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Thumbs up for Oga Bello at 65, By Tunde Akanni

After On Nigeria: Who will fund democracy in Nigeria?, By Dayo Olaide

Nigeria’s public institutions and the need for young talent, By Chioma Bright-Uhara

CPC at 105: Staying true to its founding mission, opening a new chapter in China-Nigeria friendship, By Yu Dunhai

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The Missing Millions: Fiscal accountability failures entrench IDP crisis in Benue

byAkile Julius Gojo

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Former Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji (PHOTO CREDIT: Uche Nnaji's Facebook Page)

ICPC secures 14-day remand warrant to detain ex-Minister Uche Nnaji over certificate forgery

Governor Mohammed Bago

48 killed in farmers, herders clash in Niger State

Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji (PHOTO CREDIT: Uche Nnaji's Facebook Page)

How we arrested ex-Minister Uche Nnaji – ICPC

President Bola Tinubu (PHOTO CREDIT: Presidency)

Presidency says man accused of heading ‘fraudulent presidential council’ is facing trial

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Oyo Abduction: Teachers suspend strike after govt appeal

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Interpretation of Lagos HIV data misleading, figures reflect routine testing- Official

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Police arrest two over illegal firearms in Plateau

US, Nigeria to deepen trade, investment ties as America marks 250 years of independence

US, Nigeria to deepen trade, investment ties as America marks 250 years of independence

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Protocol, Ademola Oshodi

Xenophobia: South African govt must act to protect Nigerians, others – Official

Former Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji (PHOTO CREDIT: Uche Nnaji's Facebook Page)

ICPC secures 14-day remand warrant to detain ex-Minister Uche Nnaji over certificate forgery

Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva (PHOTO CREDIT: The Cable)

Alleged Coup: SSS arraigns five for concealment of Timipre Sylva’s whereabouts

The makeshift shelters where IDPs in Benue State have lived for years.

The Missing Millions: Fiscal accountability failures entrench IDP crisis in Benue

Governor Soludo of Anambra state

Anambra enrols 10,384 people living with HIV in health insurance scheme – Official

Ubong Umoh, Commissioner for Education, Akwa Ibom State

College declares ‘sign-out’ celebrations illegal, gives reasons

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

Court urges settlement in N98.5bn patent suit against CBN, NIBSS

NNPC deploy trucks ahead of Dangote refinery petrol loading (PHOTOS CREDIT: NNPC Ltd)

NNPC profit falls to ₦462 billion despite higher oil production in May

Eastern Obolo community members in a group photo at the Unlock2Remediate workshop

Gas Flare: Foundation trains Akwa Ibom oil community on how to demand environmental remediation

Harry Kane, England

World Cup: Kane strikes twice as England eliminate DR Congo

INEC Chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan

INEC set to introduce downloadable PVCs, full online voter registration

A member of the House of Representatives, Yusuf Gagdi (APC, Plateau) [PHOTO CREDIT: Hon Yusuf Adamu Gagdi]

2027: Lawmaker dismisses Atiku, Peter Obi, says they lack structures to defeat Tinubu in 2027

Special Reports

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

Headline Stories

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

A roofless section of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Complex

Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: The secrecy, unanswered questions about Akwa Ibom Assembly’s N15.47bn project

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The Grand Finale of the maiden Nigerian Engineering Olympiad

NCDMB rewards engineering excellence, as Modibbo University wins N50m at Engineering Olympiad

Mr Ibrahim Sani

Gov Lawal appoints Special Assistant on sign language interpretation

J-INVEST 2026: Gov Namadi declares Jigawa open for business, unveils economic blueprint

J-INVEST 2026: Gov Namadi declares Jigawa open for business, unveils economic blueprint

Governor Dauda Lawal handing over one of the buses to an NURTW member

Lawal distributes 50 buses to Zamfara NURTW to ease public transportation

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed (PHOTO CREDIT: senbalamohammed)

Vice Chancellor lauds Gov Mohammed for supporting university

Features and Interviews

2024 State of the Nation Address: The Head of State addressing both chambers of Parliament, which convened in joint session this Wednesday at the People’s Palace. Image: Président de la République RDC

Features And Interviews

Does Tshisekedi’s third-term bid benefit DRCongo?

byNirvaly Moolooand1 others

Political map of Nigeria

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: Many Nigerians want more states, but constitutional hurdles won’t make it happen

byBakare Majeed

House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Features And Interviews

EXPLAINER: State Police: The powers, safeguards, controversies in approved Bill

bySharon Eboesomi

Governor Namadi, Mustapha Lamido, Sule Lamido, Sabo Nakudu and Bashir Adamu

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: 2027: Fragmented opposition gives ruling APC upper hand in Jigawa

byAbubakar Ahmadu Maishanu

A merger of the APC governorship candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Features And Interviews

ANALYSIS: How defections, zoning, consensus deals shaped emergence of APC’s 28 governorship candidates

bySharon Eboesomi

Oscar Amaechina, President Afri-mission network

Features And Interviews

Why neither the poor nor the rich are sleeping peacefully in Nigeria – Missionary Oscar Amaechina

byTosin Omoniyi

Business

News Reports

US, Nigeria to deepen trade, investment ties as America marks 250 years of independence

