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The Big Picture Nigeria Explained: The Country, Tinubu’s Reforms and What to Watch Economy, politics, society and daily life — the whole country in one essential read.Who sits on the Kano APC campaign committee? A 155-member council led by Governor Yusuf adds clerics and ex-rivals as the NDC candidate is off the...
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Explainer on the Nigeria Democratic Congress: how Obi and Kwankwaso reached the ballot, who runs the...
A Kano man pleaded not guilty on 14 October to misappropriating about US$26,200 meant for spaghetti. The EFCC...
Gombe State released US$112,045 to buy Dangote shares for 28,284 vulnerable women, with a matching 10 shares each...
The Lagos Fringe arts festival runs 3 to 8 November 2026 in Lagos, with 14 theatre shows on...
The Nigeria policing bill is 90% ready, the Presidency says, and should reach parliament within two weeks, paving...
Nigeria paid about US$3.97 billion in interest and principal on domestic debt from January to June 2026, up...
Rabiu Kwankwaso, the NDC vice-presidential candidate, warned the APC on 15 October and alleged rigging talk, offering no...
Nigeria's September inflation fell to 14.63%, the fourth straight drop, but core prices rose 1.11%. See what it...
Wizkid headlines the Live Out Loud Music Festival at Eagle Square in Abuja on Sunday, 13 December 2026,...