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Two years on, still massaging insecurity By Alabi Williams
Jun 17, 2025 That story of a retired Army Major, Joe Ajayi, found dead after he was kidnapped from his…
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Abia Govt. to launch 25-year ‘Greater Aba Master Plan’
By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Umuahia, June 16, 2025 The Abia Government says it will soon launch a 25-year Greater Aba Master…
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N/Delta philanthropist, Kojo Sam, donates ₦50m to 100 Bayelsa women
The Managing Director of Kojo Sam Logistics and Labrador Security Services, Dr Kojo Sam, has donated N50 million to 100…
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Business and Economy
How N5bn bail bond signed by Fidelity boss was confused as bribe
Fidelity Bank has dismissed reports alleging that its Managing Director (MD), Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, paid N5 billion in bribes to avoid…
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Africa
Afreximbank acts as global coordinator, mandated lead arranger for $1.6bn facility for Suriname’s Staatsolie
CAIRO, Egypt, June 16, 2025 African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has acted as global coordinator and joint mandated lead arranger for…
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Business and Economy
Dangote Refinery offers transport-free deliveries of PMS, Diesel, Aviation fuel to all marketers, petrol dealers
.…Analysts say the initiative will reduce inflation, create jobs A recent initiative by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, which includes the…
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TD Africa, HP reignite strategic partnership to drive Africa’s tech future
TD Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa’s foremost technology distributor, took a bold step toward strengthening almost three decades of collaboration by hosting…
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Benue crisis: Tinubu charges security chiefs; Tasks Gov. Alia
President Bola Tinubu has directed security chiefs to implement his earlier directive to bring lasting peace and security to Benue…
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Lessons of Mokwa’s disaster By Dakuku Peterside
When the clouds gathered above Mokwa at the start of the 2025 rainy season, no one reached for a weather…
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CJN, other eminent Nigerians present as burial rites of Justice Galumje’s wife, Zeporah, begin in Abuja
….We promised each other till death do us part, husband The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Kudirat Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun, led…
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Farewell, Olori Solape Abolarin By Festus Adedayo
For the well-respected monarch, the Orangun of Oke Ila in Osun State, Oba Dokun Abolarin, what philosophers mean by the…
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Faith
Pope Leo prays for victims of deadly attack in Nigeria
On Sunday, June 15, 2025, Pope Leo prayed for the people who died in what he called a “terrible massacre”…
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Youths defy heavy security to protest killings in Benue
Scores of determined youths took to the streets of Makurdi on Sunday, boldly defying a heavy security presence to protest…
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Business and Economy
NIMASA, Korea shake hands for maritime capacity development
The Consul General of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Nigeria, Mr. Lee Sang-ho, has paid a courtesy…
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Local
Plans to replace VP Shettima in 2027 unsettles North East APC… Meeting ends in rancour
Àttah Willies, Gombe The North East consultative stakeholders meeting in Gombe on Sunday, expected to endorse President Bola Ahmed Tinubu…
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Lead Story
Dangote deploys 4,000 CNG tankers to enhance distribution network nationwide for PMS, diesel
.…Offer open to marketers, petrol dealers, manufacturers, telecoms firms, aviation and other large users Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced the…
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June 12 wounds and Nigeria’s search for closure By Festus Adedayo
Antjie Krog is a South African writer, academic and broadcaster. As a radio journalist with the South African Broadcasting Corporation,…
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June 12: How well has our ‘democracy’ fared? By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.ccom 0705 263 1058 ‘Those of us at The PUNCH newspapers were completely blotted out; yet, we stood and fought…
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Namimg and renaming: What is in a name? By Obike Ukoh
Naming and renaming public institutions and events are global trends. Most of the time, the naming follow due process, and…
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Macron urges Iran to release French nationals, resume nuclear talks amid regional tensions
French President, Emmanuel Macron, has called on Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to immediately release two French citizens, Cécile Kohler and…
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Supreme Court to critics: Stop the lies, respect the Bench
The Supreme Court has once again issued a strong warning against what it considers the spread of false and misleading…
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ICAN gets new leadership in Sokoto, commits to innovation
Ganiyu Mustapha, ICAN Chairman, Sokoto and District Society signing the oath of office under the supervision of Ibrahim Alkali ICON…
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New Jersey’s Hudson County has been invaded…by geese!
By Isiah Christie With summer comes wildlife. And Jersey City residents, used to technology, industry, and architecture – are realizing…
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Arts & Entertainment
Neutrality or advocacy: The impossible choice for Nigerian journalists in a failing state By Dr. Akin Olaniyan
“Comment is free, but facts are sacred. “Propaganda,” so called, by this means is hateful” – CP Scott In trivialising…
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Arts & Entertainment
Abiola’s daughter lauds Tinubu over posthumous honour to mum
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, June 13, 2025 Hafsat Abiola, daughter of the late winner of the annulled June 12, 1993…
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