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UPDATED: Edo Assembly Speaker Blessing Agbebaku resigns
The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, has resigned from office, throwing the state legislature into fresh political uncertainty.
17 August 2026
Osun election: NDC hails Adeleke, faults Tinubu endorsement
17th August 2026
Ranching: MBF warns against land grabbing in Middle Belt
17th August 2026
Nigerian Newspapers: Major stories on Monday morning
17th August 2026
Wike slashes C-of-O waiting time as FCT processes 26,272 titles
17th August 2026
JUST IN: Edo Assembly Speaker tenders resignation
17th August 2026
North West’s unaccountable reckoning with LG funds
17th August 2026
Osun election: Why I won’t reach out to APC’s Oyebamiji — Adeleke
17th August 2026
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Kebbi: Woman arrested in over alleged abduction of newborn
17th August 2026
Wike slashes C-of-O waiting time as FCT processes 26,272 titles
16th August 2026
Calabar: Otu, Otti, Obong celebrate PCN at 180
16th August 2026
Plateau: Police officer arrested over businessman shooting
16th August 2026
Police recover unexploded hand grenade in Borno
16th August 2026
Nasarawa police warn against planned August 17 protest in Lafia
16th August 2026
3 dead, 2 wounded in vigilante-abductor shootout in Imo
16th August 2026
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Plateau pit collapse: Alake warns illegal miners, woos investors
17th August 2026
AI disruption: 9m Nigerian jobs may disappear by 2030 –Experts
17th August 2026
Investors eye bigger dividends as cement earnings hit N3.9trn
17th August 2026
FCMB raises FastCash loan limit to N500,000
17th August 2026
TAJBank posts N31.5bn profit before tax, approves higher dividend
17th August 2026
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Mali retain FIBA U18 Women’s AfroBasket title, beat Nigeria 77–68
Mali defeated Nigeria 77–68 on Sunday to retain the FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket 2026 title, handing Nigeria back-to-back final defeats to the same opponent.
17th August 2026
WAFCON 2026: Cameroon thrash Malawi to secure historic first title
Cameroon defeated Malawi 3-0 in the final of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) on Sunday to claim their first-ever continental title.
17th August 2026
EPL: Coventry agree £17m deal for Nigerian striker Awoniyi
Coventry City have agreed a deal worth about £17m to sign Nigeria international striker Taiwo Awoniyi from Nottingham Forest, according to the BBC.
16th August 2026
There is no doubt that spending so much on debt servicing will threaten Nigeria’s fiscal stability. With a 60 per cent debt-service-to-revenue ratio and over N15 trillion committed to debt servicing in 2026, representing 53.7 per cent of federal revenue this year, Nigeria is walking a tightrope as public gross debt consumes about 36 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). These are signs that Nigeria is not making significant progress in fiscal transparency. The high debt service costs are narrowing and draining fiscal space for critical infrastructure such as healthcare, education and other development priorities.
17th August 2026
Addressing shortage of doctors and nurses in Nigeria
The recent revelation by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State that the state has shortage of about 40,000 doctors and about 40,000 nurses has further underlined the gravity of the…
16th August 2026
INEC and demilitarisation of elections
As the 2027 general election is fast approaching, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, has stated that only the police will be deployed to…
15th August 2026
Why Afrobeats artistes shouldn’t always cater to fans’ taste – Rema
17th August 2026
Nigerian politics is evil, I want no part of it – Davido
17th August 2026
BBNaija 11: Neche quits reality show voluntarily
17th August 2026
Hayden Panettiere: Hollywood actress dies at 36
17th August 2026
BBNaija S11: Kamsy evicted from reality show
16th August 2026
I became a pole dancer to survive — BBNaija’s Mercedes opens up
16th August 2026
We did it, Uncle — Davido reacts as Adeleke wins Osun election
16th August 2026
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