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Shortages Hit Nigeria's Drive Towards Natural Gas-fuelled Cars

Motorists in Nigerian cities are spending hours, or even days, queuing for natural gas to power their cars after the government promoted its use as an alternative fuel.

International Business Times

Nigerian president orders crackdown on gangs after 150 killed in conflict-hit north

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to hunt down the perpetrators of a weekend attack that killed at least 150 people in the country’s northcentral

The Independent UK

Death toll from an attack by gunmen in north-central Nigeria reaches 150, survivors say

The death toll from an attack by gunmen in north-central Nigeria over the weekend has climbed to 150

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Nigerian leader's pardon of executed Ogoni activists draws criticisms

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu posthumously pardoned nine environmental activists executed 30 years ago by the military junta ruling the country at the time

The Independent UK

Nigeria flash floods: Which is most affected area, what caused the deluge?

At least 150 people killed and many more missing after torrential rains cause flooding in Mokwa city in Niger State.

Al Jazeera

Rescue operations underway after Nigeria flooding kills at least 150

Flash flooding earlier this week in central Nigeria killed more than 150 people, a local disaster response spokesman told AFP on Saturday, while displacing 3,000, levelling more than 250 homes and washing away two bridges.

Radio France Internationale

Nigeria has a food security problem as water for crops is harder to find

Climate change is challenging agriculture in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country

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Fears of Boko Haram comeback stir in Nigerian birthplace of Maiduguri

Threat from jihadists had widely been perceived to be extinguished, but recent clashes suggest otherwise

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Attack by gunmen leaves at least 40 people dead in Nigeria, the country's president says

Nigeria’s president says that at least 40 people were killed when Muslim gunmen, believed to be herders, attacked a Christian farming community in the north-central part of the country, the latest in a spate of increasingly sectarian violence in the West African country

The Independent UK

A song critical of Nigeria's president is barred from airwaves

Authorities in Nigeria have barred radio stations from playing a song critical of President Bola Tinubu and his administration’s policies

The Independent UK

Nigerian President Sacks Board Of State Oil Company

President Bola Tinubu dismissed the entire leadership of Nigeria's state-run oil company Wednesday, naming a former Shell executive to lead the outfit in a sweeping overhaul that one commentator described as "long overdue".

International Business Times

Nigeria’s state of emergency: was President Tinubu’s declaration legal and justified?

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu recently declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, in the country’s south-south region. He also suspended the state governor and dissolved the state’s House of Assembly. This declaration has led to debates in Nigeria about the legality of the decision. Public law scholar Abiodun Odusote…

The Conversation

Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State under emergency: sending in the army isn’t the answer

President Bola Tinubu recently declared a state of emergency in Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State, in the country’s south-south region.

The Conversation

Nigeria’s 2025 budget has major flaws and won’t ease economic burden

There are doubts as to whether Nigerian president Bola Tinubu’s N54.99 trillion (US$36.6 billion) 2025 budget will lay a solid foundation for addressing some of the country’s current economic challenges.

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Lack Of Regional Cooperation Hampering Lake Chad Jihadist Fight

Lack of military coordination and tension among countries in Africa's Lake Chad region are hindering efforts to end a more than decade-long jihadist insurgency, according to local officials and security sources.

The Guardian - UK

‘There is nothing here’: the island left behind by Lagos’s economic boom

Politicians in Nigeria hope the country’s largest city will one day look like Dubai, but on nearby Refuge Island people live without electricity

Radio France Internationale

Death toll in Nigeria tanker truck blast rises to 86

A total of 86 people have died after a petrol tanker truck overturned and exploded in Niger state. Most of the victims were impoverished local residents who had rushed to scoop up the spilled petrol, local authorities said. The price of fuel in Nigeria has gone up by 400 percent…

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‘Heartbreaking’: 86 killed in Nigeria tanker explosion

52 others suffered severe burns in the latest tanker explosion in Africa’s largest economy, amid rising fuel cost.

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Military drones deployed as Nigeria loses billions to oil theft gangs

Nigeria is ramping up its battle against oil theft in the Niger Delta, aiming to boost national production to 3 million barrels per day and address energy insecurity.

The Conversation

Nigeria’s economy in 2025 doesn’t look bright – analyst explains why

Nigerians may be wondering whether the year 2025 will bring the “renewed hope” promised by the President Bola Tinubu administration – or whether they are in for another year of economic despair.

Radio France Internationale

Police in Nigeria launch probe after 35 children die in stampede

Police in Nigeria have arrested eight people in connection with a stampede at a school funfair in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ibadan that killed 35 children and seriously injured six others.

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Tragedy Strikes As 35 Children Killed In Nigerian Funfair

Tragic incident at a Nigerian funfair results in the deaths of 35 children, sparking calls for justice and preventive measures.

International Business Times

Nigeria School Fair Stampede Kills 35 Children

A stampede at a school funfair in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ibadan has killed 35 children and seriously injured six others, police said on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

Young Nigerian entrepreneurs seek to reshape relationship with France

During Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s visit to France in November, he brought a delegation of young leaders to strengthen ties and attract investment in Africa’s largest economy. RFI caught up with some of them.

Radio France Internationale

Nigerian businesses court French investors during Tinubu's landmark visit

President Bola Tinubu's state visit to France brings a delegation of Nigerian business leaders seeking new investment in Africa's largest economy. It also reflects growing efforts to strengthen economic links between Nigeria and France.

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