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Niger State mass kidnapping and ongoing rescue efforts

Niger State Mass Kidnapping: Hundreds Still in Captivity More Than a Month Later

Nigeria, Security /

More than a month after one of the largest mass kidnappings reported in Niger State, residents of communities around Borgu are still waiting for hundreds of abducted people to return home. Residents say armed men abducted hundreds of people during coordinated attacks on August 21. Current local estimates put the number still in captivity at

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Peter Obi 2027 campaign and organisational dispute over campaign council

Peter Obi’s 2027 Political Movement Faces Organisational Dispute Over Campaign Council

Nigeria, Politics /

The political structure supporting Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election has entered an organisational dispute after the Nigeria Democratic Congress rejected a 59-member campaign council announced by the Obi-Kwankwaso Movement. The Obi-Kwankwaso Movement recently announced a 59-member council comprising zonal and state coordinators and directors responsible for areas including

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Alhaji Bola Tinubu

Tinubu Expected Back in Nigeria as Questions Grow Over Extended Absence

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to return to Nigeria this week after his working vacation in Europe was extended beyond the original schedule. The Presidency says the President is well and is expected to return to Lagos ahead of Nigeria’s October 1 Independence Anniversary celebrations. Vice President Kashim Shettima has meanwhile returned to Nigeria

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Abakaliki Cement Factory project in Nkalagu, Ebonyi State

Abakaliki Cement Factory: From Announcement to Accountability

Business, Economy, Nigeria /

Work has reportedly commenced on the proposed Abakaliki Cement Factory in Ebonyi State, with Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru announcing the development as part of the state’s industrialisation drive. The project is being presented as an opportunity to strengthen local industry, create jobs and expand the state’s economic base. But this is where the public-interest questions

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Nigeria's Ima Gas Field being developed 53 years after discovery

Nigeria Moves to Unlock Gas Discovery After More Than Five Decades

Economy, Nigeria /

Nigeria is moving to develop the Ima gas field offshore Rivers State, more than five decades after the resource was discovered. TotalEnergies and AMNI International have taken the Final Investment Decision for the project, with production expected to begin in 2028. The field is projected to produce about 350 million standard cubic feet of gas

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Nigeria 2027 political campaign rally ahead of the general election

NIGERIA’S 2027 POLITICAL CAMPAIGN IS HEATING UP, BUT WHEN DOES PUBLIC CAMPAIGNING OFFICIALLY BEGIN?

Elections, Nigeria, Politics /

Nigeria’s political landscape is already becoming increasingly active ahead of the 2027 general elections. Political parties are mobilising supporters, holding meetings, negotiating alliances and positioning their candidates. But there is an important distinction between political mobilisation and the formal commencement of public campaigning under the electoral timetable. WHAT HAPPENED Political activity has been building across

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Delta State security operation leading to rescue and arrests

Delta Security Operations Lead to Rescue and Arrests

Nigeria, Security /

Security operations in Delta State have resulted in the rescue of a kidnapped woman and the arrest of 54 suspected cultists in separate operations. Police said a 48-year-old woman who had been kidnapped was rescued after security operatives moved into a forest in Ovade following a distress call. The suspected kidnappers reportedly fled after a

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CBN interest rate cut to 23 percent in Nigeria

CBN Cuts Interest Rate to 23 Percent in Major Policy Reset

Economy, Nigeria /

The Central Bank of Nigeria has cut its Monetary Policy Rate from 26.5 percent to 23 percent, delivering a 350-basis-point reduction after its September Monetary Policy Committee meeting. The decision comes as Nigeria’s headline inflation eased slightly to 15.39 percent in August from 15.43 percent in July. Food inflation also fell from 20.31 percent to

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Nigerian petrol station as fuel prices rise and subsidy debate returns

Fuel Prices Rise Again as Subsidy Debate Returns

Economy, Nigeria, Politics /

Nigeria’s fuel-price crisis is once again putting the government’s subsidy policy under political and economic pressure, as petrol prices rise to around 1,400 naira per litre in Lagos and Abuja and as high as 1,500 naira in parts of northern Nigeria. The latest increase is being driven partly by higher international energy prices. Even with

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Ebonyi retirees demanding payment of unpaid pensions and gratuities

Ebonyi Retirees Demand Answers Over Unpaid Pensions and Gratuities

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Retired workers of Ebonyi State University are demanding answers over outstanding pensions and gratuities, saying some former employees have died while waiting for benefits earned after years of public service. Representatives of the retirees have claimed that 209 former workers have died while waiting for their entitlements. That figure remains a claim by the retirees

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