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COVID-19: Nigeria records 29 deaths in four days as infections spread

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Nigerian League: NFF hands Rivers United CAF Champions League ticket ahead of Enyimba

Using a network spanning corrupted ports in Africa and Europe, Giuseppe Romeo, alias ‘Maluferru,’ built a cross-continent cocaine empire. Credit: Claudio Capellini/IrpiMedia

INVESTIGATION: ‘Armed and Dangerous’: Inside the ’Ndrangheta’s Intercontinental Cocaine Pipeline

24 soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack in Chad

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Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad

Supreme Court names acting Chief Registrar

PTCIJ Commences Climate Change Media Fellowship in West Africa

PTCIJ commences Climate Change Media Fellowship in West Africa

António Guterres

Africa records 6,400 COVID-19 deaths in one week – WHO

Late President Yar'Adua

Late President Yar’Adua’s son remanded in prison for allegedly killing four people

PDP flags [PHOTO: @OfficialPDPNig]

Why we intervened in PDP leadership crisis – BoT Chairman

APC FLag used to illustrate the story.

APC govs back party’s interim national leadership

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigeria not maximising its agric potential – Obasanjo

Former Senate president, David Mark

BoT to constitute committee to resolve PDP crisis

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Jailed Jacob Zuma taken outside prison to hospital

Adeola Oyinlade with the 2018 IBA Human Rights Lawyer of the Year Award in Rome

Nigerian lawyer wins American Bar Association’s international human rights award

Troops of the Nigerian Army. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of the Nigerian Army @HQNigerianArmy]

More Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists surrender – Army

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

Woman allegedly kills lover, steals his car, N2.9 million

Nigerian police officer Katsina

Robbers attack banks in Osun, kill two

PIC. 3. A CROSS-SECTION OF PUPILS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EDUCATION AUTHORITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, ALIYU MAKAMA AREA OF BARNAWA, DURING INAUGURATION OF FREE FEEDING PROGRAMME IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS, IN KADUNA MONDAY (18/1/16). 0267/18/1/2016/SP/BJO/NAN

FG spends N1.8 billion on school feeding in Ondo – Official

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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)

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

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African Business Moguls win big in Forbes 2021 Awards organised by FIN International

African Business Moguls win big in Forbes 2021 Awards organised by FIN International

Jaiz Bank grows half year profit by over 71%

Ebenezer Onyeagwu, Zenith Bank CEO [Photo: Nigerian News Direct]

Zenith Bank GMD, Onyeagwu canvasses increased impact investing in Africa

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Features and Interviews

Aminu Masari,

Features And Interviews

INTERVIEW: Why bandits succeed with mass abductions in Northwest Nigeria – Katsina Governor’s Aide

byMohammed Babangida Mafara

President Muhammadu Buhari on arrival to London [PHOTO CREDIT: @TheAsoVilla]

Data & Infographics

TIMELINE: Buhari has spent 200 days in UK for treatment since assuming office

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

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Business

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Naira-Dollar exchange

Naira weakens at parallel market

Nigerian Stocks

Nigerian stocks halt six-day uptrend amid selling pressure on telecom, banking sectors’ giants

The Maerskline Stardelhorn vessel, the biggest container ever, at any Nigerian port

Nigeria’s digital cargo provider MVX raises $1.3 million

Appoints Emmanuel Onokpasa

NOVA Merchant Bank appoints Emmanuel Onokpasa as Executive Director

Naira and Dollars

Eurobonds: Nigerian govt appoints JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, others as managers

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

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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

Yoruba nation supporters during a rally in Osogbo [PHOTO: TW @mobilepunch]

Lagos govt withdraws murder charge against Yoruba Nation agitator

Bola Tinubu, Babatunde Fashola, and Akinwumi Ambode.

Lagos Assembly slashes pension for Tinubu, Fashola, other ex-governors by 50%

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigeria not maximising its agric potential – Obasanjo

Nigerian police officer Katsina

Robbers attack banks in Osun, kill two

South South

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

Woman allegedly kills lover, steals his car, N2.9 million

Prof Linus Asuquo

Expert urges Nigerian companies to partner universities on engineering research

Motorcyclist used to illustrate the story.

Okada rider arrested for raping, killing passenger – Police

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

South East

Police inspector, three others killed as gunmen attack Imo police station

IPOB Protesters

115 people killed by Nigeria’s security forces in country’s Southeast – Report

Strike: ESUTH resident doctors list 10 demands

Strike: ESUTH resident doctors list 10 demands

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

North West

Governor Aminu Bello Masari

Insecurity: 10 Katsina LGAs under severe attack daily- Gov Masari tells COAS

Nigeria Police officers

Bandits kidnap father of Zamfara Assembly Speaker, five others

Water trickling into a human palm

Residents decry poor water supply, sanitation as cholera kills 295 in Jigawa, Kano

INTERVIEW: Why bandits succeed with mass abductions in Northwest Nigeria – Katsina Governor’s Aide

North East

Troops of the Nigerian Army. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of the Nigerian Army @HQNigerianArmy]

More Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists surrender – Army

24 soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack in Chad

Boko Haram terrorists and their family surrender to Nigerian troops CREDIT: Nigerian Army

Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists surrender to Nigerian troops – Official

Emir of Muri [Photo Credit: Daily Trust]

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

North Central

Andrew Ogbuja [Photo Credit: Frontline News]

Rape: Deceased minor, Ochanya, tells judge her ordeals in video clip

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

Police arrest three kidnap suspects in Benue – Official

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau, presiding over an emergency state security meeting , on Monday at Government House Jos

Plateau Attacks: 17 killed, 85 buildings burnt – Police

Plateau state on map

Killings going on repeatedly in Plateau, senator says

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International

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NPFL: Enyimba, Kwara United pip Nasarawa to continental tickets

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EDITORIAL: Assaulting Press Freedom in the name of Regulation

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Investigations

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SPECIAL REPORT: Residents groan as Jigawa govt fails to complete N1.8 billion hospital

Nets not to be sold bought in Ebonyi state at N2500.

World Malaria Day: How corruption hinders Nigeria’s efforts to eradicate malaria

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SPECIAL REPORT: Exploitation, eviction threat ‘killing’ residents of a Lagos island

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Africa CDC raises alarm over continent’s infectious diseases outbreaks

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Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa

World Hepatitis Day: Undiagnosed, untreated hepatitis kills 124,000 Africans annually – WHO

NCDC director of Prevention Programmes and Knowledge Management, Chinwe Ochu

Nigeria steps up infectitious diseases management campaign

Features

Water trickling into a human palm

Residents decry poor water supply, sanitation as cholera kills 295 in Jigawa, Kano

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TIMELINE: Buhari has spent 200 days in UK for treatment since assuming office

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SPECIAL REPORT: Despite govt actions, 4,000 children died from malnutrition in Jigawa

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INFOGRAPHICS: Buhari has spent 200 days in UK for treatment since assuming office

Children waiting for treatment at a treatment centre in Ringim LGA.

INFOGRAPHICS: Despite govt actions, 4,000 children died from malnutrition in Jigawa

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