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NEMA, IOM facilitate return of 104 Nigerians from Algeria
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 1, 2025
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the arrival of 104 Nigerians repatriated from Algeria as part of the Assisted Voluntary Returns initiative facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in...
A Battle for Humane Consciousness in a War Against Truth: Exposing the Dark Arts of War
Dissident Voice
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June 30, 2025
The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world. It is an objective which, when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of...
The way forward for Sahel states
Tribune Online
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June 23, 2025
By: Bamigboye Abiodun IN recent years, the Sahel region of West Africa, stretching from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to parts of Chad and Guinea, has witnessed a growing wave of anti-imperialist sentiment expressed through a series of military...
Democracy Is Not Dead – But It Must Be Reborn
Africa.com
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July 1, 2025
Democracy is in retreat. Across continents, long-standing institutions are crumbling, civic freedoms are under siege, and autocrats are rewriting the rules of engagement. In country after country, from Hungary to Myanmar, the United Staes to Sudan...
WHO calls for increased awareness, treatment to reduce Africa’s sickle cell burden
Premium Times
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June 20, 2025
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says African countries must ramp up awareness and bolster prevention and care to curb the burden of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) on the continent. The Medical Officer for Integrated Package Delivery, WHO Africa...
Nigeria’s gas production drops to 7.352mmscf/d in May 2025 – NNPCL
Nairametrics
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July 1, 2025
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has announced that Nigeria’s gas production fell to 7.352 billion standard cubic feet per day in May 2025, down from 7.354 billion mmscfd the previous month. This is according to the latest Monthly...
NNPC Reports N6trn Revenue, N1.05trn Profit for May 2025
Arise News
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July 1, 2025
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) Monday night released the information on its May 2025 operations, announcing approximately N6 trillion revenue and a N1.054 trillion Profit After Tax (PAT) during the period. The Bayo...
How Notorious Bandit Leader, Kachalla Yellow Was Ambushed, Killed In Zamfara
Naija News
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July 1, 2025
Naija News gathered that Danbokolo and other commanders were neutralised during a fierce a gun battle with operatives of the Zamfara Community Protection Guards (CPG) on Sunday. Sources said the gunfight, which lasted for two hours, also resulted...
Nigeria ranks third poorest in W/Africa by GDP per capita
Business Hallmark
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June 30, 2025
…as analysts blame wrong policies of this government Nigeria’s poverty challenge appears to be escalating, and really worsening as the country now is performing badly in its regional block, where it used to be the father Christmas. A recent World...
How Arab monarchies enable Western aggression against defiant leaders
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 1, 2025
For decades, the specter of a Third World War loomed large in my mind, fueled by youthful readings of Nostradamus’s prophecies and shaped by early global events when I was a student of Bayero University Kano (BUK). One defining moment was Saddam...
Turji’s ally, Danbokolo, 6 bandit commanders, 182 others killed in Zamfara
Daily Trust
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Kachalla Yellow Danbokolo, a notorious bandit and close ally of Kachalla Turji, and six bandit commanders, have been killed in a village in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. They were eliminated during a gun battle with operatives...
MBRGI implements AED 5.5 million worth of projects to address malnutrition across 3 African countries
Action Against Hunger - Washington D.C.
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The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI), through its 1 Billion Meals campaign, announced it has completed several key projects combating malnutrition in Niger, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Senegal. This work,...
Fear and fragility: How safe are Nigerians?, By Dakuku Peterside
Premium Times
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June 30, 2025
When dawn cracks open the Nigerian sky these days, the first breath many people take is heavy with questions that shouldn’t linger in a country as rich in potential as Nigeria. It used to be enough to worry about food on the table or the...
IGP, family, others, celebrate ex-CP Olusola Amore at 70
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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June 22, 2025
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, along with a host of senior and retired police officers, Sunday, graced the 70th birthday celebration of former Commissioner of Police for Kwara and Niger states, Olusola Amore, in...
NNPCL Records N1.05tn Profit After Tax in May
Point Blank News
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July 1, 2025
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited recorded a profit after tax of N1.054tn in May 2025, according to the report released on its website on Monday. The report, which provides insight into the company’s financial and operational...
NNPC reports 14% profit surge as oil production continues recovery
Business Day
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June 30, 2025
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has recorded a significant jump in profitability, with after-tax profits rising 14 per cent to ₦1.054 trillion in May 2025, up from ₦926 billion the previous month. The state oil company’s...
Democracy without Voters and Nigeria’s Insecurity Crisis
GNN Liberia
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June 30, 2025
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “On matters of security, the bulk (sic) stops at the President table.” Bola Ahmed Tinubu, April 2014 On 26 January 2009, Mamman Bello Ali died. He was the governor of Yobe State in north-east Nigeria. Around the same time,...
Lethal infection vaccine 'runs out' for UK travellers as Foreign Office issues alert
Daily Express
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June 30, 2025
Holidaymakers have been issued a warning as a crucial vaccine will be 'unavailable' for the next 2-3 weeks. Sanofi has informed NaTHNaC of an impending disruption in the supply of the yellow fever vaccine Stamaril in the UK. The vaccine is...
NNPC grows revenue to N6tn in May
Punch
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July 1, 2025
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited generated a total revenue of N6.008tn in May 2025, marking a marginal increase from the N5.972tn posted in April, even as crude oil and condensate production also showed slight improvement during the...
Tigray Tensions; IS Sahel Offensive: Africa File, June 26, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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To receive the weekly Africa File and triweekly Congo War Security Review via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Contributors: Ellery White, Miles Charles, and Edlawit Tesfaye Key Takeaways: Ethiopia. The growing...