police Officers’ Murder
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reiterated its peaceful strategy in pursuing its agenda with regard to the recent killing of two police officers in Enugu, insisting that IPOB and ESN operatives do not target Nigeria Security Forces. The group described as “Misinformation and fabricated propaganda spread by the Nigerian government and its compromised…
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target=_blank>Dele Alake Re-Elected Chairman Of Africa Minerals Strategy Group
Nigeria’s Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has been re-elected as Chairman of the Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG), expressing gratitude to his fellow African ministers for the renewed confidence in his leadership. Alake said he was first elected in 2024 at the Future Minerals Forum, while the renewed mandate was granted during…
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target=_blank>Tinubu Mourns Kano Business Leader, Abdulaziz, Condemns Murder Of Woman, Six Children
President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of renowned Kano businessman and community leader, Bature Abdulaziz, describing his passing as a loss to Kano State and Nigeria’s business community. Abdulaziz, who died over the weekend in Kano, was the National President of the Harmonised Traders Association of Nigeria and played a prominent role in several…
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