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    Day: May 11, 2026

    Shettima, Obasanjo Expected at 2026 Southern Kaduna Festival

    May 11, 2026 (updated May 11, 2026) Published by Standard Focus

    By Musa Abubakar Vice President Kashim Shettima and former President Olusegun Obasanjo are expected to attend the 2026 edition of the Southern Kaduna Festival (SKFEST), slated for May 28 to May 30 in Kafanchan. The organisers, the Southern Kaduna Leadership Council, disclosed this in a statement signed by the Chairman of the Central Planning Committee, Rear Admiral Ferguson Bobai. According... Read more

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    Suspected Gunmen kill UNIBEN Student, Injure Two Others

    May 11, 2026 (updated May 11, 2026) Published by Standard Focus

    By Halima Abubakar BENIN CITY - TRAGEDY struck at the main gate of the University of Benin, as a yet-to-identified person suspected to be a University was shot dead by masked gunmen in his GLK Mercedes Benz while driving out of the main gate of the campus at Ugbowo on Sunday evening. The vehicle was marked Lagos AAA 601 HT... Read more

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    APC Screening Committee Fails to Clear 63 Rivers Assembly Aspirants Linked to Fubara

    May 11, 2026 (updated May 11, 2026) Published by Standard Focus

    By Andrew Emmanuel The political camp of Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has been unsettled following the outcome of the screening exercise conducted by the All Progressives Congress, APC, for aspirants seeking to contest the State House of Assembly election. The APC Screening Committee for the Rivers State House of Assembly carried out the exercise at the party’s secretariat... Read more

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