US, Nigeria to deepen trade, investment ties as America marks 250 years of independence

Uyi Akpata

Savannah Energy confirms appointment of Uyi Akpata as non-executive director

NNPC deploy trucks ahead of Dangote refinery petrol loading (PHOTOS CREDIT: NNPC Ltd)

NNPC profit falls to ₦462 billion despite higher oil production in May

CBN Head quarters

FULL LIST: CBN revokes licences of 46 microfinance banks

The Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Dr Kayode Opeifa, (second right), presenting the permanent Operating Licence and the permanent Track Access Licence to the Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, (LAMATA) Engr Mrs Al Abimbola Akinajo, (second left), at the NRC Headquarters, on Tuesday. With them are; the Technical Adviser, Rail Transport, LAMATA, Engr. Olasunkanmi Okusaga, and the NRC Director of Operations, Akin Osinowo. PHOTO: NRC MEDIA TEAM

NRC grants permanent operating licence, track access to Lagos

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

L-R: Munir Bello - Nigeria Country Lead, Inclusive Financial Systems at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Angela Wambugu - Director, Advisory Services Africa at Women's World Banking, Uche Uzoebo - Chief Executive Officer, Shared Agent Network Expansion Facilities Limited, Dr Nurudeen Zauro - Technical Advisor to the President on Economic & Financial Inclusion, Elizabeth Gathai - Regional Head, Africa at Women's World Banking, Dr Stephen Ambore - Policy Director, Africa, Women's World Banking.

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

Logos of Zenith Bank, First HoldCo, Access Holdings Plc, UBA, FCMB Group, Stanbic IBTC, Wema Bank, Sterling Holdco, and Ecobank

Banks grow earnings and income streams despite impact of 2025 provisions

Lagos City (PHOTO CREDIT: Lagos Insider)

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

Ajah Area [Credit: All Abot Lagos]

Lagos warns of more heavy rains, demolishes shanties

Map of oyo state used to illustrate the story

Oyo Abduction: Teachers suspend strike after govt appeal

APC flag (CREDIT: Daily Trust)

2027: Despite protests, Tinubu’s support group backs Abuja review of APC’s nomination list

Four suspected kidnappers arrested in connection with the abduction of two children in Ibarapa in Oyo State

Oyo kidnap suspects trade blames after arrest over abduction of two children

South South

Eastern Obolo community members in a group photo at the Unlock2Remediate workshop

Gas Flare: Foundation trains Akwa Ibom oil community on how to demand environmental remediation

Ubong Umoh, Commissioner for Education, Akwa Ibom State

College declares ‘sign-out’ celebrations illegal, gives reasons

Idara Okure, suspended supervisor for internal security in Nsit Ibom Local Government Council, Akwa Ibom State

Akwa Ibom local council suspends security supervisor over alleged phone theft at bank

Omo-Agege, deputy senate president

Omo-Agege speaks on removal of lawmaker who defected from APC to NDC

South East

Governor Soludo of Anambra state

Anambra enrols 10,384 people living with HIV in health insurance scheme – Official

A collage of Peter Obi and Kenneth Okonkwo

Court grants Peter Obi leave to serve Kenneth Okonkwo by substituted means

Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji (PHOTO CREDIT: Uche Nnaji's Facebook Page)

How we arrested ex-Minister Uche Nnaji – ICPC

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

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

North West

Peter Obi’s ally sues Kwankwaso over Kano NDC primaries

Peter Obi’s ally sues Kwankwaso over Kano NDC primaries

FRSC Officials on duty

Collision on Funtua-Katsina highway claims 8 lives

Nigerian Police officers on duty

Police arrest seven suspected robbers, recover stolen items

Armed herders

Four arrested over deadly Kebbi farmers-herders clash

North East

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK)

Terrorists kidnap six women, two babies near scene of Borno school attack

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Borno School Attack: Councillor says 35 students still missing

Map of Borno

Boko Haram abducts students writing NECO at Borno school

Gombe State on map

Group disburses N290m education grant to indigent students

North Central

Plateau

Police arrest two over illegal firearms in Plateau

The makeshift shelters where IDPs in Benue State have lived for years.

The Missing Millions: Fiscal accountability failures entrench IDP crisis in Benue

Governor Mohammed Bago

48 killed in farmers, herders clash in Niger State

Hyacinth Alia, Governor of Benue state

Herders kill 15 in Benue days after MACBAN chairman’s murder

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FEC approves N215bn for CNG buses, $900 million agriculture financing – Minister

Federal Executive Council meeting (FEC) (PHOTO CREDIT: Channels TV)

FEC approves N215bn for CNG buses, $900 million agriculture financing – Minister

NYSC MEMBERS

Civilian DG, new uniforms, six-week orientation, other proposed changes to NYSC

Headline Stories

Hajj pilgrims

UPDATED: Nigeria arrests seven Boko Haram, ISWAP commanders returning from Hajj, Minister says

Headline Stories

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, today assented to the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act 2026.

