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These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Akeredolu resumes duty after three-month medical vacation in Germany The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Friday resumed duty after a medical vacation in Germany.Read more 2. Tribunal sacks APC senator, declares ex-Gov Suswam winner of Benue North election The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi …

Israel has released 39 Palestinian prisoners held in the Jewish state. This followed the release of 17 hostages by the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, in a deal brokered by the Qatari government. The hostages – 14 Israelis and three other foreign nationals – have been handed over to the Red Cross. The Israeli prison service confirmed the release of the …

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, will on Monday deliver judgment on the appeal challenging Governor Ahmed Aliyu’s victory in the Sokoto State governorship election. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship in the state, Sai’du Umar, challenged Aliyu’s victory in the election over alleged irregularities and non-compliance with the electoral act in the conduct of the election by the Independent National …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday took a swipe at the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his remark on President Bola Tinubu. The former Anambra State governor had in a press conference earlier on Wednesday in Abuja, asked the president to come clean on his academic certificate and other unresolved issues on his identity. He urged Tinubu …

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday, dismissed a letter claiming that she came under attack for visiting President Bola Tinubu. Okonjo-Iweala visited Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. The meeting was the first between the pair since June when they came together at a leadership summit hosted by the French President, Emmanuel …

Apamisede community in Adavi local government area of Kogi state was on Wednesday thrown into confusion as a boy of eight years old was  buried alive for stealing the sum one thousand naira (N1000) belonging to  his mother. According to eyewitness account, the mother of the boy directed her eldest son of 19 years to punish the boy for stealing …

The Federal Government has concluded an arrangement for commercialisation of dams in the country’s 12 river basins. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, disclosed this shortly after inspecting the Tiga dam in Bebeji local government area of Kano State on Wednesday. He said the move was to ensure the dams generate more revenues for the federal …

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called for calm amongst his supporters popularly known as OBIDIENTS. Obi made this appeal on Saturday, through a lengthy post on X (formerly known as Twitter). On Wednesday, the tribunal struck out the various charges filed by Peter Obi and the LP, challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February …

The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Sunday, urged the residents to pray and seek divine intervention on the lingering insecurity in the state. Lawal made the call in a message at the opening of the state’s 27th Quranic recitation competition in Gusau. Terrorists on Friday abducted 110 from Mutunji in the Maru local government area of the state. The …

The Kogi State government has queried the Ohimeghe-Igu of Koton-Karfe, Alhaji Abdulrazak Isa-Koto, over his alleged involvement in politics. In a letter dated November 22, 2023, and signed by the state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Salami Momodu Ozigi Deedeat, the government stressed that the monarch’s involvement in politics in his domain led to the death of a …