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Nigeria arrested suspected terrorists returning from Hajj. But several questions are unanswered

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EXCLUSIVE: 36 students still missing after Borno school attack

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NITDA’s new framework and the future of Nigeria’s digital ecosystem, By Shuaib S. Agaka

Friday Sermon: The Sunnah and its position In Islam, By Murtadha Gusau

A culture of dread: Nigeria’s post-cosmopolitanism, By Jibrin Ibrahim

The NIPSS memoir that calls out institutional bullying, By Abashi Rahab & Ibrahim Happiness

Retirees to exporters: NEPC’s post‑retirement empowerment drive, By Kabir Abdulsalam
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EXCLUSIVE: How former governor Sylva allegedly became coup sponsor

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan

2027 Poll: Turaki-led PDP faction submits ex-President Jonathan’s name, others to INEC

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state

Lagos generates 69% of ₦1.69 trillion revenue from IGR, spends 91% in first half of 2026

Former minister, Uche Nnaji, in the red cap, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday.

What Nigeria’s laws say about Uche Nnaji’s possible jail terms over forgery, laundering charges

The promotion that was bait

EXCLUSIVE: How alleged coup leader’s hidden motivation led him into arrest trap

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde

Oyo School Abduction: Still gripped by doubts, Gov. Makinde constitutes panel to probe incident

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US State Department mislabels Nigeria, other African countries at global AIDS conference

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Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun

CJN bars lawyers from using ‘Barrister’ as title

Nigerian soldiers in the Northeast

Nigerian soldiers killed 102 suspected terrorists, other criminals in July, rescued 393 hostages – Official

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60,000 migrants from Morocco enter Spanish territory after overrunning border.

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde [PHOTO CREDIT: Seyi Makinde on Facebook]

Oyo School Abduction: UN probe call not to diminish security efforts – Makinde

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde (PHOTO CREDIT: x.com @seyiamakinde | via https://x.com/seyiamakinde/status/1806000100004475033/photo/1)

Makinde inaugurates judicial panel to investigate Oyo school abduction

FG says no plan to increase electricity tariffs

FG says no plan to increase electricity tariffs

Hausa singer Rarara’s new song on Pantami attracts backlash

Hausa singer Rarara’s new song on Pantami attracts backlash

South-south governors (PHOTO CREDIT: Pen pushers)

South-south yet to domesticate key constitutional amendments on LG autonomy, electricity, police

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NNPC posts ₦535 billion profit, records 1.72 million barrels daily oil output in June

Weapons intercepted by Customs at Onne

Nigeria destroys 2,809 illicit arms in crackdown on illegal weapons

Police operatives

Police probe missing corps member’s death

Afam Osigwe [PHOTO CREDIT: Afam Osigwe ]

NBA constitutes 40-member committee for 2026 annual conference

Speaker Olamide Oladiji

Group petitions EFCC, seeks Speaker, deputy’s probe over alleged N70bn OSOPADEC budget fraud

NDLEA

NDLEA discovers 3 drug warehouses, seizes 2,596kg narcotics

Special Reports

INVESTIGATION: Gas flares, poisoned lives, regulatory failures in Nigeria’s oil fields

Investigation/Special Reports

INVESTIGATION: Gas flares, poisoned lives, regulatory failures in Nigeria’s oil fields

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Headline Stories

SPECIAL REPORT: Inside AI scam ads exploiting TikTok’s advertising system to defraud Nigerians

FACT-CHECK: Army’s video evidence for killing of ‘ISWAP media operator’ is seven years old

Headline Stories

FACT-CHECK: Army’s video evidence for killing of ‘ISWAP media operator’ is seven years old

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Nigeria arrested suspected terrorists returning from Hajj. But several questions are unanswered

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

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EXCLUSIVE: 36 students still missing after Borno school attack

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ANALYSIS: Sahel security crisis demands action beyond assurances of solidarity

byFahiraman Rodrigue Koné

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Features And Interviews

As US goes after ICC, countries must help international criminal justice survive

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Present at birth, absent by policy: Inside Nigeria’s parental leave challenge

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Inside Nigeria’s unregulated taser market where legal loopholes allow unchecked sale, use

Features And Interviews

Inside Nigeria’s unregulated taser market where legal loopholes allow unchecked sale, use

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Beyond T-Shirt: How ‘Final Year Brethren’ became exciting but costly campus tradition for finalists

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Despite governor’s executive orders, illegal mining denies Taraba State billions of naira annually

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News Reports

NNPC towers, CBD Abuja

NNPC posts ₦535 billion profit, records 1.72 million barrels daily oil output in June

