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WEEK BRIEF: Tinubu’s tax soup, Ganduje’s resignation, Lagos demolition, insecurity, other top news
Tribune Online
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June 29, 2025
The past week in Nigeria was marked by significant changes, highlighting the complex interactions between executive policies, internal party dynamics, and ongoing national challenges. From a groundbreaking legislative effort to reshape Nigeria’s...
'Shut your windows now' as flying ants swarm Irish homes in sudden surge
Irish Mirror
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July 10, 2025
Households across Ireland are being advised to shut their windows as swarms of flying ants make a sudden appearance across the country. Experts say we're now in the peak season of what's dubbed 'Flying Ant Day', although the event is rarely...
Nigerian banks present relief materials to Mokwa flood victims
Business Day
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June 29, 2025
Nigeria’s top banking executives presented critical relief materials to Mohammed Umaru Bago, governor of Niger state, in Abuja on saturday, in a show of industry-wide solidarity with victims of recent flooding in Mokwa Local Government Area. The...
Otuaro praises Yar’Adua for establishing Presidential Amnesty Programme
Eagle Online
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June 29, 2025
The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has applauded the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua for proclaiming amnesty for former agitators of the Niger Delta and also establishing the progamme. He spoke at the 2nd...
Troops seize 30,000 litres of stolen oil, arrest 46 thieves, dismantle 23 illegal refineries
Business Day
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June 29, 2025
Troops of the Nigerian Armed Forces have intensified the fight against oil theft in the Niger Delta, seizing over 30,000 litres of stolen crude and arresting 46 suspected oil thieves during a three weeks major crackdown operations. The crackdown...
NiMet Issues July Flood Warning for 20 States Amid N620bn Ecological Fund Concerns
City 105.1 FM
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July 8, 2025
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued a fresh flood alert, warning that 20 states including Lagos, Sokoto, Benue, and Edo face significant risk of flash floods this July, despite the disbursement of over ₦620 billion in ecological...
Transition to Africa Corps Unlikely to Improve Sahel Security, Experts Say
Africa Defense Forum
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July 8, 2025
Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group is being replaced in the Sahel by the state-controlled Africa Corps. However, it seems unlikely that the change will alter Russian mercenaries’ brutal methods in the terrorism-plagued region, according...
Growing Port Harcourt Multi-billion Naira Comedy Industry Attracts Global Attention
This Day
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July 9, 2025
Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt The comedy industry in Port Harcourt is speculated to have grown into multi-billion naira per year business and is now attracting global attention, viewership, and foreign sponsorships. This is as Talkoholic...
Group Applauds NDDC For Commitment Towards Completion Of Gbaregolor–Ogulagha Road Project
Daily Independent
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June 29, 2025
1 The leadership of Delta Ijaw Youth Movement (DIYM) has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for its renewed commitment to the timely completion of the Gbaregolor–Ogulagha Road Project Phase I, located in Ughelli South Local...
List of African countries that are considered fragile states in 2025
Business Insider Africa
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July 10, 2025
Removing donor assistance might make it more difficult for the poorest nations in the region to pay off their debt and worsen humanitarian problems, especially in areas that are unstable and afflicted by violence. Additionally, low-income agrarian...
Food Security: Ndarani Donates N30m To Foundation
News Investigators Nigeria
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June 29, 2025
News Investigators/ A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mohammed Ndarani, has called for more empowerment of Nigerians with skills in education and agriculture for sustainable development and food security. Mr Ndarani made the call on Saturday in Abuja...
You’re a tragedy connoisseur, Nwabufo slams Obi over Saint Lucia comments
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 29, 2025
President Tinubu’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Engagement, Fredrick Nwabufo, has knocked Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, for his comments on the President’s visit to Saint Lucia. Tinubu departed Nigeria to Saint Lucia on...
Gardeners told how to spot tiny ants 'now found in UK' which cause 'devastation'
Devon Live
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June 27, 2025
UK gardeners have been put on high alert as a new destructive species of ant, the Tapinoma magnum, has been spotted in the country. The ants, believed to have arrived in Europe through imported plants at garden centres, have already wreaked havoc...
‘Not the time for holidaying’, Peter Obi knocks Tinubu over Caribbean island visit
Tribune Online
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June 28, 2025
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s trip to the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, describing it as ill-timed and insensitive given the alleged worsening state of insecurity and...
Tinubu only spending two days on official duty in Saint Lucia, others for pleasure — Obi
Eagle Online
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June 29, 2025
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that President Bola Tinubu will only spent two days in Saint Lucia while visiting that country with the rest for pleasure. Obi said he first learnt of this from a speech by the...
6 causes of flooding in Nigeria
Tribune Online
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June 28, 2025
The major causes of flooding in Nigeria is due to poor waste management, poor urban planning, heavy rainfall, climate change and so on. Flooding destroys properties, infrastructure and social amenities. It also leads to loss of lives,...
Nigeria’s Forgotten Birthplace And The Historical Disconnect: Kogi State’s Overlooked Potential
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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June 28, 2025
…a case of the North Central Development Commision Nigeria is a country with so many histories. The history of Nigeria from about 1849 until it attained independence in 1960 is largely the story of the impact of the British on the people and...
Nigeria’s perennial flood: Occurrence of preventable disasters
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 8, 2025
The question I asked in the last line of this piece last week was, “What are the causes of floods, and how have we failed to prevent their occurrence in recent years?” The leading causes of floods in Nigeria are well known. These include...
Trump courts African leaders at White House
Little Rock Public Radio - Arkansas
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July 9, 2025
Updated July 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM CDT LAGOS, Nigeria — The presidents of the West African countries of Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, and Gabon are in Washington this week for a three-day mini summit hosted by President Trump — part of...
EGA urges FG to channel NUPRC’s surplus revenue to host communities, clean energy
Daily Post
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July 9, 2025
The Energy Governance Alliance (EGA) has called on the Federal Government to use part of the N12.25 trillion revenue generated by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, in 2024 to improve the lives of oil-producing...