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Sanwo-Olu Vows To Campaign For Tinubu Across 36 States, FCT Ahead Of 2027 Election

NewsDeskNgSep 9, 2026September 9, 20260

Sanwo-Olu pledges nationwide campaign for Tinubu’s re-election as Hamzat seeks violence-free polls and Obanikoro urges APC unity ahead of 2027. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday , at an interfaith prayer session, pledged to take the campaign for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election beyond Lagos, promising to make himself available to...

Adebayo Says Four Years Enough To Transform Nigeria, Promises N200 Petrol, 75,000MW Power Under SDP

NewsDeskNgSep 9, 2026September 9, 20260

SDP presidential candidate Adewole Adebayo says four years is enough to transform Nigeria, promising cheaper petrol, expanded power and security. The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the 2027 general elections, Adewole Adebayo, on Tuesday challenged Nigerians to reject what he described as the country’s “politics of comedy and...

TCN Declares Force Majeure After Storm Collapses Kainji-Birnin Kebbi Transmission Tower

NewsDeskNgSep 9, 2026September 9, 20260

TCN declares force majeure after severe weather collapses a transmission tower, disrupting bulk electricity supply along the Kainji-Birnin Kebbi corridor. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has declared a force majeure event on the 330kV Kainji-Birnin Kebbi transmission line following the collapse of a transmission tower along the corridor. TCN, in a...

Enugu Palm Firm Begins Commercial Production, Commits $2.2m To Refinery And Industrial Expansion

NewsDeskNgSep 9, 2026September 9, 20260

Enugu United Palm Products begins commercial palm oil production as it invests $2.2m in refining and industrial expansion. As Enugu State pushes ahead with its agenda of reviving its abandoned palm plantations, the Enugu United Palm Products Limited (UPPL), has commenced commercial production of palm oil for the Nigerian market....

Contractor’s Remediation Barge, Not Nembe Exploration, Behind Bayelsa Oil Spill, Sources Say

NewsDeskNgSep 9, 2026September 9, 20260

Sources say a contractor’s remediation barge caused the Nembe Creek spill, distancing Nembe Exploration from the incident and liability. Fresh facts into the circa August 22 oil spill at the Nembe Creek facility emerged Tuesday, indicating that Nembe Exploration and Production Limited may not have been responsible for the incident. Sources familiar with the...

FG Returned One Million Out-of-School Children To Class In 20 Months, Says Alausa

NewsDeskNgSep 9, 2026September 9, 20260

Education Minister Tunji Alausa says Nigerian government interventions have returned more than one million out-of-school children to classrooms in the past 20 months. The federal government said it had returned more than one million out-of-school children to the classroom in the last 20 months. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa,...

Heathrow Suspends Arrivals As UK Air Traffic Failure Disrupts 1,000 Flights

NewsDeskNgSep 9, 2026September 9, 20260

Heathrow suspended arrivals after an air traffic control failure disrupted more than 1,000 flights and stranded passengers across Britain. More than 1,000 flights have been cancelled across Britain after an air traffic control system failure caused widespread disruption at airports, leaving thousands of passengers stranded for hours. The problem affected...

ASUU Demands ₦8bn Arrears, Tells Nasarawa Governor Sule To Review NSUK Funding

NewsDeskNgSep 9, 2026September 9, 20260

ASUU says NSUK lecturers are owed over ₦8bn and warns its strike will continue unless Nasarawa Government provides settlement framework. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nasarawa State University, Keffi NSUK, branch, has appealed Nasarawa state governor Abdulllahi Sule to urgently intervene and review the University’s funding arrangement and...

The Marabout Trap: Inside Datti Baba-Ahmed’s Political Delusion

NewsDeskNgSep 8, 2026September 8, 20260

By Mahmud Muhammad, Ph.D (inview) One would expect Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed to still be resting and reflecting. He should be in a sober retreat, learning the brutal lessons of the 2023 presidential election. There, Nigerians overwhelmingly rejected the Labour Party’s cocktail of noise without structure, arrogance without numbers, and social...

NSCIA Alleges Underlying Religious Bias in El-Rufai’s Prosecutions

NewsDeskNgSep 8, 2026September 8, 20260

NSCIA has raised concerns over alleged religious bias in Nasir El-Rufai’s prosecutions, warning against weaponising public institutions for sectarian interests. The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has raised concerns over what it described as “an extraneous involvement of an underlying religious bias” in the ongoing prosecutions of former...