FG says no plan to increase electricity tariffs

FG says no plan to increase electricity tariffs

First HoldCo

First HoldCo to pay 60% of annual profit as dividends

Seplat sells 10% JV stake to NNPC for $281.6m (₦384.38 billion)

Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Festus Keyamo

Asaba jet crew remains in SSS custody over security breach – Keyamo

Financial Inclusion

Sabina Mensah, deputy chief executive officer of the AfricaNenda Foundation

Financial Inclusion: Policy fragmentation, dollar dependence stall cross-border payments in Africa

Financial Inclusion

Nigeria’s tax reform may strain Financial Inclusion gains

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Robert Ochola, CEO of the AfricaNenda Foundation

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

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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

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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?

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Nigeria’s digital payment boom faces rising cybersecurity threats

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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

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South West

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Oyo School Abduction: UN probe call not to diminish security efforts – Makinde

Illegal mining: Chinese nationals in Lagos

Court jails two Chinese nationals five years each in Lagos for illegal mining

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde (PHOTO CREDIT: x.com @seyiamakinde | via https://x.com/seyiamakinde/status/1806000100004475033/photo/1)

Makinde inaugurates judicial panel to investigate Oyo school abduction

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Nigerian police deploy new CP to oversee Osun governorship poll

South South

South-south governors (PHOTO CREDIT: Pen pushers)

South-south yet to domesticate key constitutional amendments on LG autonomy, electricity, police

Police operatives

Police probe missing corps member’s death

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Police arrest ADC candidate’s husband over alleged cyberstalking

Afam Osigwe [PHOTO CREDIT: Afam Osigwe ]

NBA constitutes 40-member committee for 2026 annual conference

South East

The late Ifeanyi Uba and the current ANSFA chairman Chikelue Iloenyosi (CREDIT: ANSFA)

Anambra FA to stage novelty match for late Ifeanyi Ubah

Former minister, Uche Nnaji, in the red cap, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday.

What Nigeria’s laws say about Uche Nnaji’s possible jail terms over forgery, laundering charges

Abia State on map

Abia fixes N200m for presidential campaign billboard permit

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu

Enugu inaugurates three-man panel to investigate community crisis

North West

Late Ambassador Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji

Ex-Nigerian diplomat, Abubakar Alhaji, is dead

A photo of the lawmaker's hand raised by Governor Umar Namadi and the Speaker, Haruna Aliyu.

Jigawa Assembly lone opposition lawmaker joins APC

FG approves N46 billion for Kano airport runway rehabilitation, upgrades domestic terminal

FG approves ₦46 billion for Kano airport runway rehabilitation

Uba Sani picks Jerry Adams as running mate

Uba Sani picks running mate, ends Kaduna APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket

North East

Hausa singer Rarara’s new song on Pantami attracts backlash

Hausa singer Rarara’s new song on Pantami attracts backlash

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Troops foil terrorist infiltration, evacuate students in Borno

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Senior ISWAP finance chief, sons surrender to army in Borno

Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar

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North Central

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Banditry: Niger State to profile incoming herders, introduces entry permit

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UPDATED: Tinubu tackles governors, says they’re building needless flyovers

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu receives in audience with Oyo State Traditional Rulers led by Olubadan of Ibadanland, Imperial Majesty Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, with them are Chief of staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; Minister of Power, Joseph Olusunkanmi Tegbe; Executive Chairman, Nigeria Revenue Service, Dr. Zacch Adedeji; SSA to the President on Public Communication, Sunday Dare other Obas from Oyo State held at the Presidential Villa Abuja on Thursday.

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International

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60,000 migrants from Morocco enter Spanish territory after overrunning border.

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Resident doctors threaten nationwide strike over unpaid arrears, welfare concerns

Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako (PHOTO CREDIT: @SalakoIziaq on Twitter)

FG to offer 25,000 free cataract surgeries nationwide by 2027

US State Department mislabels Nigeria, other African countries at global AIDS conference

US State Department mislabels Nigeria, other African countries at global AIDS conference

Nigeria’s Charge d’Affaires to Brazil, Ambassador Basil Okolo; Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Temitope Ilori; and Director of Resource Mobilisation, NACA, Yinka Falola-Aneomuah, at the Nigeria side event during the 26th International AIDS Conference (IAS 2026) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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

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Features

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Donor cuts, govt inaction push HIV patients towards death, uncertainty in Rivers, Akwa Ibom (I)

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Present at birth, absent by policy: Inside Nigeria’s parental leave challenge

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How poverty affects childhood development in Nigerian capital

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