Here is today’s edition of our daily newspaper summary you can’t afford to miss.
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Arsenal sent shockwaves through European football on Wednesday night after edging Real Madrid 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu in a dramatic UEFA Champions League knockout clash.
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Renowned human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to urgently restore security in Plateau and Benue states, which have witnessed persistent attacks and killings by armed groups.
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Former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has submitted a formal petition to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), calling for the arrest and prosecution of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over alleged defamatory statements made against him.
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Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced another downward review of its petrol price, reducing the gantry price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to N835 per litre.
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A court in Peru has handed down a 15-year prison sentence to former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, after finding them guilty of money laundering in connection to a major corruption case involving Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.
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The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has invalidated the removal of Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker of the State House of Assembly.
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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) is preparing to cease its operations in Nigeria, a move confirmed by Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Professor Nentawe Goshwe.
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Comrade Atiku Abubakar Isah, the current President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has accused Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and a rival factional leader, Ladoja Olusola, of masterminding his abduction in Abuja.
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has declared that the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) is “dead” and predicted that Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, will soon return to the ruling party.
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Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has strongly criticized President Bola Tinubu’s administration, accusing it of incompetence, favoritism, and abandoning the core values that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was founded upon.