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Nigerian police deploy new CP to oversee Osun governorship poll

Nigerian police deploy new CP to oversee Osun gove...

2 months ago 115

Police probe missing corps member’s death

Police probe missing corps member’s death

2 months ago 111

Police arrest ADC candidate’s husband over alleged cyberstalking

Police arrest ADC candidate’s husband over alleged...

2 months ago 91

NBA constitutes 40-member committee for 2026 annual conference

NBA constitutes 40-member committee for 2026 annua...

2 months ago 90

Group petitions EFCC, seeks Speaker, deputy’s probe over alleged N70bn OSOPADEC budget fraud

Group petitions EFCC, seeks Speaker, deputy’s prob...

2 months ago 107

Glasgow 2026: Reporter’s Diary – Day 5 – My Glasses Got Lost!

Glasgow 2026: Reporter’s Diary – Day 5 – My Glasse...

2 months ago 91

Banditry: Niger State to profile incoming herders,...

2 months ago 86

NDLEA discovers 3 drug warehouses, seizes 2,596kg narcotics

NDLEA discovers 3 drug warehouses, seizes 2,596kg ...

2 months ago 104

WAFCON 2026: Amstel Malta rallies support for Super Falcons after opening defeat

WAFCON 2026: Amstel Malta rallies support for Supe...

2 months ago 83

WAFCON 2026: Nnadozie vows Super Falcons will bounce back after Malawi shock

WAFCON 2026: Nnadozie vows Super Falcons will boun...

2 months ago 113

First HoldCo to pay 60% of annual profit as dividends

First HoldCo to pay 60% of annual profit as divide...

2 months ago 96

Seplat sells 10% JV stake to NNPC for $281.6m (₦384.38 billion)

Seplat sells 10% JV stake to NNPC for $281.6m (₦38...

2 months ago 110

Resident doctors threaten nationwide strike over unpaid arrears, welfare concerns

Resident doctors threaten nationwide strike over u...

2 months ago 126

Anambra FA to stage novelty match for late Ifeanyi Ubah

Anambra FA to stage novelty match for late Ifeanyi...

2 months ago 145

Video of Oborevwori’s aide being assaulted raises fears over 2027 polls

Video of Oborevwori’s aide being assaulted raises ...

2 months ago 93

Lagos generates 69% of ₦1.69 trillion revenue from IGR, spends 91% in first half of 2026

Lagos generates 69% of ₦1.69 trillion revenue from...

2 months ago 112

EFCC recovers additional ₦42 million for businessman in ₦175.4 million cement fraud case

EFCC recovers additional ₦42 million for businessm...

2 months ago 88

ADC governorship candidate alleges plot to substitute party’s candidates

ADC governorship candidate alleges plot to substit...

2 months ago 113

Tyla’s Lagos concert disappears from world tour amid boycott calls

Tyla’s Lagos concert disappears from world tour am...

2 months ago 124

Friday Sermon: The Sunnah and its position In Islam, By Murtadha Gusau

Friday Sermon: The Sunnah and its position In Isla...

2 months ago 89

WAFCON 2026: Morocco edge Algeria, Senegal beat Kenya to set up dramatic Group A finale

WAFCON 2026: Morocco edge Algeria, Senegal beat Ke...

2 months ago 99

A culture of dread: Nigeria’s post-cosmopolitanism, By Jibrin Ibrahim

A culture of dread: Nigeria’s post-cosmopolitanism...

2 months ago 459

Commonwealth Games: Olajide fights back tears after semi-final exit, vows to return stronger

Commonwealth Games: Olajide fights back tears afte...

2 months ago 95

What Nigeria’s laws say about Uche Nnaji’s possible jail terms over forgery, laundering charges

What Nigeria’s laws say about Uche Nnaji’s possibl...

2 months ago 101

EXCLUSIVE: How alleged coup leader’s hidden motivation led him into arrest trap

EXCLUSIVE: How alleged coup leader’s hidden motiva...

2 months ago 93

Tinubu: Why I increased army divisions, there’ll be guardrails for state Police

Tinubu: Why I increased army divisions, there’ll b...

2 months ago 93

Osun 2026: Accord Party petitions Tinubu, IGP over alleged police intimidation

Osun 2026: Accord Party petitions Tinubu, IGP over...

