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Jane Audu (not real name), a thirty-four-year-old lady, purchased a weight-loss product advertised on Facebook to help reduce her huge tummy in just 2 months. Within the first month, she began experiencing belly swelling, extreme tiredness, dark urine and other symptoms. Upon presentation to the general hospital in Lafia, she was diagnosed with acute liver…

In a series of joint inter-agency tactical operations, Defence Headquarters recently announced the successful rescue of over three hundred kidnapped victims across Kwara, Niger, and Taraba states. The coordinated strikes, executed by combined elements of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force, and special intelligence units, dismantled several major non-state armed encampments across the North-Central theatre….

First-half 2026 financial disclosures across Nigeria’s industrial landscape revealed a monumental milestone: Dangote Cement, BUA Cement, and the newly Chinese-acquired HBM Nigeria generated a combined revenue of N3.92 trillion. This massive earnings surge reflects a significant realignment in the nation’s building sector. For years, the domestic cement market operated as a tight, domestic duopoly dominated…

When the White House published a fact sheet this week asserting that more than three million foreigners had left the United States since President Donald Trump returned to office, it presented the figure as proof of a decisive turnaround in immigration enforcement. The same document claimed that no illegal migrants had been released into the…

Reports of consultative gatherings between prominent opposition figures, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and Seyi Makinde, have once again reignited talk of a grand political coalition ahead of the 2027 general election. The underlying logic is simple arithmetic: aggregate the votes of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP), and the New…

  Three days before voters in Osun State choose their next governor, the Nigeria Police Force has drawn a firm line around who may provide security for the poll, excluding the Western Nigeria Security Network, better known as Amotekun, along with vigilante groups and other non-state outfits. In a statement issued on Wednesday by Force…

In a landmark step for African integration, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat signed a $3.1 billion, 20-year concession agreement with Bergmans Security Consultants and Supplies Limited to overhaul customs administration across member states. The project aims to deploy digital infrastructure, real-time tracking, and automated risk systems across fifty participating nations, creating a…

In the second quarter of 2026, the Manufacturers CEO Confidence Index, published by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, climbed 3.4 points to reach 52.1. This reading pushes the benchmark back above the 50-point threshold separating contraction from expansion, recording the highest sentiment level in over two years. The Director-General of the association, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, observed…