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Friday, 28th August, 2026

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MTN Seeks 30% Investment from Nigerian Investors to Acquire $1.1bn IHS Stake 8 hours ago

FG Unveils $1.4 Trillion Social Protection Plan to Tackle Poverty 1 day ago

Olukoyede: Over $500m Cash, Assets Forfeited to FG in Three Years 1 day ago

Zenith Bank’s 10th International Trade Seminar Charts Path to Unlocking Non-Oil Export Value 1 day ago

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FTSE Russell Restores Nigeria to Frontier Market Status After Three-Year Exit

MTN Records 62% Local Procurement, Spends N2.7trn on Nigerian Suppliers in 2025

U.S. Consul General: Nigeria-US Ties Could Shape Africa’s Future, Influence Global Affairs

NBC: Stronger Border Cooperation Needed to Tackle Africa’s Security Threats

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FTSE Russell Restores Nigeria to Frontier Market Status After Three-Year Exit

• Reclassification takes effect from opening of trading on Sept 21, 2026 •City Boy Movement describes re-entry as measurable evidence of economic progress, commends CBN, SEC for investor confidence gains

MTN Records 62% Local Procurement, Spends N2.7trn on Nigerian Suppliers in 2025

U.S. Consul General: Nigeria-US Ties Could Shape Africa’s Future, Influence Global Affairs

NBC: Stronger Border Cooperation Needed to Tackle Africa’s Security Threats

TCN’s $1.4bn Funding Lifts Power Grid as Transformer Capacity Rises to 8,500MVA

Chargé d’Affaires: China Imported $2.3bn Nigerian Goods in Six Months

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FTSE Russell Restores Nigeria to Frontier Market Status After Three-Year Exit

MTN Records 62% Local Procurement, Spends N2.7trn on Nigerian Suppliers in 2025

U.S. Consul General: Nigeria-US Ties Could Shape Africa’s Future, Influence Global Affairs

NBC: Stronger Border Cooperation Needed to Tackle Africa’s Security Threats

TCN’s $1.4bn Funding Lifts Power Grid as Transformer Capacity Rises to 8,500MVA

Chargé d’Affaires: China Imported $2.3bn Nigerian Goods in Six Months

NCDMB Seeks Pan-African Local Content Collaboration to Drive Economic Diversification, Industrial Growth

NCC Pushes for Digital Inclusivity to Grow $1 Trillion Economy

Nwachukwu Backs Soludo’s Vision, Calls for Stronger Institutions, Infrastructure in Anambra

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AMCON Justifies Sale of Arik Air Aircraft as Shareholders Kick

NIMASA Strengthens Enforcement of Requirements for Indigenous Participation in Cabotage Trade

Ekeh: Nigeria First Policy Major Protection for Creatively Ambitious Entrepreneurs

FAAN Pledges Passenger Facilitation, Security at Airports

Ultimum Relaunches Product, Upgraded Pack

Firms, Providus Bank Deepen Agricultural Investment Platform

United Nigeria Airlines Honours Chinua Achebe with Sculpture

FCMB Supports Peak Performer Leadership Summit

ASKY Launches New Air Service Connecting Kano, Niamey

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Starting Small: Obafemi Hamzat’s Blueprint for Building Real Progress

THE POLITICS OF ‘NO MASS DEATH’

Nwankwo: No Need to Rush State Police Bill Passage Before 2027 Polls

Roads, Promises and South-South: Has Umahi Failed Tinubu?

Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies at 80

Obi: Of Ambition and Reality of 2027 Presidential Poll

2027: As Tinubu Constitutes Campaign Council, Banks on Mbah in S’East…

THE LABOUR PARTY CONUNDRUM

El-Rufai’s Renewed Gambit With Ethnicity and Injurious Religious Sentiments

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Dolly Ohanyere: On The Storm, The Healing, and Writing 6 Books To Change Homes

Glo @23: Delivering More Value Beyond the Conventional with “Never Settle for Less” Campaign

Give Tony His Flowers…

Beyond Tinubu: Buratai’s Case for Nigeria’s Sovereignty, Dignity

Wale Adeniyi and The Eminence of Nigeria in Global Customs Governance

Why Environmental Infrastructure Matters to Lagos

DECRIMINALISING ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

CHIDIMMA ADETSHINA: PLAY BY THE RULES

2027: Organisation Launches Campaign against Electoral Violence

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What Nigerian DNA Reveals About Crime, Identity and Our Shared Ancestry

World Hepatitis Day: How Cerba Lancet Took Testing, Education, and Hope to the Streets of Mushin

Kegites Elders Provide Free Healthcare, Sponsor Table Tennis Tournament

LASHMA Seeks Media Support to Boost ILERA EKO Enrolment in Lagos

Medical Expert Offers Tips on Stroke Prevention

Dr. Adegbajo Odedina: Building Haven Pediatrics to Fight Nigeria’s Child Mortality Crisis

HEALTHCARE AS ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE

Don Raises the Alarm over Declining Public Trust in Healthcare System

Beyond Treatment: Why Social Determinants of Health Matter in Cancer Care

sport

Gusau, Sanusi, Others Step Down from NFF Board

Cup Holders PSG to Take on Man City, Aston Villa, Barca in League Phase

Tobi Amusan Dethroned as Sprint Hurdles World Record Holder

LSSC Boss, Allibay, Laud Spires 5-Aside, IHS Partnership

UEFA Preparing Criminal Legal Action against Infantino

Aston Villa v Arsenal Clash Tops Premier League Weekend Broadcast on DStv/GOtv

Nigerian Pro Golf Quartet Arrive Kampala for Uganda Open

Pinnick Says Not Interested in NFF’s Normalisation Committee

Fanny Amun’s Fact-finding Committee Blames NFF Congress for Nigeria’s Football Problems

education

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Rivers Student, Agburum, Gets N1m as Winner of 2026 Mike Okonkwo Essay Contest

EKSU Financial Markets Programme: Pioneer Cohort Set to Graduate in 2026

From Birth Certificate to Classroom: Why Legal Identity Matters to a Child’s Education

Monarch Commends Oyebanji for Poly Upgrade, Seeks More Support for Education in Ijero

Gombe Tsangaya Scholars, Teachers Express Confidence in Governor, Endorse Gwamna

Over 1,000 Children to Benefit from YBWorms Social, Emotional Learning Programme

FUOYE Reform: Group Calls for Federal Funding Boost, Hails Anti-extortion Drive

Babcock University, PMI Nigeria Partner to Boost Students’ Global Employability

NGO Partners Lagos, Others for 6th Inter-Public Schools Championship

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And Iyaloja Sets The Market on Fire

Abati’s Misrepresentations of the ICPC ‘Fake Agency’ Investigation

Atiku and The Subsidy Card

The 3 Musketeers and The Lone Ranger Starring Gilbert, Ronald, Jack and Aliko

The Menace Of Fake Agencies

Otedola Meets Yari in Monaco Amid Concerns Over SEC’s Silence in N40bn Bond Default

Nine Fake Agencies Cometh

RESTORING FUEL SUBSIDY WILL REVERSE NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC GAINS

Babangida at 85: From ‘Evil Genius‘ to Beneficent Oracle

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MESSAGING AND 2027 ELECTION CAMPAIGNS

Credibility in Osun, Questions for Wike and the NBA

International Law and Refund of Deportation Bills: The Case of Nigeria and Ghana versus South Africa

The Day Osun Spoke Back

Winning Election by Manu Militari: Is Killing Accord Party Members Not Self-defeating?

THE PROPOSED OPPOSITION CONSENSUS CANDIDACY

Like NBA, Like Osun: Issues in Election Credibility

Who is Undermining Africa’s Development: Europeans or Africans? Anglophone or Francophone Africa?

The Dangerous Politics of Thin Skin

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