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The US built world’s greatest card system
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The US built world’s greatest card system

Emmanuel Okogba

By YVONNE-FAITH ELAIGWU The history of payments is, in many ways, the history of making value easier to move. We started at barter and are now at electronic transfers, with stablecoins suggesting that the next evolution is here. New payment methods rarely make their predecessors useless. Cash did…

2027 Elections: Beyond INEC, 375 Judges’ integrity under trial
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2027 Elections: Beyond INEC, 375 Judges’ integrity under trial

Nwafor

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri With the 2027 general elections just 65 days away, all eyes are on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a smooth, free, fair, and credible poll. Meanwhile, preparations for the aftermath are already under way. A total of 375 judges have been…

Troops raid terrorists' hideouts, recover five motorcycles in Taraba
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Troops raid terrorists' hideouts, recover five motorcycles in Taraba

Hadiza Musa

Troops of the Nigerian Army have raided suspected terrorists' hideouts in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State, forcing the armed group to flee and recovering five motorcycles. The operation was carried out by troops of the 114 Battalion (Reinforcement) under Operation WHIRL STROKE…

2027: Gwarzo appoints former Kano chief of staff campaign DG
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2027: Gwarzo appoints former Kano chief of staff campaign DG

Hadiza Musa

The Kano State governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, has appointed a former Kano State Chief of Staff, Gwani Alhaji Shehu Wada Sagagi, as Director-General of his 2027 governorship campaign. The appointment was announced in a statement…

2027: Tanko, Datti, Okupe, Okonkwo, others who parted ways with Peter Obi
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2027: Tanko, Datti, Okupe, Okonkwo, others who parted ways with Peter Obi

Francis Ugwu

The defection of Dr Yunusa Tanko, former National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has added to the list of prominent figures who were once closely associated with Mr Peter Obi but have since parted ways with him or publicly criticised his political…

2026 U-17 WWC: Akpabio hands Flamingos N100m cash
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2026 U-17 WWC: Akpabio hands Flamingos N100m cash

Matthew Atungwu

Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday redeemed the N100 million pledge to Nigeria's victorious U-17 women's national team, the Flamingos. Akpabio personally presented the cash reward to the team and their officials during a reception at the National Assembly in Abuja, after they were…

One injured as herders clash with farmers in Jigawa
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One injured as herders clash with farmers in Jigawa

Nana Ismail

A 45-year-old man has sustained serious injuries following a confrontation between herders and farmers in Turawa Village, Sule Tankarkar Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Jigawa State Command, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on…