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Day: October 26, 2026

Omitted candidates: PDP, ADC, NDC, LP meet INEC’s condition

•INEC to clarify omitted candidate’s status this week By Henry Umoru, John Alechenu, Luminous Jannamike & Emma Una ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has met the Independent National Electoral Commission’s, INEC, October 24 deadline for correcting the names of candidates omitted from its published list, the party’s National Organising Secretary, Captain Umar Bature,…

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Soldiers earn peanuts, APC youth leader flaunts billion-naira SUVs — Utomi

Professor Pat Utomi has criticised the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the distribution of luxury sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to selected youth leaders, contrasting the expenditure with what he described as poor salaries paid to Nigerian soldiers. Utomi, a chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), said it was troubling that an APC youth leader…

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‘We are not bandits’ – Herdsmen; want 30% of agric budget, 417 grazing reserves

By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA Pastoralist groups have rejected the profiling of Fulani pastoralists as bandits and called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately declare a national dialogue on farmer-herder conflicts, following what they say are the killings of hundreds of pastoralists in recent months. At a news conference on Sunday in Abuja, President of Kautal…

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Health hazzard: Fruit vendors use laundry detergents to sparkle produce for profit

By Elizabeth Adegbesan A disturbing new trend is fast gaining ground across major open-air food markets, sparking urgent public health warnings and triggering widespread panic among consumers.  Read Also: Unhealthy profit: Fish vendors now using dye to fake freshness  Economy&Lifestyle findings revealed that several local fruit vendors are systematically washing their produce with synthetic laundry…

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IPoB alleges secret transfer of 68 detainees 

By Steve Oko UMUAHIA—The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, has alleged that 68 detained Biafrans were secretly transferred from Wawa Barracks to correctional facilities in Kuje, Keffi and Suleja, accusing the Federal Government of using the justice system to prolong the detention of its members. The group also alleged that the Court of Appeal had…

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