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Friday, 2nd January, 2026

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Tinubu: New Tax Laws Take Off January 1, CBN Projects $51.04bn External Reserves 2 days ago

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FG: Nigeria Ready, Equipped for AfCFTA Market, Lists Milestones

Netanyahu: Israel Working on Agenda to Support Persecuted Christians in Nigeria

New Tax Laws: ADC Youth Wing Issues 7-Day Warning, Vows Nationwide Protests

In New Year Address, Zelensky Says Peace Deal with Russia 90% Ready

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FG: Nigeria Ready, Equipped for AfCFTA Market, Lists Milestones

James Emejo in Abuja Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment (FMITI) said it had taken concrete steps to ensure Nigeria’s substantive readiness to trade within Africa under the preferential

Netanyahu: Israel Working on Agenda to Support Persecuted Christians in Nigeria

New Tax Laws: ADC Youth Wing Issues 7-Day Warning, Vows Nationwide Protests

In New Year Address, Zelensky Says Peace Deal with Russia 90% Ready

FG Unveils 2026 Economic Growth Agenda, Set to Prioritise Jobs, Investments

Senator Godiya Akwashiki’s Passing is a National Loss, Says Deputy Senate President

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FG: Nigeria Ready, Equipped for AfCFTA Market, Lists Milestones

Netanyahu: Israel Working on Agenda to Support Persecuted Christians in Nigeria

New Tax Laws: ADC Youth Wing Issues 7-Day Warning, Vows Nationwide Protests

In New Year Address, Zelensky Says Peace Deal with Russia 90% Ready

FG Unveils 2026 Economic Growth Agenda, Set to Prioritise Jobs, Investments

Senator Godiya Akwashiki’s Passing is a National Loss, Says Deputy Senate President

Abiodun Signs Ogun’s N1.669 Trillion 2026 Budget into Law

Mutfwang Signs Two Key Bills into Law, Sets New Fiscal Framework for Plateau State

Tinubu Lauds Hadiza Bala-Usman’s Public Service Achievements on 50th Birthday

business

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Despite FG’s Promise, Airline Operators Insist Existing Tariffs Erode Profitability

Airports Certification as Key to Safe Destination

Insurance Commissioner Tasks Takaful Promoters on Harnessing Market Potentials

Aliko Dangote Phenomenon: Deeper Perspective on Industrial Development Potential Dan Kunle

ipNX Honoured for Outstanding Social Impact at Sustainability Awards

NAMA Allays Harmattan Threat to Flight Safety

Air Peace Dismisses Report of Stranded Passengers in Barbados

IATA: $1.2bn Airline Funds Blocked in Africa, Middle East, Others

Clea to Streamline Cross-border Payments for African Importers

politics

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MILESTONES AND BENDS OF THE 10TH SENATE

A COLLECTIVE TRIUMPH:Umo Eno wins NEAPS Award, writes MARTINS AKPAN

2025: Year of Mixed Fortune for APC

Working with Shettima: A Personal Reflection

As Judiciary Struggles with Negative Perception in 2025…

For Uba Sani, A Governor for All, at 55

WHO PICKS BAUCHI APC GUBER TICKET?

WINNING BEYOND POLITICS

As Senate Holds Public Hearing on Death Penalty for Kidnappers…

lifestyle

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2026: A Year of Renewal, Impact and Rising Expectations

Why Army Chief Lt. Gen. Shaibu Signals Nigeria’s Counter-Insurgency Shift from Containment to Elimination in 2026

Michael Arokodare: A Life of Intellect, Focus and Integrity

As Justice Adumein Challenges Corruption

Expectations for 2026 as a Year That Must Deliver

Time, Tragedy, Nigeria: Looking Ahead into 2026

THE YEAR OF POLITICS AND ECONOMIC CONSOLIDATION?

IS PROTECTING CHILDREN A CRIME?

Grand Tycoon, Burna Boy, Wizkid Named Visibility 50 Africa Honourees

health

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Stakeholders Seek Effective Health Insurance Scheme To Save Lives In Nigeria

Time to Revisit Nigeria’s Health Insurance

Harpic Partners FG, Lagos on Open Defecation

FG, States, Others Urged to Support Quality Healthcare for Rural Dwellers

Children from Niger Republic Vaccinated Against Polio in Katsina

For the Elderly, Mentally-impaired, It’s a New Dawn of Care at Seraphic Homes Foundation

Lagos Creative Ecosystem Lights Up as CcHUB Hosts Influencers and Culture Shapers

Global Leaders Warn of Rising Child Deaths as Gates Foundation, MBZ Foundation Announce $1.9bn Push to End Polio

Uhie: Indigenous Body Cream of 19th-century Nsukka and Its Cultural Legacy

sport

Churchill Oliseh Using FC Ebedei as Pathway to Stardom for Football Talents

Mutiu Adepoju Pledges Pathway for Grassroots Stars as Aramoko Hosts Annual Football Tournament

Owanta Community Emerges Champions of Ika Nation Football Tourney

NLC Vows to Pursue Urgent Wage Review in 2026

2026 Video Game Trends That Matter

Mark Igoche Hails NSC Leadership, Foresees Bright Future for Nigerian Sports in 2026

Soname: Why CAF Snubbed Nigerian Referees in the Last 17 Years

Holders Côte d’Ivoire Beat Gabon in Late Comeback to Top Group F

AFCON 2025: It’s Nigeria v Mozambique’s Mambas in Round of 16 on Monday

education

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Two Nigerian Teachers Make Global Teacher Prize 2026 Top 50 Shortlist

Lai Mohammed Donates Books to YABATECH Library, Advocates African-led Narratives

OOLI Holds Maiden Convocation to Tackle Africa’s Leadership Deficit

Education in 2025: Reform Efforts Tested by Insecurity, Strikes, Systemic Gaps

Starfield College Counts Gains of 2025, Organises Xmas Party

New City Varsity Excites Students with Entrepreneurship-Oriented Academic Experience

Oluwaseun Ikusika, 1Inclusion4All Takes Activism To Schools

Stakeholders Applaud APM Terminals Kano at 10th Anniversary

Nwachukwu Becomes AE-FUNAI’s New VC, Pledges Transformation

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Who Will Think Nigeria Out Of The Hole?

NLC Vows to Pursue Urgent Wage Review in 2026

Crisis Of Local Government Creation

Basic Functions of the FRSC

Makinde: Truth Is Not a Casualty of Political Desperation

Nigeria’s Tax Controversy

All the US bomb’s debris

Bridging the gaps in Budget Implementation

Now That Trump Has Dropped His Bombs

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PASSIONATE PLEA TO FELLOW NIGERIANS

NNPC Announces N12 Trillion Payment to Federation Account in 10 Months

The Tax Laws and Allied Matters

Recalling Ambassadors and Fighting Terrorism in Nigeria-U.S. Relations: The Need for Physiognomic Training

Amplifying Obi’s Syllogism: Four Children as a National Mirror

MINDING THE MANGER’S MESSAGES

Supreme Court Judgement on Emergency Rule: My Takeaways

Lack of Political Will to do the Needful as Bane of Good Governance in Nigeria:AUO and US Plaidoyers

Tinubu and the Burden of Moral Casualness

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