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BREAKING: #OsunDecides2026: Adeleke scores highest votes, set to be declared winner
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Osun 2026: Full list of LGs Adeleke, Oyebamiji won so far
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Osun decides: Davido calls out Bamidele, Faleke, over alleged move to upturn election results
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Osun decides: ‘Fadahunsi ole’ – Youths chant at INEC headquarters [VIDEO]
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Osun decides: Residents chant as APC govs reportedly leave collation centre [VIDEO]
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Osun decides: No guarantee INEC, APC won’t change results if voters sleep – Atiku’s aide
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Osun decides: Adeleke leads as INEC uploads over 96 per cent of election results to IReV
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Imo govt bans street trading, illegal parks on major roads
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Hackers target DHQ’s social media account, military raises alarm
Uba said the military detected an unauthorised attempt to compromise the account and immediately activated technical measures to secure it and prevent further access.
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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Sunday morning
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Osun Decides: Adeleke takes unassailable lead as INEC announces results from 25 LGAs
The figures give Adeleke a 67,335-vote lead over Oyebamiji with results from only five LGAs remaining to be announced.
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Police recover unexploded grenade from Maiduguri drainage
Following the report, Commissioner of Police Naziru Abdulmajid directed operatives of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal–Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Base 13 to proceed to the location.
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South Korean president proposes talks to officially end war with North Korea
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Breaking: Winner finally emerges in Adeleke vs Oyebamiji's race in Akande's LG
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Electoral Infidels!
Anyone against the universal brotherhood of humankind and the secularism of multicultural Nigeria is an infidel. So is anyone who canvasses for bloodletting as a campaign tool or the required red carpet to line the route to gory electoral victory. In my books, both Sheikh Yahaya Jingir and Senator Francis Fadahunsi fit the bill. First, […]
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SEC Bans Capital Market From Dealing With North Korea, Iran
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has banned capital market firms from conducting business with North Korea and Iran as part of new anti‑money‑laundering and counter‑terrorism financing measures. The regulator also expanded its crypto sandbox by admitting three more virtual asset service providers, bringing the total in the Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Programme to 14. In […]
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‘I’m going to die’, engineer who killed wife wrote before dying by suicide
The deceased have been identified as 32-year-old Sumanth, a civil engineering graduate from Dakshina Kannada, and his 29-year-old wife Padmavathi, a software professional from Hubballi.
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PwC Flags Ambiguities In Virtual Assets Tax Rules
PwC Nigeria have said Nigeria’s new tax guidelines for virtual assets provide welcome clarity but leave practical and legal uncertainties that could complicate compliance for taxpayers and service providers. In a tax alert titled “Taxing the intangible: A critical analysis of the NRS guidelines on taxation of virtual assets”, the firm welcomed the Nigeria Revenue […]
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French press body demands action against Google AI summaries
The French press association said the AI overview has triggered a drop in internet traffic to original news articles. The post French press body demands action against Google AI summaries appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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Bonny Light Nears $95 As Strait Of Hormuz Tensions Keep Markets Wary
Bonny Light — Nigeria’s benchmark light, sweet crude — traded close to $95 a barrel on Friday as persistent geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and worries over the Strait of Hormuz kept global energy markets on edge. Brent rose roughly 6.5 per cent during the session while European gas prices climbed just under nine […]
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NNPC, ExxonMobil Meet As Usan Infill Work Begins On OML 138
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited) has engaged ExxonMobil on boosting deepwater output and pursuing further offshore investments, weeks after work began on the US$1 billion Usan Infill Project in Oil Mining Lease 138. The group chief executive officer of NNPC Limited, Engr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari, received a delegation from ExxonMobil led by […]
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Fake Schengen Visas Surge As Nigerian Passengers Abscond During Morocco Transit
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has raised the alarm over a sharp increase in the use of fake Schengen visa stamps by passengers travelling to Europe, with some Nigerians allegedly absconding during transit in Morocco. The director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the NCAA, Michael Achimugu, disclosed this while explaining some of the […]