2 months ago 122

Osun 2026: Political parties seal peace accord for peaceful poll

Osun 2026: Political parties seal peace accord for...

2 months ago 101

Commonwealth Games: Amusan settles for bronze as Nigeria adds another athletics medal in Glasgow

Commonwealth Games: Amusan settles for bronze as N...

2 months ago 90

Asaba jet crew remains in SSS custody over security breach – Keyamo

Asaba jet crew remains in SSS custody over securit...

2 months ago 88

Oyo School Abduction: Still gripped by doubts, Gov. Makinde constitutes panel to probe incident

Oyo School Abduction: Still gripped by doubts, Gov...

2 months ago 109

Apkoto-Uduaghan urges FG to invoke reciprocity over Ayra Starr’s reported visa denial

Apkoto-Uduaghan urges FG to invoke reciprocity ove...

2 months ago 93

Akpoti-Uduaghan urges FG to invoke reciprocity over Ayra Starr’s reported visa denial

Akpoti-Uduaghan urges FG to invoke reciprocity ove...

2 months ago 119

FG to offer 25,000 free cataract surgeries nationwide by 2027

FG to offer 25,000 free cataract surgeries nationw...

2 months ago 90

US State Department mislabels Nigeria, other African countries at global AIDS conference

US State Department mislabels Nigeria, other Afric...

2 months ago 118

The NIPSS memoir that calls out institutional bullying, By Abashi Rahab & Ibrahim Happiness

The NIPSS memoir that calls out institutional bull...

2 months ago 84

Tinubu tackles governors, says they’re building needless flyovers

Tinubu tackles governors, says they’re building ne...

2 months ago 93

China’s energy giant to boost Zamfara’s economy through renewable energy

China’s energy giant to boost Zamfara’s economy th...

2 months ago 114

JUST IN: Enekwechi delivers as Nigeria wins eighth gold medal at Commonwealth Games

JUST IN: Enekwechi delivers as Nigeria wins eighth...

2 months ago 119

Retirees to exporters: NEPC’s post‑retirement empowerment drive, By Kabir Abdulsalam

Retirees to exporters: NEPC’s post‑retirement empo...

2 months ago 84

Tomi Adeyemi distances self from ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ film, alleges behind-the-scenes antagonism

Tomi Adeyemi distances self from ‘Children of Bloo...

2 months ago 119

‘I dare anyone to touch my billboard’ — Doris Ogala rejects ₦150m campaign fee

‘I dare anyone to touch my billboard’ — Doris Ogal...

2 months ago 124

Abia fixes N200m for presidential campaign billboard permit

Abia fixes N200m for presidential campaign billboa...

2 months ago 139

Enugu inaugurates three-man panel to investigate community crisis

Enugu inaugurates three-man panel to investigate c...

2 months ago 106

Civil War: Ohanaeze commemorates 60th anniversary of Aguiyi-Ironsi, Fajuyi’s deaths

Civil War: Ohanaeze commemorates 60th anniversary ...

2 months ago 126

Despite Cross River budgeting billions of naira for erosion control, deadly landslides expose prevention gaps

Despite Cross River budgeting billions of naira fo...

2 months ago 98

Nigeria recorded 245 civic space violations in 2025 – WSCIJ report

Nigeria recorded 245 civic space violations in 202...

2 months ago 83

Nigeria begins search for 2027 Oscars entry after 2026 setback

Nigeria begins search for 2027 Oscars entry after ...

2 months ago 86

‘Toyin Abraham didn’t destroy my marriage’ — Femi Adebayo’s ex-wife clarifies

‘Toyin Abraham didn’t destroy my marriage’ — Femi ...

2 months ago 80

State electricity markets risk losing investors without harmonised regulations – FCCPC

State electricity markets risk losing investors wi...

2 months ago 85

LPDC suspends senior lawyer Gadzama from legal practice for three years

LPDC suspends senior lawyer Gadzama from legal pra...

2 months ago 95

Police release Osun SSG after controversial arrest

Police release Osun SSG after controversial arrest...

2 months ago 80

Court sentences woman to death for killing her husband

Court sentences woman to death for killing her hus...

