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A Nigerian court recently sentenced Mahmud Muhammad Usman, a top leader of the militant group Ansaru, to 15 years in prison for illegal mining and using the profits to fund terror activity. AP News What led to this Usman pleaded guilty to one of 32 charges. The others—terrorism, arms—are still under process. AP News Ansaru…
Nigeria has imposed a six-month ban on the export of raw shea nuts. The goal: force local processing, grow downstream industries, and earn more from what it already produces. AP News What this means Nigeria supplies about 40% of the world’s raw shea nuts, but only 1% of the global value of refined shea (butters,…
Frontline resident doctors across public hospitals in Nigeria began a five-day strike on September 12, 2025. Reuters What prompted the strike Their demands: release of the 2025 medical residency training fund, payment of salary arrears, improvements in working conditions. Reuters Despite past promises, these needs have gone unmet. Doctors say they’ve been pushed too far.…
The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group), Temi Popoola, has emphasised the critical role of capital markets in strengthening Nigeria–Brazil trade and investment ties, particularly by creating growth opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Speaking during a high-level business session on the sidelines of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state…
In a statement signed on Wednesday by Abiodun Oladunjoye, Director of Information at the State House, it was clarified that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) designated Kisarazu as the hometown for Nigeria, with no mention of te purported introduction of a special visa category for Nigerians.A The Nigerian government, under Bola Tinubu, has retracted…
Scene of the train accident. Photo: ZagazolaMakama / X By Gift Habib The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has carried out a clearance operation that led to the rescue of all 618 passengers aboard a derailed Kaduna-bound train along the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor. The corps spokesperson, Afolabi Babawale, disclosed this in a statement on…
Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi, says the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the south is sacrifice for unity. On Monday, the PDP national executive committee (NEC), the party’s highest decision-making organ, threw the contest for the presidential ticket to the south, while keeping the chairmanship position in the north. The…
A United States court has sentenced Oba Joseph Oloyede, the Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, to 56 months in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar COVID-19 relief fraud scheme. According to a statement issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio, Oloyede, 62, who holds dual U.S. and Nigerian…
Lusaka – African health minister have pledged renewed action to end all forms of polio and safeguard the gains of eradication that have seen millions of children across the region saved from the devastation of poliovirus. Gathering in two high-level sessions during the Seventy-fifth sessions of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa…