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Why 1962 Oath of Secrecy is still in force in Nigeria — Reps Clerk

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Nigeria stocks at four-month low, shed N614 billion

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Those behind Owo Church attack captured- Defence Chief

FEC Meeting chaired by President Buhari

EXCLUSIVE: Buhari suspends $418 million Paris Club refund plan as ministers clash at FEC

ANALYSIS: Africa’s mishmash of regional blocs doesn’t add enough value

Abayomi Balogun, the first son of Former Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun. [PHOTO CREDIT: Abdulqudus Ogundapo]

INTERVIEW: The police should emulate the good things my father did – Tafa Balogun’s son

Deputy President William Ruto of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), and Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)

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2023: Controversy over PDP House of Reps ticket in Imo

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and former Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio

2023: INEC speaks on documents allegedly altered in favour of Lawan, Akpabio

Strike: ASUU declares ongoing examinations at Kaduna university illegal, seeks cancellation

Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed [PHOTO CREDIT: @ZShamsuna]

Reps summon finance minister, demand oil subsidy claims documents

President @MBuhari receives in audience Members of Forum for Former Chairmen of Defunct Congress for Progressives' Change at the State House, Abuja.

Nigeria will remain one despite challenges – Buhari

Owo Attack: Akeredolu confirms arrest of attackers

AMOTEKUN security trucks.

How truck drivers hid 168 suspected ‘invaders’ under cows, motorcycles – Amotekun

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Buhari greets Nigerian journalist, Yusuf Alli, at 60

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Police speak on alleged abduction of 20 persons in Ogun

The remaining buildings on the land where the 21-storey building collapsed on Gerrard Road,

Why 21-storey Ikoyi building collapsed – Coroner

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We’re committed to exclusive breastfeeding – State House Clinic

Ondo House of Assembly [Photo: ondostatemoi.gov.ng]

Ondo Assembly declares two lawmakers’ seats vacant

Prof Adamolekun

How Nigeria can work – Adamolekun

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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

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

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ANALYSIS: Obstacles, limitations of BRICS expansion

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

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Pandora Papers and the power of open-source data

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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

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Naira gains at official forex market

Nigerian stocks

Nigeria stocks at four-month low, shed N614 billion

FEC Meeting chaired by President Buhari

EXCLUSIVE: Buhari suspends $418 million Paris Club refund plan as ministers clash at FEC

President Muhammadu Buhari

Nigeria’s regulator rejects Buhari’s approval of Seplat’s purchase of ExxonMobil’s asset

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

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

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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

Police Officers

Police speak on alleged abduction of 20 persons in Ogun

The remaining buildings on the land where the 21-storey building collapsed on Gerrard Road,

Why 21-storey Ikoyi building collapsed – Coroner

Ondo House of Assembly [Photo: ondostatemoi.gov.ng]

Ondo Assembly declares two lawmakers’ seats vacant

Owo Attack: Akeredolu confirms arrest of attackers

South South

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State

Rivers: Politicians recruiting cultists, ex-convicts for 2023 – Wike

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

South East

2023: Controversy over PDP House of Reps ticket in Imo

Inside Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo [PHOTO CREDIT: Abdulqudus Ogundapo]

Those behind Owo Church attack captured- Defence Chief

President Muhammadu Buhari

Ohanaeze criticizes Buhari over comments on insecurity in South-east

Nigerian Police Officer

Police arrest eight IPOB suspects who allegedly killed four police 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

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Police arrest sexagenarian for allegedly abducting three Almajiri children in Borno

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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

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North Central

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Police re-arrest Jos prison escapee, 25 other suspects

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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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Deputy President William Ruto of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), and Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)

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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.

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February 6, 2022

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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

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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

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Dr. Chinwe Dike

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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

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