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Friday, 17th July, 2026

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Asharami Energy Hits 6m LTI-Free Man-Hours, Advancing Goal Zero Safety Culture

Asharami Energy Limited (AEL), Sahara’s upstream Exploration and Production business, through its subsidiary, Enageed Resources Limited (ERL), has achieved six million Lost Time Injury (LTI)-free man-hours in its OML-148 operations,

Army Immortalises Gen. Lagbaja

Assessing Impact of AI on Estate Surveying and Valuation Practice in Nigeria

Breaking: Court Dashes Hope of Turaki-led PDP To Be Recognised By INEC, Dismisses Suit

Split in Niger APC as Prominent Members Align With ADC

Breaking: FG Files 10-Count Charge Against Three Suspects over Oyo School Pupils, Teachers’ Abduction

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Asharami Energy Hits 6m LTI-Free Man-Hours, Advancing Goal Zero Safety Culture

Army Immortalises Gen. Lagbaja

Breaking: Court Dashes Hope of Turaki-led PDP To Be Recognised By INEC, Dismisses Suit

Split in Niger APC as Prominent Members Align With ADC

Breaking: FG Files 10-Count Charge Against Three Suspects over Oyo School Pupils, Teachers’ Abduction

Tinubu Signs Presidential Executive Order On Virtual Assets Coordination

NBC Tasks Broadcasting Stations over 2028 DSO Global Deadline

China Offers 5,000 AI Training Slots to Developing Countries, Launches Global Governance Push

NDLEA Declares Drug Kingpin, Three Associates Wanted, Freezes N9.84bn in Accounts

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Stakeholders: NCAA Must Seek Additional Funding to Stem Financial Crisis

Global Food Safety Standards Body Adopts New Guidance on ‘May Contain’

Stock Market Depreciate by 0.09% on Profit-taking in BUA Cement

Advancing Air Medical Capabilities for Oil and Gas Services

NANTA Pushes for Tourism Growth in Africa

Nigeria’s Renewable Energy Industry Shifts Focus to Storage as Solar Costs Fall

How Moniepoint is Powering Nigeria’s $11bn Food Service Industry

FATE Foundation, Citi Foundation Launch Youth Entrepreneurship Incubation Programme

Banker Global Rankings: GTBank Emerges Nigeria’s Best Performing Bank

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Oye: A Life of Impact and Service to Humanity

Imo East: Negotiating from Position of Strength for Maduka

Senate Leader: First-Line Charge Will Shield State Police from Govs’ Interference

As Enugu Sets the Pace for Tech-driven State Policing…

Oborevwori, Media Veterans, Others Laud Nduka Obaigbena’s Enduring Legacy at 67

Tinubu-Shettima Ticket: Politics of Loyalty over Calculation

CHAMPION FOR INCLUSION AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

NBA Invites EU, US, Others to Observe 2026 Elections

Bar Leaders Divided Over AGF’s NBA Election Directives

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Assessing Impact of AI on Estate Surveying and Valuation Practice in Nigeria

Tejumola Maurice-Diya: Documenting Africa’s Fashion Heritage at IAF

Ajiran Double Murder Must Be Judged By Facts, Not Social Media Narratives: Setting The Record Straight

Lagos Flooding and the Coastal Highway: Separating Facts from Fiction

POWA National President Advocates Stronger Welfare Support, Mental Wellness, Economic Empowerment for Police Families

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SHADOWS: Protest Essays on Africa’s Most Consequential Country (1999–2023)

NYSC REFORMS: ONE MORE THING

BEYOND ARRESTING THE ALLEGED FAKE DIRECTOR- GENERAL

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Babies Matter Medical Centre Wins Two UK Awards for Excellence in Neonatal Care

Don Advocates Reforms to Reverse Nigeria’s Healthcare Workforce Crisis

Yohanna Kusau: A Quiet Champion of Primary Healthcare in Nigeria

Firm Eyes Healthcare Access for 180mn Uninsured Nigerians

Firm Eyes Healthcare Access for 180m Uninsured Nigerians with Diaspora Subscription Portal

Collateral Consequences of Tinubu’s Healthcare Reforms

WAHO, AfDB Hand Over 10 Ambulances, Medical Equipment to The Gambia in $3.4m Health System Boost

Operators Seek Fresh Capital for Beverage Expansion

Pain, Stigma and Silence: The Hidden Survival Gap in Sickle Cell Anaemia

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Former Super Eagles Captain, Yobo, Drops Hints of Political Ambition

Tuchel: Never Part of the Game-plan to Defend England’s One Goal Edge Against Argentina

Pele’s 1958 World Cup Final Jersey Sells for $4.9m

RenMoney Partners GOtv Boxing Night 34 Jam Festival

Blow for NTTF as Nigeria Set to Miss 2026 African Table Tennis Championships

Demehin Recalls with Excitement Winning WAFCON at First Attempt

Maikaba Unveiled in Yenagoa, Tasked to Return Bayelsa Utd to NPFL

Esther Okoronkwo: ‘Winning Another WAFCON Greater than Any Individual Award’

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CSOs Fault Alleged Ajaokuta MoU, Demand Transparent Revival Plan

UNIPORT VC Declares Zero Tolerance for Cultism, Sexual Harassment

Firms Launch Million Classic Initiative to Drive Civic Education

SAZUCELF 2026: SAZU VC Calls for Unity Through Cultural Diversity

Transforming Nigeria through Civic Education, Youth Empowerment

EKSU 108th Inaugural Lecturer Advocates Indigenous Plants as Future of Disease Prevention, Drug Discovery

How Immigify is Simplifying Work-life for US Immigrants With $1m Backing

Work Ethics: What NOUN Demands of its Workers

Crude Oil Price Jumps 8% After Trump Declares US-Iran Ceasefire Over

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A Theory of Change for Africa: Why We Build Systems, Not Monuments

Steve Osuji: What Stinks is Hate-driven Journalism, Not Tinubu’s Aso Rock

But What About the Money?

Obasanjo: The Troubling Shadow(s) of Third Term Campaign

The Goodluck Of The People Of Oriire

Of Bridges and Walls: Finding Common Ground, Rising Above Divisions (2)

With Shettima, APC dodged a bullet

ONE YEAR REMEMBRANCE TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, GCFR

Unilorin Medical Mess as a Metaphor

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BEFORE WE DISMEMBER NYSC

THE CHALLENGE WITH RANKING BOOKS

The Oriire Rescue, Hijab Saga and Fundamental Rights

U.S.-Africa Competing Sovereignties: The Implications of MAGA for Africa’s Future

Institutions Without Consequences

Nigeria’s Double Standards: Selective Justice, Misplaced Priorities and Erosion of Trust

Nigeria-South African Relations: Beyond Misogyny and Misandrists, Afrophobia and Nigerianophobia

When Rain Becomes Breaking News

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