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Fuel subsidy removal necessary – Tinubu
Punch
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July 15, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has described his government’s inauguration day fuel subsidy removal speech as a painful decision that was necessary for the country’s economy. Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Malagi again...
Celebrating Decade of Purpose: 10 Years of Building Africa’s Future
This Day
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July 5, 2025
Peter Adeshola Olowononi Leadership Change on the Horizon News had begun to filter in that there was going to be a leadership change. Palpable tension permeated the corridors and everyone was edgy about what the change was going to bring. Just as...
Most Crypto Apps Assume You're Online — This One Works Where The Internet Doesn't
Benzinga
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Most blockchains promise financial inclusion, but few are designed for users without internet, smartphones or even formal identity documents. Fedrok AG CEO Dr. Philip Blazdell says that needs to change — and fast. Speaking to Benzinga, Blazdell...
Power illiquidity worsens as DisCos’ under-recovery hits N260.3b in four months
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 9, 2025
•Neighbouring countries owe $17.24 million Despite regulatory efforts to improve efficiency and cost recovery, the industry continues to battle illiquidity with a market shortfall in four months hitting N260.31 billion. The Nigerian Electricity...
Unicef head and former world leaders on judging panel for UAE humanitarian award
The National News
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A senior UN official championing the rights of children across the globe and two former heads of state will help select the next winners of a major UAE humanitarian award. The $1 million Zayed Award for Human Fraternity – which celebrates the...
Making Sense of the PKK's Self-Dissolution : What Does It Mean for the Middle East?
CrimethInc.
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July 13, 2025
On May 12, 2025, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê, PKK) announced its dissolution after more than four decades of armed struggle against the Turkish government. This came on the heels of a call from imprisoned PKK leader...
Ex-President Buhari Laid To Rest In Daura
The Will
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July 15, 2025
July 15, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s former President, Muhammadu Buhari, who died in a London clinic on Sunday at the age of 82, was on Tuesday laid to rest in his hometown of Daura, Katsina State. The late leader was buried according to Islamic rites...
Sahel militants turn civilian drones into deadly weapons
Premium Times
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July 8, 2025
Terror groups are increasingly using new tactics, notably armed suicide or kamikaze drones, according to a government statement released following several attacks on cities in western Mali on 1 July. The use of commercially available small...
Students movement celebrates lives of Buhari, Awujale
News Diary Online
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July 15, 2025
The Progressive Students Movement (PSM), an NGO, says former President Muhammadu Buhari, 82, and the Awujale of Ijebu Land, Oba Sikiru Adetona, 91 lived quality lives worth emulating. By Stanley Nwanosike The Progressive Students Movement (PSM),...
Ghana, AfDB sign landmark deal
Business Ghana
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Strategic partnership under Ghana’s 24-Hour Economy Flagship to transform Lake Volta into Regional Hub, boosting AfCFTA integration and Sahel connectivity The African Development Bank today signed a landmark Letter of Intent (LoI) with the...
EFCC arrests Chinese nationals, others for alleged illegal mining
Daily Post
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July 9, 2025
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested nine individuals for alleged illegal mining activities in Niger State. The suspects were apprehended in Kaniyan Village, Mokwa Local...
Security Beefed up in Katsina as Dignitaries Arrive to Bid Buhari Farewell
This Day
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July 15, 2025
Dignitaries are converging on Daura, Katsina State for the funeral of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died in London Clinic on Sunday. Vice President Kashim Shettima, some top government officials and some members of the former President’s...
Largest Rock From Mars to Be Auctioned for $4 Million
Greek Reporter
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July 15, 2025
A massive rock from Mars, confirmed by lab tests, will be auctioned. Credit: NASA / Public Domain A giant rock that traveled from Mars to Earth is set to be auctioned at Sotheby’s on Wednesday, alongside a rare dinosaur skeleton, as part of the...
BREAKING: Ex-President Buhari’s Body Arrives In Katsina For State Burial
Sahara Reporters
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July 15, 2025
The remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari have arrived in Katsina, his home state, for burial. This was shortly after President Bola Tinubu arrived in Katsina State ahead of the burial ceremony. This comes as a high-powered delegation from...
Group counters as Soludo claims South-East criminals are Igbo
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 9, 2025
• Igbo leaders, Anglican Church task Tinubu on insecurity, collapse of businesses Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has notified Anambra indigenes resident in the United States that the criminals terrorising the South-East are not Fulanis...
FEDROK AG and Greentsika Sign MoU to Explore Blockchain-Based Monetisation of Cash-for-Trash Initiatives in Madagascar
TechBullion
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June 24, 2025
Share Share Share Share Email Tuler, Madagascar / Zug, Switzerland – June 24, 2025 — FEDROK AG, the Swiss blockchain innovator behind the world’s first Level 1 blockchain dedicated to tokenized carbon credits, has signed a Memorandum of...
Obasanjo, Akufo-Ado, Osinbajo present as Tinubu Confers GCON on Afrexim’s Oramah
The News (Nigeria)
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June 29, 2025
Obasanjo, President Tinubu, Benedict Oramah and others *This is for Outstanding Leadership President Bola Tinubu on Friday in Abuja conferred the national honour, Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), on the President and Chairman of...
Tinubu honours Afreximbank boss Oramah with GCON for transformational leadership
New National Star
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June 28, 2025
BY GLORIA AKUDORO In a glowing tribute to decades of economic diplomacy and visionary banking leadership, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday conferred the national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on outgoing President...
Orano opposes Somaïr nationalisation
World Nuclear News
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Monday, 23 June 2025 The French company Orano says litigation is now its only possible recourse after Niger's Council of Ministers announced plans to appropriate and nationalise the joint venture with Niger's state-owned mining assets company. The...
Tinubu Bestows Former Afreximbank’s Chairman Benedict Oramah With National Award
Oriental News Nigeria
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June 28, 2025
Joseph Bakare President Bola Tinubu Friday in Abuja conferred the national honor, Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), on President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank for his outstanding contributions...