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Tragedy has struck again in Plateau State as suspected gunmen have reportedly killed no fewer than 13 people in a fresh attack on Ngbra Zongo community, Kwall District, Bassa Local Government Area. The accident, which occurred in the early hours of Friday, threw the community into panic, leaving several residents with varying degrees of injuries. One resident, Philip Alanga, told …

Six gubernatorial aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Yobe State have rejected alleged support for a consensus candidate ahead of the 2027 gubernatorial election. They insisted that the process violated the provisions of the Electoral Act and the party constitution, and passed a motion of no confidence in the state APC Chairman Alh. Mohammed Gadaka, accused him of …

### Article rewritten: **CBN Foreign Subsidiaries Settlement Causes $1.92 Trillion Loss on NGX** By Taiye Olayemi Lagos, May 7, 2026 (NAN) – The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX) ended Thursday’s session in the red, with investors losing a total of 1.92 trillion naira amid sell-offs in banking and cement stocks. This decline came in reaction to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s …

Businessman and politician, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, has officially declared his interest in becoming president of Nigeria in 2027 by selecting the presidential nomination form of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). With this move, he became the first presidential candidate to opt for the party’s presidential nomination form which was handed over to him on Thursday evening at the ADC National Secretariat …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has set July 2 for the continuation of hearing in a suit brought by a passenger, Mr Amechi Michael, against British Airways⁠ over the alleged disappearance of hand luggage. At the resumption of hearing of the matter, the complainant, Mr. Amechi Michael, was cross-examined by the defense lawyer, Mr. John Godwin, the memory holder …

Former Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the 9th National Assembly, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, on Thursday, submitted his nomination form for a chance to return to the Senate. The former lawmaker wants to return to the upper house of the legislature on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections to represent Delta Central Senatorial …

The Kano State Government has expressed displeasure over the activities of private loan vendors in the state following the illegal deduction of N1.8 billion from the salaries of civil servants by the vendors. As a result, the agency directed the immediate suspension of further loan contracts between civil servants and private vendors, and established an executive committee to recover the …

WAEC must not be held hostage by opportunist trade unionism, by Adebayo Rhodes The threat of industrial action recently launched by the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions against the management of the West African Examinations Council raises serious questions, not just about employment relationships, but about institutional accountability, timing and the wider national interest. At a time …

OpenAI has introduced three new audio models for its Realtime API, marking a major step forward in the development of voice-powered artificial intelligence applications. The new models — GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate, and GPT-Realtime-Whisper — are designed to help developers build AI systems capable of understanding, responding, translating, and transcribing speech in real-time. Leading the launch is GPT-Realtime-2, a voice model powered …

The prolonged leadership crisis that has rocked the Okewaye Ruling House of Ado-Odo, Ogun State, has been resolved following a consensus judgment of the Ogun State High Court sitting in Idi-Oke. PLATFORM TIMES reports that the court has adopted the terms of the settlement in case no. HCI/19/2024, establishing Prince (Chief) Sulaimon Babatunde Adedimeji as the substantive Olori-Ebi (Head) of …