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Five Towers On Ikot Abasi–eket 132kv Line Collapsed After Severe Vandalism
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed the collapse of five transmission towers on the Ikot Abasi–Eket 132kV double‑circuit line after vandals removed key structural components, forcing a reconfiguration of the local network and threatening further outages. The damage was discovered during a routine joint line patrol by TCN linesmen on August 9, 2026, […]
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CIBN Tasks Banks On MSME Financing
The new capital base of Nigerian banks has provided a stronger capital buffer for the industry, but lenders must now deploy the fresh capital more strategically to support micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and drive economic growth, the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has said. President and chairman of Council, CIBN, Dr […]
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Apapa Customs Hit Record N323bn Revenue In July, Credit Reforms, Forex Stability
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has recorded its highest-ever monthly revenue collection of N323 billion in July 2026, with the Area Controller, Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba, attributing the feat to ongoing reforms, improved compliance, operational efficiency and relative stability in the foreign exchange market. The latest figure surpasses the Command’s previous record of […]
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AI-driven Cyber-Attacks Jump 56%, Breaches Now Cost $6.04m — IBM
AI-driven cyberattacks rose sharply over the past year, with more than one in four organisations reporting malicious incidents linked to artificial intelligence, IBM says. In its 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report, technology firm IBM found that AI-enabled attacks increased 56 per cent year-on-year and now carry a markedly higher price tag. The average […]
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Osun: The mourning after
Speaking after an infrastructure inspection, Governor Ademola Adeleke openly backed President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid. He warmly referred to him as “our own son, father and leader.” He went further to declare: “I am the governor of the ancestral birthplace of Mr President. The post Osun: The mourning after appeared first on Tribune Online.
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APC’s Bisi Akande loses Ila LG to Adeleke
The founding chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has lost his Ila local government area to the candidate of the Accord Party, Governor Ademola Adeleke.  The post APC’s Bisi Akande loses Ila LG to Adeleke appeared first on Tribune Online.
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Yari’s $750m Investment Under Scrutiny
On paper, at least, Zamfara is one of the poorest states in Nigeria. There is ample evidence to make such an assertion. Available development indices from the state, the Bureau of Statistics, and even international institutions point in that direction. From life expectancy to safety and the fear of encountering violence, or simply the number […]
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Truck Crushes 2 Brothers To Death At Palmwine Joint
A tipper truck has crushed two brothers to death at a Palm Wine Joint along Erhuwaren Road in Kiagbodo town, Burutu local government area of Delta State. Kiagbodo is the home of the former leader of the South-South, Chief Edwin Clark. According to an eyewitness, the killer truck veered off the road and crushed the […]
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Osun Decides 2026: Adeleke coasting home to massive victory after 20 LGAs
In Ede North, Adeleke recorded an emphatic 35,427 votes, compared with Oyebamiji's 10,283, giving the Accord candidate a margin of 25,144 votes.
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Former NIPSS DG, Muhammad-Bande Turbaned Baraden Besse
The former director-general of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Prof Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, has been  conferred the traditional title of Baraden Besse (District Head of Besse) by the Gwandu Emirate Council of Kebbi State. The Emirate said the turbaning is in recognition of his distinguished contributions to Nigeria and the international community. […]
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Omisore’s bombshell memoir and Babafemi’s prophecy
Last Sunday, Senator Iyiola Omisore and I had a fairly lengthy conversation about Nigeria and her politics. He had read my column of penultimate Sunday on the political crisis in Kaduna between House of Representatives Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, and Governor Uba Sani and engaged with me on the issues. The post Omisore’s bombshell memoir and Babafemi’s prophecy appeared first on Tribune Online.
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Mbah Moves To Tackle Medical Tourism
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has undertaken a tour of the Enugu International Hospital, targeting large share of medical tourism. The governor disclosed that the hospital was now fully installed with state-of-the-art medical equipment and would help to reverse medical tourism out of the country, ensuring that the state secures a large chunk of […]
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Troops Foil ISWAP Attack On Borno Military Base, Neutralise Terrorists
By TARKAA DAVID, Abuja and FRANCIS OKOYE, Maiduguri The Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai, have repelled an Islamic State West African Province incursion into its forward operating base in Borno State. A statement by the acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters, Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai, Captain Mohammed Goni said […]
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