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Divided Nigeria, Bruised Economy, Insecurity: Biggest challenges ahead of Bola Tinubu

byIbrahim Adeyemi

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File: Motorists for long Fuel queues at NNPC Petrol station at CBD Abuja.

Fuel queues hit Abuja, other cities as Tinubu announces subsidy removal

Raymond Dokpesi

UPDATED: Raymond Dokpesi, owner of Ray Power, AIT, is dead

Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima.

PROFILE: Kashim Shettima: The accidental governor who is now Nigeria’s vice president

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

Eights years in office, Buhari failed to deliver promises on gender equality

President-elect, Bola Tinubu and Vice, Kashim Shettima [PHOTO: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Facebook]

Tinubu, Shettima sworn in as Nigeria’s new leaders

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

PROFILE: Bola Tinubu: The Kingmaker becomes Nigeria’s President, 16th Leader

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BREAKING: SSS blocks EFCC officials from accessing Lagos office

NNPC speaks on subsidy removal, cautions against panic buying

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Why Nigeria must prioritise birth registration – UNICEF

PDP elders ask Atiku to revisit presidential campaign council’s composition

Tinubu, Atiku, Sanwo-Olu, others mourn Dokpesi

The Governor-Elect of Kano State, Abba Kabir [PHOTO CREDIT: Abba Kabir Yusuf on Facebook]

Kano governor makes first appointments

Raymond Dokpesi

How AIT Founder, Raymond Dokpesi, died

UNICEF vaccinates 30 million Nigerian children in five years -Official

Kano Governor, Abba Kabir-Yusuf.

New Kano governor fires Ganduje’s appointees, revokes sales of govt properties

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Aso-ebi group at President Bola Tinub u's inauguration in Abuja

Nigerians don colourful “aso-ebi” at Tinubu’s inauguration

Alhassan Doguwa

New Kano governor vows to re-introduce murder case against Doguwa

Honourable Muktar Betara

Betara congratulates Tinubu, Shettima, 28 new governors

‘We’ll lead in the way of the Lord,’ says new Akwa Ibom governor

Peter Mbah being sworn in by state chief judge, Raymond Ozoemena on Monday

‘How I’ll fight insecurity’ —- Enugu governor

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

Kwara governor lists priorities for second term

Special Reports

Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State

Features And Interviews

In Jigawa, Badaru showed some sparkles but poverty is still endemic

Governor Aminu Bello Masari

Headline Stories

SCORECARD: Under Masari, Katsina’s revenue improved but poverty, infant mortality worsened

A store packed with Indomie noodles in Kubwa, a suburb in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja

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Ethylene Oxide: How Nigerians reacted to report of cancer-causing substance in Indomie noodles

Protesters praying for success at the gates of Government House, Minna

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: Ill-treated Niger State pensioners adopt measures for redress

Libya - Ferry Illustration (Credit: JamesO’Brien/OCCRP)

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How Libya’s Gaddafi-Era Graft Saddled Sierra Leone With a Faulty Ferry

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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L-R: Mr Chijioke Onumajuru, Commissioner for Industries, Imo State; Mrs Ogechi Ezeji, CEO, Rural Africa Water Development Project (RAWDP); Nwamaka Onyemelukwe, Director of Public Affairs, Communications, and Sustainability, Coca-Cola Nigeria; Dame Ann Dozie, Commissioner for Water Resources, Imo State and HRH Eze (Sir) Ethelbert C. Ekwelibe Agu Ubiam I of Irete Autonomous Community, at the official flag off ceremony of the Resilient Watershed for All, funded by The Coca-Cola Foundation, which held at Amaechi Hall, first floor, Rockview Hotels, Owerri, Imo State.

