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Year: 2026

Video: Fire guts building at Alaba Suru, Mile 2 Axis, Lagos

A fire outbreak on Saturday night gutted a building at Alaba Suru, just after Eleganza along the Mile 2 corridor in Lagos, causing panic among residents and motorists in the area. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said the incident occurred at about 9:05 p.m., prompting its officers to immediately alert the Lagos State…

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Battle For Awujale: Ogun speaks on purported suspension of Ijebu chiefs

•Title holder wants corruption allegation probed By James Ogunnaike Ogun State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, in collaboration with Ijebu Ode Local Government, has debunked reports circulating on social media claiming that three prominent traditional chiefs in Ijebu land have been suspended from the Council of Chiefs. A statement jointly signed by the…

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Only ‘Leg’ Found: Family rejects ‘accident’ claim as police probe missing woman in Epe

By Esther Onyegbula Three months after 25-year-old Miss Comfort Uwakwe left her Lagos home to visit her boyfriend in Epe, her family and kinsmen are in a state of uncertainty, as questions continue to multiply over her disappearance and handling of the case by security agencies. Comfort, a native of Owalla Autonomous Community in Owerri…

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Edo Govt, PDP renew hostility over Gov Okpebholo’s proposed airline

Edo State Government and the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state have renewed their verbal hostility over the former’s planned establishment of a State-owned Airline. DAILY POST reports that the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo had during a meeting with the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo on…

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New tax law alterations resulted from executive rascality – Reps member, Ogene

Chairman of the House Minority Caucus Ad-hoc Committee, Afam Ogene, has said that alteration in the gazetted copy of the new tax law resulted from executive rascality. Ogene made this affirmation on Friday while fielding questions in an interview on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST. According to him, over-zealousness of some officials on the…

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Wall Street intends to stay open around the clock

The closing and opening bells of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) may become a ringing ritual of yesteryear, as the market moves toward nonstop trading. Read Also: The Blue Economy: What is this phrase we keep hearing about?, by Stephanie Shaakaa This week, the Intercontinental Exchange announced it is developing a platform for 24/7 operations…

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Situationship: Love in limbo, by Stephanie Shaakaa

There was a time when relationships came with names. You were either together or you were not. You were courting, dating, engaged, married, or clearly single. Today, we have invented a softer, slipperier word to describe something far more confusing. Situationship. Some say it simply means it is complicated. It sounds harmless, almost playful. It is anything…

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Does democracy belong to the people or only men in power?, by Stephanie Shaakaa

On paper, Nyesom Wike remains a member of the Peoples Democratic Party. In practice, Nigerian politics has long stopped obeying paper. Wike occupies a far more complex and unsettling space, one that exists beyond party boundaries. He is PDP by registration, APC by alignment, and something far more consequential by operation. A former governor who has refused…

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The Blue Economy: What is this phrase we keep hearing about?, by Stephanie Shaakaa

For years, the ocean existed in our national imagination as background noise. It was the road ships travel on, the place fishermen disappear into at dawn, the horizon we photograph and forget. Now, suddenly, it has entered economic conversations. Ministers mention it. Policy papers invoke it. Conferences are organized around it. And the question on the…

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Ukraine, Russia hold second day of direct talks on US plan

Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States will meet in Abu Dhabi on Saturday for the second day of negotiations on a plan being pushed by US President Donald Trump to end the almost four-year-long war. Read Also: Cocaine lab explodes, kills nine The first known direct contact between Ukrainian and Russian officials on…

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