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Ogun Assembly clear ex-Speaker Oluomo of embezzlement allegation

By : Jolayemi Olajide Ogun State House of Assembly don clear former Speaker Olakunle Oluomo of allegation say e embezzle money, as lawmakers pass resolution for Tuesday. Deputy Speaker Lateefat Bolanle Ajayi present di report before di House after Oluomo earlier submit motion on March 31, 2026, asking lawmakers to clear im name. Lawmakers adopt di report through voice vote after Hon. Yusuf Amosun support di motion. Di report say […]

July 22, 2026 16

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Gunmen Attack Benue Village, Kill 15-Year-Old Boy

By: Esther Daniel Gunmen don attack Olahimu village for Ugboju District, Otukpo LGA of Benue State on Monday around 7:00am, kill one 15-year-old boy, Muhammad Isiyaku. Di attack leave one pesin missing and dem report say hundred of cattle don disappear as restulers tif dem, as residents abandon dia homes over fear of more attacks. According to the family, di attackers target cattle belong to late Ardo Risku Muhammad family, […]

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Police burst pipeline vandal syndicate, arrest seven suspects for Adamawa

By : Jolayemi Olajide Police don arrest seven people wey dey vandalise NNPC pipelines for Adamawa State. Police tok for statement on Wednesday say officers recover 285 pieces of vandalised pipelines during di operation. Police say dem stop one J5 bus wey carry di pipelines for Yola-Numan Road after intelligence report. Investigation still dey continue as police dey find other people wey join for di crime.

July 22, 2026 13

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ICPC uncover 908 ghost workers, recover N942 million

By : Jolayemi Olajide ICPC don uncover 908 ghost workers for over 50 federal MDAs and recover about N942 million wey dem allegedly pay through fake salary scheme after investigation begin for 2024. ICPC Chairman Musa Aliyu siddun tuk say di probe start after commission notice mago mago for pension payments and expose payroll fraud. Aliyu allege say some senior public officials put dia relatives and associates for government payroll […]

July 22, 2026 17

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Boko Haram release obituary for media operative wey soldiers kill

By : Jolayemi Olajide Boko Haram don release obituary video for dia media operative, Abu Salim al-Barnawi, wey Nigerian troops kill during failed attack on military base for Borno State last week. Operation HADIN KAI Acting Media Information Officer, Captain Mohammed Goni, siddun tuk on Wednesday say terrorists lose dia cameraman during di fierce battle for Lake Chad Basin. According to Goni, al-Barnawi bin dey lead attacks into Cameroon before […]

July 22, 2026 20

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former Taraba Deputy Gov Tell Atiku, Obi Make Dem Join APC

By: Esther Daniel Former Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Armayau Abubakar, don call on opposition leaders like Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi make dem support President Bola Tinubu and join di All Progressives Congress (APC). Abubakar make di call on Tuesday for Abuja, where e talk say Nigeria no suppose get opposition at dis time because di APC government don achieve enough to compare with oda political parties. According […]

July 22, 2026 36

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Dalung Say Tinubu Dey Work Hard to Lose 2027 Election

By: Esther Daniel Former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, don tuk say oga Bola Tinubu dey "work very hard" to lose di 2027 presidential election because of di economic hardship and insecurity wey Nigerians dey face. Dalung make di statement on Tuesday through im X account, wia e argue say gornments no dey lose election because opposition strong pass, but because dem lose touch with di people. According to am, […]

July 22, 2026 16

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Fake doctor wey collect N500,000 for fake UCTH job don land police net

By : Jolayemi Olajide Cross River Police don arrest 39-year-old Udeme Emmanuel Ekpeme for allegedly posing as medical doctor and collecting N500,000 from one woman to help her children get job for UCTH after she report di matter. Police tuk, tuk, ASP Sunday Eitokpah, put for statement on Tuesday for Calabar say di suspect deceive di woman by claiming say e be doctor and fit arrange di jobs. Police say […]

July 22, 2026 14

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Benjamin Kalu Office Deny N1bn Church Instrument Budget Tori

By: Esther Daniel Nor be small tin, na everyday money dey vanish, like dis Office of Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, don deny report, which be say dem N1 billion for 2026 budget for music instrument, say na fat lie. For statement wey Chief Press Secreto Levinus Nwabughiogu release on Wednesday, di office tok say di report na anyhow, yamayam tuk. According to di statement, di actual […]

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