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* The Punch:

Atiku battles to avert PDP’s collapse, Wike’s loyalists threaten defection

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2023 general election has worsened with the loyalists of the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike threatening to leave the party if their principal (Wike) defects.

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* $1 Natural gas sold to Portugal in 2022, says NNPC.

The  Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Thursday said it had sold over $1bn worth of natural gas to Portugal this year.

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* North-West APC in crucial meeting over VP slot.

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* Daily Post

EDUCATION ASUU strike: NLC moves to force FG, lecturers to resolve issues immediately.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says it will embark on one-day nationwide protest to compel the Federal Government to find immediate resolutions to contending issues with education sector unions.

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* Army confirms killing of unspecified number of soldiers in Niger massacre.

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the attack in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State by bandits who killed scores of security operatives, including soldiers and police.

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* The Nation:

Buhari cautions Diaspora Nigerian against inciting people at home.

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* Labour plans one-day protest on ASUU strike.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its affiliate bodies to mobilise for a one-day strike next week over the lingering strike by university-based unions, including the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU).

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* The Cable:

Ekweremadu appears before UK court as prosecutor insists ‘kidney donor’ is 15.

Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, on Thursday appeared before the Uxbridge Magistrate Court, UK, for his trial on alleged organ harvesting.

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* Ortom: 14 out of 17 members of PDP panel preferred Wike as VP candidate.

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, says 14 out of 17 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) panel preferred Nyesom Wike as the vice-presidential candidate of the party.

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PM News:

Lagos Speaker, INEC lament poor PVC collection, voter apathy.

Ahead of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has appealed to qualified residents of the State not to only register, but ensure that they vote.

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ThisDay

* There Will Be No Cheating, Irregularities in 2023 Census, NPC Assures.

The Federal Commissioner, National Population Commission (NPC), Prof. Jimoh Isah has assured the people of Kogi State that towns, villages andsmall communities or group of people  would not be cheated during the forthcoming national census in 2023.Isah gave this assurance while speaking at the stakeholders’ advocacy/sensitisation meeting on the trial and forth coming census which took place at Idah Local government area of Kogi State yesterday.

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