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NNPC Ltd, NCDMB, IOCs Sign MoU To Reduce Contracting Cycle

Business
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB)...
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NUPRC Announces Successful Bidders For Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme

Business
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has announced 42 successful bidders in the 2022 Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP) auction process. Mr. Gbenga...

Naira Loses, Exchanges At N773.42 At Investors, Exporters Window

Business
The naira depreciated against the l lol ldollar on Wednesday as it exchanged at N773.42 at the Investors and Exporters window. It lost by 0.35...

Our Plant Is Not Shut Down- NLNG

Business
The Nigeria LNG Ltd. (NLNG) says the operation at its plant on Bonny Island is ongoing, despite a Force Majeure that is still in...

Global Economic Growth To Drop To 3.0% In 2023-24- IMF

Business
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says global growth is projected to fall from 3.5 per cent in 2022 to 3.0 per cent in both...

Investigation

INVESTIGATION: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: How Governor Emmanuel Pays Personal Loan with State Funds

Investigations
Postscript: The NEXT EDITION newspaper has launched an investigative series called, “Robbing Peter to Pay Paul,” as part of its accountability and transparency project,...
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Iniubong Umoren- Akwa Ibom Civil Society Forum Demands Explanation from Police over Shoddy Investigation

Investigations
The Guild of Community Development Advocates in Akwa Ibom State, Tuesday, called on the Nigerian Police to explain why it carried out a shoddy...

INVESTIGATION: DSS submits fresh report on murder of jobseeker, Iniubong Umoren to DPP

Investigations
The Department of State Security (DSS) has submitted a detailed report of fresh investigation into the murder of the jobseeker, Iniubong Umoren, to the...

INVESTIGATION: Iniubong Umoren: Finally, Police name Emem Emmanuel as accomplice; move him, others to Correctional Centre

Investigations
After months of denial and cover-up, the Akwa Ibom State Police command has admitted that Emem Emmanuel was an accomplice to the murder of...

INVESTIGATION: How Poor Toilet Facilities Threaten Menstrual Health Of Students In A’Ibom Public Schools

Investigations
Public schools of stench As you walk towards the tiny concrete buildings behind a long block of classrooms, a foul odor hits you square in...

Opinion

AMBASSADORS’ WORLDWIDE RECALL & UNENDING FUNDING CRISIS

Opinion
The Presidency on September 2, 2023 announced world-wide recall of Nigerian ambassadors in its diplomatic missions, except for those at the United Nations in...
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Mature, single and lonely

Opinion
A woman who wants sex, effective sex that delivers on all the errands it was sent, has no business marrying a man with low...

Six questions to Ask yourself if you suspect he’s cheating

Opinion
The wife, many times, is usually the last to know when her husband is having an affair. Some of us are wired to know...

Can Women Be Allowed Breathing Space In Nigerian Politics?

Opinion
Women have continued to play leading roles in the history and economic life of Nigeria since the pre-colonial period till today. They have been...

RAYS BEAM ON UNCLE RAY AT 75

Opinion
In journalism, we no longer know what to call him: elder, veteran, colossus, deity, or ancestor. When there are too many members in a...

Politics

Lagos Guber: PDP’s Jandor Rejects Tribunal Ruling, Party Examining Verdict

Politics
The Lagos PDP Gubernatorial candidate in the 2023 general elections, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran (aka Jandor) has rejected the ruling of the Lagos State Governorship...
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Kano Governorship: Yusuf Rejects Tribunal judgement, Heads To Appeal Court

Politics
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has rejected the ruling of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that voided his election and declared his opponent...

Ondo Assembly Commences Impeachment Process Against Deputy Gov, Aiyedatiwa

Politics
The embattled deputy governor of Ondo state, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, may soon be impeached by the state House of Assembly over alleged gross misconduct. A...

Court Stops PDP From Dissolving Rivers Chapter EXCOS

Politics
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, restrained the national body of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from dissolving the Rivers’ chapter of the...

Tribunal Sacks Jerry Gana’s Son From House Of Reps

Politics
The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal on Monday, sacked the son of Prof. Jerry Gana, Rep. Joshua, from the House of...

Features

Echoes of Akwa Ibom Inter-Ministerial Parley

Special Reports
The two-day inter-ministerial briefing which featured public engagements and enlightenment on government programmes and activities may have come and gone but its widespread impact...
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Akpet: Cross River Community Where Children Shun Education For Illegal Mining

Special Reports
Akpet is a community in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River it is blessed with commercial deposit of minerals such as limestone, lithium...

As Christmas Approaches, Workers, Traders Lament High Prices Of Food Items

Special Reports
Nigerians, including workers and traders, on Wednesday, expressed concern over the rising prices of foodstuffs, especially as the 2022 Christmas celebration approaches. The respondents, who...

