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Former Cross River State governor and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) presidential candidate, Donald Duke, has promised to reduce the price of petrol to about ₦300 per litre if elected president in...
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Nigeria’s Ambassador to the French Republic, Ayodele Oke, has formally assumed his diplomatic duties following the presentation of his Letters of Credence to French President Emmanuel Macron.
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September brought significant developments across Nigeria’s health sector, from new maternal health interventions and healthcare financing to local production of essential health products.
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The Super Eagles have suffered a significant setback in the latest FIFA Men’s World Ranking, dropping four places to 30th in the world following a disappointing September international window.
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The Ekiti State Government on Wednesday disclosed that the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) rose significantly from about ₦8 billion in 2020 to more than ₦50 billion annually in 2025...
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The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Zamfara State has criticised Governor Dauda Lawal for travelling to Ethiopia after a deadly attack in Bindin, Maru Local Government Area.
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Twenty years after Flight Lieutenant Damilola Adekunle lost her father in a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) plane crash, her newlywed husband died in Monday’s crash of another NAF plane.
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Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, (ADC), has returned to the centre of Nigeria’s economic debate with a proposal...
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A senior lecturer at the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, Matthew Uwuigbe, has died after allegedly collapsing in a hotel room following an encounter with a 21-year-old commercial...
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A true Professor in Nigeria spends at least 10-15 years as Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer II, Lecturer I, Senior Lecturer, Reader, then Professor.
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African civil society organisations (CSOs) have cited the decades-long environmental devastation in Nigeria’s Niger Delta as part of the evidence underpinning their call for an international...
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The Plateau State Government and health stakeholders are developing a five-year transition plan to sustain HIV prevention, treatment and care as international donor funding for HIV programmes in...
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A media activist, Abdulkarim Allanana, popularly known as Oscar Keana, has been transferred from the Lafia Custodial Centre to the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Nasarawa State after his...
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The Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) has identified transparency in the management of funds and procurement of election materials as a major challenge for the Independent National Electoral...
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An Enugu East Magistrate’s Court in Nkwo Nike, Enugu State, has remanded 45-year-old Chidi Ani in prison for allegedly accusing three individuals of carrying out an attack on members of the Nigeria...
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A passenger has died aboard a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi to Lagos after becoming unresponsive about 20 minutes before the aircraft landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is working to ensure election officials and materials arrive at polling units by about 7:30 a.m. during the 2027 general elections.
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…I offer my counsel with respect rather than malice. Celebrate, certainly. Appreciate your friends and supporters. Accept goodwill. But there must be a limit.
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The Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development paid N686 million for control tower projects and firearms, but auditors found gaps in evidence of work done, supply of items and...
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The presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, has urged Nigerians to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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