The African Union chief said there was no genocide in Nigeria’s volatile north after US President Donald Trump claimed that Christians were being slaughtered by jihadists and faced an “existential…
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FG halts implementation of planned 15% import duty on diesel, petrol
The Federal government has suspended the implementation of the proposed 15% import tax on petrol and diesel. The development was announced by the Director, Public Affairs Department, NMDPRA, George Ene-Ita,…
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Middle Belt groups fabricating Christian genocide, burying “empty coffins” – Gumi
Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has alleged that some groups in Nigeria’s Middle Belt have been “burying empty coffins” to falsely portray mass killings of Christians and promote what he…
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Nigeria’s social protection budget allocation has no impact on poverty – W’Bank
Nigeria’s barely 0.14 per cent budgetary allocation of its Gross Domestic Product on social protection is far below the global average of 1.5 per cent and the Sub-Saharan African average…
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Senate approves Tinubu’s N1.15tn domestic loan to fund 2025 budget deficit
The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to raise N1.15 trillion from the domestic debt market to cover the unfunded portion of the 2025 budget deficit. The approval followed…
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