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Friday, 16th October, 2026

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Despite Revenue Growth, FTN Cocoa Announces N273.4m Loss in 2025FY

Shenbanjo: Access to Capital Determines Business Success

Ice King Ochacho: The 13-Year-Old Rapper Building a Future in Music and Architecture

Ensuring Safety of Air Passengers

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Despite Revenue Growth, FTN Cocoa Announces N273.4m Loss in 2025FY

Kayode Tokede Despite hike in revenue, FTN Cocoa Processors Plc has announced a before tax of N273.4 million in 2025 audited financial statement from N10.62 billion loss before tax in 2024, to sustain

Shenbanjo: Access to Capital Determines Business Success

Ice King Ochacho: The 13-Year-Old Rapper Building a Future in Music and Architecture

Ensuring Safety of Air Passengers

Cascador, Sterling Bank Announce $200M SME Credit Backstop Fund

ValueJet, Professional Chefs Partner for WAFFEST 2026

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Ice King Ochacho: The 13-Year-Old Rapper Building a Future in Music and Architecture

Ensuring Safety of Air Passengers

Two Boko Haram Members Bag Life Sentences in Abuja

Cardoso Makes Case for Transparent, Consensus-driven Monetary Policy at IMF Forum

Senate Declares ‘No Vacancy’ As Akpabio, Barau Get Backing for 11th Assembly

ODCF Lauds Makinde for Developmental Strides in Oke Ogun

ASUU Condemns Arrest, Arraignment of ABU Don, Accuses Katsina Govt of Intimidating Academics

Customs Intercepts Contraband Worth N722m in Sokoto

FACC Disburses N2.428tn September Allocations as Federation Revenue Grosses N3.913tn

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Despite Revenue Growth, FTN Cocoa Announces N273.4m Loss in 2025FY

Shenbanjo: Access to Capital Determines Business Success

Cascador, Sterling Bank Announce $200M SME Credit Backstop Fund

ValueJet, Professional Chefs Partner for WAFFEST 2026

Abuja Gets New Inland Gateway for Imported Cargo

Experts to Brainstorm on Security Challenges in Air Travel, Maritime

Aeronautical Engineers Seek Review of Military Flight Safety

House of Representatives Urged to Halt Passage of CETA Bill

Foundation Signs MoU on Mentorship of 100 Tech Scholarship

politics

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Shoga: Tinubu’s Revenue Reforms Creating Greater Fiscal Breathing Space

2027 Presidential Poll: Atiku Brings Tinubu into Policy Debate, Obi Missing

AKPABIO AND PARLIAMENTARY DIPLOMACY

As Organised Labour Squares Up with FG over Worsening Living Conditions…

LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR FCT WOMEN AND GIRLS

Resolving Prolonged Crisis in Zamfara Assembly

The Need to Call Jarrett Tenebe to Order

Aiyedatiwa Remarks Fuel Fresh Questions Over Political Feud in Ondo

Rauf Aregbesola’s Second Act

lifestyle

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NAFDAC AND UNHYGIENIC BAKERIES

Turning Nigeria’s Agricultural Promise into Food Security: The Power of Innovation for Nutrition

A CORRIDOR OF FEAR

Osita Okoye: A Man of Vision, Value and Remarkable Enterprise

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THIS

APEN Plans Homegrown AI Model for Nigerian Classrooms

RMB Nigeria Asset Management Wins Excellence Award

Marvellous Olugu and the Art of Building a Nigerian Luxury Fashion House

Tomi Akintade Wants to Put Nigerian Beauty on the Global Map

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Beyond Hospital Bills: LASHMA’s Fight to Shield Nigerians from Medical Poverty

Kano Committed to High-impact Health Research, Says KIRCT

Daniel’s GFF Sponsors 754 Patients for Free Surgeries

Protecting Adolescent Health Key to Securing Nigeria’s Future, SAYPHIN Declares

Israel Trains Nigerian Health Workers on Maternal Emergency Care

Lagos Honours 435 Retired Education Workers, Urges Them to Prioritise Health, Retirement Planning

Adamawa to Expand Leadership, Governance Training for Health Workers Statewide

NHIA Urges Early Detection as FG Steps Up Cancer Response

OneHealth Advances Medical Weight Management with The Method

sport

Abdullahi Replaces Kida as New NBBF President

Onuachu, Dessers on Target in Europa Conference League

32nd CJN Sports Competition Begins Today in Kaduna

CAF’s 15-man Team Storms Nigeria for Inspection of Facilities

32nd CJN Sports Competition Begins Friday in Kaduna

Golden Eaglets in Danger of Missing out on U17 AFCON Again

Barcola Scores Hat trick as Liverpool Hammer LASK in Nine-goal Thriller

Rudiger Saves Mourinho Blushes as Madrid Fightback to Beat Roma

Good Times Coming for NFF, Other FAs as FIFA Plans $25m Support from Next Year

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FG Unveils Fresh Interventions to Revamp Nigeria’s Education Sector

AI, Automation: African Varsities Urged to Revamp Teaching Methods

Stakeholders Canvass Public-Private Partnership to Reduce Out-of-school Population

Beyond Compliance: How Chrisland is Building a Culture of Safety, Safeguarding

Future Economy Will Reward Skills, Not Certificates, Jamiu Tells Graduates

Anambra Philanthropist Launches Universities’ Debate to Deepen National Discourse

Bauchi APM Governorship Candidate Launches N200m Bursary Programme for Students

Nigeria @66: Adunni Foundation Calls for Renewed Commitment to Basic Education

NHRC Empowers 30 Students as Human Rights Defenders, Peace Ambassadors

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Peter Mbah and the Road to Awhum

The Challenge Before Ekiti State, My Snake Bite Story

The Revenue Reset: Following The Subsidy Savings From Reform To Results

Six stumbling blocks in 47 years

Did Obi Actually Win in 2023?

The Political Somersaults on Petrol Subsidy

Chaos on the Campaign Trail

Nigeria Does Not Need Bigger Budgets, But Efficient Spending

The Audacity of Enugu’s Education Transformation

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TINUBU’S PROXY ELECTIONEERING

The North, Sharia Applications and Investment Limitation

At the Marigold Hospital, Surulere: The Limitations of Foreign Policy Intellection

NYSC: The Price of Serving Nigeria

THE ELECTION PREDICTION THAT OFFENDED SOME

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

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