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Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has sought the support of President Bola Tinubu in tackling the formidable security challenges in some local government areas of the state.
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…As GenCos frown over 33.6% deficiency in evacuation By Mariam Eko Nigeria’s power supply crisis seems to be unabated as stranded electricity generation capacity rose by 1.19 per cent to 2,275 megawatts, MW, over a five-year period, highlighting persistent weaknesses in the country’s transmission infrastructure and worsening liquidity challenges across the power value chain. Operational data […]
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By Babajide Komolafe Banks have recorded an increase in loan defaults by households and corporates in the fourth quarter of 2025, reflecting growing repayment pressures on consumers and businesses. “The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) disclosed this in its Credit Conditions Survey (CCS) Report for Q4 2025, which revealed that lenders experienced higher default rates on […]
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By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), the oil and gas industry regulator, said Nigeria’s oil output, including condensate, dropped significantly by 8.3 percent year-on-year (YoY) to 1.544 million bpd in December 2025 from 1.684 million recorded in the corresponding period of 2024. The Commission did not provide reasons in its […]
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In the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM), the Naira opened the trading day at approximately 1,419.37 per dollar.
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By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – OVER one week after the anti-kidnapping protests in Ekpoma, Edo State that went violent, leading to the arrest of many, a group, Edo State Civil Society Coalition for Human Rights, yesterday, called for the unconditional release of Collins Aigbogun, the former Special Adviser to Governor Monday Okpebholo from police […]
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By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— An Inspector of Police identified as Victor Okus, has shot two of his colleagues, following an altercation in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Although the cause of the shooting is still sketchy, it was gathered that the policemen attached to 17 Police Mobile Force, PMF, were on special duty at Intels, […]
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By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa—The police in Bayelsa State have arrested alleged key suspect in the June 2015, abduction of the state High Court Judge, Justice Eniyerin Omukoro. The suspect, popularly known as ‘Ogbono’ said to be a post graduate student of a federal university, was arrested by operatives of Operation Puff Adder of the Bayelsa […]
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Two middle-aged men died over the weekend in Odukpani, near Calabar, Cross River State, following a knife fight where both inflicted severe knife cuts on each other.
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UNITED States President, Donald Trump, has tied his ambitions to annex Greenland to his unsuccessful bid for a Nobel Peace Prize, which he has long coveted.
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