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Oyedele confirms Nigeria has drawn first $1.5 billion under $5 billion Abu Dhabi financing deal

Nigeria, June 30 -- The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has confirmed that Nigeria has accessed the first $1.5 billion from its $5 billion financing arrang... Read More


FEC approves N215bn for CNG buses, $900 million agriculture financing - Minister

Nigeria, June 30 -- The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday approved a N215 billion investment to expand Nigeria's Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) transport programme as part of measures to reduce ... Read More


Group, INEC take voter registration to Benue IDPs amid disenfranchisement fears

Nigeria, June 30 -- To ensure that people displaced by insecurity are not excluded from the electoral process, a disability rights organisation, TAF Africa, and the Independent National Electoral Comm... Read More


Does Tshisekedi's third-term bid benefit DRCongo?

Nigeria, June 30 -- On 15 June, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Senate adopted a constitutional revision bill that would effectively reset presidential term limits. If enacted, the bill wou... Read More


Terrorists kidnap six women, two babies near scene of Borno school attack

Nigeria, June 30 -- Less than 24 hours before gunmen attacked a secondary school in Lassa, Borno State, and abducted students preparing for the ongoing National Examinations Council (NECO) examination... Read More


Nigerian govt to launch platform to automate school census, make education data public

Nigeria, June 30 -- The Nigerian government will on Wednesday unveil the Digital National Education Management Information System (DNEMIS), designed to consolidate all education data for schools and l... Read More


NHRC's Tony Ojukwu elected vice-president of African Rights Network

Nigeria, June 30 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has announced the election of its Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as Vice-President of the African N... Read More


Nigeria's violence far worse than Boko Haram narrative - Researcher

Nigeria, June 30 -- Frans Vierhout, a senior research analyst at the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA), has said the international community misunderstands the drivers of violence in ... Read More


Galloping costs spur 49.2% drop in Universal Insurance's annual profit

Nigeria, June 30 -- Mounting costs across key expenditure categories set Universal Insurance up for a sharp slide in profit for last year, its management report released on Tuesday has shown. The non... Read More


Borno School Attack: Councillor says 35 students still missing

Nigeria, June 30 -- At least 35 students are still missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in Lassa, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, on Monday, despite ongoing rescue operati... Read More