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EXCLUSIVE: Siasia sues FIFA at U.S. court

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WADATA PLAZA, Abuja, National secretariat for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Seven PDP NWC members resign

Women jubilating

Women make only 6.8% of Nigeria’s extractive sector workforce

Emergency unit at national hospital Abuja

As Buhari receives medical care abroad, doctors’ strike takes toll on Nigerian hospitals

A COVID-19 patient being attended to in the isolation center [PHOTO: TW: @NCDCgov]

COVID-19: Nigeria records 11 new deaths, 444 infections as third wave spreads

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Raymond Dokpesi

Court orders EFCC to unfreeze Dokpesi’s bank account

Court of Appeal Headquarters, Abuja,

Contract Breach: Appeal Court orders Italian company to pay Nigerian agent $1.5million compensation

Mrs Salamatu Suleiman (4th from the left), Chairperson of the governing council of the NHRC; Abubakar Malami, Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Tony Ojukwu, Executive Secretary, NHRC in a group photograph with other members of the council shortly after their inauguration on Monday in Abuja.

AGF Malami inaugurates NHRC’s first governing council in six years

Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) leading the response to the country's dollar shortage.

We’ll not tamper with forex in domiciliary accounts — CBN

Emir of Muri [Photo Credit: Daily Trust]

Eviction Threat: Miyetti Allah vows to fish out criminal cattle herders in Taraba

pictures from the clash.

Residents, Shiites clash in Kano

DUBAWA inaugurates Gambian operations, commences fact-checking training

Ismaila Mustapha (Mompha) [PHOTO CREDIT: @Sherrycater]

Hushpuppi: EFCC dissociates self from Mompha’s claims

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Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (also known as Evans).

Evans’ ‘accomplices’ say they were tortured to admit involvement in kidnapping

President Muhamadu Buhari and Godwin Emefiele

Buhari rejoices with Emefiele at 60

Rioters attack Capitol

Four U.S. officers who responded to Capitol attack have died by suicide

Governor Dave Umahi [PHOTO CREDIT: @DavidNwezeUmahi2]

APC caretaker committee legal, constitutional – Gov Umahi

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje inaugurating Rano Emirate community policing committees

Security: Kano trains 5,504 recruits for community policing – Ganduje

WPFD2021: Press Freedom Is the Lifeblood of Democracy, By Dapo Olorunyomi

MRA files suit to compel Nigerian govt to investigate attacks against journalists

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Special Reports

This is Fatima Adam, a displaced farmer from Marte Local Government Area working on her farmland close to Bakassi camp where she has been taking refuge for over four years

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: Distraught Borno farmers displaced by Boko Haram languish in IDP camps

Welcome to Kogi State Government House

Headline Stories

INVESTIGATION: Kogi farmers excluded from billions of naira ‘spent’ on COVID-19 recovery

Ms All-Denim receiving cash for documents that were not produced

Headline Stories

INVESTIGATION: How corrupt officials make millions daily at Nigeria’s prominent marriage registry

FLOODED DITCH ON AMAKOHIA FLYOVER

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: Imo road, flyovers cost N12 billion in 11 years but remain uncompleted

cross section of pregnant women at their antenatal clinic in Mabera

Investigation/Special Reports

COVID-19 Vaccination: Sokoto women discouraged by Kano meningitis experience

A woman prepares garri in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. (Photo Credit: Ntiedo Ekott)

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: Despite huge spending over decades, Nigeria unable to produce enough cassava

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Shareholders hail Wale Tinubu over Oando settlement with SEC

Financial inclusion for children tops Fidelity Bank’s priority list, and rightly so

Financial inclusion for children tops Fidelity Bank’s priority list, and rightly so

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Features and Interviews

Marte on Google Map

Features And Interviews

Displaced by insurgents, residents of Borno community seek higher education in Maiduguri

byAl’amin Umar

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase [PHOTO CREDIT: Hon Ahmed Idris Wase on Facebook]

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Idris Wase: Nigeria’s Deputy Speaker has low tolerance for contrary views

byBakare Majeed

Mr Da'u-Aliyu

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: What we’re doing to stop perennial floods in Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi – Official

byAbubakar Ahmadu Maishanu

Pictures of Adejoroh Adeogun, House of Representatives deputy chairman, committee on national security and intelligence.

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: Why Executive officials ignore invitation by National Assembly – Lawmaker

byBakare Majeed

An Overview of the Abidjan Lagoon

Features And Interviews

Hezbollah in Africa: Forgotten link in cocaine trafficking to Antwerp, Rotterdam

byDaan Bauwensand1 others

Matrix NPK Fertiliser

Features And Interviews

Matrix Fertiliser: Inside the agro-allied firm helping Nigeria to boost food security

byAbdulkareem Mojeed

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Business

News Reports

Naira and Dollars

Naira maintains gain at black market

Women jubilating

Women make only 6.8% of Nigeria’s extractive sector workforce

Naira notes used to illustrate market trading

Naira gains at black market

Floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange

Nigerian stocks lift higher but profit-taking weaken gains

Kuda Bank raises $55 million at $500 million valuation

Financial Inclusion

FILE: A cross section of Nigerian children

Financial Inclusion: How Nigerian banks woo children

Kuda Bank raises $55 million at $500 million valuation

INTERVIEW: Empowering women key to curbing insecurity, poverty – Activist

INTERVIEW: Empowering women key to curbing insecurity, poverty – Activist

UBA Global Headquarter [PHOTO CREDIT: United Bank for Africa Plc]

