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Wike Accuses Rivers Political Leaders Of Misleading Fubara

There has been political tension in Rivers State due to intense exchanges between Messrs Fubara and Wike in recent times. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that some political leaders are misleading Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, amid rising political tension in the south-southern state. Mr Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, disclosed …

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Tinubu Appoints First Female DG Of Nigerian Law School

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Olugbemisola Titilayo Odusote as the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School. A statement by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, stated that the appointment takes effect on January 10, 2026, for a four-year term. Dr Odusote, 54, is currently the Deputy Director-General and Head of the Lagos Campus and will become the …

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Venezuela Tense As Europe Pushes Back On Trump’s Greenland Claims

Venezuela remains on edge following the capture of ousted leader Nicolás Maduro. Security forces were seen patrolling the streets, and gunfire and anti-aircraft fire were reported over the capital of Caracas overnight. A Venezuelan ministry spokesperson said “no confrontation occurred.” Sigue nuestra cobertura en español. Renewed focus on Greenland: Leaders from major European powers expressed support for Greenland and Denmark …

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Edo: We Paid Ransom For Our Children’s Release Says Abducted Twins Family

BENIN CITY – Contrary to the claums of the police in Edo State that they were rescued, the family of the twins who were abducted after their father was killed in Okpella, Etsako East local government area have faulted claims by the Edo State Police Command that the twins were rescued unhurt. The twins were abducted on December 11, 2025 …

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Replacement Of FIRS With NRS Will Overhaul Revenue Administration – Adedeji

Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) says its replacement with the defunct Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will overhaul the architecture of the country’s revenue administration. The Executive Chairman of NRS, Dr Zacch Adedeji, said this in a television interview monitored from Abuja. The provision of the recently enacted tax reform laws changes the nomenclature of the country’s apex tax authority from …

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Who’s Who In Maduro Case: The Judge, Prosecutors And Defense Lawyers Now Facing Off

Nicolás Maduro, the former far-left leader of Venezuela captured in a U.S. special forces operation over the weekend along with his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in court Monday on federal narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and firearms charges. The case has drawn comparisons to the similar downfall of Panama dictator Manuel Noriega in the 1980s and appears to illustrate a reorganization of …

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Kidnappers Kill One Of Abducted Two Brothers, Leave Other, A Medical Doctor In Captivity

enin, Edo Nigeria – Kidnappers who recently abducted two brothers have reportedly killed the younger one, while the elder, a medical doctor, remains in captivity. The deceased, Tahir Abu, was found dead by a riverbank during a bush-combing operation conducted at the weekend by a joint team of police officers, soldiers, local vigilantes and hunters. Sources said the family was …

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St. John Neumann, Promoter Of Catholic Education In The U.S., Is Celebrated Today

Every Jan. 5 the Church celebrates the feast of St. John Neumann, Redemptorist missionary, fourth bishop of the city of Philadelphia, and organizer of the first Catholic education network in the U.S. John Nepomucene Neumann was born in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic, in 1811. He attended school in Budweis and years later, in 1831, entered the seminary in that …

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Maduro Says ‘I Was Captured’ As He Pleads Not Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges

NEW YORK (AP) — A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself the “president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty on Monday to the federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from power. “I was captured,” Maduro said in Spanish as translated by a courtroom reporter before being cut off …

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Durojaiye Takes Charge Of Sovereign Trust Insurance

ucas Durojaiye, the former General Manager of Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc has been appointed as the company’s new Managing Director. Durojaiye’s appointment followed the retirement of the company’s immediate past Managing Director, Mr. Olaotan Soyinka. The company disclosed the appointment in a notice to the Nigerian Exchange Ltd., stating that it takes immediate effect after receiving the approvals of the …

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