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Blood on the Benue : Weeping for Beleaguered Nigeria, By MIKE OZEKHOMEO, SAN
National Accord Newspaper
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June 20, 2025
INTRODUCTION YELWATA in Benue state has been drenched in blood. Last October, I launched 50 books at the same time in Abuja to mark my birthday. One of the books is titled “Blood on the Niger and Benue: Nigeria’s Grim Insecurity Situation”....
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...
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...
50 million Nigerians are sickle cell carriers - Experts
Punch
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June 19, 2025
As the world marks Sickle Cell Day on Thursday, medical experts have said that no fewer than 50 million Nigerians are carrying the sickle cell traits. They, however encouraged sickle cell patients to keep the hope alive, saying that their health...
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...
Food Security: Ndarani Donates N30m To Foundation
News Investigators Nigeria
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June 29, 2025
News Investigators/ A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mohammed Ndarani, has called for more empowerment of Nigerians with skills in education and agriculture for sustainable development and food security. Mr Ndarani made the call on Saturday in Abuja...
World Sickle Cell Day: 50 million Nigerians carry trait
Tribune Online
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June 19, 2025
As World Sickle Cell Day was marked across the globe on Thursday, medical experts have encouraged sickle cell patients (warriors) to remain hopeful, stressing that the condition is not a death sentence. Speaking at a one-day workshop held in...
Don’t fear Nuclear Energy; It’s for Our Development – PM Ngirente Tells African Leaders
KT Press Rwanda
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June 30, 2025
8 Prime Minister Dr. Edouard Ngirente has called on Africans to change their mindset regarding preconceived notions about nuclear energy to take advantage of the existing nuclear energy sources and potential to spur economic development for...
NNPCL revenue hits ₦6tn in May, profit jumps 14%
Punch
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June 30, 2025
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited posted ₦6.008tn in revenue for May 2025, a slight rise from the ₦5.972tn recorded in April, amid improved crude oil and condensate production. According to the latest Monthly Report Summary released...
Addressing Nigeria’s broken food supply chain is crucial for poverty alleviation
Nairametrics
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June 30, 2025
Despite years of government-led poverty alleviation programmes, Nigeria’s hunger crisis continues to deepen. The disconnect lies not in the absence of social interventions but in their detachment from the core realities of food production and...
I pray Allah not to give me what would not benefit others — Alhaji Aminu Dantata
Daily Trust
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June 28, 2025
There is only one word to describe Alhaji AMINU ALHASSAN DANTATA: colossus, in height, age and the stupendous wealth he has garnered, as well as experiences, lands and other properties, over the years. He has been doing business for more than 70...
NASS Roundup: Budget extension, Rivers appropriation bill, NNPC’s N210trn missing funds, other stories from Senate
Premium Times
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June 30, 2025
Senate extends 2024 Budget implementation One of the first major legislative decisions taken by the Senate upon resumption was the extension of the capital component of the 2024 national budget until 31 December 2025. The Deputy Senator President,...
The great population peak: What happens after 10.3B?
Kiss 104 FM - Georgia
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June 30, 2025
The great population peak: What happens after 10.3B? In 1968, biologist Paul Ehrlich's "The Population Bomb" warned of a looming catastrophe: famines and societal collapse driven by runaway population growth. Over five decades later, the global...
Fear And Fragility: How Safe Are Nigerians?
Daily Independent
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June 29, 2025
1 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...
Peter Obi: Tinubu’s Ill-Timed Trip To St. Lucia Shows This Administration’s Insensitivity, Lack Of Passion
Arise News
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June 29, 2025
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s trip to Saint Lucia, calling it an ill-timed and insensitive decision in the face of deepening national crises. This came as he had...
Democracy Dominoes: When neighbours fall, who stands last? – IMANI
3News.com
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June 19, 2025
In an increasingly precarious West African neighbourhood, Ghana appears outwardly calm—but the tremors at its borders raise urgent questions. Military juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have overthrown constitutions with ease, while civilian...
Mokwa’s flood is a climate warning we cannot ignore
Daily Trust
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June 20, 2025
On May 28, 2025, the tranquil town of Mokwa in Niger State was transformed into a scene of devastation when floodwaters tore through the town. It didn’t just sweep away homes and livelihoods — the flood exposed the growing fragility of our...
Of El-Rufai, Revisionism, and Delusion of Grandeur
This Day
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June 29, 2025
Shamshudeen Abdulmumin In the grand and often turbulent theatre of Nigerian politics, there strides a figure both familiar and infamous — whose silver tongue weaves intricate tapestries of audacity and artifice, crafting illusions so deftly...
Nigeria’s worsening hunger crisis
The Sun Nigeria
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June 30, 2025
It is disturbing that Nigeria has, once again, been classified as one of the countries facing acute hunger in the world. In a recent report, the United Nations (UN) listed it and 12 other countries as hunger hotspots of the world. The Lagos...