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THE PAPER AND THE ROAD Nigeria signed N690.8 billion in road contracts this week while OPEC confirmed the active rig count fell 41.7 per cent in a single month, from 17 rigs to 12. THE BAIL THAT DIDN’T WORK A Federal High Court granted El-Rufai N100 million...
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THE SAME NAMES The APC senatorial primaries confirmed Akpabio, Lawan, Oshiomhole, and Kalu as 2027 candidates, with Uzodimma beating Okorocha 230,464 to 1,098, showing the same governing class selecting itself for another cycle. THE ABYSS Nigeria’s development...
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THE 72,000 Yahaya Bello won the APC Kogi Central senatorial primary with 72,399 votes while his EFCC money laundering trial remained active, defeating two rivals who gathered a combined 507 votes. THE SORT The APC ran nationwide senatorial primaries on Monday,...
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THE FOREST IS STILL OPEN Gunmen abducted 45 students and teachers in Oyo on Friday while Boko Haram took 42 children in Borno the same day, with a school principal filming a plea from captivity. NINE DAYS Seventeen police officers killed in a terrorist attack on the...
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THE HOSPITAL RAID EFCC operatives stormed the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital on Tuesday, arrested Professor Eyo Ekpe, Akwa Ibom’s only cardiothoracic surgeon, fired teargas inside the premises, and triggered an indefinite doctors’ strike and a ₦1...
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CONVICTED. SENTENCED. NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. A federal court sentenced former Power Minister Saleh Mamman to 75 years for stealing N33.8 billion from hydroelectric power projects, convicted in absentia, with Interpol ordered to find him. THE SPEECH AND THE LOAN Tinubu...