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 NATIONAL ‘Nigerians can insult, attack me and still sleep well,’ says Tinubu Presidency should explain Tinubu’s $460,000 forfeiture, not attack my lobbyist – Atiku Tinubu not facing criminal trial in US FOIA case, Presidency clarifies Minister denies alleged Nigeria’s involvement in Niger failed coup FG unveils Land Transport Policy to integrate transport system South Africa safe for legitimate travellers, envoy insists Atiku: IPMAN Has Put Tinubu’s Subsidy Argument Into Shame. 2027: Peter Obi Says ‘Nobody Will Intimidate Us’ PFIPC Scandal: Court grants Adeyemi lawyer access, defers bail 2027: 30 governors can’t guarantee victory — Kwankwaso. Nigerians see no signs of economic growth — Labour Imo, Kwara govs at ‘war’ with me — Wike Uber Exit: Nigeria now ‘graveyard of businesses’ — ADC DSS DG orders operatives not to arrest anyone over civil matters Exam Malpractice: Alausa warns parents, teachers, school owners BUSINESS Insurance firms must adhere to prudential standards — NAICOM...

This is a work of fiction inspired by recurring themes in today's news. All characters, names, and events are invented and do not depict real people or organisations. Coach Iyabo still had the newspaper clipping somewhere in a box she hadn't opened in over a decade, faded now, showing a much younger version of herself standing on an Olympic podium with a medal she'd trained half her life to earn. She didn't need to look at it often. She remembered the weight of it well enough without the reminder. What she remembered just as clearly was the promise made to her and her teammates shortly after, a state pledge of land and support for athletes who'd brought that kind of recognition home, a promise that had, over the following decades, quietly dissolved into meeting minutes and budget cycles and eventually, silence. She'd stopped expecting anything from it around year twelve. By year twenty, she'd mostly stopped mentioning it at all, even to her own children, ...

NATIONAL You’re a trusted ally, patriot, Tinubu hails Shettima @60. Vanguard PFIPC: Reps panel exonerates Gbajabiamila, uncovers forged documents. Premium Times PFIPC: Reps panel uncovers fake documents, 58 accounts, ₦400m fraud, fake Executive Order. PUNCH NDC Insists INEC Replaced Its Candidates, Demands Electronic Audit. Daily Trust Tinubu has no power to dictate how states spend subsidy gains — Wike. Vanguard 2027: I’ll be Atiku, Obi’s first casualty if Tinubu loses — Wike. Daily Trust Prisoner, person under EFCC probe can canvass votes – Wike. PUNCH 2027: Tinubu to secure 25% in north, Atiku below 10% in south — Wike. Vanguard AI disinformation could undermine 2027 polls, INEC warns. PUNCH Ambassador seeks stronger Nigeria-Spain connectivity as tourism, trade ties deepen. The Guardian Nigeria Ribadu not behind illegal arms importation — Kokumo. Vanguard Ambush: Troops kill terrorists, seize 793 rounds in Zamfara, Kaduna. Vanguard Navy uncovers 99,000 litres of suspected stolen cru...

  This is a work of fiction inspired by recurring themes in today's news. All characters, names, and events are invented and do not depict real people or organisations. Mr Adisa had been coming to the National Library since he was nine years old, back when the reading room still had all its ceiling fans working, and the shelves weren't half-emptied by years of deferred maintenance nobody seemed able to reverse. He was sixty-one now, and for the better part of two decades, he'd watched the building slide slowly from a place of quiet pride into something closer to a cautionary tale, sections roped off, funding promised and then absorbed elsewhere, a generation of children growing up without ever knowing what the place had once been for people like him. He still visited, out of habit more than expectation, the way a person visits a relative in long-term decline, not for anything new, just to sit with what remained. So when the renovation crew appeared that Monday morning, ...

