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The Man Who Conquered the Terrain: A Tribute to Dele Alake at 70

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The Man Who Conquered the Terrain: A Tribute to Dele Alake at 70

By Olabode Opeseitan At 70, Dr. Henry Dele Alake projects the kind of presence that years of public life either refine or expose. The well-manicured white beard, the carefully settled

Tinubu Declares 3-Day Mourning For NAF Personnel Who Died In Plane Crash.

Defence Minister Mourns Victims of NAF Plane Crash, Condoles Families

NYSC to Kickstart 2026 Batch “C” Stream ll Orientation November 4

Gov AbdulRazaq Splashes N120m on Awardees As Kwara Celebrates World Teachers’ Day

NIBSS Fraud Desk Highlights PalmPay Security Measures Amid Evolving Fraud Risks

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The Man Who Conquered the Terrain: A Tribute to Dele Alake at 70

Tinubu Declares 3-Day Mourning For NAF Personnel Who Died In Plane Crash.

Defence Minister Mourns Victims of NAF Plane Crash, Condoles Families

NYSC to Kickstart 2026 Batch “C” Stream ll Orientation November 4

Gov AbdulRazaq Splashes N120m on Awardees As Kwara Celebrates World Teachers’ Day

Tinubu Returns To Abuja After Six-Day Visit To Lagos

Tinubu Orders Probe of Military Plane Crash, Mourns Victims

FG, Oyo Govt Endorse 1m Trees Initiative, Warn of Looming Climate Crisis

President Tinubu, the Democratic Opposition Ecosystem and 2027 General Election

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11 Blue-chip Firms Account for 75.14% of N163.10tn Stock Market Capitalisation

NFEM Records $12.98bn Turnover as Market Activity Remains Robust

Stock Market Drops by N813bn on Profit-taking in BUA Foods

ProvidusUnity Bank Deepens Customer Engagement Across Northern Nigeria

NPA to End Non-oil Export Bottlenecks to Boost FX Inflow

APM Terminals Calls for Accelerated Action on Green Maritime Infrastructure

Norrenberger Restates Ambition for Nigeria’s Capital Future

Standard Chartered, EDC Graduate 11 Female Founders in Tech Skills

Fixed-income Trading Hits N41.07trn as FGN Bond Transactions Jump 51.6%

politics

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10th N’Assembly: Turning Repeated Budget Extension into Norm

The Lagos State Economic Council: Continuity, Competence, and Why Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat Should Lead Nigeria’s Economic Capital

As NDC, O-K Movement’s Feud Deepens

Nigeria: A Nation Still Crawling at 66

Akpabio’s Ridiculous Denial of PDP

TINUBU’S ANNIVERSARY SPEECH AND NATIONAL SECURITY

DEMOCRACY ON TRIAL AT EDITORS’ CONFERENCE

Tinubu 2027: Will Adeleke Stand by His Promise of Support?

Why Ondo’s Two Political Power Centres Must Find Common Ground for Tinubu’s 2027 Project

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NIBSS Fraud Desk Highlights PalmPay Security Measures Amid Evolving Fraud Risks

Foundation, DAWN Commission Pledge to Sustain Akeredolu’s Push for State Police

Insecurity: Nigerian Teenager Unveils Offline Rescue App

Bauchi Ministry of Justice, ATBU, UNFPA Charge Students to Report GBV

Summit Targets Human Trafficking, Education Gaps for Girls in Edo

Wakanow Travel Platform Attracts Recognition Gets Saudi Ministry

Nigeria @ 66 and the Imperative for NPF to Stay Ahead of Faster, Borderless Crime

DRAINING THE POOR TO FEED THE RICH

LEADERS WHO ARE ALWAYS RIGHT

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NHIA Urges Early Detection as FG Steps Up Cancer Response

OneHealth Advances Medical Weight Management with The Method

Medical Expert Urges Govt to Support Indigent Patients

Health Insurance Can Curb Sudden Deaths, Says Ultimate HMO MD

When Payment Becomes a Barrier to Healthcare in Lagos State-owned Hospitals: Patients Still Stranded as System Failures Persist

Respite for Bakiyawa Women After Years of Poor Maternity Care

Avon Medical Deepens Fibroid Awareness, Puts Patient Experience at Heart of Care

Access to Medicine Foundation Spotlights How Generic Manufacturers are Responding to Africa’s Changing Healthcare Needs

The Silent Return: How Diphtheria Killed 39 Children in Zamfara and UNICEF, Health Ministry’s Dash for Urgent Vaccination

sport

Russia Sends Warning to Super Eagles with 6-0 Crushing of Namibia

Akor Adams Insists on Standard Playing Surfaces for African Football

Torgah Survives Bako Charge to Win Lakowe Classic

Zenith Bank Reiterates Commitment to Devt of Women’s Basketball as MFM Emerges Champions

NPFL: Enugu Rangers Maintain Lead as Rivers Utd, Bendel Insurance Win Big

Modric ‘Ashamed’ of Croatia’s ‘Catastrophic Night’

Papering Over the Cracks: Troost-Ekong Exposes Nigeria’s Deep-rooted Issues Amid AFCON Qualifier Struggles

17 Players in Eagles’ First Training in Nizhny Novgorod Against Russia

Lewandowski Breaks Ronaldo’s Nations League Hat-trick Record

education

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UI Counsels Student Leaders on Ethical Leadership, Accountability

Bucknor Thrills Fans with Clasical Music, as Brazil Proposes Cultural Partnership

Choose Milk Campaign Launches National Essay Competition to Educate Pupils

Harnessing Youths’ Strength through Quality Education, Skills Development for Economic Growth

FLOC 5.0: DAWN, NUC, Others to Seek Education Reform for Jobs, Innovation

When Lagos Plans to Sabotage Federal Policy on Lecturers’ Salaries

N29bn Scholarship: Why PUMS VC Can’t Honour Assembly invitation, Says Registrar

MSS Academy Graduates 56, Targets Youth Empowerment through Event Technology

Exclusion, Inequality, Deepening Conflict, Insecurity in Nigeria, Says AUSS-NG

backpage

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Album of losers’ faces

Disturbing Signals from The Gambia

MKO, June 12 and Historical Duty

Democracy in an Affordability Crisis

Nigeria at 66: Unlocking Low-hanging Fruit for Economic Growth

Chukwuemeka Chikelu, 22 Years Ago

ARISE News Is Not Anti-Tinubu

Nigerians Dislike Their President, But May Re-elect Him Anyway

Nasir El-Rufai and the Rest of Us

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Nigeria At 66: The Country We Each Carry

THE INDEPENDENCE NIGERIANS NEED

Presidential Leave: Between Constitutional Debate and Compliance

Insignificance of Presidential Attendance and Speeches: UNGA as Instrument of Great Power Politics

Of Godfathers And Restless Godsons

CANDIDATE SOWORE: REVOLUTION, MARIJUANA AND OTHER STORIES

Mene-Ejegi: The Gap the Court Cannot Fill

U.S. Robotics in the Outer-Space and International Law: Revisiting Nigeria’s Outer-Space Programme?

Olu Jacobs: Gone Finally

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