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JUST IN: Ogun confirms two foreign nationals killed in crash involving Anthony Joshua
The Ogun State Government has confirmed that two people who died in a road accident involving world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, were foreign nationals. In a statement issued on Monday and signed by Kayode Akinmade, Special Adviser to the Governor on Information and Strategy, the government expressed profound condolences to the families, friends, and associates of the victims. The…
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AFCON: Super Eagles to play best third-placed team in Groups A, B or F
The Super Eagles of Nigeria could face either Mozambique, Zambia or Angola in the Round of 16 of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. With six points from their opening two matches, the Super Eagles are strong favourites to finish top of Group C and will conclude their group campaign against Uganda on Tuesday, December 30, needing only…
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Tax reform will lift aviation business, not hurt airlines, FG responds to Air Peace boss
The Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee has said the newly introduced tax laws will ease, rather than worsen, the long-standing cost pressures facing Nigeria’s aviation industry. In a statement released on Monday by it’s chairman, Taiwo Oyedele, the committee acknowledged the challenges confronting airlines, particularly the burden of multiple taxes, levies and regulatory charges, and noted that engagements…
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‘Oba of Benin stoops low’, Obaseki condemns abduction of cousin
Former Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has condemned the abduction of his cousin, Dr Pedro Obaseki, describing the incident as an act that shows the Oba of Benin had “stooped low” by allegedly allowing the palace to be linked to such violence. Dr Pedro Obaseki was reportedly attacked and abducted at gunpoint by armed thugs at Uwa Primary School in…
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Winfred Ndidi reveals reason behind goal celebration vs Tunisia
By Tosin Omojola – Super Eagles captain Winfred Ndidi has explained his style of celebration after scoring the team’s first goal in the game against Tunisia. Nigeria defeated Tunisia 3-2 last Saturday in a Group C match at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, with Ndidi heading in the second goal. The former Leicester City star celebrated…
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Ekiti Rainbow Coalition emerges ahead of 2026 governorship poll
By Boye Oyeyemi – Ahead of the June 20, 2026 governorship election in Ekiti State, opposition political parties have formed a platform known as the Ekiti Rainbow Coalition to present a single candidate against the incumbent administration. Chairman of the coalition, Mr Owoola Daramola, who is also the governorship candidate of the Young People’s Party (YPP), said the alliance was…
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Wike blasts Makinde over $1 million claim, PDP convention squabble
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister and former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has taken aim at Governor Seyi Makinde, accusing him of hypocrisy over his business success and recalling a long-running dispute over access to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) structures. Speaking on Monday during a media chat in Port Harcourt, Wike criticised Makinde for highlighting the $1 million he allegedly…
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No, Nigerian air fares are not the cheapest – they are the most punished, by Dipo Kehinde
When Air Peace Chairman and CEO, Allen Onyema, recently appeared on Arise TV and declared that “Nigerians are paying the cheapest domestic air fares in the world… a one-hour flight costs over $400 abroad, but in Nigeria, we still have tickets for ₦125,000 (less than $60)”, the statement landed like a thunderbolt. Not because it was liberating, but because it…
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Ajia receives traditional title in Abia, pledges community service
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin – Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Ajia, a former House of Representatives candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections in KWARA State, has been conferred with the prestigious traditional title Nwanne Ukwu Di Na Mba by His Royal Highness, Eze J. Osoka Agwu, the Aba-Ukwu of Amaba-Ukwu Item, in Bende Local Government Area…
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December travel rush, not taxes, behind rising airfares — NCAA
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has dismissed claims that high domestic airfares are caused by multiple government taxes, insisting that airlines do not pay the levies often cited and that recent price increases are the result of demand-and-supply dynamics. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the NCAA, Michael Achimugu, said allegations that domestic airlines pay as…
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