TCCF, RAWDP partner to improve water security in Imo State, Nigeria

Tech Leader Gozy Ijogun appointed managing director of Task Systems Ltd

52% of Nigerian professionals want to quit their jobs and relocate abroad – Phillips Consulting

52% of Nigerian professionals want to quit their jobs and relocate abroad – Phillips Consulting

Emir of Zazzau, His Royal Highness, Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli; Head, Arla Foods West Africa, Mrs. Anna Mansson; Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai; Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe; Executive Vice President, Arla Foods International, Simon Stevens; Ambassador of Denmark to Nigeria, Sune Krogstrup and Managing Director, Kaduna Markets Development and Management Company (KMDMC), Tamar Nandul during the inauguration of Arla Farm, Damau, Kaduna State on Thursday, 25 May, 2023.

Arla Foods boost local dairy development in Nigeria with inauguration of state-of-the-art farm

Features and Interviews

President Bola Tinubu during his inauguration ceremony

Features And Interviews

Divided Nigeria, Bruised Economy, Insecurity: Biggest challenges ahead of Bola Tinubu

byIbrahim Adeyemi

President Buhari awarded the national honours hours before the expiration of his tenure

Features And Interviews

FULL LIST: Special Nigeria National Honours Awards 2023

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Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima.

Features And Interviews

PROFILE: Kashim Shettima: The accidental governor who is now Nigeria’s vice president

byMohammed Babangida

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

Features And Interviews

Eights years in office, Buhari failed to deliver promises on gender equality

byMariam Ileyemi

Muhammadu Buhari

Features And Interviews

SCORECARD: How Nigeria’s agriculture sector fared under Buhari

byAbdulkareem Mojeed

The president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina

Features And Interviews

This is how President Bola Tinubu can fix Nigeria — Akinwunmi Adesina

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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

PANDORA PAPERS

Features And Interviews

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

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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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#SuisseSecrets: Credit Suisse banked, financed Zimbabwean fraudster in deal that saved Mugabe

February 20, 2022

#SuisseSecrets: Bank of Spies: Credit Suisse Catered to Global Intelligence Figures

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February 20, 2022

Business

News Reports

NNPC speaks on subsidy removal, cautions against panic buying

File: Motorists for long Fuel queues at NNPC Petrol station at CBD Abuja.

Fuel queues hit Abuja, other cities as Tinubu announces subsidy removal

Inauguration of the 16th President , Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR

Tinubu to grow Nigeria’s GDP by 6%, unify multiple exchange rates

Cooking gas cylinders

Price of 5kg cooking gas up 22.15% in one year – NBS

Gbenga Komolafe, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) chief executive. [PHOTO CREDIT: Webpage of NUPRC]

NUPRC issues new laws to regulate Nigeria’s oil sector

Financial Inclusion

ATM Card (PHOTO CREDIT: First Bank)

Banks can now issue NIN cards to Nigerians – Minister

FCMB Group Records 25% growth in digital revenues as customer base hits 11.4 million

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

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

Analysis & Data

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Average retail price of petrol up by 42% in March – NBS

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Nigeria’s cash crisis driving digital transactions to all-time high

Inside Nigeria’s $800m World Bank Loan for Palliative

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

Regional

South West

Inauguration: Gov Abiodun frees 49 prisoners, commutes death sentence

The executive governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. [PHOTO CREDIT: Sanwo-Olu's Instagram page | @jidesanwoolu]

‘Sanwo-Olu’s second term will be terminated soon— PDP boasts

Abiodun inaugurated for second term in Ogun

Sanwo-Olu sworn in for second term. [PHOTO CREDIT: Kemi Adelagun]

Sanwo-Olu sworn-in for second term

South South

‘We’ll lead in the way of the Lord,’ says new Akwa Ibom governor

Governor of Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel.

SCORECARD: Revenue increased, debt worsened, out-of-school children high while Emmanuel governed Akwa Ibom

The MRO at Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo

Nigeria Air Force should repair fighter jets in Akwa Ibom MRO Facility – Gov Emmanuel

Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers state.

Speakership Race: Wike endorses Abbas, says he will fully join campaign on Monday

South East

Peter Mbah being sworn in by state chief judge, Raymond Ozoemena on Monday

‘How I’ll fight insecurity’ —- Enugu governor

Peter Mbah has been sworn-in as the fourth governor of Enugu State.

