BENIN CITY — The 2027 presidential campaign is beginning to take its message beyond conventional political gatherings, with the APC Presidential Campaign Council seeking the backing and prayers of traditional institutions across Nigeria. At the Benin Palace on Tuesday, September 15, the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku’Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, told political leaders […]
ABUJA — A fresh political fault line has opened ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 elections as governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) move to protect the party’s electoral structure from cross-party arrangements associated with Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike. The dispute centres on a basic but increasingly important question for […]
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The long-awaited public ownership of one of Nigeria’s most significant industrial assets has begun, as the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE opened its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Nigerian Exchange, giving retail and institutional investors an opportunity to acquire a stake in the business. The offer, which opened on September 14, 2026, involves […]
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Parents across Nigeria are beginning the new academic session under renewed financial pressure, with reported increases in private-school fees, higher transport costs and additional school-related expenses threatening to stretch household budgets. As schools reopen for the new academic session on Monday, September 14, many families are facing a difficult calculation: how to keep their children […]
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As political discussions ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election intensify, questions about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s educational history have resurfaced, with former presidential aide and ambassador-designate Reno Omokri defending the president against criticism over the absence of conventional primary and secondary school certificates. Omokri made the remarks during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today […]
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Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has raised fresh concerns about the capacity of Nigeria’s primary healthcare system, warning that severe shortages of health workers could leave millions of Nigerians exposed to preventable health emergencies. Obi’s warning followed a report indicating that 97 per cent of assessed Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) […]
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Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, has demanded urgent action from Pretoria following the deaths of two Nigerian nationals in separate incidents, warning that continued attacks against Nigerians could further strain relations between the two countries. The victims, identified as Bishop Michael Taiwo Fakunle and James Uchechukwu Nwankwo, died in separate incidents in South […]
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Nigerians are facing fresh pressure on transportation, food distribution and business costs after Dangote Petroleum Refinery increased its petrol gantry price to N1,350 per litre, the fourth upward adjustment by the refinery since August. The new price, which took effect on September 12, 2026, represents an N85 increase, or about 6.7 per cent, from the […]
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Nigeria’s 2027 presidential contest has entered a new phase with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) publishing a list of 18 presidential candidates and their running mates cleared to contest under 18 political parties. The publication brings greater clarity to a race that has been dominated for months by coalition-building, party primaries and speculation over […]
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Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has rejected claims by President Bola Tinubu’s Senior Adviser on Digital/New Media, O’tega Ogra, that his proposed production subsidy for locally refined petroleum is a repeat of an earlier subsidy arrangement operated during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration. The disagreement has opened a fresh […]
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The discovery of organisations allegedly operating as Federal Government agencies without proper legal authority has evolved into a broader test of Nigeria’s public-service oversight system, raising questions about how unauthorised bodies were able to gain access to government offices, official processes and, in one case, even appear in the 2026 federal budget. The controversy initially […]
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The next round of United States-mediated negotiations between Israel and Lebanon has been pushed back from September to October, adding another delay to a diplomatic process already facing major disagreements over Hezbollah’s weapons, Israeli forces in southern Lebanon and the ability of the Lebanese military to take control of the area. The talks were originally […]
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LAGOS — Concern has spread across some of Lagos’ major commercial centres after police investigators uncovered an alleged fraud network that had identified more than 125 business owners as potential victims. The discovery followed the arrest of seven suspected members of two alleged fraud syndicates by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit. […]