2 months ago 81

Nigeria congratulates Colombia’s president-elect

Nigeria congratulates Colombia’s president-elect

2 months ago 126

The missing link in Nigeria’s cocoa value chain, By Ibim Banigo and Raphaël de Perlinghi

The missing link in Nigeria’s cocoa value chain, B...

2 months ago 94

Why we may not complete Abuja’s Millennium Tower project – Wike

Why we may not complete Abuja’s Millennium Tower p...

2 months ago 121

How Nigeria spent savings from forex, petrol subsidy removal – Oyedele

How Nigeria spent savings from forex, petrol subsi...

2 months ago 105

Tinubu dissolves presidential committee established by Obasanjo

Tinubu dissolves presidential committee establishe...

2 months ago 114

What Ishaq Oloyede’s tenure says about JAMB, By Azu Ishiekwene

What Ishaq Oloyede’s tenure says about JAMB, By Az...

2 months ago 95

MeCure Plc ends co-CEO leadership structure, appoints new CEO, executive director

MeCure Plc ends co-CEO leadership structure, appoi...

2 months ago 87

Nigeria’s $1tn economy by 2030 not slogan but target – Oyedele

Nigeria’s $1tn economy by 2030 not slogan but targ...

2 months ago 86

Seplat posts 430% surge in half-year profit, declares special dividends

Seplat posts 430% surge in half-year profit, decla...

2 months ago 105

How Nigeria secured Paris Club debt relief – Okonjo-Iweala

How Nigeria secured Paris Club debt relief – Okonj...

2 months ago 93

Glasgow 2026: Amusan blazes into hurdles final as Nigeria secures three spots in 400m final

Glasgow 2026: Amusan blazes into hurdles final as ...

2 months ago 122

Ex-Nigerian diplomat, Abubakar Alhaji, is dead

Ex-Nigerian diplomat, Abubakar Alhaji, is dead

2 months ago 93

The federalism that promotes productivity (1), By Dipo Baruwa

The federalism that promotes productivity (1), By ...

2 months ago 90

Otedola acquires 1.78 billion First HoldCo shares, lifts stake to 25.86%

Otedola acquires 1.78 billion First HoldCo shares,...

2 months ago 119

Jigawa Assembly lone opposition lawmaker joins APC

Jigawa Assembly lone opposition lawmaker joins APC...

2 months ago 111

First Daily Dialogue: Ex-military chiefs, politicians, others back state police, urgent security reforms

First Daily Dialogue: Ex-military chiefs, politici...

2 months ago 94

Tackling insecurity as a collective in Yorubaland, By Onigbinde, Ojudu, Farotimi, et al.

Tackling insecurity as a collective in Yorubaland,...

2 months ago 91

Nine kidnap victims rescued in Kwara

Nine kidnap victims rescued in Kwara

2 months ago 135

Ondo begins demolition of buildings blocking waterways amid flood risks

Ondo begins demolition of buildings blocking water...

2 months ago 119

60th anniversary: Did I act improperly that day 20 years ago?, By Yusuph Olaniyonu

60th anniversary: Did I act improperly that day 20...

2 months ago 81

ANALYSIS: Sahel security crisis demands action beyond assurances of solidarity

ANALYSIS: Sahel security crisis demands action bey...

2 months ago 96

WAFCON 2026: Ghana cruise past Cape Verde as Cameroon edge Mali in thrilling Group D opener

WAFCON 2026: Ghana cruise past Cape Verde as Camer...

2 months ago 87

‘I’m for relationship or marriage, but against women using them to escape poverty,’ Geh Geh clarifies

‘I’m for relationship or marriage, but against wom...

2 months ago 134

Dangote Cement’s half-year profit climbs 23% to ₦639 billion on sales growth

Dangote Cement’s half-year profit climbs 23% to ₦6...

2 months ago 126

Glasgow 2026: Amusan leads Team Nigeria’s medal chase on Day 7

Glasgow 2026: Amusan leads Team Nigeria’s medal ch...

2 months ago 91

Strike: Ondo gov approves ₦1.1bn for varsity, urges lecturers to return to work

Strike: Ondo gov approves ₦1.1bn for varsity, urge...

2 months ago 91

VP Shettima hails NAHCON over 2026 Hajj success, urges commission to set higher benchmark

VP Shettima hails NAHCON over 2026 Hajj success, u...

2 months ago 116