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NDIC calls on estate surveyors to ensure accuracy in failed bank asset valuations

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- The Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Thompson Sunday, has urged members of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors & V... Read More


FG reiterates promise on rescue of abducted Niger schoolchildren

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- The federal government has reassured Nigerians of the imminent and safe return of pupils abducted from St. Mary's Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwarra Lo... Read More


Nigeria's GDP grew 3.98% in Q3 2025 - NBS

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.98 per cent year-on-year in real terms in the third quarter of 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The NBS said... Read More


Beyond boots on the ground, By Dakuku Peterside

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- Not long ago, a well-worn phrase began to echo again in Nigeria's public conversation: "We need more boots on the ground." It is a phrase that sounds decisive, almost comforting. It... Read More


Nigeria opens bidding for 50 new oil blocks

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Monday opened bidding for 50 oil and gas blocks, targeting $10 billion in investment. Announcing the commencement o... Read More


Tinubu has a police palaver, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- When Olusegun Obasanjo returned as the president of Nigeria in May 1999, according to Mohammed Dikko (MD) Yusuf, a former Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) he "inherited a Police F... Read More


Measles deaths fall 88% since 2000, but global cases surge - WHO

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- Global immunisation efforts have led to an 88% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2024, according to a new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO noted that near... Read More


EDITORIAL: Police withdrawal from VIPs charade must end

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- The insecurity spiralling out of control in Nigeria recently compelled President Bola Tinubu to direct the immediate withdrawal of the police guards of Very Important Personalities ... Read More


Kaduna state's health sector still in crisis despite government's funding claims

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- At the 2025 National Health Dialogue, the Kaduna State government highlighted what it described as major strides in rebuilding the state's health sector, citing improvements in prim... Read More


Who wants to live under perpetual terror?, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- For the first time in a long while, I saw fear in the eyes of federal legislators last week after President Tinubu's directive for the withdrawal of police orderlies attached to cer... Read More