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We Are Complementing Mbah’s Developmental Strides, ALGON Declares

U.S., Group Condemn Kwara Attack as Gov AbdulRazaq Appoints Seven-man Committee

Imo ADC Cracks As Two Factions Tussle for Supremacy

House Summons FCT Council Chairmen Over N100bn Financial Infractions

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We Are Complementing Mbah’s Developmental Strides, ALGON Declares

Linus Aleke in Abuja The Vice Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) and Chairman of Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area, Hon. Ugo Ferdinand Ukwueze, has affirmed that

U.S., Group Condemn Kwara Attack as Gov AbdulRazaq Appoints Seven-man Committee

Imo ADC Cracks As Two Factions Tussle for Supremacy

House Summons FCT Council Chairmen Over N100bn Financial Infractions

Amasiri Community Condemns Killing at Okporojo, Requests Governor Nwifuru to end Siege

Lagos Vaccinates 89% of Targeted Children, Begins Mop-Up Immunisation Exercise

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We Are Complementing Mbah’s Developmental Strides, ALGON Declares

U.S., Group Condemn Kwara Attack as Gov AbdulRazaq Appoints Seven-man Committee

Imo ADC Cracks As Two Factions Tussle for Supremacy

House Summons FCT Council Chairmen Over N100bn Financial Infractions

Amasiri Community Condemns Killing at Okporojo, Requests Governor Nwifuru to end Siege

Lagos Vaccinates 89% of Targeted Children, Begins Mop-Up Immunisation Exercise

Gender Bill: Advocacy Groups Call on Executive, Legislature to Expedite Passage

PDP Faction Warns Against Forced Occupation of National Secretariat

Glo Donates N1bn to Lagos State Security Trust Fund

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Orlean Invest Challenges Court Ruling, Files Appeal Against Aircraft Forfeiture Judgment

Report: Agriculture, Manufacturing, Services Grew as Output Declines in January

Stakeholders: FG’s Concession of Enugu Airport Raises Expectation of Transformation

Transcorp Power Revenue Jumps 30% to ₦398.27bn

Awaiting Air Peace’s Brazil Service

As Arik Air Continue to Decline

How Cost of Residential Permit Aid Expatriates’ Illegally Stay in Nigeria

Aventium Taps Rising Enterprise Systems, Cloud Adoption to Drive Growth

Customs Generates N202.9bn Revenue at Murtala Muhammed Airport

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Neglected Groups and Nation’s Forthcoming Polls

On Sprouting Opposition Schemes in Enugu

2027: Why Nigerians Should Give Olawepo-Hashim a Chance

The Danger APC is Ignoring in Akwa Ibom

DEMOCRACY REMAINS THE BEST BET

As Tudun Biri Gets New Lease of Life…

Untangling Legal Pathways in the Coup Plot against State

Aderinokun: ADC Has Capacity to Wrest Power from APC in 2027

Imo Beyond 2027: Akagburuonye as a Natural Choice

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CSS Fiber CEO Applauds Geometric Power for Making 24-Hour Electricity a Reality in Aba

NAS Member Detained, Assaulted by Police in Edo State

Emokpae Pays Tribute to Advertising Icon Olu Falomo

Stakeholders Laud Fasina for Documenting FUOYE’s Five-Year Transformation

Mabel Nwanegbu: Transforming Spaces, Empowering Lives

Ikoyi Golf Club Ladies Lead Climate Awareness, Tree Planting in Schools

Measured Leadership: The Tokunbo Abiru ’s Golden Threads of Service

Contractor in Diezani Trial Details Projects and Aluko’s Unpaid Bills

WHAT PETER OBI CAN LEARN FROM AWOLOWO

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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

Unending Cases of Medical Negligence in Nigeria

Gates Foundation Sets $9 Billion Annual Budget to Accelerate Global Impact Ahead of 2045 Closure

In 2026, Abuja Charts Path to Healthier, Greener and More Resilient Capital City

Chimamanda: How Medical Negligence Led to My Son’s Death in Lagos Hospital

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Global Athletics Leaders Converge on Lagos for Africa Running Conference 2026

Dream Atletico Debut for Ademola Lookman in Spain

Nwabali Bids South African Club Chippa United Goodbye

NSC Partners DGI to Upgrade Shooting Range

ACFTA Fest 2026: Super Eagles Legends to Play African Legends in Abuja

Pamodzi Celebrates Isa’s Energy Leadership Award as Nigeria’s ‘Olympic Gold’ in Industry

National Institute for Sports Partners NBTE for Global Best Practices

Team Delta Restructures Trials for Niger Delta Games

ITS CITY, ARSENAL CARABAO CUP FINAL

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Setback for Electoral Reforms: Senate Rejects Mandatory Real-time Results Upload

FG: US Troops in Nigeria Restricted to Training, Intelligence Support

YABATECH, Sterling Bank Launch Work-Study Programme to Boost Graduate Employability

Expert Seeks Increased Education on Cybersecurity

Greensprings Students Achieve Outstanding IGCSE Results in 2024/2025 Session

FUOYE VC Presents Scorecard Ahead of 10th Convocation

ALIWA Calls for Urgent Embrace of Values-based Leadership

Greensprings Training College Plans Three-Day Montessori Workshop on Child Socialisation

Pay, Peace and the Politics of Learning

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Integrity as Factor of Production

SEDC: Panacea for South East’s Convoluted Problems?

The Fourth Republic: Twists and Turns

Powering Industrialisation in South-east: Case For Regional Energy Strategy

Electoral Reform: Akpabio’s Senate Throws Democracy Under the Bus

Chimamanda’s Son and Matters Arising

Why Coup Suspects Cannot Be Tried in a Military Tribunal

Tinubu’s Many Travels And The Critics

Collapsing like pack of cards

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Igbo Marginalisation and Misguided Fingerpointing

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

The Enemy Within

Right of Reply: The column for Readers who feel strongly about issues expressed by the Advocate, and have a view point.

Recklessness in the Exercise of US Sovereignty: International Infractions and Global Disorder

Like Father, Like Son?

THE LATEST FG-ASUU AGREEMENT

Baby Nkanu: Negligence or Meningitis?

January 15, 1966 and January 15, 2026 in Africa: Dynamics of 60 Years of Recidivist Political Instability

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