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Youth Desk“That is not noise”: the night the City Boys filled the State House
President Tinubu told a hall of young supporters that their movement has become real organisation — and reminded them, and his son, that the work has only started.
File photo: President Tinubu in Abuja, 2024. Photo: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
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Reform WatchNo way back: Tinubu says a subsidy return would bankrupt Nigeria
Answering Atiku Abubakar’s call for a “production subsidy”, the President told young supporters that the country has “nothing left to pay subsidy”, and that growth is heading the right way.
File photo: filling station, Lekki, 2021. Photo: Yemi festus / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Youth Desk₦355.87bn and counting: how NELFUND is keeping students in class
Since its portal opened in May 2024, the student loan fund has paid fees to 319 institutions and upkeep directly to students, and its first graduates have started paying back.
File photo: University of Ibadan library, 2011. Photo: Michael Sean Gallagher from London, United Kingdom / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Youth DeskWard by ward: the City Boy Movement goes local in Oyo and Ondo
A pledge of a million votes in Oyo, three members in every polling unit in Ondo, and a national retreat that drew every state. This is how a youth movement builds from the ground up.
File photo: Ibadan from the air, 2021. Photo: Nkoro, N. E. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Reform WatchEarn ₦1.2m a year or less? The new tax laws were written with you in mind
Four new tax laws took effect on 1 January 2026. Here is what they mean for minimum-wage earners, small businesses and young founders.
File photo: Ikorodu market, 2025. Photo: Azzawaady / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Nigeria & the WorldA first in 66 years: Nigeria takes delivery of the UN’s 2027 budget
With a Nigerian chairing the General Assembly’s budget committee, President Tinubu received the United Nations’ seven-volume spending proposal, a diplomatic first for the country.
File photo: UN Headquarters, 2023. Photo: Jakub Hałun / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
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NationRoad to the east: the coastal highway’s next 55km comes into view
Section One of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway is built. Works Minister David Umahi says Section Two is on course for mid-November, and that surveying is underway further east.
File photo: Lekki–Epe corridor, 2010. Photo: Qasamaan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
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On the Trail37 stops, 77 days: the APC’s road from Kaduna to Lagos
The ruling party’s rally timetable opens with a flag-off in Kaduna on Saturday 24 October and closes in Lagos on 9 January. Here is how the route unfolds.
File photo: APC rally, 2023. Photo: Harryman4ever / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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PoliticsThe crossing: five governors, one party, and the new map of 2027
From Akwa Ibom to Kano, sitting governors have moved into the APC over the past 18 months. The party now says it controls 31 states.
File photo: Abuja City Gate, 2026. Photo: Jummy001 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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PoliticsBig tent, one table: inside the APC’s new campaign council
From Wike to Soludo, an unusual coalition sat down at the Villa as President Tinubu asked the party to “renew its covenant” with Nigerians, one polling unit at a time.
File photo: Aso Rock, Abuja, 2017. Photo: Uzoma Ozurumba / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Reform WatchCooling prices, cheaper money: inflation slides and the CBN cuts its rate
Inflation fell to 15.39 per cent in August from 23.14 per cent a year earlier. Weeks later, the Central Bank cut its policy rate by 3.5 points to 23 per cent.
File photo: CBN headquarters, Abuja, 2016. Photo: Aty Jorbes / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Reform WatchThe World Bank’s verdict: Nigeria’s reform engine is turning over
Growth hit 4.2 per cent in the first half of 2026, reserves climbed to $53.8bn and states have gained most from a revenue surge. The Bank adds that the gains must be sustained.
File photo: Lagos Island, 2016. Photo: Jamie Tubers / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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NationAt 66, a promise closer to home: clinics, classrooms and the poorest households
In his Independence Day broadcast, President Tinubu said the economy has grown by over four per cent this year, and pledged to put the gains to work where families feel them first.
File photo: PHC centre, Gombe, 2022. Photo: Atibrarian / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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