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1 day, 21 hours ago Politics

Capital projects get only 26% of FG’s N12tn loans

The Federal Government spent only N3.10tn on capital projects in the first nine months of 2025 despite accessing N11.89tn from various debt financing sources during the period, highlighting the wide gap between borrowing and infrastructure spending. Latest data from the Budget Office of the Federat…

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1 day, 21 hours ago Technology

Navy urges students to shun drugs

The Nigerian Navy has pledged its commitment to providing educational and health support for students in Cross River as part of its obligation to national development and human capacity building. Capt. David Odu, Command Education Officer, Eastern Naval Command, made this commitment during an educa…

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1 day, 21 hours ago Politics

MTN remits N879bn taxes amid revenue, profit growth

As Nigeria intensifies efforts to expand non-oil revenue and improve tax collection under its fiscal reform agenda, corporate tax contributions from major private-sector operators are becoming increasingly critical to government financing. Supporting that drive, MTN Nigeria paid N878.7bn in taxes, …

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1 day, 22 hours ago Politics

Omo-Agege dumps APC after senatorial primary defeat

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State. He announced his resignation in a statement dated May 22, 2026, signed by his media adviser, Sunday Areh, copies of which were made available to journalists in Warri o…

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1 week, 1 day ago Politics

APC adopts Kebbi gov for second term

Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has clinched the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress for a second term after emerging as the party’s sole candidate in a unanimous affirmation by delegates from all 225 wards across the state. The affirmation, held on Thursday at the Haliru Abdu …

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1 week, 1 day ago Politics

Power outages threaten survival of Nigeria’s innovation hubs – Report

The survival of many innovation hubs across Nigeria is under threat from persistent power outages, poor internet connectivity and weak funding, according to a new assessment report unveiled in Abuja on Thursday. The Chairman of the Innovation Support Network, Hanson Johnson, who presented the findi…

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1 week, 1 day ago Politics

Trump’s Killing Spree in Somalia Is Just One Assault in His Global War-Making

Trump’s Killing Spree in Somalia Is Just One Assault in His Global War-Making No American president has ever attacked Somalis with the persistence and at the rate of President Donald Trump. This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up…

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1 week, 1 day ago Technology

NEDC donates 130 trolleys to N’East airports, FRCN gets equipment

The North-East Development Commission on Thursday donated 130 trolleys to six airports across the North-East region, as well as broadcasting equipment to the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria. Speaking during the handing-over exercise in Maiduguri, Borno State, the Managing Director of the NEDC,…

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1 week, 1 day ago Politics

I’m not working for Tinubu, Kwankwaso faults Kano gov's spokesman

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in the 2023 election, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has dismissed claims that he is working for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Speaking during an interview with Global TV on Wednesday night, the former…

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The Conversation Africa Pending

1 week, 1 day ago Politics

How the world sees Donald Trump: surveys show other countries see US president as ‘unreliable’ and ‘dangerous’

Americans are increasingly turning against the war in Iran and the president that launched it. According to a survey conducted in April by US-based pollster, Pew International, 61% of people in the US disapprove of the war while only 37% approve. The US president’s overall approval rating, meanwhil…

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The Punch Pending

1 week, 1 day ago Technology

Police arrest foreign national, recover 18 stolen rams in Bauchi

The Nigeria Police Force in Bauchi State has arrested a suspected foreign national and recovered 18 stolen rams valued at about N7m. The command’s spokesperson, Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday. According to him, the arrest followed an intelligence-led operation by the …

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1 week, 1 day ago Politics

SSANIP urges FG to implement NBTE rules on polytechnic staff duties

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics, SSANIP, Zone E, has called for the implementation of the directives and mandates of the National Board for Technical Education as it relates to proper delineation of duties in the system. This was part of the resolutions taken at the end of the …

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1 week, 1 day ago Politics

Local heterogeneity in Lassa fever serology in rural Nigeria: Implications for vaccine trial site selection

Figures Abstract Introduction Lassa virus (LASV) causes significant morbidity in West Africa, yet vaccine trial planning is hampered by a lack of high-resolution, community-level seroprevalence data. We aimed to characterize the fine-scale spatial and demographic heterogeneity of LASV exposure in r…

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1 week, 1 day ago Politics

Climate change induced complex shifts in snake distributions expose people to snakebite and threaten biodiversity

Figures Abstract Snakes play pivotal roles in many ecosystems. While some species, including medically important ones, are considered threatened by the IUCN, snakebite takes a heavy toll on rural agricultural populations in the developing world. Approximately 138,000 deaths and 400,000 disabilities…

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Variety Pending

1 week, 1 day ago Business

‘Clarissa’ Review: Sophie Okonedo Illuminates a Quietly Dazzling Nigerian Reinterpretation of ‘Mrs Dalloway’

Virginia Woolf’s interior epic “Mrs Dalloway” survives — and thrives — following a surprisingly successful transplantation from London to Lagos in brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri‘s vivid and velvety “Clarissa,” which places a superb Sophie Okonedo, radiant with melancholy, at the heart of its remarka…

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1 week, 1 day ago Politics

Heavy security at Bauchi APC office as seven aspirants contest guber primary

Heavy security was deployed at the Bauchi State Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday as seven aspirants prepared to participate in the party’s governorship primary election ahead of the 2027 polls, as two contenders withdrew from the race under contrasting circumstances. Our cor…

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1 week, 1 day ago Politics

NHIA directs ride-hailing, logistics firms to provide health insurance coverage

The Federal Government has moved to enforce compulsory health insurance coverage for workers in Nigeria’s growing app-based transport, food delivery and logistics sectors, directing platform operators to ensure their workers are enrolled in health insurance schemes. In a directive dated May 15, 202…

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1 week, 1 day ago Technology

NYSC urges parents to give corps members extra travel funds

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Olakunle Nafiu, has advised parents and guardians to provide adequate transport fares for prospective corps members travelling to orientation camps across the country. Nafiu gave the advice on Wednesday during a forum organised by the News A…

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1 week, 1 day ago Politics

Kano residents decry heatwave, erratic power as businesses struggle

Residents of Kano State have expressed concern over the persistent heatwave sweeping across the state and other parts of Northern Nigeria. They also complained about erratic electricity supply, saying it is crippling socio-economic activities and making it harder to cope with the extreme weather. S…

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DW (English) Pending

1 week, 1 day ago Politics

Is the US deepening its military involvement in Nigeria?

Joint airstrikes by the US and Nigeria have killed at least 175 fighters of the so-called Islamic State (IS) terror group in Nigeria's northeast. The jihadist group's global second-in-command was among those killed, according to the US Africa Command (AFRICOM). Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu was q…

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