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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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Building Ọmọlúàbí as the essence of parenting, By Babafemi Badejo

Reflecting on a Rotary year: Media, service, and the rolling wheel, By Max Amuchie

Nigerian healthcare: The questions worth asking, By ‘Lade Bandele

Political parties, the courts and the path to 2027, By Reuben Abati

How to fight worry, fear and anxiety, By Sunday Adelaja

Fathers wake up, By Ayo Akerele
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Yewa-Ebedei Controversy: How an abandoned playoff has put NLO’s rule enforcement under scrutiny

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Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa

FG proposes ending JSS-SSS separation to improve school retention

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?

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK)

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

Omoyele Sowore

Court grants Sowore N200 million bail in alleged cybercrime trial

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

Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and Peter Obi

NDC appeals court ruling nullifying its registration, uploads Peter Obi’s name on INEC’s portal

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The executive governor fo Bayelsa state, Douye Diri.

Insecurity: Governor dethrones Bayelsa traditional ruler

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State (CREDIT: Douye Diri X page)

Bayelsa hosts 40 mineral titles as Gov Diri demands stricter mining regulations

Delta State House Assembly

Assembly declares seat vacant after lawmaker’s defection from APC to NDC

Mompha

Court to deliver judgement in Mompha’s alleged N6bn Mompha’ trial

Prominent Nigerian lawyer Mike Ozekhome. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Instagram handle of Mr Ozekhome]

Forgery Trial: Ozekhome secures prosecution’s backing for foreign travel bid, judge rules Thursday

Amos Isah, the founder and General Overseer of Prophetic Voice of Fire Ministry International (PHOTO CREDIT: Apostle Amos Isah on Facebook)

Alleged teenager rape victim to testify against Abuja pastor, prosecution seeks witness protection

Federal University of Technology

Students protest insecurity at federal university

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele,

Oyedele confirms Nigeria has drawn first $1.5 billion under $5 billion Abu Dhabi financing deal

Business School Netherlands

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APC governorship primary

Ekiti APC primary dispute deepens as lawmaker releases rival’s salary records

Officials of the Citizens Democratic Alliance (CDA)

CDA roots for parliamentary system, state police

Nigeria Police insignia

Police arrest suspected armed robber, recover locally made firearm

Attendees at CSLS event

Centre honours journalists at 20th anniversary event

L-R: Kwara State APC Deputy Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Samari; Speaker Kwara State House of Assembly and APC governorship candidate, Hon Yakubu Salihu Danladi; State APC Chairman, Prince Sunday Fagbemi; and Secretary of the party, Alhaji Mustapha Ishowo; during the presentation of the party's nomination form to the candidate, in Ilorin, on Tuesday

2027: Kwara APC governorship candidate receives INEC nomination form

CJID Ghana Media Summit

CJID to host Ghana media summit on disinformation, democracy

Special Reports

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

Monisade Afuye, incumbent deputy governor of Ekiti State (APC)

Gender

#EkitiDecides2026: A ballot without women candidates

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Headline Stories

How Nigerian terrorists use TikTok, exploit country’s digital governance gap

Promoted Content

WHO, UNICEF, community leaders hail Mbah’s commitment to primary healthcare

WHO, UNICEF, community leaders hail Mbah’s commitment to primary healthcare

Dapo Abiodun and Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Afenifere commends Abiodun, Sanwo-Olu, Disu for combating kidnapping, banditry

Butchers commend Uba Sani for modernising abattoirs, meat processing in Kaduna

Butchers commend Uba Sani for modernising abattoirs, meat processing in Kaduna

L-R: Chief Adviser to the Minister of State for Industry, Professor Anoka Njan; Managing Director, Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC), Goran Sladic; Minister of State for Industry, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Senator John Owan Enoh; Supply Chain Director, NBC, Franz Schepping; Senior Director, Technical Operations, Coca-Cola Nigeria, Bolanle Kola-Raji; and Senior Director, Franchise Operations, Coca-Cola Nigeria, Soji Awotiwon, at the official commissioning of NBC’s production capacity enhancement programme at the Asejire Plant, Oyo State, marking a key milestone in the company’s 75th anniversary celebrations.

Nigerian Bottling Company commissions three new production lines at Asejire and Challawa

The First Lady, Remi Tinubu flanked by the seven Northwest governors and a traditional ruler in Jigawa

Jigawa hosts northwest governors as Remi Tinubu launches food banks, NITDA’s AI, robotics lab

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

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele,

Oyedele confirms Nigeria has drawn first $1.5 billion under $5 billion Abu Dhabi financing deal

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

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

Universal Insurance

Galloping costs spur 49.2% drop in Universal Insurance’s annual profit

Elon Musk

Elon Musk regains trillionaire status as SpaceX, Tesla shares surge

Unilever Nigeria Plc

Unilever Nigeria Plc appoints new executive director

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

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

SPAHR said it intends to broaden its activities (Credit: SPAHR)

SPAHR expands focus on leadership training, institutional development

Danfo buses (PHOTO CREDIT: allafrica.com)

Bus conductor stabs Lagos traffic agency LASTMA’s officer

South South

The executive governor fo Bayelsa state, Douye Diri.