Mbah sworn in as new governor of Enugu

Nigeria Police officers

Police to sanction officer caught in video collecting bribe from motorists

The former Enugu State Commissioner for Fnance, Peter Mbah.

Enugu Governor-elect declares assets ahead of inauguration

North West

Alhassan Doguwa

New Kano governor vows to re-introduce murder case against Doguwa

The Governor-Elect of Kano State, Abba Kabir [PHOTO CREDIT: Abba Kabir Yusuf on Facebook]

Kano governor makes first appointments

Kano Governor, Abba Kabir-Yusuf.

New Kano governor fires Ganduje’s appointees, revokes sales of govt properties

Former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, flanked by the just-inaugurated governor, Uba Sani during the inauguration ceremony of the later at Murtala Square, in Kaduna state.

Uba Sani renames road after El-Rufai, promises government of inclusiveness

North East

Governor of Taraba State, Agbu Kefas (PHOTO CREDIT: KefasAgbu.com )

New Taraba governor makes first appointments

Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya standing on the podium. (PHOTO CREDIT: GMGH)

Gombe governor vows to be fair to all as he takes oath for second term

Taraba State on map

Taraba Perm-Sect resigns, declares House of Reps ambition.

UNICEF Building in Geneva

Taraba community lauds UNICEF for providing motorcycle to boost vaccination

North Central

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

Kwara governor lists priorities for second term

The immediate past governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani-Bello.

Immediate past governor of Niger shuns inauguration of successor

A Canal used to illustrate the story.

Five die as car plunges into Kogi canal

Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong [PHOTO CREDIT: @The Plateau State Governor’s Directorate Of Press]

Nigerian governor appoints new head of service 48 hours before end of tenure

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President Muhammadu Buhari conferred the National Honour of GCFR on Bola Tinubu, and the GCON on Kashim Shettima.

Buhari confers Nigeria’s highest national honours on Tinubu, Shettima

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International

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Europe’s largest economy Germany slips into recession

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G7 leaders announce new sanctions on Russian diamonds

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Turkey summons German ambassador over police search of journalists

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D’Tigers guard helps Miami Heat into NBA finals against Denver Nuggets

Chelsea confirm Pochettino as new manager.

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FIFA U-20 World Cup: Nigeria face daunting test against host Argentina for quarter-final ticket

Osimhen expresses delight over MFR national honour

Arts and Entertainment

Aso-ebi group at President Bola Tinub u's inauguration in Abuja

Nigerians don colourful “aso-ebi” at Tinubu’s inauguration

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Health

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Why Nigeria must prioritise birth registration – UNICEF

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President Muhammadu Buhari receives the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. [PHOTO: Presidency]

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Deadlock as Nigerian govt, striking health workers’ union meet

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

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

Health Specials

President Muhammadu Buhari delivering a speech in the State House. [PHOTO: Presidency]

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A store packed with Indomie noodles in Kubwa, a suburb in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja

Ethylene Oxide: How Nigerians reacted to report of cancer-causing substance in Indomie noodles

Protesters praying for success at the gates of Government House, Minna

SPECIAL REPORT: Ill-treated Niger State pensioners adopt measures for redress

COVID-19 vaccination [PHOTO CREDIT: @UNICEF_Nigeria]

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

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Beninois entomologist Pelagie Boko-Collins believes that preventative action should always be the first course of approach. [PHOTO CREDIT: AllAfrica]

Meet the woman whose study of insects helps prevent Neglected Tropical Diseases

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

Education, Infant mortality, Poverty worsened in Zamfara under Matawalle

Patients at the waiting hall of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi- Abuja

Patients suffer as Nigerian doctors’ strike enters third day

Guinea’s junta takes hard line against illicit medicine

Data & Infographics

President Muhammadu Buhari

2022 Budget: Despite losing major international funding, Nigerian govt refuses to fund Family Planning

November 12, 2021

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