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Business

Globus Bank secures dual credit rating upgrades, bolsters capital base

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 - by Admin I

Globus Bank Limited has announced significant upgrades to its credit ratings by two leading rating agencies — Agusto & Co. and Global Credit Ratings (GCR) — in a move that …

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Education

6 NTIC students excel in Cambridge IGCSE June 2025 series

August 25, 2025August 25, 2025 - by Bode Olagoke

The Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC) Cambridge School is in the news again as a total of six students from the colleges had an exceptional results in the Cambridge IGCSE …

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Nigerian News

How British colonial powers conjured Nigeria – Adefarasin

August 25, 2025August 25, 2025 - by Adejayan Gbenga

Pastor Paul Adefarasin, founder of House on the Rock Church, has said Nigeria’s existence was not ordained by God but engineered by British colonial powers to serve their economic interests. …

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Entertainment

Chuma-Harris Odili: Another Nollywood veteran d!es

August 24, 2025August 24, 2025 - by Adejayan Gbenga

Nollywood actor, Dr. Chuma-Harris Odili, popularly known as Eze Ogbono, Ogene Ogbunike, and Ogene Igbo has slumped and died. The tragic incident occurred on Saturday, August 23, 2025, shortly after …

Chuma-Harris Odili: Another Nollywood veteran d!es Read More
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Sports

Tennis: Ruzic pulls off upset in Monterrey

August 20, 2025August 20, 2025 - by Admin I

Croatia’s Antonia Ruzic saved the only break point she faced and dispatched No. 8 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 7-6 (4), 6-1 in the first round of the Monterrey Open …

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Nigerian News

NASS mulls distinct salary structure for legislative aides 

August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 - by Taiye Odewale

The National Assembly Tuesday sought a distinct salary structure for legislative aides to the 469 federal lawmakers in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, totaling over 300,000. Aside …

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Education / Top Stories

Glitches:  JAMB gives October deadline to public varsities on 2025 admissions, screens UTME results 

August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 - by Paul Okah

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has ordered Nigerian public universities to finalise their 2025 admission processes by October 31, 2025. A schedule by the board also said all …

Glitches:  JAMB gives October deadline to public varsities on 2025 admissions, screens UTME results  Read More
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Business

Cartel, middlemen responsible for price hike – Rice farmers  

August 17, 2025August 17, 2025 - by Benjamin Umuteme with

All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has blamed the continuous hike in the price of the product in Nigeria on the activities of unscrupulous farmers and middlemen in the sector. …

Cartel, middlemen responsible for price hike – Rice farmers   Read More
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Sports

Organisers move ITTF-Africa Senior Championship to Tunis

August 16, 2025August 16, 2025 - by Admin I

The 2025 ITTF-Africa Senior Championships, initially scheduled for the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, from October 12th to 19th, 2025, will now take place at the Salle Omnisport de Radès …

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Sports

Ex-Rangers, Enugu All stars draw in Christian Chukwu ‘s Novelty match 

August 16, 2025August 16, 2025 - by Chuks Nweze

The novelty match played between Ex-Rangers Football Club players and the Enugu All stars as part of the burial rites of late Christian Chukwu, ended goalless. Both teams played out …

Ex-Rangers, Enugu All stars draw in Christian Chukwu ‘s Novelty match  Read More
Letters

Effect of AI on human creativity

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 - by Halima Muhammed Issa

The introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made things easier but has also done a lot of damage to our day to day activities by making people overly dependent on …

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Sports

How Nigeria’s D’Tigers subdued Madagascar in 2025 AfroBasket opener

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 - by Lekan Olaseinde

Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, tipped off their 2025 AfroBasket campaign in style with a convincing 77–59 victory over Madagascar in Luanda, Angola, on Wednesday afternoon. The win marks …

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Opinion

Re: Tinubu and the North 

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 - by Sani Danaudi Mohammed

  As a northerner, I strongly disagree with the narrative presented in the articles “Tinubu and the North” by Suleiman A. Suleiman and “Emi-Lokan or Lagos-Lakon?” by Salihu Tanko Yakasai. …

