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Saturday, 21st February, 2026

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Former UBA Chairman, Ogbue, Dies at 99 2 days ago

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Tinubu Signs Executive Order on Direct Remittance of Oil Revenues to Federation Account 2 days ago

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Investigations: LGs Remain Underdeveloped Despite N5.5trn FAAC Funds in 2025

All Set for FCT Polls Today, INEC to Test 2026 Electoral Act

Trump Doubles Down After US Supreme Court Strikes Down Global Tariffs

FG Arraigns El-Rufai on Alleged Cybercrime February 25

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Investigations: LGs Remain Underdeveloped Despite N5.5trn FAAC Funds in 2025

*Governors continue to choke third tier of govt Sunday Ehigiator Despite a total of N5.5 trillion disbursed to Nigeria’s 774 local governments (LGs) by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC)

All Set for FCT Polls Today, INEC to Test 2026 Electoral Act

Trump Doubles Down After US Supreme Court Strikes Down Global Tariffs

FG Arraigns El-Rufai on Alleged Cybercrime February 25

CDS: Nigerian Forests, Ungoverned Spaces, Will No Longer Serve as Safe Havens for Terrorists

Private Sector Pledges Bold Investments to Tackle Nigeria’s Displacement Crisis

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Investigations: LGs Remain Underdeveloped Despite N5.5trn FAAC Funds in 2025

All Set for FCT Polls Today, INEC to Test 2026 Electoral Act

Trump Doubles Down After US Supreme Court Strikes Down Global Tariffs

FG Arraigns El-Rufai on Alleged Cybercrime February 25

CDS: Nigerian Forests, Ungoverned Spaces, Will No Longer Serve as Safe Havens for Terrorists

Private Sector Pledges Bold Investments to Tackle Nigeria’s Displacement Crisis

FG Flags-off Distribution of 15 Million Learners’ Support Kits Nationwide

Civil Society Coalition Plans Fresh Protest, Insists on Real-time Election Result Transmission

FG, Ogun Reward Nigeria’s Best Teacher with Car, House

business

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Tackling Inflation with Monetary Policy Tools, Structural Reforms

Carloha Unveils Chery Himla, Supporting Businesses with Class-Leading Cargo Space, ³-Duty Performance

2026 Argungu Motor Rally: OMAA, Yutong, JIM, LSM, Mikano, GAC, Wulin Brands Show Class

ALCMAN, MOMAN Forge Strategic Alliance With BKG Exhibitions To Catalyse Nigeria’s Automotive Industrial Transformation

Week Ahead: Nigeria CPI Cools, US-Iran Talks, PCE in Focus

KPMG: Political Spending to Birth Inflation, FX Instability, Cost Pressures in 2026

How Menace of Bird Strikes Impede Safe Flight Operations in Nigeria

Can a Company Speak for Itself Under a Contested Receivership?

Stock Market Gains N1.7trn as Buy Interest in MTN, Others Persists

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Removing Barriers to Fiscal Federalism, Sub-national Growth

Femi Majekodunmi: Defections to APC Underscore Tinubu’s Wisdom, Diligence

How Akpabio’s Leadership Secured Nigeria’s Electoral Future

Dikko Radda: 90% of Insecurity in Katsina Caused by People from My State, Not Strangers

Abubakar: Nigeria is Recalibrating Quietly with Purpose

FCT Council Polls and Political Dynamics of 2027

Rest in Peace, Big Brother, Jesse!

Good Politics Or Just Power? Two Years After The Elections

Abuja’s Area Council Polls: Integrity of INEC is on Ballot

lifestyle

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Uche Secondus: It Took Me 14 Years

Proliferation of BAT Support Groups: Sifting the Grain from Chaffs

Michael Ehindero: Teaching Chemistry, Biology After School Funded My Professional Exams

Aishah Ahmad Recognised by Maternal Lineage in Imesi-Ile

At 70, Owoeye’s Quiet Genius Still Builds Nigeria

Maggi Unveils Tales of Ramadan Season 2

Sammy Sodeke: Touring with Lagbaja

How Nathaniel Bassey is Transforming Christian Culture through Music, Prayers

Boost for Argungu Fishing Festival

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COHI, MSSN-NIJ Hold Pre-Ramadan Medical Outreach

PSHAN Spotlights Champions for Change, Pushes for Sustainable Health Investment and Nationwide PHC Adoption

Lagos Trains 452 Vendors, Sensitises 1,054 Residents to Prevent Cholera in Flood-Prone Areas

As More Nigerians Die of Hospital Negligence

Global Health at Risk, Yet Recoverable as Gates Foundation Presses for Urgent Collective Action

Restoring Vision, Renewing Hope: How Chris Ogunbanjo Foundation Free Eye Outreach Changed Lives in Erunwon

RIGHT OF REPLY: Governor AbdulRazaq’s Strides in Health Sector, Others Clear and Measurable

Pharmacists Protest Lopsided Task Force On Clinical Governance, Patient Safety

Governance by Optics, Not Impacts: Kwara’s Health Sector Reality

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Emmanuel Fernandez Another Chelle’s Coup

Anthony Joshua Eyes July Ring Return After Fatal Accident

NSSF Powers-up School Sports Leadership with Capacity-building Seminar

Ndidi Set for Göztepe Clash after Emotional Farewell to Father

Nigeria’s Ekezie, Others to Shine at BWM All-Star Camp in Los Angeles

Tinubu Okays Anti-doping Agency Board as NSC Secures Major Sports Reforms

Super Eagles Coach, Chelle, Demands $130,000 Salary, Others

Niger Delta Games to Open in Benin Today With Fanfare, Glitz

Madugu Recalls Gift Monday, Okobi in a 25-player Super Falcons’ Squad for Cameroon

education

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Tunji Alausa: Reimagining Nigeria’s Education Sector

Ajibola Conferred with Professorship, Calls for Improved Educational Standard in Nigeria

SAZU Registrar Urges Students to Take Education Seriously, Adhere to Rules

Al-muhibbah Open Varsity Matriculates 365 For 2025/2026 Session

Theophilus Ugah: How Nigeria’s Education System Can Keep Pace with Future of Work

Gov Otu, Betta Edu, N’Assembly Members, Others, Target 1.5m Votes for President Tinubu in 2027

Firm Emerges Oil, Gas Local Content Company of 2025

Greensprings School Restates Commitment to Nigeria’s Cultural, Athletic Future Through Infrastructure Development

Fragmented Policies Weakening Nigeria’s Transport System, Says UNILAG Don

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Between City Boys and Village Boys’ Movements

Of Lawmakers, Compradors, and Pseudo-Patriots

El-Rufai: Limits of Dubious Demagoguery

Operation Eastern Sanity: Ill-timed, Ill-advised

Time Out with Generals in Umuahia

Why Africa Needs Its Own Credit Rating Agency

Welcoming The American Troops

20 rotations in 1000 years

At Last, the Jinx is Broken

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Of Network Bars and Ballot Boxes

REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF RESULTS

The Senate, Electronic Transmission and Hollow Victory

Military Coup and Court Martial: Is Falana Right?

From Donald Trumps’s MAGA to Europe’s MAGA Can the Board of Peace Replace the United Nations?

The Refinery Racket and Awkward Gratitude to Dangote

Igbo Marginalisation and Misguided Fingerpointing

Israelo-South African Diplomatic Saga: Some Lessons for Nigeria’s Bleak Future

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