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1.9 million students get learner IDs as Nigerian govt begins rollout

1.9 million students get learner IDs as Nigerian g...

2 weeks ago 15

UTME 2026: JAMB delists 23 CBT centres, sanctions many others over technical issues

UTME 2026: JAMB delists 23 CBT centres, sanctions ...

2 weeks ago 18

Supreme Court reinstates Olanipekun, Banire as counsel in $2bn Nestoil/Neconde dispute

Supreme Court reinstates Olanipekun, Banire as cou...

2 weeks ago 18

Air Peace flights face delays amid fuel scarcity

Air Peace flights face delays amid fuel scarcity

2 weeks ago 22

Atiku blames Tinubu’s reforms as poverty hits 63% in Nigeria

Atiku blames Tinubu’s reforms as poverty hits 63% ...

2 weeks ago 20

Army denies killing of brigade commander, other soldiers in Benisheikh attack

Army denies killing of brigade commander, other so...

2 weeks ago 20

JUSUN Strike: Abia govt speaks on dispute with judiciary workers

JUSUN Strike: Abia govt speaks on dispute with jud...

2 weeks ago 26

INEC chair Amupitan denies owning X account, warns against fake posts

INEC chair Amupitan denies owning X account, warns...

2 weeks ago 22

Falana criticises Nasarawa university’s plan to honour Tanzanian president

Falana criticises Nasarawa university’s plan to ho...

2 weeks ago 20

Court to deliver judgement in ADC leadership dispute

Court to deliver judgement in ADC leadership dispu...

2 weeks ago 22

Encomiums as Ribadu, Fayemi, Ezekwesili, others celebrate Chido Onumah at 60

Encomiums as Ribadu, Fayemi, Ezekwesili, others ce...

2 weeks ago 22

Nigeria approves biometric passenger verification system for domestic airports

Nigeria approves biometric passenger verification ...

2 weeks ago 21

Borno man sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling fuel to Boko Haram

Borno man sentenced to 10 years in prison for sell...

2 weeks ago 23

Nigeria’s second-biggest beer maker posts N51 billion profit after seven years of loss-making

Nigeria’s second-biggest beer maker posts N51 bill...

2 weeks ago 18

iREP–Ecobank honours winners of smartphone film competition

iREP–Ecobank honours winners of smartphone film co...

2 weeks ago 21

Chido Onumah at 60: A man so good, yet so true, By Uche Ugboajah

Chido Onumah at 60: A man so good, yet so true, By...

2 weeks ago 20

Security Breaches: NPFL sanctions Nasarawa United, Rangers, announces heavy fines

Security Breaches: NPFL sanctions Nasarawa United,...

2 weeks ago 20

NHRC receives 659,617 complaints in first quarter of 2026

NHRC receives 659,617 complaints in first quarter ...

2 weeks ago 20

We will return missionary schools to their owners– Abiodun

We will return missionary schools to their owners–...

2 weeks ago 19

Aliyu Gebu speaks on SSS invitation, denies supplying false intelligence to embassies

Aliyu Gebu speaks on SSS invitation, denies supply...

2 weeks ago 19

A life of humility and patriotism: Celebrating Uncle Chido at 60, By Olumide Fred’ Adetiba

A life of humility and patriotism: Celebrating Unc...

2 weeks ago 18

Court convicts 386 terrorists in four-day mass trial, says AGF

Court convicts 386 terrorists in four-day mass tri...

2 weeks ago 17

Lagos police arrest three suspected armed robbers, recover weapons, motorcycle

Lagos police arrest three suspected armed robbers,...

2 weeks ago 19

Boko Haram terrorists fleeing cross-border offensives kill five forest guards in Kwara

Boko Haram terrorists fleeing cross-border offensi...

2 weeks ago 19

INEC bows to pressure, postpones nationwide voter revalidation exercise

INEC bows to pressure, postpones nationwide voter ...

