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FG Sets December Deadline for 95% NIN Coverage
Michael Olugbode in Abuja The federal government has set December 2026 as the deadline to achieve 95 per cent coverage of Nigeria’s population under the National Identification Number (NIN) system,
Labour Kicks as Petrol Price Hits Record N1,500 Per Litre
Ajaero: Increase inflicting incalculable damage on Nigerians•Says nothing wrong with subsidising needs of Nigerians•Motorists, commuters groan over soaring prices Emmanuel Addeh, Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja, Peter Uzoho in Lagos, Ahmad
Cardoso: Price Stability Critical to Deepening Financial Inclusion
• Sanusi Lamido regrets delaying telecoms’ entry into financial sector • Oloworaran seeks pension inclusion module in EFInA survey • EFInA report reveals drop in financial exclusion to 21% amid
2027: Atiku’s kitchen-sink strategy betrays crude populism, by Olu Fasan
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), is adopting a kitchen-sink approach to next year’s presidential race. A “kitchen-sink approach” involves throwing everything at a problem
Gastech 2026: Nigeria’s gas future in the new equation of energy security, capital and prosperity
By Kunle Odusola-Stevenson With an audience expected to exceed 50,000 and more than 800 exhibiting companies from across the global energy value chain, Gastech 2026 has made Bangkok a meeting
What AI is teaching us about human communication, by Ruth Oji
A colleague recently asked me to review an email she had drafted using an AI writing assistant. The email was impeccable; every sentence was grammatically correct. The structure was logical,
Amuta pays homage as he returns to familiar places, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
On Saturday, September 12, 2026, family and friends of Dr. Chidi Amuta converged at the Mövenpick Hotel Ikoyi Lagos, for the presentation of his latest literary offering, HOMAGE: Return To
NCAA’S delays report: The facts behind airline disruptions
By FRED CHUKWUELOBE The recent operational statistics released by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), indicating that more than 60 per cent of domestic flights were either delayed or cancelled,
INEC’s threats against campaign misconduct
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s warning that abusive, inflammatory and threatening campaign language will attract severe sanctions under the Electoral Act 2026 is timely, but hardly novel. At the
WHEN THE ROAD BECOMES A NIGHTMARE
The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway needs urgent attention, writes AKINLOLU AKINPELUMI There is a point on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway where you begin to wonder whether you are still making progress or simply
