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Wednesday, 25th February, 2026

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Tinubu Decorates Disu as Acting IGP 2 hours ago

Citing Pressing Family Considerations, IGP Kayode Egbetokun Resigns 15 hours ago

FG Denies Payment of N2 Billion Ransom to Secure Release of Students of St. Mary’s School 15 hours ago

US Congress: Nigeria ‘Deadliest Place to Be a Christian’ 23 hours ago

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Concerned Reps Urge Islamic Leaders to Offer Al-Qunut Prayers to God to Grant Nigeria What Is Best at This Critical Point

Tinubu Decorates Disu as Acting IGP

INEC: We’ll Issue Revised Timetable for 2027 General Election Inline With New Electoral Act

Drug Users Will Not Be Recruited into Police Force, PSC Asserts

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Concerned Reps Urge Islamic Leaders to Offer Al-Qunut Prayers to God to Grant Nigeria What Is Best at This Critical Point

Concerned Members of the House of Representatives have urged Islamic leaders across the country to offer Al-Qunut prayers in this holy month of Ramadan, specifically seeking Allah’s guidance to grant

Tinubu Decorates Disu as Acting IGP

INEC: We’ll Issue Revised Timetable for 2027 General Election Inline With New Electoral Act

Drug Users Will Not Be Recruited into Police Force, PSC Asserts

Aiyedatiwa Welcomes AltBank to Ondo

ICPC Investigation Stalls El-Rufai’s Arraignment

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Concerned Reps Urge Islamic Leaders to Offer Al-Qunut Prayers to God to Grant Nigeria What Is Best at This Critical Point

Tinubu Decorates Disu as Acting IGP

INEC: We’ll Issue Revised Timetable for 2027 General Election Inline With New Electoral Act

Drug Users Will Not Be Recruited into Police Force, PSC Asserts

Aiyedatiwa Welcomes AltBank to Ondo

ICPC Investigation Stalls El-Rufai’s Arraignment

LASTMA Rescues Mother, Son from Wrecked Vehicle

Hydrographer of the Federation, Rear Admiral Olugbode, Congratulates Disu on Appointment as Acting IGP

FCT Bye-Law: Court Bars AMAC from Arresting Private Vehicles Not Used for Commercial Purposes

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FG Denies Payment of N2 Billion Ransom to Secure Release of Students of St. Mary’s School

Encouraged by Disinflation, FX Stability, Others, CBN Cuts MPR to 26.5% from 27%

Can Nigeria Survive The Global Energy Transition?

Power to the States, But Where is the Light?

SIFAX Foundation Trains 90 Lagos Students on AI Skills

Infrastructure Upgrades Improve Accessibility and Drainage around WTC Abuja as Wike Advances Uplift of CBD

Bitget Rolls out Zero-fee for P2P in Naira Markets.

Mutual Benefits Assurance Pays N5.93bn Claims in One Month

Braimah Emerges District Governor Nominee Designate of Rotary District 9112

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The Babajimi Benson Identity

Ondo at 50: Burden of Governance and Unrealised Potential

EL-RUFAI AND THE ‘CODE OF SILENCE’

As Senate Confronts Tinubu’s Economic Team over N58.47trn 2026 Budget…

INEC as Last Hope on E-Transmission of Results

When Interstate Collaboration is Key to challenges of Insecurity

Beyond the Noise: Why Akume and Alia are Not Political Adversaries

With FG-ASUU Agreement, Stability Looms in Universities’ Calendar

As Kwankwaso Exposes Rot in Judiciary

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Obasanjo, Falola Endorse Oyeyinka’s New Book As Roadmap for Africa’s Industrialisation

BPP to Hold Consultative Meetings with Contractors, Stakeholders in Lagos

Ikokwu Calls for Responsible Storytelling, Warns against Media Abuse

From Youth Innovation to Farmer Impact: Why Innovative Capital Matters

Merging African Heritage With Next-Gen AI Video Technology

From Ebonyi Roots to Nairobi Lights: Rooting for Janine Obasi’s Continental Dream

Seyi Tinubu Rolls out Fasting Relief Packages Nationwide

Premiere Academy Students Win BE-TITANS with Smart Solar Mini Grid Innovation

Wealthbridge Financial Services Holdings Not Affiliated to Wealth Bridge Investment

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Digital Advocacy Expands across Africa to Tackle Youth Mental Health Crisis

COHI, MSSN-NIJ Hold Pre-Ramadan Medical Outreach

PSHAN Spotlights Champions for Change, Pushes for Sustainable Health Investment and Nationwide PHC Adoption

Lagos Trains 452 Vendors, Sensitises 1,054 Residents to Prevent Cholera in Flood-Prone Areas

As More Nigerians Die of Hospital Negligence

Global Health at Risk, Yet Recoverable as Gates Foundation Presses for Urgent Collective Action

Restoring Vision, Renewing Hope: How Chris Ogunbanjo Foundation Free Eye Outreach Changed Lives in Erunwon

RIGHT OF REPLY: Governor AbdulRazaq’s Strides in Health Sector, Others Clear and Measurable

Pharmacists Protest Lopsided Task Force On Clinical Governance, Patient Safety

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Edo Loses Five Gold Medals as Five Athletes Disqualified from Niger Delta Games

Newstap/ SWAN 5-Star Awards Nomination a Rare Privilege’

Okey Bakassi Leads Cast at Niger Delta Games Cultural Expo Night

Monimichelle Boss Calls for ‘State of Emergency’ on NPFL after Decline in Global Ranking

Juventus: No Repeat of First Leg Mistakes for Osimhen to Profit Tonight

Lookman Assists Atletico Knockout Club Brugge to Berth Last 16

NBF Unveils Programme of Activities for Boxing Week And Commonwealth Games Trials

Top-four Battle Intensifies at Nathaniel Idowu-Ajegunle U-14 League

Heineken Ignites UCL Fever in Nigeria with ‘Fans Have More Friends’ Campaign

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OOLI Partners UNILAG for Student Leadership Training

African School of Economics VC Urges Nigerians to Embrace Lifelong Learning

Young Innovators Shine as LASU Tops Cavista Hackathon 2026

Olateju: Why Governments, Stakeholders Must Collaborate to Build Adaptive Education Systems

OOLI Partners UNILAG for Student Leadership Training

Ondo Anti-graft Agency Absolves Education Commissioner of Financial Crime

Foundation, World Bank Train Over 90 Lagos Students in AI, Digital Skills

Tunji Alausa: Reimagining Nigeria’s Education Sector

Ajibola Conferred with Professorship, Calls for Improved Educational Standard in Nigeria

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For BJ the Revolutionary

The Recent Elections in FCT, Kano and Rivers

Dirty tricks boots are also here

Between City Boys and Village Boys’ Movements

Of Lawmakers, Compradors, and Pseudo-Patriots

El-Rufai: Limits of Dubious Demagoguery

Operation Eastern Sanity: Ill-timed, Ill-advised

Time Out with Generals in Umuahia

Why Africa Needs Its Own Credit Rating Agency

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NAICOM Signs Agreement with OPSN on NIIRA Implementation

Electoral Act 2026: Old Wine, New Bottle!

Of Network Bars and Ballot Boxes

REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF RESULTS

The Senate, Electronic Transmission and Hollow Victory

Military Coup and Court Martial: Is Falana Right?

From Donald Trumps’s MAGA to Europe’s MAGA Can the Board of Peace Replace the United Nations?

The Refinery Racket and Awkward Gratitude to Dangote

Igbo Marginalisation and Misguided Fingerpointing

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