The Renewed Hope Partners (RHP) spokesperson, Elton Onwu, has alleged that the sealing of its South East headquarters in Umuahia was aimed at undermining Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, and his promotion of President Bola Tinubu’s programmes in the region. The office, located at 36 Ojike Street, was sealed over alleged

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Major-General Elias Njoku (retd), Interim Chairman of the Association of Licensed Private Security Practitioners of Nigeria (ALPSAN), has stated that Nigeria is not yet ready to allow private citizens to bear arms for self-protection, despite the country’s rising insecurity. Njoku emphasized that the proliferation of small arms and light weapons has worsened security challenges and

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The Edo State Government has stepped up efforts to combat substance abuse among youths with a statewide campus sensitization tour. The campaign, “Shine Above Drug Abuse,” is being led by Hon. Andrew Efe, Senior Special Assistant on Drug and Illicit Control to Governor Monday Okpebholo. The tour has visited institutions across the three senatorial districts,

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned operators and manufacturers in the Kano Free Trade Zone against producing substandard goods that could damage Nigeria’s global rating. The agency’s Kano Coordinator, Kassim Ibrahim, spoke during a two-day investors’ meeting themed: “Strengthening partnership for efficient service delivery in the Free Trade

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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has terminated the 13-kilometre Apo-Karshi road contract previously awarded to Kakatar Engineering Ltd in 2011. The project has now been reassigned to SCC, with work already underway. FCT Minister Nyesom Wike disclosed this after inspecting ongoing road projects in Karu, Gishiri, and the dualisation of the Outer Southern Expressway

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has lowered the pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS) at its retail outlets in Lagos and Abuja. A survey on Thursday showed that petrol now sells for N900 per litre in Lagos, down from N910, and N940 per litre in Abuja, down from N945. The price reduction

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West African leaders have suspended Guinea-Bissau from all ECOWAS decision-making bodies following a military coup on November 26, 2025, demanding the immediate restoration of constitutional rule. The Extraordinary Session of ECOWAS’ Mediation and Security Council (MSC), chaired by Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio, met virtually with leaders and senior officials from member states, the

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The Bauchi State Government has declared Friday, November 28, 2025, a work-free day to honour the late Islamic scholar, Dahiru Usman-Bauchi, who passed away on Thursday. The announcement was made by Mukhtar Gidado, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Governor Bala Mohammed. The state government said the decision allows public and private sector workers,

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Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu, has called on the people of the South-East to adopt peaceful dialogue as a means of addressing the recent imprisonment of Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking at the 14th Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Memorial Day at the Ojukwu Memorial Library in Owerri on Wednesday, Ojukwu stressed that while

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Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has declared that he would resign from office if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu fails to win Edo State in the 2027 presidential election. The governor made the statement during an interview with veteran journalist Babajide Otitoju, asserting that the political climate in Edo now overwhelmingly favors Tinubu. “Asiwaju (Tinubu)

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