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N14bn in one month: Kano/Jigawa Customs breaks revenue record, intercepts N2.15bn contraband
The Kano/Jigawa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recorded its highest-ever monthly revenue collection, generating more than ₦14 billion in July 2026, as it intensified its crackdown on smuggling and other cross-border crimes. The record...
When politics forgets its humanity: The Wike-Amaechi funeral controversy and the moral limits of political rivalry, by Cliff Stanley
There are moments in public life when politics must step aside and allow humanity to speak. A...
Rethinking kidney transplantation in Nigeria, by David Kardi
Kidney failure has become an important public health concern in Nigeria. The burden of chronic kidney disease continues...
Union Bank, brand chief receive accolades at WIMCA 2026
Union Bank of Nigeria has been recognised for its leadership in gender inclusion, emerging as Most Outstanding Bank in...
Salutation to the Okomu elephant, and others, by Tony Erha
I will employ a poetic licence, coining and expanding the original title of A. Babalola's timeless poem, "Salute...
Group rebuts alleged letter against Senator Sheriff
The North East Coalition for Truth, Justice and Responsible Leadership has dismissed as fabricated a letter purportedly written by a...
Celebrating Chief (Dr.) Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion, @ 92, by Douglas Ogbankwa
"Greatness is not guarding yourself from the people; greatness is being accepted by the people." — Mike Tyson The above...
Skystarts Enterprise NG expands Kaiyang Flour retail presence across Kano
Skystarts Enterprise NG has commenced field sales activation and market penetration operations for Tadah Foods and Cereals Limited, manufacturers of...
2027 campaigns: Time to shelve dangerous rhetoric, by Hassan Gimba
Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough...
Yobe’s new appointments: A strategic investment in competence, continuity and human capital dev’t, by Cliff Stanley
"The true measure of leadership is not the number of offices occupied, but the number of lives transformed...
Allegation: Group tasks Army, Police on VDM’s arrest, prosecution
The Security Situation Room has called for the arrest, investigation and prosecution of social media commentator, Martins-Vincent Otse,...
Gombe PDP youth leader resigns
By Najeeb Sani The State Youth Leader of the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State, Jamilu Ali...
EDUCATION
GSU-ASUU gets N148.76m monthly boost as Inuwa approves CATA implementation
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, on Wednesday approved an additional N148.762m monthly subvention for Gombe State University to...
AGRICULTURE
IFAD distributes farm inputs to 476 farmers in Taraba
By Terna Chikpa The Federal Government, through the International Fund for Agricultural Development Value Chain Development Programme (IFAD-VCDP),...
FEATURES & INVESTIGATIONS
A call for justice, inclusive governance and equal belonging in Benue State, by Dr Paul Ede Agbo
The Idoma people increasingly perceive themselves as politically and socioeconomically marginalised in Benue State. The pattern they see whether in infrastructural development, educational opportunities, institutional leadership, public appointments and security assurance, raises an urgent question: are all communities...
When the palace becomes a rendezvous, by Destiny O. Enabulele
A US Congressman has said Nigeria has become a hub for South American drug cartels under President Tinubu. It...
Nigeria: Collateral damage, by Destiny O. Enabulele
Nigerian politics is a theater of debt, memory, and betrayal. Jagaban introduced Atiku to the Ooni as Vice...
The diaspora cage: Where married men live as singles, by Destiny O. Enabulele
Majority of men in the diaspora are living in denial, pain, fear, and in a cage. The cage...
Witch persecution and justice for women in Zamfara, by Leo Igwe
On August 18, 2026, the office of the National Human Rights Commission in Zamfara shared with the Advocacy for...
CORRUPTION & CRIME
Tinubu’s U.S. FOIA battle: Not on criminal trial, no guilty verdict — Presidency
The Presidency has clarified that the ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in...
