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Latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that the average transport fare paid on commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada was N467.84 in February 2024, which was 2.55 per cent higher than the January fare (N456.22).
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There was tension yesterday, in Anambra, as a gang of hoodlums set ablaze the Neni Police station and the headquarters of the Anaocha Local Council of the state.
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Oleksandr Usyk’s promoter, Alex Krassyuk, is still not convinced that the Ukrainian’s highly anticipated fight with Tyson Fury will hold on May 18, reports dazn.com.
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Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, yesterday, handed over the 137 kidnapped and rescued Kuriga school children to their parents amidst tight security.
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The police in Lagos State have arrested one Emmanuel Okpara for allegedly battering his 40-year-old woman, Patience Johnson to death in the Agege Area of Lagos State.
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Controller of Correctional Centre, Kano Command, Suleiman Inuwa, has said no fewer than 100 inmates are on death row in the state. 
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Abia State governor Alex Otti said he is confident that President Bola Tinubu will lead Nigeria out of the current economic challenges to prosperity. Otti said this in his congratulatory message to celebrate Tinubu's 72nd birthday on Friday. READ ALSO: Buhari commends Tinubu for excellent leadership on 72nd birthday "The resilience and commitment you have…
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The Nigerian Government has released N90billion as a subsidy for the payment of fare for the 2024 pilgrimage to the Hajj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Daily Trust reported on Friday that sources in the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and the Presidency said the Federal Government provided the funds as subsidies for the pilgrimage.…
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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday tendered, before the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, certified true copies (CTCs) of the statement of result and certificate belonging to Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma. The council took action in response to a subpoena issued on it by the tribunal to produce and tender…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has auctioned N1.64 trillion worth of treasury bills.
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One of the consequences of the 2023 general election and its outcome is the decimation of already weak opposition parties.

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Atiku Abubakar has said Nigeria has a huge lesson to learn from Senegal whose recent elections saw the emergence of Bassirou Faye as president. Little-known 44-year-old opposition leader Faye was named the country’s next president on Monday, 25 March 2024. This came just less than two weeks after he was released from prison to run…
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The Federal Government has set 2027 as the year when at least one million vehicles in Nigeria will run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The Project Director for Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI), Michael Oluwagbemi disclosed that this is the target set by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to Oluwagbemi, the target will see…
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President Bola Tinubu's Special Adviser on Strategic Communication, Bayo Onanuga, has received backlash on social media following a post on Friday.
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The Federal Government, on Friday, reiterated its commitment to creating a streamlined regulatory business environment to enhance the informal sector. Senior Special Assistant to the President on the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), and Investment, Taiwo Ajetunmobi, disclosed this in Abuja, during a Bëtá Nigeria Campaign Partners’ Roundtable Discussion, with the theme: ‘A Pathway…
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) should redouble efforts to win back the three Sahelian countries – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – that recently quit the regional bloc, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has urged. In a new report, titled "What Turmoil in ECOWAS Means for Nigeria and Regional Stability", the Brussels-based…
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Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has charged 18 winners of the first round of the Bitumen blocks bidding process to roll up their sleeves and work hard to develop Nigeria’s Bitumen deposits. The minister disclosed this in Abuja, during a meeting with the concessionaires, urging them to live up to expectations by…
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The Director General, Management and Staff of the Department of State Services (DSS) has admonished Nigerians to be vigilant during the Easter celebrations. The spokesman of the Service, Dr Afunanya, who gave the warning in a statement urged celebrants to shun alcoholism, illicit drugs, and bigotry throughout the celebrations. He urged Nigerians to report security…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that 19 political parties have notified the commission about the conduct of their primaries for the Ondo State governorship election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC in the state, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola, stated this during a meeting with the representatives of political parties at the Commission's office…
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Transaction activities of the stock market on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) declined by 0.08 per cent, making the market capitalisation to close the week at N59.121 trillion.

