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Tuesday, 25th August, 2026

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NNPC, SNEPCo, Esso, Agip Move Towards FID, Target $21bn Inflow

Kwankwaso: APC’s Presidential Campaign Council Represents Continuous Hardship

US Imposes Sweeping New Sanctions on Iran, Targets Oil Traders, Shadow Fleet, Others

2027: Otuaro Urges Ijaw Youths to Back Tinubu’s Election, Kwara Marches for Him

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NNPC, SNEPCo, Esso, Agip Move Towards FID, Target $21bn Inflow

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Kwankwaso: APC’s Presidential Campaign Council Represents Continuous Hardship

US Imposes Sweeping New Sanctions on Iran, Targets Oil Traders, Shadow Fleet, Others

2027: Otuaro Urges Ijaw Youths to Back Tinubu’s Election, Kwara Marches for Him

Air Chief Decries Misinformation, Hostile Narratives to Military Operations

Osun Security: Adeleke, New Police CP Seek Peace Building, State Reconciliation

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NNPC, SNEPCo, Esso, Agip Move Towards FID, Target $21bn Inflow

Kwankwaso: APC’s Presidential Campaign Council Represents Continuous Hardship

US Imposes Sweeping New Sanctions on Iran, Targets Oil Traders, Shadow Fleet, Others

2027: Otuaro Urges Ijaw Youths to Back Tinubu’s Election, Kwara Marches for Him

Air Chief Decries Misinformation, Hostile Narratives to Military Operations

Osun Security: Adeleke, New Police CP Seek Peace Building, State Reconciliation

Kemi Omotosho: MultiChoice’s Business Transcends Entertainment

2027: APC Disowns Hunye, Insists Yayi Remains Ogun Governorship Candidate

At 2026 NBA Conference, Obi, Amaechi, Sowore Clash over Security, Subsidy, Other

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Exclusive, Urban Shelters Ignite Abuja’s Next Commercial Investment Boom

UBA, Fidelity Bank Secure NGX Approval to Declay H1 2026 Result

Rite Foods Named Among Nigeria’s Top 50 Companies of Impact 2026

AFC Launches Infrastructure Climate-resilient Fund Nigeria to Mobilise Domestic Institutional Capital

NESG: Industrial Policy Alone Not Enough to Achieve Industrialisation

Stock Market Commences New Week on Negative Note, Drops by N137.12bn

Tinubu Directs EFCC to Transfer Recovered Funds to Student Loan Scheme

NPA Facilitates Release of NDPHC Power Equipment Worth Billions

PTDF: Human Capital Key to Energy Security, FG’s $1tn Economy

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2027: As Tinubu Constitutes Campaign Council, Banks on Mbah in S’East…

THE LABOUR PARTY CONUNDRUM

El-Rufai’s Renewed Gambit With Ethnicity and Injurious Religious Sentiments

APC AND OFF-CYCLE ELECTIONS

THOUGHTS ON GOVERNOR FUBARA’S PORT HARCOURT DECLARATION

Governors’ Undue Interference in Off-season Elections

THE PANDEMIC OF EMPTY CAMPAIGNS : Who will answer Nigeria’s national question?

Lessons from Osun Poll for INEC in 2027

How Ademola Adeleke Humbled Gboyega Oyetola Again

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The Next Level: Making Nollywood Films That Travel

Olu’s 5th Anniversary: Olori Atuwatse III Unveils Bold Vision for Women, Culture, Human Capital Development

Catalyst Symposium Holds “Alaigbo” Series in South-East, Empowers Youths

John Todd of Charterhouse Lagos Gets Chieftaincy Title

TETFund: Lighting Up Nigeria, Projecting a Culture of Excellence Across Africa and the World

CARSPO 2026: Policing the Path for 2027 Election Security

NIGERIA AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THEFT

Veteran Yoruba Actor Ogogo Dies at 66

5th Anniversary: Warri Monarch Calls for National Unity, Cultural Renewal

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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

Kegites Elders Provide Free Healthcare, Sponsor Table Tennis Tournament

LASHMA Seeks Media Support to Boost ILERA EKO Enrolment in Lagos

Medical Expert Offers Tips on Stroke Prevention

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

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Nine NFF Board Members Set to Throw in the Towel

Terem Moffi Completes Hamburg Switch

NPFL Top Scorer, Anas, to Battle Osimhen, Lookman for Nigeria Pitch Award Honour

AFN Warns Nigerian Athletes against Signing Unfavourable Deals

Ogundare, Obieze Lift Indian 80TH Independence Day Titles at Ikeja

Simeone Apologises to Lookman as Fans Boo Alvarez over Another Atletico Draw

Salah Fires His First Brace in Turkey as Pressure Mounts on Onuachu over Goals Drought

Kanyi Ajayi, Ezekiel Nathaniel Miss Podium in Silesia Diamond League

Sanwo-Olu Says EKO 2026 ‘ll Harness, Retain Nigeria’s Young Talents

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From Birth Certificate to Classroom: Why Legal Identity Matters to a Child’s Education

Monarch Commends Oyebanji for Poly Upgrade, Seeks More Support for Education in Ijero

Gombe Tsangaya Scholars, Teachers Express Confidence in Governor, Endorse Gwamna

Over 1,000 Children to Benefit from YBWorms Social, Emotional Learning Programme

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

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The Menace Of Fake Agencies

Nine Fake Agencies Cometh

RESTORING FUEL SUBSIDY WILL REVERSE NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC GAINS

Babangida at 85: From ‘Evil Genius‘ to Beneficent Oracle

Preliminary Observations on Adeleke’s Re-election

Back to the Petrol Subsidy Question

Osun Polls: The Days After and Implications for 2027

Electoral Violence, Impunity and Nigeria’s Democracy

Osun: And The Credit Goes to The…

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Credibility in Osun, Questions for Wike and the NBA

International Law and Refund of Deportation Bills: The Case of Nigeria and Ghana versus South Africa

The Day Osun Spoke Back

Winning Election by Manu Militari: Is Killing Accord Party Members Not Self-defeating?

THE PROPOSED OPPOSITION CONSENSUS CANDIDACY

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Who is Undermining Africa’s Development: Europeans or Africans? Anglophone or Francophone Africa?

The Dangerous Politics of Thin Skin

THE RIGHT TO DISAGREE

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