Thursday, November 5, 2026

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  • Economy

    AFD seeks stronger partnership with Nigeria to boost economic growth

    Christophe Lecourtier, CEO of AFD, says the agency seeks to strengthen France’s cooperation with Nigeria to promote growth and advance shared interests.

    Health

    240 million Nigerian adolescents, others worldwide report no active days in one week: WHO

    The World Health Organisation says about 240 million adolescents worldwide reported no physical activity on any day last week, raising concerns about young people’s health.

    Nationwide

    Police

    Tinubu govt promises to improve police welfare, infrastructure

    President Bola Tinubu’s government has pledged to prioritise police infrastructure and personnel welfare to improve service delivery and ease officers’ hardship.

    Agriculture

    Poultry farmers

    North-East poultry farmers seek govt intervention over threat of sector collapse

    In separate interviews with journalists in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, poultry farmers described rising input costs as a serious threat to productivity.

    OPINION

    Britain’s slavery apology is necessary but not enough

    An apology is necessary, but it is not the whole of justice. Britain must confront its past without hiding behind the passage of time.

    Rudolf Okonkwo: A Decade of Remembrance: Archdeacon Dr Dan Okpala

    Your service to humanity has been the template I struggle to emulate. I may never live up to it, but at least it has remained a guide.

    On a wing and prayer

    Tinubu was elected to govern the Federal Republic, not to lead a national prayer ministry from Aso Rock.

    Azu Ishiekwene: There is no other Stella for Ebola

    But the truest memorial to Adadevoh is not a plaque. It is a health system in which no doctor has to choose between personal safety and public duty.

    Rudolf Okonkwo: What if President Tinubu comes third in the 2027 election?

    For Tinubu to come third, rather than merely lose an election, something more dramatic would have to happen.

    In Bille, even home is no longer safe

    Bille is a community of human beings, people with names, voices, histories, children, dreams and the simple desire to live safely in the place they call home.