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A bus crash in South Africa's northern province of Limpopo resulted in 45 deaths and one serious injury, South Africa's Department of Transport said on Thursday.
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Kindred spirits or odd couple?Three days of joint photo ops featuring Emmanuel Macron and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva make for more than entertaining viewing: they’re downright confusing. The first state visit by a French president to Brazil in eleven years highlight how long overdue this reckoning this was.
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The Israeli military says it killed a Hezbollah rocket unit commander in an airstrike in south Lebanon.

Sport

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Xabi Alonso, who was seen by many as Liverpool's top target to replace Jurgen Klopp as their manager, said on Friday he is staying at Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen next season. The 42-year-old Spaniard has Leverkusen on course for a trophy treble, including their first ever German league crown. "It's been a season of speculation…
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Nigeria’s sole surviving club in CAF’s inter-club competitions, Rivers United, are billed to host the first leg of the Confederation Cup final if they qualify for the title game.
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The Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) has shifted week 28 matches billed for this weekend to Wednesday.
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This year’s Ikoyi Club 1938 Veteran’s Invitational Kitty, which celebrates camaraderie, skill, and the enduring values of golf, among its veterans, will champion inclusivity and charity, the organisers have said.
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Starfield College’s Principal, Sarah Oyinloye, has urged school proprietors to use sports to elevate teamworkand also build their students’ character and strength. 
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Technical director of the Nigeria Mixed Martial Arts Federation (NMMAF), Shihan Victor Akhimien, is thrilled by the strides the country’s fighters recorded at the just-concluded African Games in Ghana, saying it has shown that the sport is developing in the right direction.

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Amara Nwuneli's remarkable documentary, "The Heat of Change," earned her the prestigious recognition as the first runner-up in the Best Documentary category at the inaugural Xposure International Film Awards. Held as part of the renowned Xposure International Photography Festival in Sharjah, UAE, early this month, this recognition underscores Nwuneli's impactful storytelling and dedication to raising…
1 day ago
Atiku Abubakar has said Nigeria has a huge lesson to learn from Senegal whose recent elections saw the emergence of Bassirou Faye as president. Little-known 44-year-old opposition leader Faye was named the country’s next president on Monday, 25 March 2024. This came just less than two weeks after he was released from prison to run…
1 day ago
The Federal Government has set 2027 as the year when at least one million vehicles in Nigeria will run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The Project Director for Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI), Michael Oluwagbemi disclosed that this is the target set by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to Oluwagbemi, the target will see…
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President Bola Tinubu's Special Adviser on Strategic Communication, Bayo Onanuga, has received backlash on social media following a post on Friday.

Editorial

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Good Friday is, for Christians, a day of commemoration of the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, a useful reminder of the suffering, crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.

Features

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Amara Nwuneli's remarkable documentary, "The Heat of Change," earned her the prestigious recognition as the first runner-up in the Best Documentary category at the inaugural Xposure International Film Awards. Held as part of the renowned Xposure International Photography Festival in Sharjah, UAE, early this month, this recognition underscores Nwuneli's impactful storytelling and dedication to raising…

Stories of The Week

20 Feb 2022
Have you ever seen black people with blond hair? Melanesians are the black island people in the south Pacific that migrated thousands of years ago. The original inhabitants of the group of islands now named Melanesia were likely the ancestors of the present-day Papuan people. They are a sub-region of Oceania, extending from the western…
23 Mar
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has unveiled a mobile application for modification of data on the National Identification Number (NIN). Nigerians can make corrections of name, date of birth, phone numbers incorrectly registered with their NIN on the mobile application, the commission said in a post on X. https://twitter.com/nimc_ng/status/1771489160806678973 The application and online portal…
3 days ago
Conversations, centred on an offer of a new national minimum wage, may begin in earnest as the committee charged with the negotiation of a new national minimum wage will in the next two days (Wednesday and Thursday) meet for the third time.
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The ongoing feud between Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, and the flamboyant crossdresser Bobrisky, has taken a new turn with the inclusion of a diss track. The song is Portable’s response to Bobrisky’s recent win of the ‘Best Dressed Female’ award at a movie premiere in Lagos. READ ALSO: Bobrisky wins best…

