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lucky-wap-ams.op-mobile.opera.com | Timothy Beck Werth
By Timothy Beck Werth Timothy Beck Werth Tech Editor Timothy Beck Werth is the Tech Editor at Mashable, where he leads coverage and assignments for the Tech and Shopping verticals. Tim has over 15 years of experience as a journalist and editor, and he has particular experience covering and testing consumer technology, smart home gadgets, and men’s grooming and style products.
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lucky-wap-ams.op-mobile.opera.com | Dapo Akinrefon |Omeiza Ajayi |Peter Duru |John Alechenu
By Dapo Akinrefon, Omeiza Ajayi, Peter Duru, John Alechenu, Luminous Jannamike, Jeff Agbodo MAKURDI — Hundreds of internally displaced persons, IDPs, from Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, yesterday, cried out over their poor feeding and living conditions. They staged a peaceful protest in Makurdi, over alleged food shortages at their temporary shelter.
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lucky-wap-ams.op-mobile.opera.com | Eric Teniola
More than 40 warplanes and 1,000 personnel from four nations are taking part in a major multinational air combat exercise to “re-establish credible deterrence and sharpen warfighting capabilities” against Russia. Normally, the annual Atlantic Trident exercise involves just Britain, the US and France. But this year it is taking place in Finland, which shares a vast 800-mile land border with Russia.
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lucky-wap-ams.op-mobile.opera.com | Eric Teniola
PDP’s June 30 NEC Meeting ThreatenedThe planned June 30 National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is under threat due to the party’s ongoing leadership crisis. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised concerns over the legitimacy of the meeting notification, stating it did not bear the mandatory joint signatures of both the party's National Chairman and National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu.
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2 weeks ago | 
lucky-wap-ams.op-mobile.opera.com | Owei Lakemfa
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred the prestigious national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. The announcement was made during the president’s Democracy Day address to a joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday in Abuja.
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lucky-wap-ams.op-mobile.opera.com | Dapo Akinrefon |Johnbosco Agbakwuru |Luminous Jannamike
By Dapo Akinrefon, Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — Following the position taken by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, and some concerned stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that the party’s 2027 presidential ticket should be zoned to the south, party leaders yesterday expressed divergent views over the position.
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lucky-wap-ams.op-mobile.opera.com | Dakuku Peterside
Kogi West Senator, Sunday Karimi, has raised alarm over the increasing cases of kidnapping in his constituency, describing the situation as a siege orchestrated by criminals. Mr Karimi, in a statement on Monday, lamented the deteriorating security situation in his senatorial district, stating that residents now live in constant fear.
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2 weeks ago | 
lucky-wap-ams.op-mobile.opera.com | Reuben Abati
[[{“value”:”Nigerians woke up to the delightful news, Monday morning, that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, currently on Sallah vacation in Lagos, had decided, following entreaties from interested and concerned parties, to forgive his political godson, with whom there had been a frosty relationship for months. The political godson is Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu, the sitting Governor of The post Sin no more, Sanwoolu, By Reuben Abati appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.”}]]
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lucky-wap-ams.op-mobile.opera.com | Wole Olaoye
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, is overseeing a police force that is being fuelled by corruption due to the complete absence of statutory allocations for the first two quarters of this year. Several senior officers within the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) told SaharaReporters that, so far in 2025, no funds have been released for the routine operations of commands and departments, describing it as an unprecedented situation in the NPF’s history.
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lucky-wap-ams.op-mobile.opera.com | Dele Sobowale
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, a Lagos-based socio-political organisation, South West Political Renaissance Group (SWPRG) has said it would support the re-election of President Bola Tinubu and the return of former governor of the state, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, for a second term. The group said President Tinubu had demonstrated that he is prepared to lead the country to massive wealth creation, economic growth and national unity.