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Politics / Top Stories

Breaking: Federal Character Commission gets new chairman, 31 commissioners

August 11, 2025August 11, 2025 - by Abdullahi M. Gulloma

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reappointed Dr Muheeba Dankaka as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) for a second five-year term. President Tinubu also appointed Mohammed Musa …

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Nigerian News

eHealth Africa, stakeholders want increased  investment for digital health solutions 

August 11, 2025August 11, 2025 - by Adeola Akinbobola

  eHealth Africa, stakeholders from government, non-governmental organizations, and others have called for increased local investment to ensure effectiveness and sustainability of digital health solutions, especially in Africa. This critical …

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Business

NSIA to exit PFI in Nov, MOFI unveils transition plan, blending plants up to 94 from initial 4

August 10, 2025August 10, 2025 - by Benjamin Umuteme

The Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) has restated its commitment to the success of the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) through sustained strategic support to the PFI-NPK Limited under the full …

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Nigerian News

Air power most potent weapon in surmounting banditry – Idris  

August 10, 2025August 10, 2025 - by Muhammad Sadisu Abubakar

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Bala Abubakar, has conducted an assessment tour to Kebbi state to reappraise the operational readiness of the force in the North west. …

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Security & Crime / Top Stories

Popular ‘Lagos prophet’ nabbed for cross-border drug trafficking

August 10, 2025August 11, 2025 - by Oguntade Ismaila

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested the founder and General Overseer of The Turn of Mercy Church, Prophet Adefolusho Aanu Olasele, also known as Abbas …

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Metro

OAU seeks Police assistance in search for missing student

August 10, 2025August 10, 2025 - by Adejayan Gbenga

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has called on the Osun State Police Command to help locate Dorcas Oseghale, a Chemistry undergraduate who has been missing since Wednesday, August 6, 2025. …

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Featured

Cocoa farming, golden era and dwindled fortunes

August 8, 2025August 8, 2025 - by BAYO AGBOOLA

The story of cocoa farming in Nigeria often evokes emotions. From a once-thriving occupation that was used to build enduring institutions in the South-west region to an industry that has …

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Opinion

50 Malumfashi worshipers: Too early to be forgotten

August 4, 2025, was indeed a very sad and dark day for the people of Malunfashi, in Katsina state, as ...

Sadiq Mamman Lagos: The diligent leader steering grassroots governance

Kaduna state, an essential administrative and economic center in Northwestern Nigeria, puts a strong focus on local governance to foster ...

Aliyu Wamakko: The unassuming general of northern politics

Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, the former governor of Sokoto State and the senator representing the Sokoto North Senatorial District in ...

Sokoto state government and the security challenges

Security challenges have remained a dominant and deeply troubling issue in Nigeria’s national discourse since the insurgency began in 2009 ...

Column

Transforming South-East with strategic federal presence

If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain. This is a time-honoured maxim, ...

The Abuja ‘one chance’ menace

The capital of a nation represents its symbol. A visitor may not necessarily traverse the entire country to form their ...

Tinubu’s airport infrastructure master plan will fix gaps – Air Peace

Nigeria’s leading airline Air Peace Chairman, Dr Allen Onyema has described the country’s aviation sector as one poised for a ...

Weaponising orientation for attitudinal change

It will take a miracle to attempt to straighten a dry fish without reducing it to smithereens. That is the ...

About Us

Blueprint Newspapers is a Nigerian daily print newspaper founded and published in Abuja, Nigeria. While https://blueprint.ng is the online version

Managing Director & CEO: Salisu Umar, umar_s753@yahoo.com

Vice Chairman & CEB: Zainab Suleiman Okino, zainabsule@yahoo.com

Executive Director-Finance & Accounts: Ajibola Oyetubo

Editorial Director: Clem Oluwole

Associate Director-Administration & HR: Nuhu Sani

Associate Director, Southern Operations: Vera Chidi Maha

Associate Director, Letters, Opinions & Pages: Chamba Simeh

General Manager, Business and Strategy: Aminu Ado Ibrahim

Editor (Daily): Abdulrahman A. Abdulrauf, rahmanrauf@yahoo.com

Editor(Weekend): Adoyi M. Aba

Online Editor: Ikenna Okonkwo, iykevic85@gmail.com

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