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Chief of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya [Photo Credit: @NigerianArmy]

Alleged Mass Abortion: Nigerian Army chief testifies as Human Rights Commission continues investigation

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

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

FILE: INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Photo; FACBOOK/INECNIGERIA

INEC announces dates to issue Certificates of Return to governors-elect, others

APC petitions INEC over Delta guber poll

9:22am: Voters line up for accreditation at Itanla/Itumekun PU, Aga/Ijimu Ward, Ikorodu Lagos. Picture used to illustrate the story

INEC assures of credible supplementary governorship election in Adamawa

Airline passenger convicted for ‘dubiously’ claiming his baggage was missing

President-elect, Bola Tinubu and Vice, Kashim Shettima [PHOTO: @channelstv]

Appeal Court dismisses PDP’s suit against Tinubu, Shettima’s nomination as APC’s candidates

The United Nation's secretary-general, António Guterres. [PHOTO CREDIT: Twitter page of Mr Guterres]

UN chief urges solidarity as Ramadan begins

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Officials at INEC Kosofe LGA, Ogudu, Lagos set to depart to RACs for collation of votes. The picture is used to illustrate the story.

Election Violence: SERAP urges INEC to investigate governors, deputies

Atiku denies validating presidential election result

SGF Boss Mustapha

Adamawa APC suspends ward executives indefinitely for suspending SGF

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Enugu State, Frank Nweke Jr. [PHOTO CREDIT: @IamAwesomeJosh]

APGA candidate rejects Enugu governorship election results

Special Reports

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

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

January 18, 2023

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

January 17, 2023

Displaced persons in the Kuta IDP camp

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

January 10, 2023

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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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ANALYSIS: How Zamfara governor squandered goodwill, lost to PDP

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ANALYSIS: How governorship elections were won and lost across 28 states

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Observers’ suppression, harassment characterise 18 March Nigeria gubernatorial election – CJID

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12:15pm: Electoral officials struggling to accredit voters duty to technical hitches in operating BVAS machine.

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#NigeriaDecides2023: Lessons INEC must learn from presidential, National Assembly elections

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Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: How Lagosians may vote in governorship poll

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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.

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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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February 20, 2022

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February 20, 2022

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CBN debunks viral news suspending OPAY, PALMPAY

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

CBN speaks on evacuation of banknotes to commercial banks, orders weekend operation

Nigeria Air to begin operation before May 29 — Minister

House of representatives during plenary. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of House of Reps.]

Naira Policy: Reps urge CBN to commence overhaul of online banking platforms

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

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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

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Poultry feed prices in Nigeria surge 164% in three years

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South West

Nigeria’s former Chief of General Staff and deputy to the late dictator, Sani Abacha, Oladipo Diya.

Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya, deputy to Gen. Sani Abacha, is dead

Governor Sanwo-olu

Sanwo-Olu makes U-turn, orders payment of compensation to driver assaulted at #EndSARS Memorial

Lagos State Judicial Panel on #EndSARS.

Lagos rejects order for compensation of driver assaulted at #EndSARS memorial

Gboyega Oyetola and Ademola Adeleke

Let’s build Osun State together, Adeleke tells Oyetola as APC vows to head to Supreme Court

South South

APC petitions INEC over Delta guber poll

Airline passenger convicted for ‘dubiously’ claiming his baggage was missing

Nyesom Wike, the executive govenor of Rivers state. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of Gov. Wike]

PDP: Wike speaks on moves to discipline Benue governor, others

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike

Rivers govt issues 48-hour demolition notice to AIT/Ray Power

South East

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State

Abia lawmakers deny plan to impeach Governor Ikpeazu

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Enugu State, Frank Nweke Jr. [PHOTO CREDIT: @IamAwesomeJosh]

APGA candidate rejects Enugu governorship election results

The former Enugu State Commissioner for Fnance, Peter Mbah.

Enugu’s governor-elect promises to end perennial water scarcity within 180 days

Man arraigned for allegedly raping 12-year-old daughter

North West

Former Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Shema

Suspension: Ex-Katsina gov, Ibrahim Shema, writes Ayu, threatens to quit PDP

PDP constitutes Caretaker Committee for Katsina

PDP supporters protest in Kaduna, say APC rigged governorship election

Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle of the All Progressives Congress (APC). [PHOTO CREDIT: Twitter page of Mr Matawalle]

ANALYSIS: How Zamfara governor squandered goodwill, lost to PDP

North East

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

9:22am: Voters line up for accreditation at Itanla/Itumekun PU, Aga/Ijimu Ward, Ikorodu Lagos. Picture used to illustrate the story

INEC assures of credible supplementary governorship election in Adamawa

Ex Gombe Speaker, Nasiru Nono

Former Gombe speaker dies in auto crash

North Central

Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq [PHOTO CREDIT: AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Facebook]

#KwaraDecides2023: Gov AbdulRazaq, senators-elect visit opponent

Why I will ‘leave outcome of elections to God’ – Kwara PDP governorship candidate

Umar Bago, a member of the House of Representatives, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State.

APC’s Umar Bago wins Niger governorship election

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Catholic priest Hyacinth Alia wins Benue State governorship election

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November 13, 2022

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January 4, 2023

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January 3, 2023

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December 25, 2022

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February 11, 2023

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January 15, 2023

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