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Monday, 14th September, 2026

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INEC Publishes Final List of Presidential, N’Assembly Candidates 2 days ago

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First Lady Seeks More Collaboration Among Tiers Of Govt As FG Distributes 215,000 Maternal Kits

Joint Security Outfit Thwarts Alleged Abduction of 16-year-old Boy in Onitsha

Shettima: Leaders Must Build Institutions That Outlive Their Tenure

OSSAP-SDGs, RHI Empower 4,500 Vulnerable South-east Women with Business Equipment

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First Lady Seeks More Collaboration Among Tiers Of Govt As FG Distributes 215,000 Maternal Kits

* 80,000 food-support packs, newborn clothings rolled out * Govt targets 2.9m pregnant women, families by 2028 Deji Elumoye in Abuja Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has canvassed

Joint Security Outfit Thwarts Alleged Abduction of 16-year-old Boy in Onitsha

Shettima: Leaders Must Build Institutions That Outlive Their Tenure

OSSAP-SDGs, RHI Empower 4,500 Vulnerable South-east Women with Business Equipment

FG Invests N10.5bn in Digital Training Academy to Equip Over 32,000 Nigerians

Abians are Under Heavy Tax Burden, Says Anosike of PDP

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First Lady Seeks More Collaboration Among Tiers Of Govt As FG Distributes 215,000 Maternal Kits

Joint Security Outfit Thwarts Alleged Abduction of 16-year-old Boy in Onitsha

Shettima: Leaders Must Build Institutions That Outlive Their Tenure

OSSAP-SDGs, RHI Empower 4,500 Vulnerable South-east Women with Business Equipment

FG Invests N10.5bn in Digital Training Academy to Equip Over 32,000 Nigerians

Abians are Under Heavy Tax Burden, Says Anosike of PDP

FCC Charged to Resist Pressure from Influential Nigerians, Ensure Transparency

Otu Mourns Commissioner Eka Williams, Says His Death Irreparable

Police to Unveil N10m Welfare Bond for Deceased Officers

business

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Banks, Insurers, Others List N2.7tn Shares on NGX Amid Recapitalisation

UBA Foundation Raises National Essay Competition Winning Prizes to N41.5m

NAICOM: Insurance Sector Raised Additional N1.079tn During Recapitalisation Exercise

NCC Opens Free Digital Learning Pathways with Zero-rated Data Access

Minister Reviews Industrial Reforms, Weighs in on Slow Manufacturing Growth

CIS, ASHON Urge Nigerians to Participate in Dangote Refinery IPO

Fadahunsi: Nigeria’s Capital Market Needs More Depth, Trust, Awareness

Otti Targets Seven Sectors to Attract Investment Capital to Abia

Reintegration or Monopoly? Reading MTN–IHS Deal Through Nigeria’s Antitrust

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Obi’s Botched Benue Visit: A Warning Signal Ahead of 2027 Polls?

A Sardauna’s Path in Kwara: A Postscript

Who is Afraid of Obi’s Political Ambition?

N432bn Probe: Another Jamboree by House Committee?

June 12 and the Politics of Memory

The Bitter Political War Between Ortom and Alia in Benue

The Ijebu-Ode Rally and APC’s Growing Advantage Ahead of 2027

Bukola Saraki: The Kingmaker Reclaims the Chessboard

A PATHWAY TO PUBLIC SERVICE

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We Want More Nigerians To Visit The Gambia, Tourism Minister, Abdoulie Jobe, Tells Industry Stakeholders

Lagos First Lady, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, Declares Open 22nd Akwaaba

Niger Delta Summit: NDCCITMA Woos Investors, Says Region Ready for Business

Stolen by Deception: Inside NAPTIP’s Rescue of Over 180 Trafficked Children

The Police, the Public and the Phone Camera –

WHAT REMAINS WHEN FUNDING ENDS?

BUBA MARWA: A LIFE FORGED IN PURPOSE

WHEN BEING BUSY BECOMES A LEADERSHIP WEAKNESS

AD Consulting, Ecobank Bring Nigeria’s Art and Architecture Icons Together in ‘The Convergence’

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Avon Medical Deepens Fibroid Awareness, Puts Patient Experience at Heart of Care

Access to Medicine Foundation Spotlights How Generic Manufacturers are Responding to Africa’s Changing Healthcare Needs

The Silent Return: How Diphtheria Killed 39 Children in Zamfara and UNICEF, Health Ministry’s Dash for Urgent Vaccination

Nigeria Emerges Global Fertility Destination As Intended Parents Choose IVF, Surrogacy at Home

Foundation Supports 3,000 Indigent Residents of Kwara With Medical Outreach

Medical Expert Raises the Alarm over Cervical Cancer

NMA Raises Alarm Over Doctors’ Exodus, Insecurity, Demands Urgent Action

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

sport

Brave Falconets Demolish New Caledonia 10-1, Set up Last 16 Clash with England

Four-man CAF, FIFA Team in Abuja over Nigeria Football Crisis

Awoniyi Sees Red as Five-star Brighton Crush Coventry

Rivers Utd, Shooting Stars Crash, El Kanemi, Rangers Through

Eight Finalists Emerge to Compete for Zenith Bank League Title in Lagos

Ronaldo Demands Life Ban for Fans Chanting Late Jota’s Name

Fortune, Ajegunle Utd Set Pace in Week 2 of Nat Idowu U16 League

NTF to Train Officials Ahead of MOB National Taekwondo Championship

Carrick, Maresca Chasing History as Red Devils, Citizens Clash

education

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BETTER LIFE FOR ACADEMICS

150 Innovative University Academic Projects to Receive N20m Grooming Centre Research Grant

Retired BOUESTI Academics, Workers Lament Pension Ordeal, Appeal for Oyebanji’s Intervention

Governor Otti to Chair 2026 Fafunwa Educational Foundation Conference

Senate Raises Alarm Over Declining TETFund Revenue, Warns of Impact on Infrastructure

Ishk Tolaram Foundation Urges TVET Investment, AI Skills, as 500 Youths Graduate

Jos to Harvard: 7UP Picks Angbazo as 16th Nigerian for Full MBA Scholarship

Fed Poly Bauchi Appoints Dutse Deputy Rector, As Two Directors Get New Roles

UNIMED Appoints Vincent Ojo as Fourth Substantive Registrar

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Memories of Brigadier Musa Usman

Leadership Man of The Year: Why Abdul Samad, Nduka Matter

Understanding Nigeria’s Seven Voting Blocs

My Journey to Memoiristan (1)

Tinubu’s 108-man Gamble: Can Yari Deliver a Second Term?

Obi, Makinde and Hurdles Against Opposition Coalition

Dangote Refinery IPO: Why Investors Can’t Afford to Look Away

2027: Candidates, Masquerades, Spoilers And Clowns

Beyond the Anniversary: NIM@65 and the Governance Challenge

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9/11 @ 25 Years, 6/30 @ 3 Months, 9/30 @ 2 Weeks to Come: How 9/11 @ 25 Will Undermine Global Security

Of Politicians Threatening Voters

Law and Morality: A Tale of Two Courts

NIGERIANS AND THE YOKE OF SUFFERING

Bad Behaviour: Between China and Nigeria

Change of Names in International Relations: From Appreciation and Self-Protection to Cold War Politics

The Long Game: What Will Tinubu Leave Behind?

The Two Nigerians We Live In

MESSAGING AND 2027 ELECTION CAMPAIGNS

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