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Thursday, 2nd July, 2026

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State Police: All 36 States in Full Support and Will Give It Speedy Approval, Says Oyebanji 6 hours ago

Elombi Renews Call for African Ratings Agency, Says Continent Must Control Its Economic Narrative 6 hours ago

In New Partnership, Nigeria Secures $1.25bn World Bank Support to Boost Jobs 13 hours ago

Breaking: CBN Revokes Operating Licences of 46 Microfinance Banks Over Regulatory Breaches 1 day ago

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2027: Group Laments Sidelining of Moro LG Indigenes in Reps Slot

Katsina Woos Investors with Business Enabling Reforms

Oyo 2027: Adelabu Loses Out As APC Unveils Alli As Guber Candidate

Bandit Attacks: 20 Traditional Rulers Engage Services of Sunday Igboho’s ‘Iru Ekun’

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2027: Group Laments Sidelining of Moro LG Indigenes in Reps Slot

Hammed Shittu in Ilorin A group, Renewal Champions Movement, in Kwara State, has appealed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders, party stakeholders, traditional institutions and opinion leaders across Kwara North

Katsina Woos Investors with Business Enabling Reforms

Oyo 2027: Adelabu Loses Out As APC Unveils Alli As Guber Candidate

Bandit Attacks: 20 Traditional Rulers Engage Services of Sunday Igboho’s ‘Iru Ekun’

Akwa Ibom Bags $6.2m World Bank Reward for Transparency, Good Governance

Plateau Group Lauds Tinubu, Mutfwang Over Akwanga-Jos Highway Reconstruction

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2027: Group Laments Sidelining of Moro LG Indigenes in Reps Slot

Katsina Woos Investors with Business Enabling Reforms

Oyo 2027: Adelabu Loses Out As APC Unveils Alli As Guber Candidate

Bandit Attacks: 20 Traditional Rulers Engage Services of Sunday Igboho’s ‘Iru Ekun’

Akwa Ibom Bags $6.2m World Bank Reward for Transparency, Good Governance

Plateau Group Lauds Tinubu, Mutfwang Over Akwanga-Jos Highway Reconstruction

Emefiele Didn’t Benefit From $6.2m Looted in CBN, EFCC Witness Tells Court

ADC: Court Throws out Suit against Mark-Led Leadership

ONSA: FG Secures 1,721 Terrorism Convictions Through Mass Trial Programme

business

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ipNX Celebrates Staff Legacy, Loyalty

Coy Showcases AI-powered Smart Living at Expo

Insurance Sector’s Total Gross Premium Hit N2.3tn

Firms to Scale Digital Banking Services across Africa

Firm Remodels Access to Tertiary Learning with App

NBC Commissions Three New Production Lines

NCS to Address Digital Inclusivity at Intl’ Conference

Oduwole: Nigeria Ready to Champion Digital Trade to Unlock $712bn Market

NCC, ATCON Rally Stakeholders to Drive Mass FTTH Adoption, RoW Reforms

politics

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Akintunde: Today’s Sacrifices Will Ultimately Yield Positive Results for Nigeria

Adeleke Hails Osun Local Content Policy, Inaugurates Lameco Bridge

Oyebanji: I’m Targeting 700,000 Votes for Tinubu in 2027, Vows Inclusive Governance

PDP Tackles Akpabio, Says Party Not Dead, But Alive and Remains the Hottest Bride

The PFIPC Scandal: Looking Beyond Sensationalism

State Police: Tinubu’s Reform for Security and Fears of Political Power Grab

Primaries: APC Group Slams Ondo Govt for Deploying State Resources to Vilify Party Leadership, NWC

ROLLING OUT THE WELCOME MAT

THE NEW OFFENSIVE AGAINST INSECURITY

lifestyle

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Willie Nwokoye Emerges AMTY Community Service Icon of the Year

GEN Nigeria, Tripoint Travel Launch GEC+ Africa Regional CompetitionCommunity

DiamondHeart Opens Nominations for 2026 Humanitarian Service Awards

Forvis Mazars, FNCCI Host CFO Luncheon on AfCFTA, Cross-Border Investment in Lagos

