A 50-year-old man, identified as Modu Isa, has been rescued after attempting to take his own life in Bama, Borno State. Naija News reports that the incident was disclosed by a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst, Zagazola Makama, in a post on his 𝕏 handle on Saturday. According to Makama, the event occurred on Friday […]
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One of the states gogverned by the opposition PDP, Osun, will declare a public holiday in August. Legit.ng has noted the date the holiday will fall on.
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Loyalists of the National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, have raised the alarm over what they described as a sinister plot to eliminate him. Speaking under the Aregbesola-endorsed Omoluabi Progressives, the group alleged that the former Minister of Interior had become the target of “assassination politics.” “In recent weeks, we have
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Veteran Nollywood actor, Clem Ohameze, has debunked reports circulating on social media that he is battling a stroke and has been abandoned by his children. In a video obtained on Saturday, the 60-year-old actor dismissed the viral claims, describing them as false and malicious. Ohameze confirmed that both the Nigeria Police and the Department of
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President, Ijaw National Congress (INC), Professor Benjamin Okaba, has urged the 215 host communities along the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) to give full support to Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL), the surveillance firm securing oil pipelines on the Eastern corridor in the Niger-Delta. Okaba, who spoke yesterday at a stakeholders meeting, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the polling unit of the Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, during Saturday’s Garki-Babura Federal Constituency bye-election in Jigawa State. Naija News reports that the election took place at polling unit 001 of Babura Kofar Arewa Primary School, where the minister, a
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Chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral Matters, Senator Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli, has delivered his polling unit to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s bye-election for Ibadan North Federal Constituency. The lawmaker, who represents the Oyo South Senatorial District, voted at Unit 022, Ward 3, in the Oke Aremo area. According to the official
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Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Sunday, 17th August, 2025. 1. Security Forces Arrest Most Wanted Ansaru Leader, Abu Baraa Nigeria’s security forces have arrested the most wanted leader of the Ansaru terrorist group, Abu Baraa, who allegedly masterminded several high-profile attacks in the country.
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•President Bola Tinubu now stands at a crossroads By Olufemi Aduwo The recent ruling of the Canadian Federal Court, upheld by Justice Phuong Ngo, categorising Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a political party whose conduct mirrors the intimidation, coercion and fear-mongering associated with proscribed groups, is a sobering moment in the country’s political
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) lost to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the polling unit 001 of the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru…
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