Tinubu signs NIMC Act 2026 into law

PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU

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International

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Protocol, Ademola Oshodi

Xenophobia: South African govt must act to protect Nigerians, others – Official

Venezuela earthquake

Death toll from Venezuela earthquake rises to 1,943

2024 State of the Nation Address: The Head of State addressing both chambers of Parliament, which convened in joint session this Wednesday at the People’s Palace. Image: Président de la République RDC

Does Tshisekedi’s third-term bid benefit DRCongo?

Farmers and CPC members work side by side to plough the fields and plant crops in Gaojiu Village in Guizhou on October 8, 2023. [Photo: VCG]

In foreigners’ eyes: What galvanizes young people in a changing China

South African protesters (CREDIT: theconversation)

Xenophobia: Lessons from Africa on costs of South Africa’s migration approaches

Sports

Folarin Balogun [Credit U.S Soccer Facebook Page]

World Cup: Balogun scores, sees red as USA beat Bosnia to reach Round of 16

Outcome (CREDIT: FIFA World Cup Channel)

World Cup: Belgium stage dramatic comeback to eliminate Senegal after extra time

Harry Kane, England

World Cup: Kane strikes twice as England eliminate DR Congo

NPFL 2026/27 season set for August kickoff with historic ₦1bn champions’ prize money

Mbappé (PHOTO CREDIT: FIFA World Cup Channel)

World Cup: Kylian Mbappé brace leads France to 3-0 victory over Sweden

Arts & Entertainment

Pan-African filmmaking bootcamp

KAP Academy, Benin government launch Pan-African filmmaking bootcamp

Oluwasegun Oyeyemi

Fans mourn Mount Zion actor Omooba Oyeyemi as family announces burial date

Cindy, Brent and Anne

US Soy ready to help bridge Nigeria’s protein gap – Officials

Pastor William Kumuyi

Insecurity: “God is our problem solver, not govt” – Pastor Kumuyi

CEIBS

CEIBS Nigeria alumni urge executive education for business leaders

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Tunde Akanni writes about his teachers on World Teacher's Day.

Contributors

Thumbs up for Oga Bello at 65, By Tunde Akanni

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An urgent appeal to the Minister of Finance: Nigeria’s vital need for a new debt reporting template By Dayo Olaide

After On Nigeria: Who will fund democracy in Nigeria?, By Dayo Olaide

Nigeria’s public institutions and the need for young talent, By Chioma Bright-Uhara

Nigeria’s public institutions and the need for young talent, By Chioma Bright-Uhara

CPC at 105: Staying true to its founding mission, opening a new chapter in China-Nigeria friendship, By Yu Dunhai

CPC at 105: Staying true to its founding mission, opening a new chapter in China-Nigeria friendship, By Yu Dunhai

Jos: The ceaseless bleeding on the Plateau, By Bolutife Oluwadele

State police: In need of a grassroots backbone, By Bolutife Oluwadele

Eric Teniola writes about military intrigues.

Insecurity: The possible way out, By Eric Teniola

Editorial

A collage of Trump and Iran President

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

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EDITORIAL: Party deregistration: Judicial rascality must stop!

Super Eagles (Credit: NFF Media)

EDITORIAL: Another World Cup without Super Eagles

Editorial digital portrait of Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV and Artificial Intelligence

EDITORIAL: Pope Leo and the global charge for AI regulation

2026 APC Primaries

EDITORIAL: 2027: When imposition of candidates is cloaked as consensus

Community High School, Ahoro-Esiele

EDITORIAL: Oyo schools’ kidnappings: Stopping a regional contagion now!

Health

News Reports

HIV

Interpretation of Lagos HIV data misleading, figures reflect routine testing- Official

Broadcast media and mental health, By Margaret Uddin-Ojeahere

Nigeria launches first mental health policy tracker to monitor implementation of reforms

Ebola airlines

DRC Ebola cases rise to 1,274, 96 health workers infected – Africa CDC

A Nigerian police used to illustrate the story

Police probe teacher’s death after alleged school assault

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

A group of volunteer staff at Damare PHC (1)

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

A group of VCMs at Primary Healthcare Centre Kofar Rini, before going out for outreach. Picture_ Qosim Suleiman

SPECIAL REPORT: Inside Sokoto’s fight against polio vaccine hesitancy

Postpartum haemorrhage

PT HEALTH WATCH: Why fibroids, multiple pregnancies raise risk of postpartum haemorrhage – Expert

Health Specials

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

An image used to illustrate cataract

PT HEALTH WATCH: Delayed treatment of childhood cataracts can lead to irreversible vision loss – Expert

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PT Health Watch: Why sleep paralysis feels like a spiritual attack — Expert

Features

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

Dansarai entrance junction (PHOTO CREDIT: Ogalah Dunamis)

Inside Katsina PHCs, where night services falter amid staffing and power gaps

Polio vaccination

INTERVIEW: Old narratives surrounding polio vaccines still haunt eradication initiatives in Sokoto – Official

Data & Infographics

President Muhammadu Buhari

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

November 12, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine vials [PHOTO CREDIT: BioWorld]

Want to know about vaccine rollouts in Africa? Click on a country here and find out

October 2, 2021

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

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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