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President Muhammadu Buhari Swears-In Newly Appointed Ministers and Presides over Federal Executive Council Meeting in State House on 6th July 2022 [PHOTO CREDIT: @Buharisallau1]

Buhari approves Seplat’s acquisition of Mobil Nigeria from ExxonMobil

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ANALYSIS: Obstacles, limitations of BRICS expansion

President of the United States of America, Joe Biden. [PHOTO CREDIT: Twitter handle of the POTUS]

US releases new African policy to counter China, Russia

Fomer governors Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame of Plateau and Taraba states

Ex-Governors Dariye, Nyame regain freedom

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Ondo State Amotekun

Amotekun intercepts 320 suspected invaders ‘coming from the north’

Pyrates: Soyinka condemns group’s viral video mocking Tinubu

Oluwatobiloba Amusan

Commonwealth Games: Amusan speaks after record-breaking outing in Birmingham

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State

Why Lagos electorate will re-elect me in 2023 – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Okada ban has reduced traffic robbery, accidents – Sanwo-Olu

Groups in Uyo protesting the jailing of rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong

Group organises #FreeInibeheEffiong protest in Uyo

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Buhari’s nephew who threatened to destroy APC leaves party

President Muhammadu Buhari [PHOTO CREDIT: @Buharisallau1]

Buhari appoints ex-Kano lawmaker as SA on National Assembly

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Man kills creditor to avoid repaying loan – Police

Enugu State governor Ugwanyi [Photo Credit: Catholic Diocese of Nnsukka

Enugu beats 35 other states in primary healthcare delivery in Nigeria

A former governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun and the current governor Dapo Abiodun.

APC wades into Amosun, Abiodun’s face-off

Jos Custodial Centre [PHOTO: The Guardian]

Police re-arrest Jos prison escapee, 25 other suspects

NDLEA arrests pastor with three drums of hard drugs

Suspected arms peddlers arrested at a community along Nigeria-Cameroon border

NIS arrests suspected arms peddlers along Nigeria-Cameroon border

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Bandits and Security Threats

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How leader of terror gang, wives were killed in Katsina air raid

Women replanting mangroves in Yaataah community

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Facing oil pollution with little govt attention, Niger Delta residents begin replanting mangroves

Nigerian youths on a queue at the Old Parade Ground in Abuja to get registered.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Crowds disappear at CVR centres after clamour forces INEC to extend registration deadline

The portraits Mr Isa's children killed by the Air Force

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INVESTIGATION: Inside story of how Nigeria Air Force bombed children terrorised by Boko Haram in Niger

Butchers at the Uyo central abattoir, Akwa Ibom State

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SPECIAL REPORT: Inside slaughterhouses where animal wastes fuel greenhouse gas emission

Illegal refining site in Tai LGA

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INVESTIGATION: Respiratory illnesses worsen, water pollution confirmed as Port Harcourt residents battle with soot

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Building resilience for sustainable success

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Publication on sale of Polaris Bank speculative; bank stable, strong, credible – Management

FilmOne wraps shoot of debut original ‘Adire’

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How to build resilient organisations for sustainable success

FCT Minister, Mr. Muhammad Musa Bello

FCTA Joint Workers’ Unions threaten to shut down Minister’s Office, Secretariat

Features and Interviews

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PT State of the Race: What Nigerian voters registration numbers mean for Tinubu, Atiku, Obi

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INTERVIEW: Why I left Remo Stars – Gbenga Ogunbote

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Women in Agriculture: Orange-fleshed sweet potato bread cheaper, highly profitable — Baker

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INTERVIEW: How antiseptic soap, mobile phones can harm your eyes – Optometrist

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu, APC's presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 general elections

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PT State of the Race: Dogara, Lawal lead insurgency in APC over Tinubu’s same faith ticket

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Activists dismiss Buhari’s anti-corruption vow after appointment of Bello-Koko named in Pandora Papers

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Pandora Papers: Inside the crime-infested life of Diezani’s ally, Walter Wagbatsoma

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Pandora Papers and the power of open-source data

November 22, 2021

The Nigerian National Assembly, Abuja.