UBA, fintech firm Layer partner to boost financial services

POS [Photo Credit: Africana Entrepreneur]

Nigeria misses financial inclusion target

Analysis & Data

L-R: Muhammed Babajika, Director, Licensing & Authorisation; Oluwatoyin Asaju, Director, Spectrum Administration; Josephine Amuwa, Director, Legal & Regulatory Services; Salman Abdulazeez, Member, Board of Commissioners; Ubale Maska, Executive Commissioner, Technical Services; Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer; Prof. Adeolu Akande, Chairman, Board of Commissioners; Adeleke Adewolu, Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management; Aliyu Shuaibu, Secretary, Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) and Yakubu Gontor, Director, Financial Services, all of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), at the public inquiry on two regulatory instruments held in Abuja on Thursday, July 29, 2021.

Revised AOL, spectrum pricing regulations will strengthen telecoms market — Danbatta

Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of NCC]

NCC surpasses revenue projection, posts N150bn spectrum fee in 5 months

Fastly global internet outage: why did so many sites go down — and what is a CDN, anyway?

Fastly global internet outage: why did so many sites go down — and what is a CDN, anyway?

Lanre Jaiyeola, Managing Director, Honeywell Flour Mills, Plc.,

Honeywell Flour reports 36% revenue growth in year 2021 results

Nigerian Economy: How to sustain growth after recession — Experts

Nigerian Economy: How to sustain growth after recession — Experts

Regional

South West

Marina, Lagos. Photo: TWITTER/FOLLOWLASG

Lagos govt to divert traffic at Marina for rail project – Official

Postgraduate research students of University of Ibadan (UI) during their field trip to Epe Division of Lagos State on Tuesday

I have done two days rituals over Nigeria’s insecurity – Traditional ruler

Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA)

FUTA students protest colleague’s death

Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (also known as Evans).

Evans’ ‘accomplices’ say they were tortured to admit involvement in kidnapping

South South

Mr Eric Akpan, Chairman, Nsit Ibom Local Government Council, Akwa Ibom State

‘I can’t continue to bear title without salary,’ council official says in resignation

#EndSARS and the youth

Akwa Ibom EndSARS recommendations shrouded in secrecy, leaves room for suppression – Group

Mr Ray Ekpu, veteran Nigerian journalist

N500, 000 investigative journalism prize announced in Ray Ekpu’s honour

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members used to illustrate the story.

How five corps members died in road accident – Survivor

South East

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State (6th left) with his deputy, Hon. Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo (5th left), Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Edward Ubosi (4th left), member representing Aninri Constituency, Hon. Chinedu Otaka (middle), Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Prof. Malachy Okwueze (2nd right), Commissioner for Education, Prof. Uche Eze (3rd left), his Information counterpart, Nnanyelugo Chidi Aroh (right), Enugu-born inventor of two aircraft, Master Emmanuel Maduabuchi Chukwu (6th right), Anambra-born inventor of MP3 radio set, Master Chukwuebuka Udoye (3rd right), and others, when the governor received the talented young students, at the Government House, Enugu, yesterday.

Ugwuanyi offers scholarships to Enugu, Anambra-born young inventors

Governor Dave Umahi [PHOTO CREDIT: @DavidNwezeUmahi2]

APC caretaker committee legal, constitutional – Gov Umahi

Osita Okechukwu

Stop threat of lockdown in South-east, VON DG counsels IPOB

Nnamdi Kanu [Photo: TODAY.ng]

We’ve been denied access to Nnamdi Kanu – lawyer

North West

pictures from the clash.

Residents, Shiites clash in Kano

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje inaugurating Rano Emirate community policing committees

Security: Kano trains 5,504 recruits for community policing – Ganduje

INTERVIEW: What we’re doing to stop perennial floods in Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi – Official

‎Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State

Ganduje inaugurates 2021 military, para-military games

North East

Emir of Muri [Photo Credit: Daily Trust]

Eviction Threat: Miyetti Allah vows to fish out criminal cattle herders in Taraba

Marte on Google Map

Displaced by insurgents, residents of Borno community seek higher education in Maiduguri

Governor Babagana Zulum [PHOTO CREDIT: @ProfZulum]

Insurgency: Zulum inaugurates 1,000 hunters in Borno

Ibrahim Abunna pictured distributing Naira notes [PHOTO: FB: MHoR, Konduga, Mafa, Dikwa federal Constituency]

Outrage as Nigerian lawmaker caught on video throwing money at ‘constituents’

North Central

Plateau State on map used to illustrate the story

Gunmen attack Plateau community, kill seven people, raze 250 houses

60 Percent Of LG Workers In Nasarawa Receiving Pay For Doing Nothing – Commissioner

APC Ward Congress: Al-Makura hails process in Nasarawa

Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura

Corruption Allegations: I was not arrested by EFCC, but invited – Ex-governor

FCT: Abuja City Gate.

478 candidates to contest Abuja council elections

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International

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