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ADC picks Amaechi as Atiku’s running mate for 2027

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African Democratic Congress, ADC, has named former Rivers State governor and ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as the running mate to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for the 2027 presidential election, completing its presidential ticket, ahead of what is expected to be an intense contest. The announcement pairs two veteran politicians who have occupied some of the country’s highest offices, giving the ADC a ticket the party hopes can broaden its national appeal and strengthen its challenge in the 2027 race. The decision was contained in a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, who said Amaechi emerged after extensive consultations involving party leaders, coalition partners, youth and women stakeholders, and representatives from all geopolitical zones. The party said  Amaechi’s selection followed the conclusion of its presidential primary, where he emerged runner-up and secured what it described as broad support from party ...
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Tomato price’ll crash — Farmers

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TOMATO  farmers have assured Nigerians that tomato prices would crash in October this year. Acting under the auspices of Tomatoes and Orchard Producers Association of Nigeria, TOOPAN, weekend, the farmers said the current demand by those who consumed fresh tomatoes and large industries using the product as raw materials far outstripped the current level of supply. However, in spite of the challenges in the value chain, Nigeria remains the second-largest tomato producer in Africa after Egypt, producing about 1.8 million to 2.3 million metric tonnes annually, with some peak estimates hitting closer to 3.6 million tonnes during optimal harvest years.   President of TOOPAN, Mr Oyeleke Bola, who disclosed this, said: “We will be looking at October 2026, prices will crash by that time.   ‘’October is going to be the next harvesting month, and at that time, there will be huge harvests because a lot of our farmers will be harvesting their tomatoes to complement others, ...
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Gov Okpebholo condemns Sunday kidnap in Benin market, orders probe

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Gov Monday Okpebholo Governor  Monday Okpebholo of Edo State, condemned the Sunday kidnap of a woman while her husband escaped at a Vegetable Market off Airport Road, Benin City in the state. The incident was captured in a CCTV where the assailants alighted from a red vehicle, shot at the tyres of a grey colour vehicle and dragged the driver suspected to be the woman’s husband into their vehicle but he struggled out of the vehicle and ran away while the gunmen pursued him, few seconds after, the gunmen dragged a woman back into their car and sped off. A radio message said to be from the Command Office of the Edo State Security Corps, ESSC, sent an alert to all its formations informing them that the suspected kidnappers were said to be on ESSC uniforms and should stop and search all red colour vehicles, arrest any ESSC personnel not in any unmarked vehicle, any personal in their area that they are not familiar with and take to the nearest police station or the ESSC office. In a stat...
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Kwara monarch dies in kidnapper's den after N18m payment

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Oba Salman Aweda THE traditional ruler of Olayinka community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State,  Oba Salman Aweda , who was kidnapped from his palace by terrorists on April 17, 2026, has been confirmed dead after payment of N18 million ransom, out of the N21 million demanded. It was also gathered that the community had bought two brand new motocycles and provided 100 litres of petrol demanded by the kidnappers, yet he was not released. It was learned that when community people sought to speak with the monarch, the terrorists demanded additional money, at which point they suspected that had died while in their den. Sources said his death was announced in a voice message obtained from a member of a community committee that had been involved in ongoing efforts to secure his freedom. In the audio, the committee member informed residents that multiple interventions by family members, community leaders, clerics and concerned stakeholders had failed to bring the monarch hom...
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I was drugged, forced to sleep with 30 men a day — Teenager

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*Says trusted woman lured her to Lagos... Emotions ran high at the Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, when  a 16-year-old girl, Chidinma, narrated how she was allegedly trafficked from Imo State to Lagos and forced into prostitution for four months, during which she was made to sleep with 30 men daily, beaten repeatedly, and denied payment. The teenager, who said she was originally learning baking in Imo State, told journalists that a woman she trusted lured her to Lagos with the promise of a job. According to the Delta State-born girl, “She never told me the work I was coming to do. She only said, ‘You are coming to serve in the office.’ Upon my arrival at a tall building inside Balogun market in Lagos Island, my madam removed my clothes and left me only with pants. There were other young ladies there. She told us to stand by the door and dragged men inside. She gave me a blue drug that made me disoriented. I  slept  with no fewer than 30 men daily. But sometimes, 60...
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Why court ordered INEC to deregister ADC, Accord, 3 others

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*Atiku, Mark, Adeleke, Sowore fume over verdict, vow to be on ballot *You’re playing with fire, ADC warns Tinubu’s govt *Atiku fingers Tinubu over plot against opposition *Ruling violates Appeal Court order – Adeleke *Our sacred institutions must not be sacrificed on altar of politics – Obi  LEADERS of African Democratic Congress, ADC; Accord and others have condemned the ruling of a Federal High Court ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to de-register their parties and four other parties. While ADC said the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government is playing with fire over alleged de-registration plot, its National Chairman, Senator David Mark, said the opposition party will be on the ballot in 2027, despite the verdict. Also, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, the sole governor of Accord Party in the country said the judgment violated a Court of Appeal order. This was as presidential candidate of African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele So...
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US-Nigeria military partnership has degraded ISIS operations — DHQ

United States Africa Command has said its military cooperation with Nigeria was firmly grounded in respect for Nigerian sovereignty and mutual interest, noting that American forces operate in the country strictly by invitation and within an agreed bilateral framework. AFRICOM’s Director of Public Affairs, Colonel Rebecca Heyse, stated this during an X Space discussion on Tuesday, titled “Strengthening Security Through Strategic Information Sharing: United States and Nigerian Military Partnership Against Terrorism.” Defence headquarters, DHQ, in a swift reaction, said the partnership between both countries had significantly degraded the operational capability of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, and other terrorist groups. Heyse, who was unequivocal that the partnership was not an imposition, said:  “Our operations and cooperation with Nigeria are rooted in fundamental respect for Nigerian sovereignty. We operate strictly by invitation and under the US-Nigeria Joint ...
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