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Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

UPDATED: CBN extends deadline for use of old naira notes

January 29, 2023

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Gunmen attack Nigerian police checkpoint, kill three officers

January 29, 2023

FGM: Survivors narrate experiences dealing with absence of the clitoris

January 29, 2023

New Naira notes

Uncertainty as banks grumble over inadequate supply of new naira notes by CBN

January 29, 2023

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari

New Naira Notes: I know Nigerians are ‘facing hardship’ – Buhari

January 28, 2023

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Again, INEC extends timeline for collection of PVC

January 28, 2023

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‎Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State

Naira Redesign: Kano govt ready to host Buhari after extension of deadline

January 29, 2023

Abdulazeez Adediran, PDP governorship candidate alongside the two traders, party members at the press conference held in Lagos

Traders narrate how thugs destroyed market after PDP candidates visit

January 29, 2023

Atiku Abubakar and Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidates for the PDP and APC.

2023: APC PCC accuses PDP of plot to unleash fake news days to election

January 29, 2023

Photos of Lagos road crash

FRSC speaks on fatal crashes that killed 20 in Lagos

January 29, 2023

Damaged billboard of the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima

Hoodlums attack Tinubu campaign office in Osun – APC PCC

January 29, 2023

2023: LP candidate rejects court judgement disqualifying him from senatorial election

January 29, 2023

WADEMOS delegation with representatives of the ECOWAS Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, in Abuja, Nigeria.

Nigeria’s elections critical to Liberian, Sierra Leonean 2023 polls – West African coalition

January 29, 2023

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January 29, 2023

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Kayode Fayemi former governor of Ekiti state [PHOTO CREDIT: Kayode Fayemi]

Fayemi sues Arise Tv, Ekiti politician for defamation, demands N500million

January 29, 2023

2023: PDP, APC candidates withdraw from Akwa Ibom governorship debate

January 29, 2023

Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

APC presidential campaign council commends CBN over extension of naira swap deadline

January 29, 2023

New Naira Notes

Naira Redesign: CPPE says 10-day extension inadequate

January 29, 2023

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo

SDP presidential candidate promises to reduce poverty in Nigeria

January 29, 2023

Accord Party presidential candidate, Christopher Imumolen.

Accord Party inaugurates Presidential Campaign Council

January 29, 2023

Special Reports

Director General, Nigerian Copyright Commission, Mr John Assien addresses the reporter in his office in Abuja.

Headline Stories

Book Famine: How policies in Nigeria limit visually impaired persons’ access to books

January 18, 2023

COVID-19 vaccination [PHOTO CREDIT: @UNICEF_Nigeria]

Headline Stories

COVID-19 ‘victory’, other major events in Nigeria’s health sector in 2022

January 17, 2023

Displaced persons in the Kuta IDP camp

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: In Niger State, schooling for pupils halted as terror victims take over classes

January 10, 2023

Facility where vaccination cards are obtained without jab

Headline Stories

INVESTIGATION: Lagos officials sell COVID-19 vaccination cards without jabs, sell fake but ‘authentic’ test results

January 7, 2023

Kano State COVID-19 Cases, Deaths, and Vaccination figures.

Headline Stories

How Pfizer disaster is discouraging some Kano residents from taking COVID-19 vaccines (2)

January 4, 2023

COVID-19 vaccinators at a centre in Tukuntawa area of Kano State

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SPECIAL REPORT: How religion spurred high COVID-19 vaccination in Kano (1)

January 3, 2023

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January 27, 2023

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January 27, 2023

Features and Interviews

APC presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari. [PHOTO CREDIT: Bashir Ahmad]

Features And Interviews

PT State of the Race: Enemy or Friend: Tinubu’s topsy-turvy relationship with Buhari

January 29, 2023

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Race to Kashim Ibrahim House: Inside the battle for 2023 Kaduna governorship

byMohammed Lere

January 27, 2023

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Features And Interviews

Fifteen minutes ride, 10 things you should know about the Lagos Blue Rail

byOluwakemi Adelagun

January 26, 2023

Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Peter Obi and Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Features And Interviews

How Nigeria’s presidential candidates plan to tackle high cost of governance

byBakare Majeed

January 26, 2023

ECOWAS Election Observation Mission

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Will legislative elections put Benin’s democracy back on track?

byJeannine Ella Abatan

January 25, 2023

A Photo Collage of Atiku Abubakar, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Peter Obi

Features And Interviews

Presidential Election: Tinubu, Obi, Atiku make vague promises on security

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January 23, 2023

Editorial Cartoons

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Pandora Papers

President Muhammadu Buhari and Mohammed Bello-Koko Managing Director, NPA

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

February 21, 2022

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

November 27, 2021

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Pandora Papers and the power of open-source data

November 22, 2021

The Nigerian National Assembly, Abuja.

Headline Stories

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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February 20, 2022

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February 20, 2022

Business

News Reports

New Naira Notes

Naira Redesign: CPPE says 10-day extension inadequate

January 29, 2023

Atiku in Kebbi State [PHOTO: TW @atiku]

Atiku in Kebbi, vows to reopen all Nigeria’s land borders if elected

January 29, 2023

New Naira notes

Naira Redesign: CBN can’t continue to snub Nigerians

January 29, 2023

Finance minister, Zainab Ahmed.

