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With tomato shortage and deadly floods, climate change alerts Nigeria

As torrents of water surged through Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, Babakura Mustapha’s phone rang with alarming news—a nearby community had been completely...

Nigeria’s gold smuggling triples official production, study finds

Gold smuggled out of Nigeria is three times the country’s official recorded production, according to a recent study. The study by SwissAid, a Swiss development...

Death in The Water: Systemic failures fuel boat accidents along River Niger

Under the calm skies of a late February evening in Patigi, Kwara State, over 60 people crowded into a small boat departing Etsungi ferry...

Tinubu’s harsh electricity tariff fulfills manifesto but breaks key pledge

As presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu did not elaborate much on his plan for the nation's struggling power sector. But his campaign proposal made clear...

Explainer: What does U.S. approval of Bitcoin ETF mean for Nigeria?

Global financial industry has been buzzing after the U.S. financial regulator officially endorsed bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Wednesday, giving the green light to...

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Nigeria joins BRICS as a “partner country”. Here’s what that means

Nigeria has officially become the ninth “partner country” of...

Boko Haram Massacre: 147 farmers buried, Amnesty Intl. says

A mass burial has been held for 147 farmers...

Moghalu slams African leaders’ focus on GDP over citizens’ wellbeing

Kingsley Moghalu, former deputy governor of the Central Bank...

Former First Bank chiefs Otudeko, Onasanya face N12.3bn fraud charges

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed...
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