Untold Story Of How Herdsmen Butchered Villagers In Benue Community

Special Reports
... Injuries Only Seen in War Situations ... CMD BSUTH Victims of herdsmen attacks on communities in Benue state say they are still suffering from...

Lagos Residents Call For Stiffer Measures To Check Underage Access To Hotels, Alcohol

Special Reports
Lagos residents have called for stiffer measures to check the growing trend of underage persons being allowed access to hotels, alcohol and drugs. A cross-section...

Columnists

80 Hearty Cheers To Professor Bolaji Akinyemi

Columnists
One is bound to be tempted to write on different issues today, specifically on those ones that tried men’s souls in 2021, a year...
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Naira Slides To 505/$ As CBN Stops Forex Sale To BDCs

Business
The naira fell slightly to the dollar at the parallel market few hours after the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday announced the discontinuity...

THE HIJAB DIVERSION

Columnists
Kwara State Government is insisting on hijab in its schools for female Muslim students. But because the schools are missionary-founded, Christians last week said...

Not All Bandits Are “Criminals”

Columnists
Recently an aide of Governor Bello Muhammed Matawalle of Zamfara State, North West Nigeria, laboured to explain that if his principal ever made the statement that “not all bandits are criminals”, it...

UZODIMMA: THE GOVERNOR AS A QUISLING

Columnists
The idea of democracy is straightforward. “Democracy is government of the people for the people and by the people,” said Abraham Lincoln, the 16th...

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Regional News

North-Central

We Inherited N307 billion Debt From Past Administration – Mutfwang

North Central
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau says his administration inherited a debt burden of N307 billion from the immediate past administration in the state. The governor...
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NAPTIP Arrests 49-Year-old Woman over Alleged Abduction of Twin Babies in Benue

North Central
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Makurdi Zonal Command, has arrested a 49-year-old woman, Augustina Ikyor, for deceiving a...

World Teachers’ Day: Governorship Candidate Rewards Teachers With Cars

North Central
Umar Bago, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Niger State, on Wednesday rewarded three teachers with cars for their commitment and exemplary...

Communal clash: Two killed, Three Abducted In Benue

North Central
Renewed communal clash, between the Iharev and Kparev people of Tse-Sho village in Tyomu, Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue state, has reportedly claimed...

Suspected Herdsmen Kill Three Persons In Benue

North Central
Gunmen suspected to be militia herdsmen has, again, killed three persons in a community in Guma local government area of Benue State. The Next Edition...

North-East

5 Die, 6 Survive In Boat Mishap In Kano

North East
The Kano State Fire Service on Sunday confirmed five persons dead while six others survived a boat mishap at Kanwa Dam in Madobi Local...
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Wife Of Borno Governor Presents Xmas Gifts To Christian Widows, Less Privileged

North East
The wife of Borno Governor, Hajiya Falmata Umara-Zulum, on Friday donated food items to Christian widows and vulnerable persons in Maiduguri. Distributing the items, Mrs...

Borno Bans Development Partners From Supplying Food, Non-Food Items To Resettled Communities

North East
Borno Government has banned organisations from distributing food and non-food items to resettled communities in the state. The ban was made known in a letter...

Insurgency: Borno To Close IDPs Camps By Dec. 31

North East
Borno State government says it will close all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps located within the state capital, Maiduguri, by Dec. 31. The State Governor,...

Zulum Receives Women, Children Who Escaped From Boko Haram Bondage

North East
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno on Monday received six women and nine children who escaped from the bondage of Boko Haram terrorists. Presenting the women...

North-West

KKSCHMA To Establish Clinics In All Social Welfare Homes Of Kano State

North West
In an effort to ensure the poor and vulnerable in the State access free healthcare under the equity programme, Kano State Contributory Healthcare Management...
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KAROTA Operatives, Tricycle Riders Clash In Kano, Scores Injured

North West
Some operatives of the Kano State Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA) on Tuesday clashed with tricycle riders on Zaria road close to Kofar Nasarawa...

Restructuring: Gov Lawal Reduces Zamfara Ministries To 16

North West
Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara state on Thursday signed an executive order reducing the state ministries from 28 to 16 to improve quality services. This...

Zamfara: Police Comply With Court Order, Return Ex-gov’s Vehicles

North West
The Zamfara Police Command on Saturday said it had returned all vehicles it seized from former governor of the state, Bello Matawalle. The command’s Police...

Court Dissolves Ganduje’s Daughter 16-Year-Old Marriage, Orders Return Of Dowry

North West
An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Thursday dissolved the 16-year-old marriage between Asiya Ganduje and Inuwa Uba. Asiya is a daughter of the...

