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SPECIAL REPORT: Inside details of farmer-herder clashes in Abuja community

How mob brutally assaulted woman accused of witchcraft at church crusade

INVESTIGATION: Commissioned But Locked: How an idle hospital is failing women in Akwa Ibom

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#EkitiDecides2026: A ballot without women candidates

How Nigerian terrorists use TikTok, exploit country’s digital governance gap
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Big tech, AI and the future of Nigerian Journalism, By Shuaib S. Agaka

Sons of God and children of Satan, By Chinedu Moghalu

Shettima’s final test, By Azu Ishiekwene

Wole Soyinka at 92: Nigeria’s literary titan, Africa’s conscience and global intellectual powerhouse, By Ehi Braimah

Oriire abduction: Now it’s time to count the chicks, By Babafemi A. Badejo

Afrophobia: ANC and the denigration of the Black struggle, By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu Yusuf
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Nigerians want cheaper petrol, but renewed Hormuz battle won’t make that happen

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Senate rejects motion to review contract award process in National Assembly.

The late Mary Habila (Photo credit: @sowore)

Why we rejected autopsy on Mary Habila despite controversial death — Family

Chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Lawrence Jackson.

US House passes bill to cut foreign aid to Nigeria

Aisha Achimugu and some of her properties

UPDATED: Court orders final forfeiture of N4.6bn jewellery, N4.3bn exotic cars, cash recovered from Achimugu

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Court adjourns Nnamdi Emeh’s trial as CSOs demand release

Governor Mohammed Bago and Assembly Speaker Abdulmalik Sarkindaji

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Appeal Court

Appeal Court voids key Electoral Act provisions on parties’ primary election, membership register

NBA house

NBA to proceed with Saturday’s election, says SSS has released detained service provider’s MD

Former Governor Gabriel Suswam

Court postpones final arguments in 11-year-old fraud trial of ex-Gov. Suswam till September

Mr Tunde Ayeni.

EFCC arraigns ex-Skye Bank chair Tunde Ayeni for third time in N15.6bn fraud trial

Haruna Mamuda and Sadiq Umar impersonating officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

Court convicts two of impersonating EFCC officers, sets date for sentencing

Salihu Lukman

Kaduna ADC Crisis: El-Rufai’s ally Salisu Lukman quits party

Speaker Abbas pledges repeal of outdated laws

Speaker Abbas pledges repeal of outdated laws to strengthen Nigerian business reforms

Flooding in Akwa Ibom

Flood: Akwa Ibom youths demand shift from emergency response to disaster prevention

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Late Mrs Mary Amaechi, mother of the ADC vice-presidential candidate

Amaechi’s mother dies at 89

CBN Head quarters

CBN issues operational guidelines for BDCs’ forex purchases from banks, introduces tracking portal

Youth will determine Nigeria’s democratic future in 2027

House of Reps says youth will determine Nigeria’s democratic future in 2027

FILE: Court and justice symbols used to illustrate the story

Man remanded for alleged rape of his daughter, 14

Food inflation remains biggest threat despite easing headline rate – CPPE

CSOs seek single registry in Akwa Ibom, oppose multiple registration requirements

CSOs seek single registry in Akwa Ibom, oppose multiple registration requirements

Special Reports

Queue waiting to buy gas at AA Rano Gas station, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: How soaring cooking gas prices are squeezing Nigerian households, businesses

Government Day Secondary School, Lassa

Investigation/Special Reports

EXCLUSIVE: 36 students still missing after Borno school attack

A collage of IPOB flag, attacked police station and Simon Ekpa

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: IPOB-linked attacks, killings reduce since Simon Ekpa’s jailing

Inside details of farmer-herder clashes in Abuja community

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SPECIAL REPORT: Inside details of farmer-herder clashes in Abuja community

Rev Usetu Bassey’s Ibogo for Christ crusade, Ibogo Community in Biase LGA, Cross River, Dec 2024

Headline Stories

How mob brutally assaulted woman accused of witchcraft at church crusade

INVESTIGATION: Commissioned But Locked: How an idle hospital is failing women in Akwa Ibom

Investigation/Special Reports

INVESTIGATION: Commissioned But Locked: How an idle hospital is failing women in Akwa Ibom

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Governor Uba Sani

Kaduna govt reaffirms commitment to tackling malnutrition

Mrs Adenike Okebu, Acting General Manager of Enugu State Housing Development Corporation (ESHDC)

Africa Housing Show 2026: Enugu corporation unveils strategy to tackle housing deficit

NUC approves AI, cyber security programmes for ESUT

NUC approves AI, cyber security programmes for ESUT

Governor Dapo Abiodun

Ogun extends work palliative, transport allowance for civil servants

Mrs Bamidele Abiodun

Abiodun hails wife’s compassion, selfless service as she clocks 60

Features and Interviews

Governor Mohammed Bago and Assembly Speaker Abdulmalik Sarkindaji

Features And Interviews

Niger Assembly has no website, limiting residents’ access to information

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Primate Henry Ndukuba

Features And Interviews

TRIBUTE: Inside Primate Henry Ndukuba’s legacy of raising global Christian youth movement, By Folu Olamiti

