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Gov Otti Moves To End Culture Of Honouring Questionable Characters
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Gov Otti Moves To End Culture Of Honouring Questionable Characters

The Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has faulted the practice of honouring outstanding individuals only after their death, insisting that people of integrity and genuine accomplishments should be celebrated while alive. Speaking at the 90th birthday celebration of Emeritus Professor Benson Oluikpe in Umuahia, Governor Otti said his administration was working to dismantle what he described as a culture of celebrating fraudsters, drug barons and other questionable characters.

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Portugal raises citizenship wait to 10 years for Nigerians, Indians, Pakistanis
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Portugal raises citizenship wait to 10 years for Nigerians, Indians, Pakistanis

The new regime, under Organic Law No. 1/2026, raised the qualifying period from five years to 10 years for nationals of Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and other non-EU, non-Portuguese-speaking countries. Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum, AIMA, figures also show over 242,000 residents from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh and more than 263,000 from Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe at the end of 2025.

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2027: Tension mounts in Oyo over suspension of two LG Chairmen in 24 hours
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2027: Tension mounts in Oyo over suspension of two LG Chairmen in 24 hours

By Adeola Badru Political tension is mounting in the Ogbomoso zone of Oyo State following the suspension of two local government chairmen within 24 hours over alleged financial impropriety, amid questions about the political undertone of the unfolding developments ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Chairman of Oriire Local Government, Olateju Michael Alabi, was suspended by councillors of the council on Monday, while his counterpart in Surulere Local Government, Isaiah Adegbite, who is serving his second term in office, was also suspended by the legislative arm on Tuesday.

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2027: If elected, there may be no politician in my cabinet – Duke
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2027: If elected, there may be no politician in my cabinet – Duke

*Says Nigeria needs best hands, not political compensation Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, presidential candidate, Donald Duke, has given an indication of the kind of government he would run if elected president in 2027. Duke, who was former governor of Cross Rive State, said the depth of the country’s problems demanded a government organised around competence and delivery rather than political accommodation, patronage or calculations about another election.

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Atiku slams Tinubu over retired police officers’ pension crisis

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has again accused President Bola Tinubu of abandoning retired police officers to a failing pension system, despite their years of service protecting Nigerians. Atiku said it was unacceptable that officers who risked their lives to keep the country safe now had to stage daily protests at the National Pension Commission, PenCom, to demand the benefits they earned in service.

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PDP Petitions IGP Over Alleged Harassment, Killing Of Members In Ebonyi
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PDP Petitions IGP Over Alleged Harassment, Killing Of Members In Ebonyi

The leadership of the peoples democratic party (PDP) has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, over alleged harassment and killing of members in Ebonyi State. Chairman of the PDP state chairmen forum, Austin Nwachukwu, disclosed this at a meeting with the national working committee in Abuja, on Tuesday.

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N70,000 Transport Allowance Saga: ‘You can’t lead TUC from abroad,’ Ajaero tells Osifo
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N70,000 Transport Allowance Saga: ‘You can’t lead TUC from abroad,’ Ajaero tells Osifo

*’Ajaero doesn’t understand Labour negotiations,’ Osifo retorts By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Kafayat Kokumo The rift between the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has deepened following fresh accusations by NLC President, Joe Ajaero, that his TUC counterpart, Festus Osifo, is undermining the collective struggle of Nigerian workers. Usifo reacts In a swift reaction, President of TUC, Festus Osifo, disagreed with the stance of Joe Ajaero, maintaining, among others, that the NLC cannot negotiate the salaries and allowances of TUC members in the public…

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Shabana Mahmood has barely softened her plans – Britain’s immigration regime is now a theatre of cruelty
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Shabana Mahmood has barely softened her plans – Britain’s immigration regime is now a theatre of cruelty

The home secretary’s reforms merely reinforce the lie that migrants are to blame for all of the UK’s problems Five years ago, Shabana Mahmood called for a “general amnesty” for undocumented migrants. The standard wait for refugees who claim asylum in Britain outside designated resettlement routes will be 20 years, four times the usual five-year qualifying period in Germany, Spain and Italy.

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₦70, 000 transport intervention: 3 unions disown JNPSNC, back TUC
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₦70, 000 transport intervention: 3 unions disown JNPSNC, back TUC

In a joint statement issued on 1 November 2026 and signed by Comrades Kayode Alakija, President of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies (SSASCGOC); John Alli, President of the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI); and Dr. Kamal Ibrahim, President of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), the unions said they were neither consulted nor invited to any meeting where the issues in the JNPSNC statement were discussed. While expressing their…

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‘Mogging’ Tops ‘Firewave’ As Collins’ Word Of The Year
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‘Mogging’ Tops ‘Firewave’ As Collins’ Word Of The Year

“Mogging”, a word meaning to outshine someone, often in appearance, was crowned word of the year by Collins English Dictionary on Tuesday, beating “firewave” and “ghost jobs”. Also in contention was Manchesterism, the political philosophy associated by Andy Burnham, who became the UK’s prime minister this summer after a dramatic takeover, and fricy, food that is both fruity and spicy.

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Political rivalry and the rising cost of politics in Ghana
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Political rivalry and the rising cost of politics in Ghana

Daily Graphic reported in June 2017 that only seven of 25 registered parties had submitted financial statements by the EC’s May 2016 deadline, with the NDC and NPP submitting late. CitizenGhana Movement subsequently secured a High Court order in February 2018 requiring publication of party accounts.

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Sokoto SSANU begins warning strike over unpaid entitlements
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Sokoto SSANU begins warning strike over unpaid entitlements

….Union threatens indefinite shutdown if demands remain unmet By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO — The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Sokoto State University (SSU) chapter, has commenced a five-working-day warning strike over outstanding staff entitlements, threatening an indefinite shutdown if the dispute with the Sokoto State Government is not resolved. Following the engagements, the state government constituted a committee comprising the Commissioner for Higher Education, the Permanent Secretary, the Deputy Accountant-General and Professor Mustapha Aliyu to…

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Ogun 2027: Adebutu dismisses exclusion from INEC list
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Ogun 2027: Adebutu dismisses exclusion from INEC list

……receives over 1,000 APC defectors into PDP in Ogun By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun State, Hon. Adebutu spoke on Monday while receiving more than 1,000 defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) into the PDP at the party’s State Secretariat in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

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