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First American, Robert Prevost, Elected Pope, Becomes Leo XIV 1 hour ago

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Finally, Senate Passes Two Tax Reform Bills, Retains 7.5% VAT 23 hours ago

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First American, Robert Prevost, Elected Pope, Becomes Leo XIV

IMF Confirms Nigeria Has Repaid $3.4bn Loans, But Expected to Pay $30m in Special Drawing Rights Annually

Senate Passes Two Outstanding Tax Reform Bills

Time Magazine Names Pate Among Top 100 Global Health Personalities

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First American, Robert Prevost, Elected Pope, Becomes Leo XIV

•Prevost is a mathematician, ordained in 1982 •Tinubu, Trump, other world leaders congratulate new Pontiff Deji Elumoye and Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja In a historic shift for the Catholic Church,

IMF Confirms Nigeria Has Repaid $3.4bn Loans, But Expected to Pay $30m in Special Drawing Rights Annually

Senate Passes Two Outstanding Tax Reform Bills

Time Magazine Names Pate Among Top 100 Global Health Personalities

250 Communities Partner PINL to Combat Pipeline Vandalism in Niger Delta

Dangote Visits NNPC in Bid to Mend Relationship Soured Under Mele Kyari

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First American, Robert Prevost, Elected Pope, Becomes Leo XIV

IMF Confirms Nigeria Has Repaid $3.4bn Loans, But Expected to Pay $30m in Special Drawing Rights Annually

Senate Passes Two Outstanding Tax Reform Bills

Time Magazine Names Pate Among Top 100 Global Health Personalities

250 Communities Partner PINL to Combat Pipeline Vandalism in Niger Delta

Dangote Visits NNPC in Bid to Mend Relationship Soured Under Mele Kyari

Musawa, Keyamo, Tunji-Ojo, Oduwole, Fashola, Saraki, Others Emphasise Need for Collaboration to Expand Nigeria’s GDP

ACCI President Urges FG to Fast-Track Currency Swap Mechanism to Ease Trade with China

ECOWAS Member States Asked to Eliminate Taxes on Air Travel to Develop Aviation Industry

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Bird Strike Causing Menace to Air Travel as Airlines Record Financial Losses, Flight Disruptions

PMI Report: Manufacturing Sector Witnessing Strongest Inflationary Pressures

Obaseki: The Man Who Saw, Leveraged Future Boom of Oil Palm

Bernard: Passenger Traffic Data Do Not Reflect Actual Number of Travellers

SAHCO Clinches Two Awards for Lagos, Abuja Stations

CRC Credit Bureau Appoints Onwude Non-Executive Director

NAHCO Signs Five New Contracts with Airlines for Handling Services

Stock Market Sustains Positive Momentum for Fifth Straight Session, Adds N222bn

How Enugu is Transforming Electricity Market

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Yet Another Boost to Oyebanji’s Second Term Bid as Ekiti Gov

Of Opposition Politics and Distractions in Enugu

Electoral Fraud Allegations: CSOs Stand By Akpabio

On OGSTEP’s Economic Survival Strategy

Anambra Guber: Soludo, Ukachukwu, Chukwuma Jostle for Ubah’s Political Clan

BETWEEN ZULUM AND IDRIS

The Lagos Salesman

BATTLE FOR EDO CENTRAL SENATORIAL SEAT

Senators Raise Workers’ Hope as N’Assembly Resumes Plenary Today

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Abosede George-Ogan: A Voice for Change in Nigerian Politics

Africa in Focus at 2025 Offshore Technology Conference and Implications for the Africa Energy Bank

Hundreds Receive Free Vital Healthcare at the Okeoghene Samuel Eterigho Foundation Medical Outreach in Delta State

On 25th Anniversary, Gates Foundation to Double Philanthropic Spending by 2045 in Historic Commitment to Global Health, Equity

Minister Laments Death of 200,000 Annually from Foodborne Illnesses

Nemsia Studios Unveils Trailer for Crime Thriller The Fire and The Moth

Family Unveils Events to Mark 10th Anniversary of Late Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuwade

Masquerade HQ Unveils ‘Chamber of Reflection Deluxe’

EDWIN K. CLARK (1927 – 2025)

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From Challenges to Change: How Digital Innovation is Rewriting Healthcare in Nigeria

NCDC Warns Against Cholera Outbreak, as Rainy Season Approaches

APHPN Plans Virtual Training Programme for Primary Healthcare Workers

Fight Against Polio: Immunisation can Save Your Children, Anambra LG Boss Tells Mothers

Health Stakeholders Unite at UNILAG to Combat Malaria

Healthcare Delivery: Nasarawa Commences Revitalisation of Primary Health Facilities

HPV: Group Decries Low Rate of Vaccination in Nasarawa

Nasarawa Backs FG’s Measles-Rubella Vaccination Programme

A Healthier Future: President Tinubu’s Drive to Improve Nigerian Healthcare

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Osimhen “Too Big” for the Turkish Super Lig, Says Fenerbahce President

Man Utd Set up All-English Europa League Final with Tottenham

Flying Eagles in Tough Q’final Clash with Defending Champions Senegal

Team MVP Steals the Spotlights on Day 3 of MTN CHAMPS Grand Final

Kizz Daniel, Timaya, Others to Perform at Masai Ujiri’s Giants of Africa Festival 2025

LALIGA EA Sports: Just Four Points Separate Barcelona from Real Madrid ahead of El Clasico

Ikorodu Agog for Spires 5-Aside Tourney Divisional Qualifiers

It’s PSG, Inter Milan Final as Arsenal Suffer Another Paris Heartbreak

Flying Eagles Land in Q’finals after 2-2 Draw with Kenya

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DEEPER ISSUES WITHIN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM

FOSTERING AND PROTECTING NELFUND

OOU Pharmacy Students Bemoan Delayed Induction, as Dean Seeks Patience

Group Demands Reversal of Nigeria Maritime University’s Key Appointments

Bauchi Lawmaker Pays N3m NECO Fees for 105 Gifted Students

Ayedatiwa Pledges Support for AFUED

‘PAD Me A Girl Initiative’ Launches Pad Bank to Support IDP Girls, Women

Shenovation 2025: APWEN Lagos Unveils Innovation Lab to Bridge Gender Gap in STEM

Fulbright Empower 100 Teachers in Rivers

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Ogban, INEC and Election Riggers

Lamido in His Own Words

Pope Trump, Adebanjo And Other Stories

It’s Time to Rethink Training of Lawyers

NELFUND: Against a Culture of Impunity

Of Doctor Shortage and Sequential Diagnosis

Are We Witnessing PDP’s Final Rites?

Where is Olajumoke Oduwole?

Afenifere: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (In Memory of Chief Ayo Adebanjo)

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DEFECTIONS AND RUMOURS OF DEFECTIONS

FDI, Judicial Process and S&CPA’s Repugnant Section 84

Nigeria’s Partner Membership of the BRICS: The Strategic Autonomy Linkage

In Pursuit of Media Integrity: A Personal Journey Through the Storm

RATIONALE FOR SELF-DEFENCE

Insecurity, Profiling and Ethnic Emotionalism

PLEASE COME QUICK, 2027

Calamity App: Nigeria’s Digital Payment as Stress Test

Between Biological and Certificated Sex

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