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Nigeria’s ongoing struggle against terrorism—particularly violence affecting Christian communities in parts of the country—has renewed calls for deeper military cooperation with the United States.

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Is Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, economically broke? It is a question no patriotic citizen wants to confront, yet one that confronts every Nigerian daily at the fuel pump, the market stall, the school gate, the hospital reception, and increasingly, in the national accounts. The country’s fiscal reality is no longer a debate in economic circles alone; it is a lived experience for millions and a gathering storm for future generations.

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When the Federal Government announced with much fanfare that it had disbursed a colossal N330 billion in cash transfers to poor Nigerians, I paused, not in celebration, but in disbelief. Where, exactly, is the evidence of this money?

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When the Nigerian government scrapped the decades-old fuel subsidy in 2023, it promised relief for the nation’s bleeding finances. Nearly $10 billion was to be freed up annually, and by scrapping it, President Bola Tinubu’s administration projected that the fiscal space created could be channeled into education, infrastructure, social investment, and healthcare.

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In a major move to boost Nigeria’s steel industry, Chart & Capstone Integrated Ltd and China’s Sinomach-HE have signed a financial and technical cooperation agreement for the development of a Steel Production Plant in Nigeria operating in Kogi and Delta States valued at $ 2.5 billion

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Ghana has led the West African region in both the frequency and diversity of cyber threats for the first half of 2024, facing a high volume of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks directed at industries including computer services and telecommunications.

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Nigeria recently joined BRICS as a partner country, following a surge in foreign direct investment. BRICS, an alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, was established in 2009 to promote economic, political, and cultural cooperation among its members, representing around 40% of the global population and nearly a quarter of GDP. The bloc aims to reduce dependence on …

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On Independence Day, October 1, 2024, Nigeria not only celebrated 64 years of freedom but also welcomed the return of seamless travel between Lagos and Dubai! As of yesterday, Emirates

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President Bola Tinubu has declared that his administration's target is to eliminate all the threats of Boko Haram, banditry, kidnapping for ransom, and the scourge of all forms of violent extremism.

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Pastor Wale Adefarasin of Guiding Light Assembly, Ikoyi, Lagos, has said that it would be dishonest to claim that all is well with Nigeria presently. Adefarasin, a guest at a roundtable facilitated by the Network of African Christian Journalists (NACJOURN), recently said that Nigeria has been through numerous challenges, including monumental corruption, incompetence in government, and other factors hindering the …

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