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Senator Ndume Urges Tinubu to Hire Military Contractors Against Boko Haram
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Senator Ndume Urges Tinubu to Hire Military Contractors Against Boko Haram

Nigerian Senate Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, has urged President Bola Tinubu to hire military contractors in the effort to end Boko Haram...

Nigeria Has Reforms To Undertake Before Joining BRICS, It Will ‘At the Right Time’ - Foreign Minister
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Nigeria Has Reforms To Undertake Before Joining BRICS, It Will ‘At the Right Time’ – Foreign Affairs Minister

Yusuf Tuggar, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, has revealed that Nigeria has shown interest to become a member of BRICS, an intergovernmental organisation with...

Nigerians Commence Protests Against Bad Governance on 64th Independence Day
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Nigerians Commence Protests Against Bad Governance on 64th Independence Day

Nigerians have commenced the announced #FearlessOctober protests on Tuesday at the Ikeja Underbridge in Lagos State and the country’s capital, Abuja. The protest...

Google Bans African Stream's Gmail Account Over ‘Unsubstantiated’ Allegation by US-Secretary Anthony Blinken
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Google Bans African Stream’s Gmail Account Over ‘Unsubstantiated’ Allegation by U.S. Secretary Anthony Blinken

Google LLC, an American-based multinational technology company, has banned African Stream from utilising its workspace application and other paid features. African Stream disclosed...

Libya Set to Resume Oil Production as Central Bank Crisis Subsides
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Libya Set to Resume Oil Production as Central Bank Crisis Subsides

Libya, whose oil sector has been halted since late August, is preparing to resume as the two rival governments have agreed on a...

Ex-Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku Arraigned for ₦27b Fraud
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Ex-Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku Arraigned for ₦27b Fraud

Ex-Governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku, was arraigned on Monday before the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged fraud of ₦27 billion....

HURIWA Urges UN to Protect October 1st Protesters from Tinubu's Planned Armed Crackdown
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HURIWA Urges UN to Protect October 1st Protesters from Tinubu’s Planned Armed Crackdown

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, or HURIWA, has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council and Secretary-General António Guterres to intervene...

France Lobbyist in Gabon Robert Bourgi Reveals Ex-President Ali Bongo Paid Him $4M
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France Lobbyist Robert Bourgi Discloses $4M Payment from Ex-Gabon President Ali Bongo as Middleman

A French lawyer and Françafrique lobbyist, Robert Bourgi, has revealed that Gabonese Ex-President Ali Bongo paid him about $4 million from 2009-2013 for...

Nigeria Acquires Additional N2.6trn World Bank Loan
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Nigeria Acquires Additional N2.6trn World Bank Loan

Nigeria’s federal government has acquired an additional ₦2.6 trillion ($1.57bn) loan from the World Bank Group. World Bank disclosed this in a statement...

As Open Grazing Persists, SUV Rams into Cattle on Lagos Highway
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As Open Grazing Persists, SUV Rams into Cattle on Lagos Highway

An accident involving an Acura Sport Utility Vehicle collided with a herd of cattle, resulting in the death of two cows and substantial...

Obey Court Order Probing Electoral Bribery Suspects or Risk Contempt Charge - SERAP to INEC
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Obey Court Order Probing Electoral Bribery Suspects or Risk Contempt Charge – SERAP to INEC

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to immediately enforce...

Russia and Burkina Faso Sign Joint Statement on 'No First Deployment of Weapons in Space'
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Russia, Burkina Faso Sign Joint Statement on ‘No First Deployment of Weapons in Space’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Burkinabé counterpart, Karamoko Traore, signed a joint statement on Saturday maintaining agreement on ‘No First Deployment...