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Huge crowds throng Madrid streets for Pope’s open-air Mass
More than a million people lined the streets of Madrid on Sunday as Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass in the Spanish capital, organisers said. He greeted the crowds as he made his way through the city in his popemobile on the second day of his official visit to the country, with King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia among…
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The rubber-ruler fallacy: Response to price changes under Tinubu — by Tanimu Yakubu
In periods of economic adjustment, citizens naturally judge government performance through the prices they encounter in markets, petrol stations and grocery stores. Those experiences are real and deserve serious attention. Yet sound economic analysis requires more than observing nominal price movements. It requires measuring those changes against the value of the currency itself. When that principle is ignored, misleading conclusions…
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Governor Zulum seeks military support to reopen Baga-Chad waterway
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has intensified efforts to reopen the waterway linking Baga in northern Borno State to the Republic of Chad as part of measures to revive trade, commerce and cross-border cooperation between the two countries. The governor made this known on Saturday during a visit to Baga, where he held a high-level security meeting with military…
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Military rescues 360 abductees in major operation around Mandara Mountains
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, have rescued 360 abductees from a stronghold of the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) terrorist group in the Mandara Mountains area of southern Borno State. The military described the operation as one of the most significant hostage rescue missions conducted in the North-East in recent times. The operation…
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Enugu East endorses Tinubu, Mbah for second term ahead of 2027
Residents of Enugu East Senatorial District on Saturday endorsed President Bola Tinubu and Governor Peter Mbah for a second term in office, pledging massive support for both leaders in the 2027 general elections. The endorsement came during the Ofu Obi Mega Rally held at Okpara Square, Enugu, where political leaders, traditional rulers and residents of the zone gathered to express…
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Hegseth attacks Europe over migration with beach ‘invasion’ D-Day speech
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has criticised European nations over migration for allowing what he described as an “invasion” on their shores, during a D-Day anniversary speech in France. Hegseth was speaking in Normandy 82 years after allied forces stormed French beaches to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe in 1944. “Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies,” Hegseth…
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Not a fodder for politics: Orire abduction & security challenges — by Tunde Rahman
The recent abduction of schoolchildren in Ahoro-Esiele Community, Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State, remains deeply distressing. On May 15, 2026, heartless kidnappers abducted 38 schoolchildren, killing one teacher in a heinous assault on our nation’s security and educational system. The Nigerian Union of Teachers and students across the country have taken to the streets in protest. The action…
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JUST IN: Police rescue ex-minister Adelabu’s sister, twin sons from kidnappers
The Oyo State Police Command has announced the rescue of Mrs Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, younger sister of former Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, and her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul, three days after they were abducted. The victims were rescued alive during a police operation conducted at about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, following sustained intelligence gathering and…
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AbdulRazaq mourns demise of KWASU governing council chairman Prof. Ambali
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has expressed shock and sadness over the death of the chairman of the governing council of Kwara State University (KWASU), Professor AbdulGaniyu Ambali. In a statement issued on Saturday, the governor described the late academic as a towering scholar, outstanding administrator and respected community leader whose contributions to education and society would be remembered for…
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Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg in attack Russia calls ‘unprecedented’
Russian authorities say Ukraine has launched an “unprecedented attack” on and around St Petersburg, as the city hosts the final day of Russia’s annual economic forum. More than 140 drones were shot down over the surrounding Leningrad region, governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said, while the city’s governor, Alexander Beglov, urged residents to remain indoors for the first time since the war…
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