China’s lending to Africa rises for first time in seven years, study shows
Chinese lenders approved loans worth $4.61 billion to Africa last year, marking the first annual increase since 2016, an independent ...
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Nigeria and Niger sign security deal, despite rift since coup
Nigeria and Niger have signed a deal to boost their security cooperation, the Nigerian military said on Thursday, despite tensions ...
Nigeria is the first country in Africa to receive Mpox vaccines
Nigeria has become the first African country to obtain mpox vaccines. It received 10,000 doses vaccine from the United States ...
Nigeria’s president appoints new security and intelligence chiefs
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu named new homeland security and foreign intelligence chiefs on Monday, a week after their predecessors resigned ...
WTO Chief tasks Nigerian govt, NNPCL on tackling oil theft
The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has bemoaned the lack of effective actions at ...
Nigeria’s GDP growth rises to 3.19% year on year in Q2
Nigeria's economy grew 3.19% year on year in the second quarter of 2024, statistics agency data showed on Monday. The ...
Nigerians furious over $100 million presidential jet amid economic struggles
The recent purchase of a new $100 million aircraft for President Bola Tinubu has sparked widespread outrage among Nigerians. Many ...
Nigeria secures release of 20 kidnapped students
Nigerian police authorities have secured the release of 20 students who were kidnapped on their way to a convention in ...
At least 10 killed by gunmen in northern Nigeria, residents say
Gunmen in Nigeria killed at least 10 farmers on Wednesday in an attack on a village in the northern Niger ...
Ola Rotimi (1938-2000): A Nigerian Playwright and Poet Laureate
Ola Rotimi was born on April 13, 1938 in Sapele, Nigeria. Rotimi was a Nigerian scholar, playwright, and director. He ...
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