2023: Igbo leaders demand presidential tickets from APC, PDP, pg6; Hundreds flee as Boko Haram attacks Borno village, pg8; 731 Batch B corps members contacted coronavirus — PTF, pg4; Concerns over fresh electricity tariff hike, pg5; COVID-19 vaccine: ‘Strategic’ leaders, health workers on FG’s priority list, pg4; Why I created app for train e-ticketing – Journalist, pg20; Police detains mum for maltreating daughter over early marriage, pg32; Ex-Finbank MD, 3 others jailed over N18bn theft, pg8; I wasn’t dishonest because I still feared my dad 32 years after his death — Dauda Birma, pg3; Blame COVID-19 spike on Christmas activities, pg4; FG moves to establish oxygen plants in states, pg4; Sustainable development impossible without adequate infrastructure – Buhari, pg4; Court to rule on Sowore’s bail application Friday, pg6; Critics of 774,000 jobs not in touch with grassroots – FG, pg6; Yobe partners NADC to train youths on repairs of heavy duty vehicles, others, pg7; Buni committed to contributory health scheme, other initiatives– Bego, pg7; My administration won’t abandon any project-Gov Buni, pg7; Yobe sensitises public on fire disaster prevention, pg7; Kano anti-graft agency uncovers fraud in state's scholarship scheme, pg8; Police arrests suspected ritual killers, cultists in Osun, pg8; Guard against bandits’ infiltration, Niger governor urges herders, pg8; Empowering the Northern woman, pg14; Whither the right to health in Nigeria? Pg 14; Challenges before Nigerians in 2021, pg15; Between armed banditry, food insecurity and malnutrition in Nigeria, pg15; Managing university academic calendars after the ASUU strike and lockdown, pg16; FG owes 79% of N20tr domestic debts, as Lagos leads states, pg18; Losses in BUA, Zenith drop stocks by N392.8bn, pg18; How airlines, support firms shared N5bn bailout, pg18; Be change agents, personnel managers told pg19; Nigeria targets maritime hub with N2.6bn Badagry seaport, pg19; Agency moves to improve quality of staple foods, pg19; Niger to generate N9bn from Bobi grazing reserve, pg19; Abuja airport witnesses surge in passengers’ arrival, pg20; Zamfara invests N12bn in real estate in 18 months, pg20; Rafi n-Zurfi : An FCT community without electricity for 12 years,pg22; FCT minister urged on rural infrastructure, pg22; Police kills 1, foil robbery attack in Nasarawa, pg22; Foundation installs streetlights in Kaduna community, pg23; COVID-19: Organisation provides succour to IDPs in Kaduna, pg23; 7 weeks after Arewa Trust story, PHC Sabon Layi still not commissioned, pg24; Southern Kaduna youths urged to acquire new skills, pg24; Ex-footballer empowers 220 less privileged in Kaduna, pg24; 2020 major happenings in Kano, Jigawa, pg25; Oyo issues 7-day ultimatum to roadside traders, pg26; First babies of the year get freebies in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, pg26; Ogun CJ moves to curb touting with bondsmen regulations, pg26; Ekiti pays N7.3bn UBEC counterpart fund – SUBEB boss, pg26; Osun retirees get pension arrears as Oyetola releases N1bn for settlement, pg26; Police arrests apprentice who ‘disappeared’ with master's 3-month-old baby, pg26; Sokoto youths make a living from used tyres, pg27; High cost of cement renders bricklayers jobless in kebbi, pg27; How we facilitated process for Caverton to import, assemble large helicopter – NPA, pg28; Freight forwarders seek special loan scheme for expansion pg27; Never say die, as Bitcoin crypto breaks the $20,000 barrier, pg29; How to avoid internet scam pg29; Chieftaincy tussle: Royal house accuses Plateau govt of defying court order, pg32; Gunmen kill one, kidnap 20 in Nasarawa, pg32; Hoodlums promise ceasefire after Mogajis, Amotekun appeal in Oyo, pg32; Police parades 83 suspected cultists, armed robbers in Benue pg32; PDP, APC clash over ‘stolen’ billions from govt coffers, pg34; Why I have been in 6 different political parties - Alhaji Ombuguanga pg33; Segun Oni’s 2022 gov’ship posters flood Ekiti towns, pg33; Group cautions ex-Benue gov Akume, pg33; 6 died, 9 injured in accident involving Dangote truck, pg38; Borno, Lagos donate to ex-servicemen’s fund, pg38; COVID-19: Edo records 5 deaths, 113 recoveries, pg38; Oyo, Kaduna flag off, FG’s 774,000 public workers scheme, pg38; Senator empowers 1,600 in Adamawa, pg38; Pinnick warns against segregating foreign, local league players, pg39; CAFCL: Enyimba seeks decisive redemption against Al-Merreikh, pg39; Youths should embrace sports, not drugs - Karate President, Agara, pg39; 2021: An agenda, pg40;