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Sports

Brown Ideye: AFCON winner refutes call for broke ex-footballers’ jail term

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

Former Super Eagles striker, Brown Ideye, has denied reports claiming he called for retired footballers who fall into financial hardship to be jailed. The 2013 AFCON winner came under fire …

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Education

FG shuts many higher institutions

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

The Federal Government has shut down 22 illegal Colleges of Education across the country in a nationwide crackdown on unaccredited institutions. The move, disclosed in a recent report by the …

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Nigerian News

Ribadu’s son distributes fertilisers to 400 Adamawa farmers

August 24, 2025August 24, 2025 - by Muazu Abari

A lawyer and philanthropist, Ahmed Nuhu Ribadu has flagged off free distribution of fertilisers to over 400 Adamawa farmers in to boost food production. Speaking during the distribution exercise in …

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Sports

Peter Obi visits late goalkeeper Peter Rufai’s family, laments neglect of sporting icons

August 23, 2025August 23, 2025 - by Adejayan Gbenga

Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, paid a heartfelt visit on Saturday to the family of the late Peter Rufai, one of Nigeria’s most celebrated goalkeepers, …

Peter Obi visits late goalkeeper Peter Rufai’s family, laments neglect of sporting icons Read More
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Business

NAICOM, Police clampdown on suspected fake insurance policies sellers

August 22, 2025August 22, 2025 - by David Agba

The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has launched a crackdown on individuals selling fake motor third-party insurance policies in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force. Led by its Motor Third-Party Insurance …

NAICOM, Police clampdown on suspected fake insurance policies sellers Read More
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Sports

Premier League record broken as Leeds sign Okafor

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 - by Admin I

Leeds United have signed AC Milan striker Noah Okafor for £18m to take spending by Premier League clubs this summer to a record £2.37bn. The Switzerland striker has joined the …

Premier League record broken as Leeds sign Okafor Read More
Opinion

China’s imperishable role in the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 - by Charles Onunaiju

Eighty years after the second World War,  the preamble of the United Nations charter adopted in its immediate aftermath noted the determination of the peoples of the world “to save …

China’s imperishable role in the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War Read More
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Nigerian News

NTIC lauds Governor Buni over support for education in Yobe

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 - by Bode Olagoke

Nigerian Tulip International College, (NTIC) has commended Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni, over his strong support for education in the state.  NTIC declared that the recent global accomplishments by …

NTIC lauds Governor Buni over support for education in Yobe Read More
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Nigerian News

Relief for subscribers as Tinubu cancels 5% telecoms tax

August 20, 2025August 20, 2025 - by Benjamin Samson

Aminu Maida, the executive vice-chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says President Bola Tinubu has removed the 5 percent excise duty on telecommunications services. Speaking to journalists in …

Relief for subscribers as Tinubu cancels 5% telecoms tax Read More
Editorial / Nigerian News

How civic responsibility can transform Northern Nigeria

August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 - by Noel Dogara Paul

Nation building does not rest on the shoulders of government alone. It requires the active participation of citizens who understand that their voices, choices and actions carry weight in shaping …

How civic responsibility can transform Northern Nigeria Read More
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Business / Top Stories

Breaking: FG gives fresh flight orders days after Ibom Air incident

August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 - by Adeola Akinbobola

The Director General (DG) of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Captain Chris Ona Najomo has ordered that all mobile phones and other portable electronic devices should be switched off …

Breaking: FG gives fresh flight orders days after Ibom Air incident Read More
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Nigerian News

Coalition drums support for NNRA DG, calls for increased funding to strengthen nuclear safety 

August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 - by Benjamin Samson

Youth leaders and civil society stakeholders, under the leadership of Ambassador Akoshile Mukhtar, National Vice President (North Central) of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), have thrown their weight …

Coalition drums support for NNRA DG, calls for increased funding to strengthen nuclear safety  Read More
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Politics

Tinubu arrives in Japan ahead of TICAD9 summit

August 18, 2025August 18, 2025 - by Abdullahi M. Gulloma

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Tokyo, Japan, early on Tuesday to join other African leaders, international development partners and stakeholders at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development …

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Nigerian News

Disaster averted as AMAC officials seal Efab Metropolis estate

August 15, 2025August 15, 2025 - by Paul Okah

Politicians, lawmakers, businessmen and other prominent Nigerians were held up on Friday morning at Efab Metropolis estate in Karsana, Abuja, by the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Tenement Rate Monitoring …

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Nigerian News

MSF responds to 1, 500 cholera outbreak cases in Zamfara 

August 15, 2025August 15, 2025 - by Agi Onda

  A medical humanitarian organisation, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has recorded 1,500 cholera outbreak cases in Zamfara state, citing high case numbers from three of the state’s Ministry …

MSF responds to 1, 500 cholera outbreak cases in Zamfara  Read More
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Politics

FCTA speaks on ‘displacing poor residents in Abuja’

August 15, 2025August 15, 2025 - by Abdullahi Muhammad

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Thursday refuted allegations in the media and the common parlance that the demolition of illegal shanties in the nation’s capital, Abuja, is  to displace …