USTDA announced an agreement with Nigerian energy company Powergas Nigeria Ltd (Powergas) to fund a feasibility study for a small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in southern Nigeria

Features And Interviews

How US is backing Nigeria’s energy and digital infrastructure

Frank W. Garcia Jr, U.S. Department of State's .Assistant Secretary for African Affairs. Photo Credit: U.S. Department of State

Features And Interviews

Top US official’s scheduled visit to Nigeria highlights Trump administration’s approach to West Africa

A Ghanaian gold mine

Features And Interviews

Ghana’s Tarkwa negotiations are testing Africa’s new mining bargain

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Features And Interviews

FIFA World Cup: VARiables, politics, and Africa

Business

News Reports

CBN Head quarters

CBN issues operational guidelines for BDCs’ forex purchases from banks, introduces tracking portal

Food inflation remains biggest threat despite easing headline rate – CPPE

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). (Photo credit: FAAN.gov.ng)

FAAN set to transform domestic air travel with V-Pass facial recognition system

Dangote Refinery

Dangote Refinery shields Nigerians from global fuel price shock – S&P

BUA Foods Annual general meeting

BUA Foods plans major expansion to support Nigeria’s economic growth, food security

Financial Inclusion

Financial Inclusion

Nigeria’s tax reform may strain Financial Inclusion gains

February 8, 2026

Robert Ochola, CEO of the AfricaNenda Foundation

Instant payment transactions in Africa hit $1.9trn in 2024 — Report

November 16, 2025

The launch of the State of Instant Payment Systems (SIIPS) 2025 report

Financial Inclusion: Nigeria’s NIBSS emerges as the only African Payment system to reach matured inclusivity level

November 13, 2025

Instant Payment Systems (SIIPS) 2025 report

Payment Systems: Central bankers, regulators, converge on Eswatini for SIIPS launch

November 12, 2025

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Group seeks financial inclusion for women in Nigeria

August 29, 2025

Analysis & Data

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CREDIT: CBN X handle)

Why some bank dividends are paused and what it means for investors

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Banks grow earnings and income streams despite impact of 2025 provisions

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ANALYSIS: Is Lagos the New Silicon Valley of Africa?

October 26, 2025

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Nigeria’s digital payment boom faces rising cybersecurity threats

October 22, 2025

A towering six-meter sculpture—the thinker’s burden, designed by Benjamin Von Wong, to challenge negotiators in Geneva.

Recycle or Cut Production: The Politics of Plastics Economy

September 8, 2025

Regional

South West

Senate at plenary

Senate confirms ex-FUOYE VC as ambassador despite sexual harassment allegations

Makoko

Makoko waterfront reclamation in Lagos approved by FG, state govt – Official

EFCC hands over house, SUV, other forfeited assets to Australian romance scam victim

EFCC hands over house, SUV, other forfeited assets to Australian romance scam victim

flood-hit Lagos communities

Sanwo-Olu, officials visit flood-hit Lagos communities, reassures residents

South South

Late Mrs Mary Amaechi, mother of the ADC vice-presidential candidate

Amaechi’s mother dies at 89

Flooding in Akwa Ibom

Flood: Akwa Ibom youths demand shift from emergency response to disaster prevention

CSOs seek single registry in Akwa Ibom, oppose multiple registration requirements

CSOs seek single registry in Akwa Ibom, oppose multiple registration requirements

AKSEPWMA Chairman, Prince Ikim at a location where the waste was not evacuated

Akwa Ibom suspends waste evacuation officers after devastating floods

South East

FILE: Court and justice symbols used to illustrate the story

Man remanded for alleged rape of his daughter, 14

The late Mary Habila (Photo credit: @sowore)

Why we rejected autopsy on Mary Habila despite controversial death — Family

President Tinubu and Governor of Anambra state, Soludo

How Tinubu is rebuilding South-east to heal wounds of civil war – Soludo

President Tinubu and Governor of Anambra state, Soludo

How Tinubu is rebuilding South-east to heal wounds of civil war – Soludo

North West

Salihu Lukman

Kaduna ADC Crisis: El-Rufai’s ally Salisu Lukman quits party

The Fiat Ducato commercial bus burns after colliding with the stationary truck (Photo: FRSC)

11 killed in Abuja–Kaduna highway crash — FRSC

Governor Dikko Umaru Radda addressing stakeholders from Bakori LGA

One killed, seven injured as bandit attack triggers reprisal in Katsina

Former Katsina Governor Ibrahim Shema addressing party members

Former Katsina governor defends Tinubu’s reforms, launches APC mobilisation network