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Pandora Papers: Inside the secret assets of a Nigerian lawmaker, and how he serially broke the law

October 30, 2021

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INVESTIGATION: #SuisseSecrets: German who bribed top Nigerian officials had secret Credit Suisse accounts

February 21, 2022

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#SuisseSecrets: Historic Leak of Swiss Banking Records Reveals Unsavory Clients

February 21, 2022

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President Muhammadu Buhari Swears-In Newly Appointed Ministers and Presides over Federal Executive Council Meeting in State House on 6th July 2022 [PHOTO CREDIT: @Buharisallau1]

Buhari approves Seplat’s acquisition of Mobil Nigeria from ExxonMobil

Nigeria’s rising debt stock becoming problematic — LCCI President

NOVA Merchant Bank. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official LinkedIn account of the bank]

NOVA Merchant Bank appoints new directors, promotes workers

LIRS Executive Chairman, Ayodele Subair

Lagos revenue agency unveils whistleblower channel

Naira stable at official forex market

Financial Inclusion

Access Bank headquarters

U.S agency commits $280m in financing for Access Bank to boost financial inclusion

Banks and PoS in Iwo

As POS merchants target Nigeria’s unbanked population, banks’ troubles haunt them

Carmachain, startup furnishing lenders with borrowers’ data, hits 80 million profiles

FinTechs got 63% of total funds raised by Nigerian start-ups in 2021 – Association

FCMB leads in Nigeria’s digital space as physical place takes back bench

Analysis & Data

Chicken feeding on poultry feed (PHOTO CREDIT: Poultry Facts)

Poultry feed prices in Nigeria surge 164% in three years

Nigeria and Egypt flag

Nigeria, Egypt test different approaches to tax digital economy

Five reasons food prices remain high in Nigeria in 2022

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ANALYSIS: Ending Nigeria’s oil dependency and preparing for a future without oil

ANALYSIS: Risks, rewards of Africa’s access to international capital markets

February 11, 2022

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South West

Nigeria Police officers

Man kills creditor to avoid repaying loan – Police

Ondo State Amotekun

Amotekun intercepts 320 suspected invaders ‘coming from the north’

A former governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun and the current governor Dapo Abiodun.

APC wades into Amosun, Abiodun’s face-off

Pyrates: Soyinka condemns group’s viral video mocking Tinubu

South South

Groups in Uyo protesting the jailing of rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong

Group organises #FreeInibeheEffiong protest in Uyo

NDLEA arrests pastor with three drums of hard drugs

Nigerian Police Officer

Police kill robbery suspect, rescue kidnapped victim

Suspected arms peddlers arrested at a community along Nigeria-Cameroon border

NIS arrests suspected arms peddlers along Nigeria-Cameroon border

South East

Enugu State governor Ugwanyi [Photo Credit: Catholic Diocese of Nnsukka

Enugu beats 35 other states in primary healthcare delivery in Nigeria

Vigilante group raids forest, arrests IPOB members who ‘attacked’ police facilities

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state

Uzodinma speaks on Innoson Motors, says ‘we don’t throw money away’

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Gunmen attack police facility in Imo, kill four officers

North West

Yusuf Bishir and wife abducted

Gunmen kill two vigilante members, abduct several residents in Katsina community

Hamza Hayaha, the boy who was stuck inside a layer of a flyover bridge from a distance

Kano fire service rescues boy stuck in flyover bridge

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Nigeria raises security around prisons in Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina to prevent attacks

Deceased five-year old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar.

Ganduje will sign death warrant of teacher who killed his 5-year-old pupil – Official

North East

Plenary session of the House or Representatives [PHOTO CREDIT: @HouseNGR]

Terrorism: Reps call for deployment of more troops in Taraba

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state. [PHOTO CREDIT: @BuniMedia]

Flood cuts off Local Govt from Yobe – Governor Buni

FILE PHOTO: Troops of the Nigerian Army. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of the Nigerian Army @HQNigerianArmy]

Troops eliminate 42 terrorists as 3,858 surrender in North-east – DHQ

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North Central

Jos Custodial Centre [PHOTO: The Guardian]

Police re-arrest Jos prison escapee, 25 other suspects

Stakeholders at a meeting with Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau, on Saturday at Government House Jos, on efforts to enlighten them on contract terms of the Rebuilding of Jos Main market.