Insecurity: Governor dethrones Bayelsa traditional ruler

Nigeria Police insignia

Police arrest suspected armed robber, recover locally made firearm

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State (CREDIT: Douye Diri X page)

Bayelsa hosts 40 mineral titles as Gov Diri demands stricter mining regulations

Delta State House Assembly

Assembly declares seat vacant after lawmaker’s defection from APC to NDC

South East

Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and Peter Obi

NDC appeals court ruling nullifying its registration, uploads Peter Obi’s name on INEC’s portal

Governor Soludo of Anambra State

Erosion: Anambra imposes five-hour lockdown for statewide drainage cleanup

Mobile phones used to illustrate the story [PHOTO: cnet.com]

Why you shouldn’t charge phone on bed while asleep – Expert

Police operatives

Police rescue kidnap victim in Imo forest

North West

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

Governor visits family of lynched Kaduna woman

Governor pays condolences, vows justice, lifelong support for survivors of lynched Kaduna woman

North East

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK)

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

Borno state on map used to illustrate the story

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

Federal University of Technology

Students protest insecurity at federal university

L-R: Kwara State APC Deputy Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Samari; Speaker Kwara State House of Assembly and APC governorship candidate, Hon Yakubu Salihu Danladi; State APC Chairman, Prince Sunday Fagbemi; and Secretary of the party, Alhaji Mustapha Ishowo; during the presentation of the party's nomination form to the candidate, in Ilorin, on Tuesday

2027: Kwara APC governorship candidate receives INEC nomination form

Gunmen or Kidnappers used to illustrate the story in Katsina

Nigeria’s violence far worse than Boko Haram narrative — Researcher

Governor Caleb Mutfwang (left) receiving the report from former Governor Joshua Dariye

Mutfwang receives Dariye panel report, seeks broader peace dialogue

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

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

My govt is laying foundation for Nigeria’s prosperity – Tinubu

Time: 10:37 a.m. Polling Unit: 013 Ejigbo, Ayede North Ward/RA: 9 Oye LGA Voters are gathering at this polling unit waiting to cast their votes.

Ekiti Election: Yiaga Africa confirms INEC results, raises concerns over vote buying

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International

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

Lebanon Explosion (PHOTO CREDIT: Twitter @fairygordon

Israeli strikes: Lebanon counts over 4,246 dead since March; Trump frown at toll

Venezuela Earthquake in picture [Photo Credit: Bloomberg.com]

32 killed, 700 injured in Venezuela twin earthquakes

Sports

Erling Haaland

World Cup: Haaland fires Norway into Round of 16 with late winner against Côte d’Ivoire

Yewa-Ebedei Controversy: How an abandoned playoff has put NLO’s rule enforcement under scrutiny

Yewa-Ebedei Controversy: How an abandoned playoff has put NLO’s rule enforcement under scrutiny

Frank Onyeka (Credit: Brentford FC on X)

Onyeka completes permanent transfer to Coventry City from Brentford

Carlo Ancelotti (Credit: FIFA Media)

World Cup: Ancelotti hails Brazil’s mental strength after dramatic comeback victory over Japan

Atlas Lions of Morocco (Credit: Achraf Hakimi on X)

UPDATED: World Cup: Morocco eliminate Netherlands as Paraguay edge Germany

Arts & Entertainment

Ebo Noah

‘Ghana’s Noah’ resurfaces after Accra floods, claims prophecy is unfolding

Elegbeje Ado

Veteran actor Elegbeje Ado is dead

State of Nigeria's creative economy report

Payment processing, FX hindering Nigeria’s creative exports — Report

Knorr Jollof Festival

Knorr celebrates Nigeria’s Smoky Jollof tradition at food festival

Blanche Aigle Communications

Nigeria’s Blanche Aigle Communications makes Cannes Lions 2026 shortlist

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

Contributors

Building Ọmọlúàbí as the essence of parenting, By Babafemi Badejo

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The Sunday Stew: From Abuja to the world: The insecurity triad and rise of the independent African scholar, By Max Amuchie

Reflecting on a Rotary year: Media, service, and the rolling wheel, By Max Amuchie

27 years of democracy and Nigeria’s health renewal (I): Rebuilding the foundations, By ‘Lade Bandele

Nigerian healthcare: The questions worth asking, By ‘Lade Bandele

Reuben Abati writes about Plateau, Tsiga and Trump.

Political parties, the courts and the path to 2027, By Reuben Abati

What makes the Yoruba tick (1), By Sunday Adelaja

How to fight worry, fear and anxiety, By Sunday Adelaja

The clash between empires and the Kingdom, By Ayo Akerele

Fathers wake up, By Ayo Akerele

Editorial

A collage of Trump and Iran President

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

FILE: Court and justice symbols used to illustrate the story

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

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

World Health Organisation (WHO)

Europe records over 1,300 heat-related deaths amid scorching temperatures- WHO

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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