North East

APC governorship primary

2027: Bauchi APC united, focused on victory despite defections – Official

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state. [PHOTO CREDIT: @BuniMedia]

Yobe govt approves health insurance enrolment for retirees

Yobe Governor Mai Mala Buni. Adamawa Governor Ahmadu Fintiri

Yobe, Adamawa tighten security to curb illegal mining

illegal mining operation

Task force raids illegal mining site, arrests two in Taraba

North Central

Former Governor Gabriel Suswam

Court postpones final arguments in 11-year-old fraud trial of ex-Gov. Suswam till September

Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Ojo Adekimi

Police foil kidnap plot, arrest two foreign suspects

Nigerian Police Officers on patrol

Police arrest Taraba student, allegedly recover revolver

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Kwara Attorney-General Sulyman Ibrahim

Saraki petitions LPPC against Kwara attorney general’s nomination for SAN rank

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Ndume urges Tinubu to sustain security offensive on terrorists

Hyacinth Alia, Governor of Benue state

Alia briefs Tinubu on Benue security, politics after state at 50 celebrations

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New ECOWAS hq (PHOTO CREDIT: @officialSKSM)

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International

A petrol station

Nigerians want cheaper petrol, but renewed Hormuz battle won’t make that happen

Chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Lawrence Jackson.

US House passes bill to cut foreign aid to Nigeria

An image that shows the Strait of Hormuz (CREDIT: Flickr)

US blockade of Strait of Hormuz resumes as Iran continues retaliatory strikes

Hamdan Dagalo

Sudanese court sentences RSF chief Hemedti to death

United States President Donald Trump

Iran vows to prevent US from reopening Strait of Hormuz

Sports

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Shakirat Moshood relishes ‘dream’ move to Portuguese club SCU Torreense

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Argentina face possible FIFA sanctions over Falklands banner after England win

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Argentina coach hails team’s fighting spirit after dramatic World Cup semi-final win

Hulayat Omidiran is accepting the role as the first National Matron of SWAN

Omidiran accepts historic SWAN role, says sports can drive Nigeria’s GDP

Lionel Messi celebrating Argentina's victory over England

World Cup: Messi inspires Argentina’s late fightback to sink England, book final spot

Arts & Entertainment

“We thought it was AI” — Akpabio taunts Oshiomhole over viral private jet massage video

“We thought it was AI” — Akpabio taunts Oshiomhole over viral private jet massage video

BBNaija Season 11: 10 things to know ahead of July premiere

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Hisbah bans movie downloads on phones in Kano

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betPawa named headline sponsor for Big Brother Naija Season 11

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Professor Babafemi Badejo writes about JAMB 2025 and the way forward.

Oriire abduction: Now it’s time to count the chicks, By Babafemi A. Badejo

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Editorial

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EDITORIAL: Enhancing the integrity of the 2026 Electoral Act

National Youth Service Corps members (PHOTO CREDIT: X @officialnyscng)

EDITORIAL: For a repurposed NYSC, we need a national dialogue

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EDITORIAL: US-Iran war: For global peace, let this rapprochement be

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EDITORIAL: Party deregistration: Judicial rascality must stop!

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Health

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Uganda begins 42-day countdown to Ebola-free status after discharging last patient

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45% of dementia cases could be prevented – WHO

FCTA (CREDIT: Punch Newspaper)

FCTA confirms 2 deaths from rabies, 8 cases

immunisation

WHO, UNICEF warn funding gap could reverse immunisation gains in poorer countries

Investigations

INVESTIGATION: Commissioned But Locked: How an idle hospital is failing women in Akwa Ibom

INVESTIGATION: Commissioned But Locked: How an idle hospital is failing women in Akwa Ibom

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In Adamawa, rural PHCs rely on volunteers due to staffing shortages

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Postpartum haemorrhage

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Health Specials

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FG donates ₦10 billion in medical equipment to Bauchi State

Suya by Glover Suya

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Rate of infants born with sickle cell disease annually. Infographics (PHOTO CREDIT: Fortune Eromonsele)

PT HEALTH WATCH: Sickle cell disease persists in Nigeria despite decades of awareness

Women in their late 40s and above

PT Health Watch: Menopause increases risk of bone loss, fractures, says expert

Features

Ebola (Photo Credit: ABC News)

Delayed containment of Ebola could cost DRC and Uganda billions

The shop compartment where Mr Loyoous’s children sleep

How poverty affects childhood development in Nigerian capital

Eva Chukwunelo is a creative and disability inclusion advocate

Limb Loss Awareness: Why Nigeria must move beyond kindness to real inclusion — Eva Chukwunelo

A health worker collects a blood sample from a suspected Lassa fever patient at the MSF-supported treatment centre in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi. (CREDIT: MSF)

Misdiagnosed as Malaria: The hidden cost of delayed Lassa Fever detection in Nigeria

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President Muhammadu Buhari

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

November 12, 2021

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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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