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BREAKING: Taraba State Police Command gets permanent Headquarters after 34 years

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“My mother sold akara and bananas. I carried bananas on my head to the market in Jos”

— Sunday Dare on recent remarks by First Lady Remi Tinubu

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Tony Elumelu: “I decided not to buy a car and saved the money to acquire a property. Today, this is my fourth private jet that I’m flying… I wouldn’t have been a billionaire without God”

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JUST IN: The FG has told banks & other financial companies to stop people accused of sponsoring terrorists from using their money.

This means their bank accounts & properties will be frozen while investigations continue, so the money cannot be used or accessed.

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Tinubu Sends State Police Bill to Senate

Tinubu submitted a constitutional amendment bill for state police. Senate to consider it tomorrow; states pledged same-day review once received.

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The package, marked confidential and addressed to him, was allegedly delivered by a dispatch rider and handed to Alebiosu by his security staff. Inside, he reportedly found two live bullets with no letter or note to identify the sender.

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BREAKING: Lagos State Commissioner of Police says First Bank MD Oluwasegun Alebiosu received an envelope containing two live bullets at his residence.

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A student who received ₦1 million for graduating with a First Class under Peter Obi’s administration in Anambra later met him in Rome and is now doing well in the U.S.

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Consultation: June 19 – July 9, 2026.

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NCC begins consultation on free data for students to access approved learning platforms. Zero-Rated Data Access Project targets digital exclusion.

Options: free portal or whitelisted sites. Eligibility for SS/tertiary, public schools, all students, or everyone.

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IED blast under parked Toyota Sienna at 22 Wey St, Oke Mushin, Lagos ∼6am Mon. Owner injured, hospitalized. Police say device was planted. Area now safe.

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WIKE: Let me use this opportunity, Mr. President, to congratulate your party (APC) for winning Saturday's bye-election and also congratulate my party (PDP) for maintaining the opposition."

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Scholarship arrears from 2021-2026 also cleared.

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Katsina Gov Dikko Radda approves automatic employment for all indigenes who graduate with first-class degrees from any accredited institution in Nigeria.

Policy previously covered only Katsina-based schools. Now extended nationwide.

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P. Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe to serve as the chairman of the governing board of the National Universities Commission (NUC).

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Kemi Badenoch on Starmer’s resignation: “Britain is not ungovernable. Keir Starmer is a terrible Prime Minister. But the problem isn’t just Starmer. We need the @Conservatives to get Britain working again.”

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Sunday Igboho warns that Yoruba people collaborating with Fulani groups in kidnapping will be killed.

He says there are Yorubas aiding Fulani kidnappers in Yoruba land and he will kill any Yoruba person supporting or conniving with them.

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Court orders Sowore remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre pending hearing of motion to stay bail revocation. Judge dismissed recusal application and adjourned case to Wednesday, June 24. Sowore faces SSS charges over social media posts calling President Tinubu "a criminal"

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JUST IN: INEC declares Dayo Faduyile of the APC as the winner of Ondo South senatorial by-election in Ondo State after polling 68,474 votes.

Total votes:
APC - 68,474 votes
APM - 1,411 votes
APP - 213 votes
BP - 70 votes

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INEC declares APC’s Biodun Oyebanji winner of Ekiti gov poll with 319,224 votes. He defeated PDP’s Oludeye 40,543 + ADC’s Bejide 12,872, winning all 16 LGAs. First Ekiti gov re-elected for 2nd term.