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ANALYSIS: Factors that contributed to Atiku’s loss in 2023 presidential election

byTemidayo Akinboyo

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SPECIAL REPORT: Heightened surveillance by security operatives puts Nigerian journalists under climate of fear

Students writing the UTME exams in Abuja

2023 Mock UTME: Candidates lament hitches as JAMB promises to reschedule tests

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State [PHOTO CREDIT: okezievictorikpeazu.com]

Why PDP lost governorship election in Abia – Gov Ikpeazu

Ajay Banga is a former CEO of Mastercard who expanded the business into payment technologies. [PHOTO: TW @CNBCTV18Live]

US nominee Ajay Banga emerges sole candidate for World Bank top job

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun [PHOTO CREDIT: @dabiodunMFR]

ANALYSIS: Intrigues, violence, protests as Governor Abiodun wins reelection in Ogun

PDP reverses suspension of Anyim, Fayose, Shema, stops Ortom from facing disciplinary committee

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US authorises importation of Oha leaves from Nigeria

Ogun State House of Assembly [PHOTO CREDIT: The Guardian Nigeria]

Drama as court reinstates suspended Ogun Assembly deputy speaker

Ibom air evacuates passenger over anti-Tinubu threats

ICPC Head Office

ICPC arraigns Nigerian university lecturer for sexual harassment

Climate Change: CJID, CIJ train Nigerian journalists

Nigerian soldiers

Troops neutralise 5 bandits, recover 4 AK-47 in Kaduna

The governor-elect of Katsina State, Dikko Radda

How I will end insecurity in Katsina – Governor-elect

President Muhammadu Buhari (The government says Mr Obasanjo should allow democracy to thrive)

CSOs review anti-corruption fight under Buhari’s administration

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In a video circulating on social media, Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, threatened to invite IPOB members to Lagos.

SSS, police team arrest Igbo leader who threatened to invite IPOB into Lagos

Cash Crunch: Queues gradually disappear as bank ATMs dispense cash in Kano

Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ọjájá II)

Ooni preaches peace, religious tolerance after attack on worshippers in Ile-Ife

Kabir Yusuf, NPAN President, says the time has come for the Nigerian media to regulate itself

Nigerian media to inaugurate National Media Complaints Commission

Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, Director-General of NILDS

Lawan reappoints Suleiman as NILDS DG for second term

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ICPC arraigns prison official for job racketeering

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.

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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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Presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar

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ANALYSIS: Factors that contributed to Atiku’s loss in 2023 presidential election

byTemidayo Akinboyo

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun [PHOTO CREDIT: @dabiodunMFR]

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ANALYSIS: Intrigues, violence, protests as Governor Abiodun wins reelection in Ogun

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EXPLAINER: What Donald Trump indictment means for his reelection bid

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FACT CHECK: Has INEC uploaded results of National Assembly elections on IReV as claimed?

A former governor of Kano state, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso alongside Kano State Governor-Elect and Deputy Governor-Elect, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf and Comrade Aminu Abdussalam. [PHOTO CREDIT: Twitter page of Kwankwaso]

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ANALYSIS: Why NNPP won Kano but made little impact in other northern Nigerian states

byAbubakar Ahmadu Maishanu

Atiku, Osinbajo, Amaechi, Dogara, and Saraki.

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ANALYSIS: Politicians facing bleak future after 2023 elections

byTemidayo Akinboyo

Editorial Cartoons

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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

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

Ibom air evacuates passenger over anti-Tinubu threats

Naira Scarcity: How CBN policy caused suffering for Nigeria’s poultry farmers

UBA’s annual profit climbs 43% to N170 billion

Google removed 5.2bn ads in 2022 – Official

Ajay Banga is a former CEO of Mastercard who expanded the business into payment technologies. [PHOTO: TW @CNBCTV18Live]

US nominee Ajay Banga emerges sole candidate for World Bank top job

Financial Inclusion

Gosa market, Abuja

Abuja market traders groan as naira scarcity persists

February 19, 2023

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

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

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South West

In a video circulating on social media, Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, threatened to invite IPOB members to Lagos.

SSS, police team arrest Igbo leader who threatened to invite IPOB into Lagos

Pep Guardiola vs Jurgen Klopp

Four football matches to watch this weekend

Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ọjájá II)

Ooni preaches peace, religious tolerance after attack on worshippers in Ile-Ife

A mosque used to illustrate the story

Why Ikare Akoko Central Mosque will remain closed – Ondo govt

South South

Ibom air evacuates passenger over anti-Tinubu threats

Minister State for Petroleum Resources, Timipreye Sylva [PHOTO CREDIT: @SylvaTimipre]

Timipre Sylva resigns as minister of state for petroleum resources

Niboro, and Cairo Ojougbo (Cairo Ojougboh's Twitter handle)

Delta guber: Niboro tackles APC chieftain over party’s defeat, fictionalisation claim

Mohammed Abdullahi

FEC approves N41bn for construction of centre of excellence, hospital in Rivers

South East

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state

Police arrest traditional ruler over social media post against Nigerian governor

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State

2023: Gov Ikpeazu speaks on his G-5 membership, failed senatorial ambition

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State [PHOTO CREDIT: okezievictorikpeazu.com]

Why PDP lost governorship election in Abia – Gov Ikpeazu

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Gov Ikpeazu sacks several aides

North West

Cash Crunch: Queues gradually disappear as bank ATMs dispense cash in Kano

The governor-elect of Katsina State, Dikko Radda

How I will end insecurity in Katsina – Governor-elect

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

Land Revocation: I’ve right to allocate land, Ganduje replies Kano governor-elect

A photo of some of the medical students during a visit to the government house.

Jigawa governor receives 60 China-trained medical doctors

North East

Dahiru Hassan- Kera

Court stops Gombe government, police from arresting journalist

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri [PHOTO CREDIT: @GovernorAUF]

Adamawa Re-run Election: CAN calls for calm

Nigerian Police officers on duty [Photo credit: Today.ng]

Police refute rumoured attack on INEC Chairman Yakubu’s residence in Bauchi

SGF Boss Mustapha

Adamawa APC suspends ward executives indefinitely for suspending SGF

North Central

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Organisers unveil lead-up activities ahead of maiden Abuja International Marathon

The former National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu

Benue PDP suspends officials over Ayu’s suspension

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Rotary district, five clubs commission N8m toilets in Abuja school

FCT senator-elect, Ireti Kingibe, asks Aduda, others to work with her

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International

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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

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

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

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January 4, 2023

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

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January 3, 2023

SPECIAL REPORT: In Akwa Ibom, Buhari govt’s initiative is revitalizing rural healthcare facilities

December 25, 2022

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Threats, trauma trail GBV reporters in Nigeria

SPECIAL REPORT: Threats, trauma trail GBV reporters in Nigeria

February 11, 2023

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January 31, 2023

Nigeria COVID-19 cases, deaths and vaccination figures

COVID-19: Two years after vaccination flag-off, Abuja residents still hesitant

January 24, 2023

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How Nigerian states, regions fare in COVID-19 vaccination

January 15, 2023

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