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Saturday, 15th August, 2026

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Live Updates: Osun Governorship Election 2026

Ex-NUPENG Chief Kicks as NLC Moves against New Labour Group

Abducted Jezco Chairman, Joseph Ezeokafor, Regains Freedom

Another Electioneering Season Beckons On August 19

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Live Updates: Osun Governorship Election 2026

Saturday 15, August 2026 8:10AM Voters Check Their Names on INEC List at Polling Unit Yinka Kolawole In Osogbo At Ward 4, Unit 6, Abere, Ede North, voters checking for

Ex-NUPENG Chief Kicks as NLC Moves against New Labour Group

Abducted Jezco Chairman, Joseph Ezeokafor, Regains Freedom

Another Electioneering Season Beckons On August 19

Two-Horse Race: Adeleke, Oyebamiji in Fierce Battle for Osun Governorship

IBB: No Successful Coup in Nigeria Without Civilian Backing

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Live Updates: Osun Governorship Election 2026

Ex-NUPENG Chief Kicks as NLC Moves against New Labour Group

Abducted Jezco Chairman, Joseph Ezeokafor, Regains Freedom

Two-Horse Race: Adeleke, Oyebamiji in Fierce Battle for Osun Governorship

IBB: No Successful Coup in Nigeria Without Civilian Backing

2027: APC, ADC, NDC, PDP, Others Race to Ready Campaign Machinery for Elections

Enugu Police Bust Criminal Syndicates, Arrest 14 Kidnap Suspects

2027 Election Gets Murky, Atiku Goes to Court, Seeks to Stop Tinubu from Contesting

Dangote Refinery Plans Retail-focused IPO, Rules Out Foreign Listing for Now

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Why Air Peace? The Selective Targeting of Nigeria’s Largest Airline Must Stop

Beyond Pain: How Nigeria’s Reforms Are Rebuilding the Economy

Dangote Refinery IPO: When Africa Begins to Own What It Builds

Metropolitan Electric Unveils Six-point Roadmap to Mass Adoption of EVs

Provide CNG Buses for MDAs, Civil Servants, Atoyebi Urges Tinubu

Dangote Refinery IPO: When Africa Begins to Own What It Builds

ABC Transport Secures Abia Approval for New City Transit Inn in Aba

Bond Obligation: Geregu Begins Review, Assures Investors of Orderly Resolution

Flight Disruptions: Stakeholders Seek Tough Labour Laws to Protect Passengers

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Soludo: His Politics and Strides in Anambra

Can W’African Women Get Appreciable Political Power By 2035?

Tinubu’s Upcoming Visit to Akwa Ibom

Gov Yusuf Enforces Traffic Regulations in Kano

Osun 2026: Of Desperation, Self-sabotage, and the Future of Democracy

OSUN: LET THE ELECTION BE PEACEFUL

Oyebamiji and His PROSPER Agenda for Osun’s Renewal

Osun: Between Davido’s Threat and Tinubu’s Assurance of Credible Poll

Adeleke to Workers: Mobilise Everyone to Vote This Saturday and Defend Your Votes

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Another Electioneering Season Beckons On August 19

Globacom at 23: The Indigenous Imagination That Rewired Nigeria’s Digital Destiny

Ahmed Usman: Community Intelligence Key to Tackling Rural Insecurity

Dimanche Sharon: Nigerians Shouldn’t Risk Their Lives to Seek Better Future Abroad

Nigeria’s Power Sector: Why Innovation, Not Resignation, Will Light Up Our Future

Peter Okoye’s Solo Career Gains Momentum as P-Square Family Feud Resurfaces

Ride With Me Seeks to Improve Entertainment Services Through Integrated Logistics

Africa’s Tech Boom Starts at Home

Expectations High as Funke Akindele Sets Another December Film Release Titled ‘The Four’

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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

Dettol Nigeria Unveils Nationwide Consumer Challenge to Promote Everyday Hygiene

UNICEF Seeks Full Coverage of Lagos Children in Maternal, Child Health Campaign

Building the Future of Justice: The Wike Example

E-MOTIVE: How a Gates-backed Intervention is Chipping Away at Nigeria’s Maternal Death Crisis

Aga Khan University Hospital Seeks Africa-led Healthcare Solutions to Curb Medical Tourism

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Herbert Wigwe @ 60: A Legacy of Banking, Service, Nation-building

Oghenegaren Osievwo-Thompson Blade of Destiny: How 17-Year-Old Prodigy Rewrote Nigeria’s Sporting History

History Beckons as Cameroon, Malawi Clash

More than A Charity as Arsenal, Man City Set to Face Off on DStv, GOtv

… S’Eagles Scores Brace, but Gala Stumble in Super Lig Opener

Westerhof Appeals to Presidency for Relocation of House Promised Him to Safer Environment

Veritas University Emerges Champions at Inaugural NBA REC University Tournament

Five-Year-Old Omotoso Dazzles at 7th Efunkoya U-15 Table Tennis Tournament

Nigeria Football Federation Election : From 84.1% TO 68.5% — Did The Reform Really Change Who Chooses the NFF President ?

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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

SPIN to Convene Sustainability Leaders at Inaugural Conference

University Don Seeks Urgent Biological Solutions to Nigeria’s Environmental Crisis

From Awareness to Inclusion: How GTCO Charts New Course for Autism Education

BIMUN 2026: Babcock VC Urges Youth to Champion Peace, Sustainable Development

Nigerian Universities Ready for Conversation on Climate Literacy, Says UNILAG VC

Queen’s College Principal Tasks Graduands on Competence, Integrity

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Election is Not War

Akano’s Almajiri-To-Tech Initiative in Abuja

Proposed Decentralised Police System: A Triumph of Federalist Solution

Atiku, Obasanjo and 2027 Polls

Nigeria Must Fix Policing and Get It Right

The Judicial Facade: When The Grant Of Bail Becomes Its Own Denial

Debit better pass credit alert?

Much Ado about Onaiyekan and Emilokan

The Contests within the Contest in Osun

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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

THE RIGHT TO DISAGREE

El-Rufai, Illegal Wiretapping and the Limits of Bail

Beyond Time and Space in Diplomacy: Ambassador Jaiyeola Joseph Lewu at 80

Of Tyla and the Country We Helped Save

Much Ado about ‘First Elected’ Female NBA President

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