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Niger’s Prime Minister Joins AEW 2025 as Country Eyes Increased Oil Exports
Engineering News
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Mahamane Lamine Zeine, Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger, has joined the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 conference as a speaker. During the event, which takes place September 29 to October 3 in Cape Town, Zeine is...
New report highlights sharp currency losses in Africa as most nations face FX setbacks
Business Insider Africa
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July 7, 2025
Nearly half of African currencies depreciated in May 2025, reflecting continued FX pressures despite ongoing reforms and steady economic growth across the continent, according to the African Export-Import Bank’s June 2025 edition of its Monthly...
PIND Appoints Sam Ogbemi Daibo As New Executive Director
Daily Independent
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July 7, 2025
0 ABUJA – The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has announced the appointment of Sam Ogbemi Daibo as its new Executive Director. Daibo, a development strategist and seasoned stakeholder engagement expert, brings over...
Nigeria, China deepen strategic business ties
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 2, 2025
Nigeria and China have committed to strengthening their strategic partnership by advancing legislative cooperation and trade reforms aimed at improving the ease of doing business, deepening infrastructure collaboration and correcting structural...
Madagascar codifies civil registry reform, readies biometric ID card tender
Biometric Update
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July 7, 2025
A bill on the identification of natural persons in Madagascar has received the greenlight of the senate in a major boost for the country’s digital transformation agenda. The Senate adopted the text on July 4, days after it had received the vetting...
The Political Economy Of Tax Reform
Leadership
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July 2, 2025
Nigeria’s new tax reforms, recently introduced through a series of legislative amendments and fiscal policy pronouncements, have been touted by the government as transformative, designed to widen the tax net, improve revenue generation, and reduce...
Looted art: the battle for looted treasures
Leader Publications - Missouri
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After the French parliament voted on Monday to return to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the Ebrie tribe in 1916, here is a recap of other disputes over artefacts looted from Europe's former colonies. - France: tens of...
AGF, NBA president, others mourn, pay tributes to ex-chief judge
Premium Times
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July 1, 2025
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, and the president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Afam Osigwe, on Tuesday, among other senior members of the legal community, paid tribute to the late former...
NDLEA arrests 37, recovers 345.421kg of drugs in Edo
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 7, 2025
The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) apprehended 37 suspected drug traffickers in June 2025. The command’s routine operations also led to the seizure of 345.421 kilograms of narcotic drugs. This was made known...
Zambia's cyber laws: concerning or necessary?
Deutsche Welle
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July 7, 2025
It has been almost three months since Zambia's president, Hakainde Hichilema, signed the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Acts of 2025 into law. His supporters hailed the laws, calling them progressive, and said they would help fight digital crimes...
9 Boko Haram wives arrested in Niger, IED cache uncovered on Marte–Dikwa Bridge – Official
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 7, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given the Nigerian Army and other security forces the marching order to decisively confront and defeat terrorists, bandits, insurgents and separatists threatening the peace and unity of the country. This is coming...
France backs returning colonial-era 'talking drum' to I.Coast
RTL Today
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France's parliament on Monday approved returning to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the Ebrie tribe in 1916, in the latest boost to the repatriation of colonial spoils. The Djidji Ayokwe drum is a communication tool...
The U.S. Is About To Slap The World's Most Positive Country With A Travel Ban
The Travel
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July 7, 2025
The "New American Travel Anxiety" is real, and it's not limited to foreigners planning to visit the U.S. amid the Trump administration's controversial border policies. Experts also revealed that Trump's tariffs are impacting almost half of...
Coronation, museum commission launch gallery for Benin bronzes
Daily Trust
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In a move to preserve Nigeria’s cultural heritage, Coronation Group has partnered with the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) to establish a gallery to showcase the Benin Bronzes. The gallery will house 119 Benin Bronzes recently...
WAHO boosts health communication advocacy, plans Lassa Fever conference for Sept 22
Prompt News Online
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July 1, 2025
In pursuit of its resolve to boost communication for regional health advocacy, the West African Health Organization (WAHO), has held a strategic communication workshop. The workshop opened in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Monday in preparation for...
U.S. sends eight men to South Sudan after court clash over deportations
GhanaWeb
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July 7, 2025
Eight men, most of them not South Sudanese nationals, were deported by the United States to South Sudan last week after a protracted legal tug-of-war that briefly rerouted their journey to Djibouti. Despite only one of the individuals being from...
Strict trade protections tabled to stop shark and ray species freefall
Oceanographic Magazine
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July 1, 2025
In total, over 70 sharks and rays are proposed for CITES listing action at CoP20 via seven listing proposals, with more than 50 governments adding their names to these proposals – showing the growing recognition that the world’s shark and ray...
President Federation Cup: Sanwo-Olu, other governors to storm Lagos for grand finale
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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June 28, 2025
Nigeria’s National Cup final on Saturday in Lagos will bring together the crème de la crème of the nation’s political, football and entertainment industries, with four States chief executives already confirmed to be in attendance. Governor...
West Africa terror: why attacks on military bases are rising – and four ways to respond
The Conversation
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July 7, 2025
More than 40 Malian soldiers were killed and one of the country’s military bases was taken over in early June 2025 in a major attack by an al-Qaeda linked group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), on the town of Boulikessi. The same...
President Federation Cup: Sanwo-Olu, Gbajabiamila To Grace Final
Complete Sports
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June 27, 2025
Nigeria’s National Cup final on Saturday in Lagos will bring together the crème de la crème of the nation’s political, football and entertainment industries, with four States chief executives already confirmed to be in attendance. Governor...