South-East

Communal Crisis: Gov Umahi Orders Arrest Of State APC Chairman, Reps Candidate

South East
Gov David Umahi of Ebonyi has ordered the arrest of the state All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha and a party Chieftain,...
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Insecurity: Anambra Demolishes Suspected Kidnappers’ Hideout

South East
The Anambra government has demolished a building, allegedly being used as a hideout for gang of kidnappers in Okpuno-Ifite village, Oba, Idemili South Local...

Enugu CP Says No Cause For Alarm Over Suspected Natural Gas-Induced Fire

South East
Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr. Lawal Abubakar, has assured  residents and Caritas University community that ‘there is no cause for alarm’ over...

New Year- 4 Die In 2 Auto Crashes In Ebonyi -FRSC  

South East
No fewer than four persons died and several others injured in two separate ghastly auto accidents along Abakaliki-Enugu expressway in Ebonyi on New Year...

NDLEA Warns Against Drug Abuse, Trafficking In Ebonyi

South East
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ebonyi Command, on Saturday reiterated it commitment to fight against drug abuse and trafficking in the state,...

South-West

Makinde Presides Over Exco Meeting In Saki, To Flag Off Ido-Eruwa Road

South West
…says he has fulfilled his electoral promises to Ibarapa North, Central Oyo State governor and standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March...
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Adeleke Appoints Samuel Aina As Head Of Service

South West
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has appointed Mr. Samuel Aina as the new Head of Service. This is contained in a statement by Adeleke’s Spokesperson,...

Oyo To Partner British Gov’t On Economic Development

South West
…as Makinde hosts British Deputy High Commissioner Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, said that his administration will continue to collaborate with development partners...

Lagos Assembly Summons Lands Bureau, Others Over Ogudu Community Land Dispute

South West
The Lagos State House of Assembly has summoned the Lands Bureau and the Land Grabbers Office to appear before it over a land dispute...

350m Passengers Boarded BRT Buses In 7 Years

South West
The Managing Director, Primero Transport Service Limited, Mr. Fola Tinubu, said the company had transported over 350 million passengers in the last seven years...

South-South

Why Fubara Wants To Revoke Andoni Road Contract Project Awarded By Wike

South-South
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that the State Government would revoke and re-award the Andoni section of the Ogoni/Opobo/Nkoro/Andoni Unity Road...
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Fish out killers of APC Chieftain Frank-Oputu, Diri urges Police

South-South
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa state has condemned the assassination of Mr. Sunday Frank-Oputu, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in his...

Medical Doctor Arrested Over Alleged Rape Of Housemaid In Delta

South-South
The Police Command in Delta has confirmed the arrest of a medical practitioner, Dr. Christian Osakwe, over alleged rape of his housemaid in Asaba. The...

We Will Provide Opportunities For Youths To Be Wealth Creators – Okowa

South-South
Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday, said his administration would continue to provide opportunities for youths in the state to be self-employed and...

Police Kill 4 Suspected Pirates In A’Ibom

South-South
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom said its officers killed four suspected pirates who specialised in terrorising fishermen in Ibeno waterways in the state. The...

Editorial

Sports

Match Fixing: NFF To Withdraw Club Licences

Sports
The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) said it would withdraw the licence of any football club involved in match fixing in the country. The NFF President,...
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SPORTSFLAKES: HOW RANGERS MISSED EGBUKICHI

Sports
Nigerian Academicals won gold at the First Nigeria/Ghana Sports Festival, Lagos '74 after pounding Ghana 5-1. Ably led by Nnamdi Egbukichi, they did what...

Osimhen’s Agent Threatens Legal Action Against Napoli

Sports
Roberto Calendar, the agent of Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, on Tuesday said he “reserves the right to take legal action” against the club. Calenda’s threat...

SPORTSFLAKES: DOMBRAYE, ADEBAYO IN YAOUNDE

Sports
Josy Dombraye won gold with the Green Eagles at the Lagos '73 Second All Africa Games. Not many Nigerians remember him now except those...

Amusan Wins Third Consecutive Diamond League Title

Sports
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has emerged winner of the Diamond League trophy for an astonishing third consecutive time. On Sunday night at Oregon in the U.S.,...

World

50 Poisoned At Wedding In N/Iraq

World
No fewer than 50 people were poisoned at a wedding in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk due to spoiled food, local media reported. According to...
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Burkina Faso Junta Says it Thwarted Coup Attempt

World
Burkina Faso’s military junta said on Wednesday that a coup attempt had been thwarted the previous day by security and intelligence services, without providing...