Again, Moody’s downgrades Nigeria’s credit rating

January 28, 2023

Nigerian petroleum agency blames cross-border smugglers for scarcity

January 28, 2023

Financial Inclusion

Among underserved Nigerians, awareness of health insurance remains poor but insurtech offers hope

December 26, 2022

CBN Headquarters in Abuja

What to know about CBN’s national domestic card scheme

October 25, 2022

Venue of the Nigerian Economic Society annual conference taking place at Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano.

NES 2022: What Nigerian govt must do to improve women’s economic empowerment – Experts

October 2, 2022

Nigeria, Indonesia, five others home to half of world’s unbanked population

August 25, 2022

Judges at the Semi Final Pitching of the eNaira Hackathon 2022 in Lagos on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022.

eNaira: CBN, Fintech Foundry to support 10 startups

August 14, 2022

Analysis & Data

How CBN loans to Buhari govt climbed 2900% in seven years in violation of law

How CBN loans to Buhari govt climbed 2900% in seven years in violation of law

January 2, 2023

President Muhammadu Buhari presenting the 2023 budget before the National Assembly [PHOTO: Presidency]

Amid revenue squeeze, Nigerian govt to increase running cost 40% to over N1 trillion

October 11, 2022

CBN Headquarters in Abuja

Nigeria’s FX crisis deepens as gap between naira’s official, black market rates widest in six years

September 26, 2022

Crude oil theft in seven months

ANALYSIS: How broke Nigeria lost $10 billion to crude oil theft in seven months

September 8, 2022

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

Poultry feed prices in Nigeria surge 164% in three years

Regional

South West

Abdulazeez Adediran, PDP governorship candidate alongside the two traders, party members at the press conference held in Lagos

Traders narrate how thugs destroyed market after PDP candidates visit

January 29, 2023

Kayode Fayemi former governor of Ekiti state [PHOTO CREDIT: Kayode Fayemi]

Fayemi sues Arise Tv, Ekiti politician for defamation, demands N500million

January 29, 2023

Photos of Lagos road crash

FRSC speaks on fatal crashes that killed 20 in Lagos

January 29, 2023

Damaged billboard of the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima

Hoodlums attack Tinubu campaign office in Osun – APC PCC

January 29, 2023

South South

2023: PDP, APC candidates withdraw from Akwa Ibom governorship debate

January 29, 2023

PDP denies suspending its Akwa-Ibom governorship candidate

January 29, 2023

An Automated Teller Machine

Nigerians keep vigil at ATMs for redesigned naira notes

January 28, 2023

Justice symbol used to illustrate the story.

Kidnapper who used victims’ intestines for pepper soup to die by hanging – Court

January 28, 2023

South East

2023: LP candidate rejects court judgement disqualifying him from senatorial election

January 29, 2023

Nigeria Police officers on duty

Gunmen attack Nigerian police checkpoint, kill three officers

January 29, 2023

PDP suspends its chairperson in Ebonyi over alleged anti-party activities

January 28, 2023

US disburses $7.8bn to boost eradication of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria

January 28, 2023

North West

‎Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State

Naira Redesign: Kano govt ready to host Buhari after extension of deadline

January 29, 2023

Bola Ahmed Tinubu , the presidential candidate of the APC.

2023: Tinubu in Zamfara, speaks on relationship with President Buhari

January 28, 2023

CBN Headquarters in Abuja

Naira Redesign: ACF calls for extension of deadline, says rural dwellers unaware of new notes

January 28, 2023

‎Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State [PHOTO CREIDT: kanostate.gov.ng]

UPDATED: Naira Redesign: Kano govt postpones Buhari’s visit

January 28, 2023

North East

Nigeria Police officers

Kidnapping: Nigerian police arrest five Cameroonians in Adamawa

January 29, 2023

Peter Obi campaigns in Borno (PHOTO CREDIT: Peter Obi's Twitter Handle)

Peter Obi campaigns in Borno, pledges new Nigeria

January 28, 2023

Nigerian soldiers

Nigerian military kills 84 terrorists in North-east, North-west in two weeks

January 27, 2023

Ex-Adamawa governor, Bindow, quits APC

January 25, 2023

North Central

CBN Headquarters in Abuja

New Naira Notes: CBN, NOA remind Nigerians of 31st January deadline

January 27, 2023

Gov. Abdullahi Sule

Nigerian governor loses son

January 27, 2023

Bola Ahmed Tinubu , the presidential candidate of the APC.

2023: Tinubu blasts PDP, says opposition party sabotaging fuel supply

January 26, 2023

Pastoralists with cattle

27 pastoralists killed in airstrike in Nasarawa

January 26, 2023

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January 28, 2023

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January 25, 2023

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Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

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December 26, 2022

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January 28, 2023

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January 25, 2023

Lassa Fever: Rats used to illustrate the story.

Lassa Fever: Nigeria records seven deaths, 105 infections in two weeks

January 24, 2023

Kwara launches intervention fund programme for primary healthcare centres

January 24, 2023

Investigations

Facility where vaccination cards are obtained without jab

INVESTIGATION: Lagos officials sell COVID-19 vaccination cards without jabs, sell fake but ‘authentic’ test results

January 7, 2023

Drums of Methylene Chloride Chemical

Sukurdai: The toxic, unregulated drug killing Northern Nigerian youth

November 13, 2022

Illegal refining site in Tai LGA

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January 4, 2023

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January 24, 2023

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January 15, 2023

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