2 weeks ago 29

Zamfara now accessible for multi-faceted development-UN Deputy Secretary General

Zamfara now accessible for multi-faceted developme...

2 weeks ago 23

ADC Crisis: Nafi’u Gombe rules out honouring invitation for talks with David Mark faction

ADC Crisis: Nafi’u Gombe rules out honouring invit...

2 weeks ago 22

Chido Onumah at 60, By Toyin Falola

Chido Onumah at 60, By Toyin Falola

2 weeks ago 23

Police debunk viral terror alert in Abuja, arrest suspect for incitement

Police debunk viral terror alert in Abuja, arrest ...

2 weeks ago 25

Agu confident Boniface can make impact after injury layoff

Agu confident Boniface can make impact after injur...

2 weeks ago 23

Morocco 2026: Busari names 36-player Flamingos squad as NFF appoints assistants

Morocco 2026: Busari names 36-player Flamingos squ...

2 weeks ago 26

Phyna undergoes BBL surgery

Phyna undergoes BBL surgery

2 weeks ago 24

ADC crisis worsens as party’s vice chairman resigns

ADC crisis worsens as party’s vice chairman resign...

2 weeks ago 22

Presidency, Lagos govt to hold first Abuja Dialogue on youth leadership

Presidency, Lagos govt to hold first Abuja Dialogu...

2 weeks ago 23

We didn’t ban Burna Boy – Nigerian DJs make U-turn

We didn’t ban Burna Boy – Nigerian DJs make U-turn...

2 weeks ago 20

Nigerian soldiers kill 10 suspected terrorists in Plateau

Nigerian soldiers kill 10 suspected terrorists in ...

2 weeks ago 21

How robbers attacked Taiwo Adegbodu’s widow, demanded to see me — Singer’s brother

How robbers attacked Taiwo Adegbodu’s widow, deman...

2 weeks ago 20

NIS suspends border controllers, orders probe over extortion allegations

NIS suspends border controllers, orders probe over...

2 weeks ago 18

61 bodies recovered after Niger attack

61 bodies recovered after Niger attack

2 weeks ago 18

Court frees Oshodin, firm from money laundering charges involving $12m linked to NSA office

Court frees Oshodin, firm from money laundering ch...

2 weeks ago 18

Mikano International Limited refutes allegations against Chairman

Mikano International Limited refutes allegations a...

2 weeks ago 18

NBA expresses worry over courts’ interference in political parties’ internal affairs

NBA expresses worry over courts’ interference in p...

2 weeks ago 17

Bolaji Ogunmola apologises over negative portrayal of Yoruba women in ‘Imperfect Match’

Bolaji Ogunmola apologises over negative portrayal...

2 weeks ago 17

Ceasefire: Trump says Iran doing ‘very poor job’ on opening Strait of Hormuz

Ceasefire: Trump says Iran doing ‘very poor job’ o...

2 weeks ago 19

‘How Baba Ijesha betrayed me after his release from prison’ – Yomi Fabiyi

‘How Baba Ijesha betrayed me after his release fro...

2 weeks ago 17

Gunmen kill eight in fresh Plateau attack

Gunmen kill eight in fresh Plateau attack

2 weeks ago 21

Artemis II crew braces for ‘fireball’ return after moon flyby

Artemis II crew braces for ‘fireball’ return after...

2 weeks ago 18

Marseille coach backs Nigerian midfielder Nnadi amid Marseille’s midfield war

Marseille coach backs Nigerian midfielder Nnadi am...

2 weeks ago 21

Middle East Conflict: Over four million displaced, health systems under strain – WHO

Middle East Conflict: Over four million displaced,...

2 weeks ago 18

ALBUM REVIEW: Iwobi’s ‘More to Life’ blends football and music, but lacks defining voice

ALBUM REVIEW: Iwobi’s ‘More to Life’ blends footba...

2 weeks ago 19