NATIONAL Presidency rejects US lobbyist reports as politically motivated Subsidy Removal: Tinubu, APC reply Atiku, insist policy saved Nigeria from fatal hemorrhage Tinubu doing better than Buhari, North benefiting — Northern Christians Agbonayinma gives EFCC 14-day ultimatum to reopen Atiku case. Atiku: LG Funds Will Go Directly To Councils If I’m Elected President Obi meets Canadian envoy as 2027 election, economy take centre stage. El-Rufai Detention: Sharia Council demands rule of law, fair hearing After 18 years in limbo, National Library finally gets new lease of life Retailers beg Tinubu, NAFDAC to halt sachet alcohol ban enforcement. Commence impeachment process against Tinubu, DLA tells NASS Diaspora Nigerians urged to promote country’s image, shun illegal activities JAMB, WAEC end multiple O’Level verification charges, fix fee at N4,000 Lassa fever cases rise to 1,035, deaths hit 252 – NCDC Police unveil app for Nigerians to report fraud cases BUSINESS Nigeria’s economy accel...

  This is a work of fiction inspired by recurring themes in today's news. All characters, names, and events are invented and do not depict real people or organisations. Chinedu was filming a live cooking demonstration for his small food page when the commotion started two stalls down, a crowd forming with the particular speed that only accusation seems to generate, voices rising before anyone had fully explained what the man in the middle had allegedly done. He didn't think, only reacted, swinging his phone toward the noise the way he'd trained himself to for the sake of content, the algorithm having taught him months ago that a crowd was always worth more views than a recipe. The man at the centre, young, thin, already sweating through his shirt, was being shoved from person to person, someone's hand yanking at his collar, someone else already narrating for an audience that wasn't there yet but would be within the hour, once this clip found its way online. ...

 NATIONAL Tinubu needs to ‘refuel’ after months of ‘monumental’ decisions – Dare Shettima Returns From AU Summit Opposition Summit: We Can Repeat What APC Did In 2015 – Rep Minority Caucus Presidency Spends N37.6bn On Trips APM demands Tinubu’s health disclosure, faults three-week leave Xenophobia: Tinubu drags South Africa to AU Xenophobic attack: We’ll no longer tolerate dehumanization of our citizens — Shettima Atiku, Obi, Makinde absent as G100, party chairmen, Reps caucus chart path to 2027 G100: We’ll Fight To Remove This Government – Baba-Ahmed INEC portal: Initial glitches resolved, says Labour Party Benin-Asaba highway gridlock gets global attention after Al Jazeera Report Opposition Summit: G100 proposes single 4-year transition term David Mark urges governorship candidates to shun hate speech, empty promises Sylva Quits APC, Asks Nigerians To Vote Out Ruling Party 2027: NANS hails DSS over suspension of Sowore’s prosecution till after polls Sowore Case: Lawyer faults DSS...

This is a work of fiction inspired by recurring themes in today's news. All characters, names, and events are invented and do not depict real people or organizations. Tolu had rigged a telescope out of parts scavenged from three broken ones and a tube his uncle had used for something else entirely, and on the nights the power held, he carried it up to the flat roof of the family compound to look at whatever the sky was willing to show him. His grandmother found him there most Sunday evenings, not because she understood what he was looking at, but because she'd decided, somewhere along the way, that a boy staring quietly upward instead of at a phone screen was a thing worth sitting beside. "What's up there tonight?" "Saturn, I think. If the clouds hold off." He adjusted the makeshift focus with the careful patience he applied to nothing else in his life. "You want to look?" She always said yes, though her knees complained about the low stool he ...

  NATIONAL Tinubu jets out for 3-week European leave Alleged Drug Trafficking: Tinubu to block release of records in US court — Legal team Japa: FG targets 20,000 annual medical admissions, unveils six simulation centres Nigeria expresses concern over political crisis in Niger Gov Adeleke will campaign for Tinubu’s re-election – APC national secretary NHRC urges lawmakers to uphold human rights in lawmaking Ugochinyere hails Otuaro’s reforms in Amnesty Programme INEC unveils 2027 governorship candidates as Bago, Pantami enter race AAC rejects DSS suspension of Sowore’s case, demands complete withdrawal ADC challenges Tinubu to account for N15.8tn subsidy windfall Summit ahead of 2027: Uncertainty trails opposition parties’ single candidate plan against Tinubu 2027: ‘Tinubu should step down for Obi,’ Igbo Group tells campaigners FG denies Lagdo Dam release as heavy rains fuel flooding NDLEA intercepts N6.2bn ‘Jihadi drug’, opioids at Lagos airport BUSINESS Nigeria records $947m remi...