TheDiggerNews https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html The Digger News ANALYSIS/OP-ED | CARDLESS PAYMENT: Inclusion or Corporate Capture? US Slams Brakes on Hormuz Assault, Pledges to Crush Iran’s Grip, Keeps Waterway Free Customs Seize ₦2.35bn Worth of Cocaine, Hand over to NDLEA ‘Project Freedom’ Falters: Just 3 Ships Transit Hormuz in 48 Hours Profit-Taking Wipes ₦904bn Off NGX Rally Nigeria Refineries Starve as Oil Producers Deliver Only 28.5m Barrels in Q1 Senate Bars New Members from Leadership Contests Customs FOU ‘A’ Intercepts 473 Smuggling Attempts, Recovers ₦5.5bn UCL:  Saka Fires Arsenal to Final FG May Close Eko Bridge Carriageway over Structural Pile Damage EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION | NNPC’S CHINESE GAMBLE: The Ghost Partners, The $2.39 Billion Graveyard, and The Man Who Called It All A Waste — Now Signing For More Military Neutralises 1,000 Terrorists in 3 months Nationwide Operations – Official Report FEATURE ANALYSIS|Xenophobia: What if Nigeria Goes the Way of Botswana, Tanzania? RESEARCH & DISCOVERY|Travel: The Experience That Might Slow Ageing World Bank Picks Abia for Multi-Million Dollar SURWASH Project Top 10 Brokers Trade N949.9bn on NGX in April Stigma, Poor Access Stall Africa’s HIV/AIDS Fight, Expert Warns Nigeria Targets Zero Gas Flaring, Boosts Energy Transition Naira Opens Week Strong, Gains ₦9.69 at Official Market Fuel Crisis Derails Davido: Star’s No-Show Sparks Outrage RESEARCH & DISCOVERY| Obesity’s Shadow Lingers: Weight Loss Can’t Wipe the Risk Niger Launches Immunisation Plus Campaign to Check Polio Resurgence Kano to Begin 2026 Hajj Airlift on May 14 Market Surges: Stocks Open Week with N62bn Gain EXCLUSIVE | The Poisoned Tree And Its First High-Profile Fruit ANALYSIS | Obi’s Shifting Alliances: Opportunity or Risk?  EXCLUSIVE | NIGERIA’S COUNTERFEIT DRUG CRISIS: 11% or 71%? The Numbers War Exposing a Regulatory Cover-Up — and the Deadly Cost for Cancer Patients RESEARCH & DISCOVERY|How Coffee Helps Mood, Memory, and Focus OP‑ED | The Washington Pilgrimage: Atiku’s American Safari in the Theatre of the Absurd World Press Freedom Day: Pope Honors Journalists Killed in Conflict Zones Investors Pocket N26.2trn as Oil Rally, Dividends Power April Surge FG: Kano–Maradi Rail Project 60% Complete 3 dead, 1 injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash – FRSC UN Condemns Impunity as 85% of Crimes Against Journalists Go Unpunished EPL: Man United Edge Liverpool 3–2 to Seal UCL Spot Bandits Kill 11 in Katsina Reprisal Attack Army: Troops Neutralise Scores of Terrorists, Arrest Suspects Resignation: ADC Coalition Bigger than Obi, Says Party Chairman Army Arrests Blogger, Soldiers Over Alleged Subversion PDP BoT Convenes Emergency NEC Meeting over Leadership Crisis Nigeria Summons South Africa’s Envoy over Anti‑Foreigner Protests NiMet Warns of Dust Haze, Thunderstorms Over 3 Days RESEARCH & DISCOVERY|Healthy Living Slashes Depression Risk by Nearly Half Ooni Honours Amosun’s Wife with Chieftaincy Title at 60 Navy Intensifies Crackdown on Oil Thieves, Militants FG-SSANU, NASU Talks End in Deadlock Etsu Nupe Honours First Lady with Soniyanko Nupe Title Tinubu, Dignitaries Celebrate Braithwaite’s Enduring Legacy Nigeria Ranks 16th in Global List of Most Dangerous Nations