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Digital Loan Sharks Prey On Inflation-hit Nigerians

Cash-strapped and in dire need of 30,000 naira (about $20), Mariam Ogundairo turned to a loan app, downloading it and registering her phone number.

International Business Times

Nigeria bans exports of raw shea nuts used for cosmetic products to help grow local economy

The Nigerian government has announced a six-month ban on the export of raw shea nuts, an essential raw material for making cosmetic products

The Independent UK

Africa Could Become 'Renewable Superpower', Says Guterres

Africa has everything it takes to become a "renewable superpower", UN head Antonio Guterres said Thursday, as he called for greater investment in green energy across the resource-rich continent.

International Business Times

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As England’s Lionesses roared, Nigeria’s queens of Africa made football history

The Super Falcons secured their 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title in a gripping final against Morocco. What is the secret to the squad’s soaraway success?

The Guardian - UK

Nigeria honours ex-President Buhari with state burial and tribute

The country bid farewell to Buhari with military honours and honorific chants of ‘Sai Baba’.

Al Jazeera

Former Nigerian President Buhari to be buried in hometown on Tuesday

Muhammadu Buhari, who was the country’s democratic leader between 2015 and 2023, died aged 82 in London on Sunday.

Al Jazeera

Nigeria's Former President Buhari Dead At 82

Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari -- who led his country first as a junta strongman and later as an elected democrat -- died Sunday at the age of 82, his aide and the presidency said.

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Nigeria's Tinubu Signs Major Tax Overhaul

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday signed four landmark bills into law aiming to overhaul the country's tax system, after backing away from more controversial tweaks that would have upended revenue sharing among states.

International Business Times

Shortages Hit Nigeria's Drive Towards Natural Gas-fuelled Cars

Motorists in Nigerian cities are spending hours, or even days, queuing for natural gas to power their cars after the government promoted its use as an alternative fuel.

International Business Times

Nigerian president orders crackdown on gangs after 150 killed in conflict-hit north

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to hunt down the perpetrators of a weekend attack that killed at least 150 people in the country’s northcentral

The Independent UK

Death toll from an attack by gunmen in north-central Nigeria reaches 150, survivors say

The death toll from an attack by gunmen in north-central Nigeria over the weekend has climbed to 150

The Independent UK

Nigerian leader's pardon of executed Ogoni activists draws criticisms

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu posthumously pardoned nine environmental activists executed 30 years ago by the military junta ruling the country at the time

The Independent UK

Nigeria flash floods: Which is most affected area, what caused the deluge?

At least 150 people killed and many more missing after torrential rains cause flooding in Mokwa city in Niger State.

Al Jazeera

Rescue operations underway after Nigeria flooding kills at least 150

Flash flooding earlier this week in central Nigeria killed more than 150 people, a local disaster response spokesman told AFP on Saturday, while displacing 3,000, levelling more than 250 homes and washing away two bridges.

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Nigeria has a food security problem as water for crops is harder to find

Climate change is challenging agriculture in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country

The Guardian - UK

Fears of Boko Haram comeback stir in Nigerian birthplace of Maiduguri

Threat from jihadists had widely been perceived to be extinguished, but recent clashes suggest otherwise

The Independent UK

Attack by gunmen leaves at least 40 people dead in Nigeria, the country's president says

Nigeria’s president says that at least 40 people were killed when Muslim gunmen, believed to be herders, attacked a Christian farming community in the north-central part of the country, the latest in a spate of increasingly sectarian violence in the West African country

The Independent UK

A song critical of Nigeria's president is barred from airwaves

Authorities in Nigeria have barred radio stations from playing a song critical of President Bola Tinubu and his administration’s policies

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International Business Times

Nigerian President Sacks Board Of State Oil Company

President Bola Tinubu dismissed the entire leadership of Nigeria's state-run oil company Wednesday, naming a former Shell executive to lead the outfit in a sweeping overhaul that one commentator described as "long overdue".

The Conversation

Nigeria’s state of emergency: was President Tinubu’s declaration legal and justified?

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu recently declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, in the country’s south-south region. He also suspended the state governor and dissolved the state’s House of Assembly. This declaration has led to debates in Nigeria about the legality of the decision. Public law scholar Abiodun Odusote…

The Conversation

Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State under emergency: sending in the army isn’t the answer

President Bola Tinubu recently declared a state of emergency in Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State, in the country’s south-south region.

The Conversation

Nigeria’s 2025 budget has major flaws and won’t ease economic burden

There are doubts as to whether Nigerian president Bola Tinubu’s N54.99 trillion (US$36.6 billion) 2025 budget will lay a solid foundation for addressing some of the country’s current economic challenges.

International Business Times

Lack Of Regional Cooperation Hampering Lake Chad Jihadist Fight

Lack of military coordination and tension among countries in Africa's Lake Chad region are hindering efforts to end a more than decade-long jihadist insurgency, according to local officials and security sources.

The Guardian - UK

‘There is nothing here’: the island left behind by Lagos’s economic boom

Politicians in Nigeria hope the country’s largest city will one day look like Dubai, but on nearby Refuge Island people live without electricity

Radio France Internationale

Death toll in Nigeria tanker truck blast rises to 86

A total of 86 people have died after a petrol tanker truck overturned and exploded in Niger state. Most of the victims were impoverished local residents who had rushed to scoop up the spilled petrol, local authorities said. The price of fuel in Nigeria has gone up by 400 percent…

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