Business

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Chinese telecom giant Huawei said on Friday that its profits more than doubled in 2023, a year that saw the company defy US sanctions with the release of a high-end smartphone.
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Tokyo markets closed higher on Friday after the Dow and S&P 500 hit new highs on Wall Street, while investors awaited US economic data due later in the day.
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Disconnected Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) cards as a result of unverified National Identification Number (NIN) may hit 50 million from the second phase of the disconnection of unlinked SIMs to NIN exercise, which begins today, March 29.

Columnists

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The times are tough. It is therefore just appropriate that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has shunned all forms of celebration of his 72nd birthday. He has great dreams. And a proverb says a man who wants his dream to come true does not sleep. That is a proverb Asiwaju has lived all his life and…
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Professor Omajuwa Igho Natufe is a high quality Nigerian political scientist who has been in exile for long years which only he can accurately give a precise period or duration - or account of – to our pleasure or displeasure.
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What changed in the production and marketing chain to warrant such a quantum jump in price within 48 hours? Did money supply change within such a short time to justify that level of inflation? This is an abracadabra that is clearly beyond market force.

Guardian Life

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Omowunmi, the wife of the late Nigerian singer Mohbad, has publicly voiced her distress and concerns over her current situation. The singer, whose real name was Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, passed away under tragic circumstances, leaving behind his young wife and child. Omowunmi has accused her father-in-law, Joseph Aloba, of bullying, threats, and attempting to seize…
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Nigerian artist Burna Boy has voiced his frustration with the media’s focus on his personal choices rather than his professional milestones. The Grammy Award-winning artist expressed his dismay over the attention given to his shaved beard, a photo of which went viral, drawing comments and mockery from people. Burna Boy, known for his Afro-fusion style…
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Fans around the world enjoy watching these young stars and how they dazzle with their talents on the football field. However, beyond their football prowess, they enjoy being on the other side of town with their beautiful girlfriends. While some have kept theirs away from the media, some of them could not do that. Below…
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Saudi Arabian woman Rumy Alqahtani made history as she joined the esteemed lineup of contestants in the 2024 Miss Universe Beauty Pageant. “I am honoured to participate in the Miss Universe 2024 competition. This is the debut of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the competition," she said. https://www.instagram.com/p/C46cXXjsoOT/?igsh=MXhlOXgxcjZlcWFrYw== Alqahtani is a Bachelor’s degree holder…

Technology

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Following the successful hosting of Nigeria’s first-ever tech ecosystem mixer, DICE, Beyond Limits, a pan-African organisation at the forefront of driving digital transformation, excellence, and growth in individuals and organisations - has revealed that preparations are in top gear for the second edition to hold in April 2024. DICE, an acronym for Digital Innovation and…
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The founder/chairman of S Mobile Group, Kingsley Adonu, has disclosed plans to commission an innovation centre in Enugu State, codenamed S Mobile Tech Hub.
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BrandXchange has kicked off the search for ‘Best Value-for-Money Brands’ in 2024 with the opening of the Consumers Value Awards website for consumers to vote for brands nominated by consumers.
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Payment infrastructure company, Zone has raised $8.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by reputable VC firms, Flourish Ventures and TLcom Capital.
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The Chief Executive Officer, Jidaw.com, Jide Awe, said by embracing digital technologies, Nollywood is poised to revolutionise the entertainment industry, harnessing the power of data
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A group of young visionary Nigerians are challenging the status quo and reshaping the landscape of technology education in the country. Mosope Mosuro, 21, Ugochukwu Nebeani, 20, Uyiosa Isibor, 20 and Oneil Obidiaso,