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Tuesday, 17th February, 2026

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MTN to Acquire IHS Towers in $6.2bn Deal

Fagbemi Credits Justice Sector Successes to Proper Adoption of Technology

Next-Gen Xpression Empowers Students With Scholarships, Grants at Inaugural Conference

Value of Transactions Processed through eTranzact in 2025 Surpasses N103tn

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MTN to Acquire IHS Towers in $6.2bn Deal

Emma Okonji MTN Group is said to have reached an agreement to acquire IHS Towers, a global independent owners and operators of shared telecom infrastructure, at an enterprise value of

Fagbemi Credits Justice Sector Successes to Proper Adoption of Technology

Next-Gen Xpression Empowers Students With Scholarships, Grants at Inaugural Conference

Value of Transactions Processed through eTranzact in 2025 Surpasses N103tn

Adebayo Advocates National Renewal, Extends Ramadan Goodwill, Distributes Support Across Nigeria

Tinubu Unveils Nigeria Industrial Policy 2025, Directs Speedy Implementation By MDAs

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MTN to Acquire IHS Towers in $6.2bn Deal

Fagbemi Credits Justice Sector Successes to Proper Adoption of Technology

Value of Transactions Processed through eTranzact in 2025 Surpasses N103tn

Adebayo Advocates National Renewal, Extends Ramadan Goodwill, Distributes Support Across Nigeria

Tinubu Unveils Nigeria Industrial Policy 2025, Directs Speedy Implementation By MDAs

Community Policing, Panacea for Tackling Insurgency, Says APC Chieftain

Senate Queries IST Over N16m Fumigation Bill Amid Hardship

Kekere-Ekun Challenges ECOWAS Court on Guidelines for Judgment Enforcement in Region

World Bank Urges Nigeria to Invest in Health, Education to Drive its N1trn Ambition

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55 Years of Partnership and the New Dawn in China–Nigeria Bilateral Relations

Unlocking Nigeria’s Gas Potential for Industry Growth

Highest Daily Gain Since 2023 Pushes Stock Market Above N120trn

‘Deepwater Projects Must be Competitive to Attract Capital’

OPEC May Resume Oil Output Increases from April

NNPC Earns N453.4bn from Frontier Exploration Fund, Posts 36% Shortfall

Coy Gets ‘A’ Long-term, ‘A1’ Short-term Credit Ratings

NLNG, Others Highlight Role of Diversity in Business Growth

Expert: Why Nigeria’s Power Sector Liquidity Crisis Will Persist in 2026

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Electoral Bill: Other Side of Clause 60(3)

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State

Uba Sani: Promise, Performance and Weight of Recognition

As INEC Gets Set for 2027 Polls…

Dangers in Electoral Act’s ‘Network Failure’ Clause

Ademola Adeleke’s Make-or-Break Second Term Quest

MRI, Priorities, and Cost of Negligence in Kwara’s Health Sector

As Short Tenure Puts Confirmed Ambassadors in Limbo

Can the Wike–Fubara Feud Finally Be Laid to Rest?

Inside the Quiet Race of Lagos Governorship Hopefuls

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Next-Gen Xpression Empowers Students With Scholarships, Grants at Inaugural Conference

For Seyi Odebode, Elevation to NIESV Fellowship Is A Recognition Earned

Funsho Adewale on a Decade of Install and the Power of Originality

“The Husband Blueprint” Book Launched in Lagos: A Call to Nation-building Through Responsible Manhood and Stronger Families.

Burna Boy Makes His Debut Performance at Reggae Land This July

BPP Trains 800 Procurement Officers in Rivers

America’s Final Chapter? George Washington Speaks

At Launch of Campus Drive for Political Inclusion, Rep Dasuki Urges Youth to Claim 70% of Elective Offices

Leo Stan Ekeh @70, Offers University Tech Scholarship to 1000 Indigent Nigerian Wiz-kids

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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

Governance by Optics, Not Impacts: Kwara’s Health Sector Reality

Unending Cases of Medical Negligence in Nigeria

Gates Foundation Sets $9 Billion Annual Budget to Accelerate Global Impact Ahead of 2045 Closure

In 2026, Abuja Charts Path to Healthier, Greener and More Resilient Capital City

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NOC Hails President Tinubu over Record-breaking Performances in Sports

Abiodun Splashes ₦450m Cash Reward on Team Ogun Medalists, Coaches

Osimhen Reunites with Spalletti as Juventus Visit Galatasaray

Spires 5-A-Side Season 3 Activities Begin in Lagos

Bayelsa, Delta Receive NDG Torch as Ikpokpo Declares Edo Ready to Host

Fortune FA Top Table at Nathaniel Idowu U14 Football League

Alex Iwobi Achieves Century Milestone as Fulham Reach Next Round

Arsenal Cruise Past Wigan to Book FA Cup Fifth Round Berth

NLNG Emerges Champions of 2026 Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games

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Firm Emerges Oil, Gas Local Content Company of 2025

Greensprings School Restates Commitment to Nigeria’s Cultural, Athletic Future Through Infrastructure Development

Fragmented Policies Weakening Nigeria’s Transport System, Says UNILAG Don

Greensprings Students Get Over $14m Scholarships in 2024/2025 Session

Fasina Calls for Policy Stability in Federal Varsities

Babcock University Don Advocates Green Nanotechnology for Food Security, Cancer Care

West Africa Academy of Science, LASU to Hold International Confab on Tinubunomics

How Five-Year Reform Surge Redefined FUOYE

Provost Applauds Govt on Concurrent Running of NCE, Degree

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Welcoming The American Troops

20 rotations in 1000 years

At Last, the Jinx is Broken

A Vote for Electronic Transmission

Biodun Jeyifo: Revolutionary Humanist Bows Out

Sustaining Forex Market Stability

Sir E: Beyond a Birthday Celebration

Electoral Reform: 10th Senate Opens A Dark Window For Rigging

Cry, My Beloved Kwara

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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

Israelo-South African Diplomatic Saga: Some Lessons for Nigeria’s Bleak Future

The Enemy Within

Right of Reply: The column for Readers who feel strongly about issues expressed by the Advocate, and have a view point.

Recklessness in the Exercise of US Sovereignty: International Infractions and Global Disorder

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