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Murder trial: I found Ataga in pool of blood, says Chidinma

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Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the murder of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Michael Ataga, on Thursday, told a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square how she discovered Ataga’s lifeless body in a Lekki short-let apartment on June 15, 2021. Testifying before Justice Yetunde Adesanya, the former 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos said she had returned from buying food and juice, knocked on the apartment door and, receiving no response, pushed it open to find blood on the floor and Ataga lying in…

Epileptic electricity: FG to inject 1,900MW solar power into grid

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•Govt sets 8,000MW power goal by 2027, taps private sector for grid expansion The Federal Government has revealed plans to construct modular solar power plants with a combined capacity of 1,900 megawatts for the 19 northern states, as part of efforts to boost renewable energy adoption and expand the national grid. It also disclosed its target to generate and distribute about 8,000MW of electricity before the end of President Bola Tinubu’s first term in office in 2027. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, announced this during the sixth edition of…

Insecurity: Be alive to your duties, PDP tells Aiyedatiwa

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The Peoples Democratic Party, Ondo State chapter has urged Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to be alive to his duties of safeguarding the lives and property of residents of the state. The party’s state director of media and publicity, Mr Leye Igbabo, stated this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Akure. Igbabo said that the party was alarmed by the alleged ceaseless killings of hapless residents of the state by gunmen. He said that victims of such killings were lawfully engaging in their daily activities needed to bring food to their…

2027: Atiku bloc defies PDP govs over coalition talks

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has insisted that a coalition remains the only way to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election. Atiku argued against the position of 11 Peoples Democratic Party governors, who distanced the party from the proposed coalition being championed by the former vice president. Rising from their meeting in Ibadan on Monday, the PDP Governors’ Forum, chaired by Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, announced that the party would not participate in any coalition or merger. On March 20, Atiku, who contested the 2023 presidential election…

U-20 AFCON: Flying Eagles face North African test in Egypt

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Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will begin their quest for an eighth continental title against Tunisia, Kenya, and Morocco in Group B of the 2025 U-20 AFCON in Egypt. The group-stage draw, conducted on Sunday at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Cairo, officially signalled the start of the 18th edition of the tournament that has long served as a launchpad for some of Africa’s finest football talents. Running from April 27 to May 18, this year’s championship will feature 13 teams divided across three groups, Group A with five teams, while Groups…

Police sack officer who killed one, injured two in Calabar

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The Cross River State Police Command has dismissed an officer, Inspector Effiong Bassey, who killed one person and injured two others in Calabar, the state capital. The state police spokesman, Irene Ugbo, confirmed the dismissal in a statement on Monday, saying Bassey had been charged to court and remanded at the Afokang Correctional Centre. She said “The Police Officer has been duly dismissed, charged to court and remanded at Afokang Correctional Centre. We visited the deceased family on the same day and also went to the University of Calabar Teaching…

TCN restores power to Bayelsa, Rivers after vandalised line repair

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The Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN  has restored bulk electricity supply to Bayelsa and parts of Rivers State following the repair of its vandalised 132kV Owerri–Ahoada transmission line TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said that the line was connected to the grid on April 11 at about 6 p.m. Mbah said that the connection followed the completion of the reconstruction efforts on the line due to a vandalisation that caused the collapse of four transmission towers. ”With this restoration, the…

Presidency dismisses US court order on Tinubu, Atiku differs

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The Presidency on Sunday dismissed any notion of fresh revelations emerging from a United States court order directing the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration to release files on President Bola Tinubu’s past investigation. It insisted that the records, which date back to a drug trafficking investigation in Chicago from the early 1990s, have been publicly available for over three decades and posed no fresh concerns for the President. This followed a ruling by Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC, who instructed…

Plateau killings: IG orders deployment of assets, tactical squads

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The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the immediate and comprehensive deployment of police tactical assets to troubling communities in Plateau State. In a statement on Wednesday morning, the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the deployment was in response to the series of attacks and killings that have plagued some communities in Bokkos Local Government Area since March 28. Adejobi said the decisive action underscores the Nigeria Police Force’s resolve to restoring peace, ensuring the safety and security of all residents, and bringing perpetrators of these heinous…

Plateau killings genocidal, sponsored — Mutfwang

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The Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, has described the recent killings in the state as genocidal, alleging that they were sponsored. Recall that at least 52 people, including children, were killed on March 28, 2025, following suspected herders’ attacks on communities in the Bokkos and Bassa Local Government Areas and surrounding areas of the state. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Muftwang, outraged by the killings, attributed the attacks to unidentified terrorist groups. He stated that the assault on Plateau State is being sponsored and is aimed…