FCTA speaks on ‘displacing poor residents in Abuja’ Read More
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Business

NNPCL wins appeal, avoids ₦5bn damages

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 - by Benjamin Umuteme

On August 8, 2025, the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, upheld NNPC Ltd.’s appeal against the Federal High Court’s April 2023 judgement that annulled Senator Ifeanyi Araraume’s removal as non-executive …

NNPCL wins appeal, avoids ₦5bn damages Read More
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Nigerian News

Charles Omole to speak on ‘Disruptive AI’ at NBA annual conference 

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 - by Benjamin Samson

A renowned jurist and security policy expert, Dr. Charles Omole, will be among the headline speakers at the 2025 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). In a …

Charles Omole to speak on ‘Disruptive AI’ at NBA annual conference  Read More
Opinion

Islamic scholar advocates value-based learning  

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 - by Ahmid Lawal

A Kaduna-based Islamic scholar and education expert, Professor Yahaya Muhammad Mujahid, has said schools should not be treated as business enterprises but as institutions for imparting knowledge, instilling morals, and …

Islamic scholar advocates value-based learning   Read More
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Nigerian News

NIHSA issues flood notification nationwide  

August 10, 2025August 10, 2025 - by Olakunle Awoniyi

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) weekend issued a national warning of potential flooding in 198 local government areas across 31 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) during the …

NIHSA issues flood notification nationwide   Read More
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Politics

Akpabio, Northern Senators mourn Audu Ogbeh

August 10, 2025August 10, 2025 - by Taiye Odewale

The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and Northern Senators, have mourned the demise of former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development under the late President Muhammadu Buhari’s first …

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Religion

NSCEA officially recognises Concerned Christian Youth Forum as defender of faith 

August 9, 2025August 9, 2025 - by Samson Benjamin

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Ecclesiastical Affairs (NSCEA) has formally recognised the Concerned Christian Youth Forum (CCYF) as a legitimate and vital force in the defence of the Christian faith. …

NSCEA officially recognises Concerned Christian Youth Forum as defender of faith  Read More
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Education

Universities: ASUU serves fresh strike notice

August 9, 2025August 10, 2025 - by Adejayan Gbenga

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned that another nationwide strike is imminent unless the federal and state governments urgently address unresolved issues in public universities. In a …

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  • Fidelity Bank strengthens investor confidence with record capital raise, growth strategy September 3, 2025
  • AMAC legislative council makes U-turn over speaker’s impeachment  September 3, 2025
  • APC can’t rule Sokoto beyond 2027 – Fada  September 3, 2025
  • PRCAN mourns passing of NIPR council member Chedi  September 3, 2025
  • Jigawa governor commissions N1.2bn solar mini-grid project  September 3, 2025
  • FG pledges continuous partnership with UNICEF  September 3, 2025
  • Customs seizes thousands of ammunitions, drones, hands over to NCCSALW September 3, 2025
  • FG unveils plan to intensify evidence-based traditional medicine    September 3, 2025
  • Breaking: FG declares Friday public holiday to mark Eid-ul-mawlid September 3, 2025
  • NNPC Ltd appoints new corporate communications, relations chiefs September 3, 2025
  • Nigeria-China currency swap arrangement, P2P trading boost naira stability September 3, 2025
  • Grimsby fined for ineligible player in Man Utd win September 3, 2025
  • ‘AI-generated’ Sinner races into US Openquarter-final  September 3, 2025
  • NBTE accredits 47 ND, HND programmes at Kogi polytechnic – Rector  September 3, 2025
  • Loftus-Cheek set for recall to England squad September 3, 2025
  • Mohbad: Court orders DNA test on late singer’s son September 3, 2025
  • NIGCOMSAT to connect 774 LGAs to internet by 2026 – MD September 3, 2025
  • NNPC Ltd appoints new corporate communications, relations chiefs September 3, 2025
  • UBA, Mastercard launch prepaid card to promote financial inclusion September 3, 2025
  • Actress Peju Ogunmola loses only child September 3, 2025
  • Fintiri heads PDP Convention committee, Anyanwu, Ortom, Fayose list fresh conditions September 3, 2025
  • WIPF leads regional, intergenerational movement against VAWG September 3, 2025
  • Nigeria has met revenue target, won’t borrow again – Tinubu September 3, 2025
  • Infrastructure deficit: Nigeria needs to spend $100bn annually for 23 years – BPE September 3, 2025

Opinion

Gabam’s leadership journey

Gabam, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), is fast becoming a household name in Nigerian politics, drawing ...

Shettima: 59 and waxing stronger.

I was reminded of Vice-President Senator Kashim Shettima's birthday by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s birthday wishes early this morning. How ...

GMO, seed system, and food security question in Nigeria

I have received many requests for information on GMO seeds and their safety, and I have watched several video clips ...

Gabam’s leadership journey 

  Gabam, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), is fast becoming a household name in Nigerian politics, ...

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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