BREAKING: APC Deputy Chairman dies in Lafia

The Deputy Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State, Hon. Aliyu Yakubu Barde, is dead. Family members confirmed that he died on Tuesday in Lafia in a brief illness. His burial has been scheduled to take place in his hometown, Wamba, following Islamic rites. The State Secretary …

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Tyler Robinson charged with murder, faces death penalty

Utah prosecutors have formally charged the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Tyler Robinson, with aggravated murder and intend to seek the death penalty if he is convicted. Robinson, 22, was charged on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. Robinson is accused of firing the single rifle shot from a rooftop …

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Tinubu urges religious leaders to champion peace

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has urged religious leaders to keep promoting interfaith harmony and reconciliation in communities divided by conflict. Tinubu made the appeal at the opening of the Second Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) on Sunday in Ikot Ekpene. Represented by the Secretary to the …

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LASTMA intercepts hit-and-run driver as pedestrian dies

A Nissan Jeep, registration number KJA 354 ET, was intercepted after hitting a pedestrian and attempting to flee at Ogudu flyover bridge, inward Ifako, Lagos. The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Sunday. Bakare-Oki explained …

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Foreign Affairs minister pushes for policy renewal

THE Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has stressed the need to advance Nigeria’s foreign policy practice and scholarship, to strengthen the nation’s global standing. Tuggar made this known in a statement on Sunday by Kimiebi Ebienfa, spokesperson of the ministry, following his guest lecture at the Nigerian Institute …

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Nigeria seeks support for IMO council bid

THE Federal Government has appealed for support in its International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council bid, stressing Nigeria’s ports remain vital trade gateways in Central and West Africa. Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, stated this on Saturday in a release signed by his Special Adviser on Media …

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