1,100 Gazan Kidney Patients Facing Drug Shortage – Ministry

World
No fewer than 1,100 Palestinian kidney patients are facing an interruption of life-saving treatment due to lack of medicines and medical equipment in the...

German Zookeeper Killed In Rhino Attack In Salzburg, Austria

World
A veteran zookeeper from Germany was killed on Tuesday by a rhinoceros at the Salzburg Zoo in Austria, as she was completing routine tasks,...

Red Cross: 10,000 People Missing In Libya After Floods

World
About 10,000 people are missing after the devastating flooding in Libya, said the head of the Libya office of the International Federation of Red...

Health

Healthy Sex Life Can Improve Mental Well-being, Self-esteem, Says Neuro-psychiatrist

Health
The impact of sex on mental health can be positive and negative depending on a range of factors, a Consultant Neuro-psychiatrist, Dr. Maymunah Kadiri,...
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Cancer Cases In Younger People Rising Globally – Researchers

Health
Factors such as obesity and alcohol consumption are contributing to a worrying rise in global cancer cases among younger people, a study suggests. Researchers estimated...

Anthrax: Stakeholders Seek Strict Supervision Of Abattoirs

Health
Stakeholders have called on the Federal Government and state governments, to ensure strict supervision of abattoirs across the country to check the spread of...

Resident Doctors Reject 25% Salary Increase By FG, Say Strike Goes On

Health
The National Executive Council, NEC, of the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, on Saturday, rejected the 25 per cent increment in the basic...

Anthrax: Nigeria Logs One Case In Suleja, Niger State

Health
The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, on Monday officially confirmed the first case of anthrax in the country. The...

Fashion

Nigerians React As Nudity Trends As Fashion

Fashion
Mixed reactions have continued to trail how nudity is becoming a fashion trend as Nigerians differ on their perspective of what fashion truly portends. A...
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Ananse.com Partners MasterCard Foundation, DHL To Connect 1,000 African Fashion Designers, Artists To Global Markets

Fashion
Ananse Africa, a startup ecommerce platform, launched recently in Johannesburg and Lagos, has begun the business of connecting African designers with local and international...

120 Compete For Mr, Miss Nigeria International

Fashion
A total of 120 contestants is jostling for the 2020 Mr and Miss Nigeria International (MMNI) as contestants from 10 countries compete for Mr...

Former Big Brother Naija Housemate Cee C Becomes Ambassador

Fashion
Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Cynthia Nwadiora, popularly known as Cee C, has been announced as the Getfit newest brand ambassador by the Getfit...

How To Wear Makeup With Glasses

Fashion
If you wear glasses on a daily basis and love putting on makeup, you probably understand the struggle of doing your makeup in a...

Lifestyle

Nigerians React As Nudity Trends As Fashion

Fashion
Mixed reactions have continued to trail how nudity is becoming a fashion trend as Nigerians differ on their perspective of what fashion truly portends. A...
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Your Handbag Should Not Define Your Life, Adejumo Tells Ladies

Lifestyle
Female Enthusiast and Transformational Coach, Funke Felix-Adejumo, has encouraged women not to allow material things define who they are in life. Speaking to women during...

Valentine’s Day: Does Red Really symbolise Love?

Lifestyle
Some memorable days are often symbolised with certain colours and asides Christmas, Valentine’s Day is another special day that sees a spike in the...

‘This Is How We Dress,’ Afghan Women Overseas Pose In Colourful Attire

Lifestyle
Afghan youth rights activist Wazhma Sayle says she was shocked to see a photograph online, apparently of women dressed in black all-enveloping niqabs and...

HOW YOUNG IS TOO YOUNG?

Lifestyle
Hello everyone, how are we doing? Personally, I’ve been low key but living. Anyways, enough about that, let’s talk about someone that we have...

Relationships

10 Obvious Signs That Tell Your Girlfriend Is The One You Should Marry

Relationships
What could be better than marrying the girl you love? You may have heard people getting married to the love of their lives. This...
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Lovers Discover They Are Siblings Days To Their Wedding (photos)

Relationships
Two Kenyan lovers who have been in a romantic relationship for quite some time, have expressed shock of discovering they are siblings days to...

How Long Is Too Long Before Proposing

Relationships
It is expected that individuals should date before venturing into the permanent relationship of marriage. The dating period allows partners to get to know each...

Can You Propose To Your Boyfriend?

Relationships
Have you been waiting for your boyfriend to take your relationship to the next step? If he's foot-dragging, can you and should you take the...

Ways to Make Sex More Intimate and Romantic

Relationships
A great sex life among couples has been shown to be one of the ways to successful relationships. Couples who are happy in this area...

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