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Police arrest three suspected kidnappers in Osun, recover ammunition
The Osun State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of an interstate kidnapping syndicate and recovered a locally fabricated automatic gun with three live cartridges during operations in the state. The suspects were identified as Umaru Adamu, Nasir Yahya, 21, and Umar Yahya, 24. The command, in a statement on Wednesday, also announced plans to inaugurate its Violent Crime…
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Infrastructure: The roads ahead — by Umo Eno
I have always believed that if you want to understand a people, you start with the roads that connect them. That is why, since the day I took office on May 29, 2023, I have made it a point to visit and examine our roads. Not just for commissioning and speeches, but to walk the asphalt while it is still…
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FG launches Net-Zero Investment Plan, reaffirms commitment to climate action
The Federal Government has launched Nigeria’s Net-Zero Investment Plan (NZIP) and reaffirmed its commitment to climate action and environmental protection, with a target of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2060 while promoting sustainable economic growth. The plan was launched in Abuja on Wednesday by the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, in the presence of the…
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Femi Gbajabiamila: From Surulere to centre of power — by Onome Amawhe
In every presidency, there are offices that attract ceremony and offices that carry consequence. The Chief of Staff belongs firmly to the second category. It is not an elective office. It does not carry the public theatre of cabinet rank, legislative debate or campaign rallies. Yet, in the architecture of presidential power, it is one of the most consequential rooms…
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Osun 2026: Group demands neutrality from INEC, security agencies ahead of election
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo –The Chairman of the Civil Society Matters Committee of the Imole Campaign Council, Hon. Funmiso Babarinde, has called on stakeholders to hold the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) accountable for the conduct of free, fair and credible elections ahead of the Osun governorship poll.Speaking during an interactive session organised by the committee with civil societies and…
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China confirms it will buy 200 Boeing jets after Trump-Xi summit
Trump’s trip to China produced several pledges on trade between the world’s two biggest economies China has confirmed that it will buy 200 Boeing jets after US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met in Beijing last week. Under the deal, the US will provide China with supply guarantees for aircraft engine parts and components, China’s Commerce…
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Sowore and the politics of consequence-free dissent — by Stephen Okoroafor
Omoyele Sowore has spent much of his public life presenting himself as a permanent victim of power. Every confrontation with authority becomes persecution, every court appearance becomes a stage, and every allegation against him becomes proof that the state fears his voice. That routine has served him for years, but recent proceedings before the Federal High Court in Abuja have…
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NDLEA arrests Nigerian-Mexican meth cartel, seizes N480bn drugs in Ogun forest
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled a major Nigerian-Mexican methamphetamine cartel, arresting its alleged kingpin, three Mexican nationals and six other suspects in coordinated operations across Ogun and Lagos states. The operation led to the discovery and shutdown of what the agency described as the largest clandestine meth laboratory ever uncovered in Nigeria, hidden inside a forest…
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US and Israel planned to install Ahmadinejad as Iranian leader, NYT says
The United States and Israel went into war on Iran intending to replace the regime’s leadership with hardline former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, The New York Times reported. Quoting US officials who were briefed on the “audacious plan”, the newspaper said things “quickly went awry”, and Ahmadinejad’s “current whereabouts and condition are unknown”. After the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US…
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Russia is losing in Ukraine. Xi has noticed — Trump should too
During talks last week with President Donald Trump in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly remarked that Vladimir Putin might one day regret invading Ukraine. The new trends on the battlefield suggest he’s right. That offers a new chance for Trump’s diplomacy to end the war—but with a different approach than what he’s tried before. Putin had hoped that 2026…
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