PAVE Launches 30-Day National Campaign to Protect Lives

CISLAC’s Rafsanjani Wins Transparency International’s Top Professional Excellence Award

How UBA Turned a Wellness Initiative into a Pan-African Drive for Environmental Sustainability

Optiva Capital Partners Strengthens Global Pathways for Nigerians With Portugal, Greece Investor Session

If I Were Ramaphosa: A Mathematician’s Answer to AfriExit

health

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CSO Passes Vote of No Confidence on Pate, Demands State of Emergency in Health Sector

Nigerian Healthcare: The Questions Worth Asking

Abuja Hospital Offers LASER Prostate Treatment With no Surgical Cuts

HI4Y Secures Backing from Ashoka Africa, Kwanda to Deploy Youth Health Action Lab

Nigerian Navy Moves to Strengthen Healthcare System, Boost Force Readiness, Personnel Welfare

Dr. Maureen Achebe: Advancing Sickle Cell Care, Health Equity in Africa

Merck Foundation, 12 African/Asia First Ladies Vow to Improve Healthcare Delivery, Capacity Building

Over 500 Residents Benefit from Free Eye Care Outreach in Osun Communities

Beyond Maternal Statistics: Turning Commitment into Action on Maternal Nutrition

sport

Serena Doubtful for Wimbledon’s Doubles after Hurting Her Knee

Nigerian Sprinter, Oghenebrume, Jailed 27 Months in USA, Faces Deportation

Harry Kane’s Two Late Goals Against DR Congo Qualify Three Lions for Last 16

At Second TRGS, Industry Leaders Advance Player Protection, Responsible Gaming Frameworks

Belgium’s Incredible Comeback Denies Senegal Last 16 Berth

Tinubu to Perform Send-off for Team Nigeria in Abuja Today

Fernandes Details How New FIFA Support Driving Cape Verde’s Meteoric Rise

Portugal Have Their Best Generation Yet, Says Abel Xavier Ahead of Croatia Clash

Basketball Superstar, LeBron James, to Leave LA Lakers

education

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PAAU’s VC Vows to Tackle Insecurity within Varsity Community

NUC Approves 12 New Academic Programmes for Sa’adu Zungur University Bauchi

Iwerekun Community Senior High School Emerges Three Times Winner of Tolaram Science Challenge

Miva Pro-Chancellor Canvasses Rethinking of Higher Education, Backs Open Learning

Beyond the Classroom: The Decade-long Mission Empowering Underserved Children

JAMB Defends UTME, Says O’Level Results Qualify Candidates for Admission

LASU Don Seeks AI-driven Water Governance, Warns of Rising Cancer Risks from Pollution

UNILAG, AFRETEC Push Green Software Engineering to Tackle Climate Change

Creating Opportunities, Restoring Hope: How Digital Philanthropy is Keeping Thousands of Nigerian Students in School

backpage

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Guns, Gold and a Nation Besieged

The CPC at 105: Staying True to Its Founding Mission, Opening a New Chapter in China-Nigeria Friendship

The Gowon Story: Post-Colonial Nation-Building In West Africa: An Intimate Narrative

Political Parties, The Courts And The Path To 2027

K-legs of state police

Every Day for the Thief. No Day for the Owner

The State of Policing in Nigeria

Babajide Sanwo-Olu: Leadership Beyond Politics

The ‘Present-Continuous’ Coming of Wale Adeniyi

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LAGOS AND THE REFUSE DUMPS

Dangote to Raise Total Refining Capacity in Africa to 2.1m bpd, Seeks Partnership with Congo

Federalism Beyond Police Reforms

United States’ New Colonization versus Africa’s Strategic Autonomy in Disunity: What Future?

Of Experts At Enduring Hardship

THIS SCOURGING, INTRACTABLE TERROR

From Judicial Defiance to Bar Complicity: Reforming the Legal Profession

Political Party De-registration or De-recognition: The Case of Benin Republic and Guinea Bissau

State Police: Necessary Risk or Risky Necessity?

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