Faith groups disagree over financing of Jos Main Market project

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Insecurity: Niger government moves to ban sex workers

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Nigerian school pledges to address students’ phobia for Mathematics

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Commonwealth Games: Nigeria wins relay gold medal with new African Record

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International

Hiroshima Bombing

Hiroshima bombing @77: UN chief calls for global nuclear disarmament

Former Nigerian president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

Ex-President Jonathan leads election observation mission to Kenya

A gold miner pans for gold in Koflatie, Mali, on October 28, 2014, a mine located a few miles from the border with its southwestern neighbour Guinea. Practiced for centuries, traditional gold panning has in recent years increased following the 2012 Tuareg rebellion, attracting many unemployed Malians to take to gold prospecting in the west of the country. Despite living conditions and hard labor, women and men are trying their luck in the Koflatie. AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIEN RIEUSSEC (Photo by Sebastien RIEUSSEC / AFP)

Mali to Dubai: Artery for West Africa’s booming illegal gold trade

Ayman Al-Zawahiri

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Tobi Amusan, 100m hurdle race world champion and record holder [PHOTO: TW @Evaglobal01]

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Kwara United pick Confederation Cup slot ahead of AITEO Cup finals

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President Muhammadu Buhari talking

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Late actress Ada Ameh’s family announces burial plans

Nigerian singer, Kizz Daniel, arrested in Tanzania

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Grammy nominee and Afrobeat singer, Mádé Kuti.

Mádé Kuti releases new single ‘No more wars’

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Dr Sunday Adelaja deconstructions the notion of leadership as the problem of Africa.

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Editorial

Buhari: A Regime That Fuels Corruption

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EDITORIAL: Osun Governorship Election: Encouraging signals but no time for complacency

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Health

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Monkeypox: U.S. records over 6,000 cases, declares public emergency

Members of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) during its congress at the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) office in Abuja on Monday

UPDATED: NAFDAC workers suspend six-week-old strike

FILE: Doctors dressing up for their shift [PHOTO: THEWILL]

Again, Nigerian doctors threaten strike over unpaid wages, poor welfare

Global HIV Statistics

UN, others worried as global response to HIV declines

Investigations

Illegal refining site in Tai LGA

INVESTIGATION: Respiratory illnesses worsen, water pollution confirmed as Port Harcourt residents battle with soot

Boy carrying a bucket of water in front of Katanmi PHC

INVESTIGATION: Four years after Buhari’s promise, Sokoto primary health centres still in ruins

An infographic showing how many women were diagnosed with cervical cancer and how many women died from the ailment.

SPECIAL REPORT: Ignorance, other factors threaten cervical cancer elimination in Nigeria

February 6, 2022

Infographic showing states with child rights law.

Imude: Inside Lagos community where child marriage is rampant

December 23, 2021

Health Specials

The number of women and girls living with HIV who becomes pregnant each year

HIV: Nonchalance, Ignorance, TBAs, others threaten Nigeria’s efforts to end mother-to-child transmission

One of the buildings at the abandoned hospital

ANALYSIS: Citizens groan amid underfunding of Nigeria’s health sector

Yafalmata Umara, a three years old malnourished child at Munna Garage Internally Displaced Persons Camp

SPECIAL REPORT: How insecurity causes malnutrition for millions of Nigerian children

What Nigeria must do to eradicate Tuberculosis by 2030 – Health experts

Features

Dr. Chinwe Dike

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Gombe molecular lab begins testing for Covid-19 [Credit: Gombe State Media Office]

Molecular research could help Nigeria solve a host of health problems

SPECIAL REPORT: Braving the Odds: How Nigerian parents are coping with care for dyslexic children

Health official, sensitising locals on how to contain the outbreak at Dungundun community.

Meningitis outbreak kills 65 children in Jigawa as residents lament poor government response

Data & Infographics

President Muhammadu Buhari

2022 Budget: Despite losing major international funding, Nigerian govt refuses to fund Family Planning

November 12, 2021

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October 2, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari on arrival to London [PHOTO CREDIT: @TheAsoVilla]

INFOGRAPHICS: Buhari has spent 200 days in UK for treatment since assuming office

Children waiting for treatment at a treatment centre in Ringim LGA.

INFOGRAPHICS: Despite govt actions, 4,000 children died from malnutrition in Jigawa

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