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Nigeria To Help Train African Scientists In Synergy With SPARK
TVC News Nigeria
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July 10, 2025
he Presidential Initiative on Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC) and the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) have announced a strategic collaboration with SPARK GLOBAL to train and empower African...
Nigeria set to host 7th National Council on AIDS
Premium Times
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July 10, 2025
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has announced that delegates from all 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory will convene in Lagos next month for the 7th National Council on AIDS (NCA). Established under...
Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act needs reform already – Stakeholders
Business Day
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July 10, 2025
Key players in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry have called for an urgent review of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), citing outdated provisions that fail to align with global trends, evolving technology, and current industry challenges. They made...
Nigeria, Russia forge stronger Cultural, Creative, tourism partnership
TVC News Nigeria
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July 10, 2025
Nigeria and Russia have taken significant steps toward deepening cultural, creative, and tourism ties following a high-level diplomatic meeting held in Abuja. During the meeting, Nigeria’s Honourable Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the...
Nigeria’s President faults new US visa policy, says it’s unfair, non-reciprocal
Premium Times
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July 10, 2025
The office of Nigeria’s president has faulted the recent changes to the US visa policy for Nigerians, stating that Nigeria has not suspended the five-year multiple entry visa option for US citizens. In a statement issued on Thursday, President...
Nigerian soldiers nab suspected militia kingpin in Nasarawa, battle terrorists
Premium Times
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July 10, 2025
Troops of the Nigerian Army have apprehended a wanted militia leader, Haruna Abdulhamid, during a sting operation in Gidan Waya in Nasarawa State. A credible source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Sector II Operation Whirl Stroke troops...
Nigeria’s climate crisis and the emotional cost of neglect
The Cable
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July 10, 2025
BY LEKAN OLAYIWOLA In Nigeria, the rainy season doesn’t merely bring water—it brings memory. Memory of homes lost, of schoolbooks drifting in floodwaters, of children gone too soon, of crops buried under silt and silence. It awakens the pain of...
Nigeria is in crisis: Enough of politicians; where are the statesmen?
Daily Trust
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July 9, 2025
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will – Fred Douglass Murry Rothbard (1926-95) started his book ‘The Anatomy of the State” with a predictable quotation, “the greatest danger to the State is intellectual...
Nigeria’s FX Reserves to Hit $41 Billion by December
News Central TV
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July 10, 2025
Nigeria’s foreign exchange (FX) reserves are projected to reach $41 billion by the end of December 2025. This forecast comes from CardinalStone‘s mid-year outlook report. The anticipated $41 billion in external reserves would represent a slight...
Nigerian markets led by solid services sector performance as investors eye GDP and trade developments
LondonlovesBusiness
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July 10, 2025
Nigerian equities remain on firm footing, with the NGX All Share Index approaching the 122,000-point threshold after closing Wednesday at 121,989.67, a gain of 0.28%. The advance was driven by strong performances in electronic technology and...
Nigeria: TCN launches Kano reconductoring in grid upgrade push
ESI Africa
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July 10, 2025
A major double-circuit transmission line in Nigeria, which feeds key industrial zones, is set for a major upgrade over the next 12 months. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) confirmed this past week that it has initiated a significant line...
Nigeria Gets $747Million From Global Lenders To Finance Phase 1 Of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway
Sahara Reporters
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The Nigerian Government has secured a $747 million syndicated loan to fund the construction of Phase 1, Section 1 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. According to the statement signed by Mohammed Manga, Director of Information and Public...
Nigeria secures $747 million syndicated loan for Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway
Nairametrics
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July 10, 2025
The Federal Government has secured a $747 million syndicated loan to finance Phase 1 Section 1 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, a major infrastructure project under the Renewed Hope Agenda. The loan, announced in a press statement by the...
Nigeria’s Security Architecture Turns the Tide
Equity Media
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July 10, 2025
In May 2023, as Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office as President of Nigeria, the nation stood at a precarious juncture. Its landscape had become pockmarked by a constellation of crises: insurgency in the North-East, rampant banditry across the...
Nigeria: Off-grid refrigeration systems for rural areas
ESI Africa
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July 10, 2025
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) of Nigeria and the UN Environment Programme’s United for Efficiency (U4E) initiative have partnered to pilot the deployment of energy-efficient, climate-friendly off-grid refrigeration systems in underserved...
Nigeria’s visa woes and the imperative of strategic diplomacy
Daily Trust
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July 10, 2025
The latest visa developments from two of Nigeria’s most crucial international partners, the United States and the United Arab Emirates, cast a long and troubling shadow over our nation’s global standing and its socio-economic aspirations. Within...
2026 Enugu Tech Festival To Attract 50,000 Attendees
This Day
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July 11, 2025
Gideon Arinze in Enugu The Enugu State government has said that over 50,000 tech enthusiasts from across the world are expected to attend the 2026 edition of the Enugu Tech Festival. Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology, Lawrence...
“Nigeria Now Safer, More Attractive To Investors Under Tinubu” – Ribadu Claims
Information Nigeria
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July 9, 2025
National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has cautioned critics of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration against underestimating his leadership, stating that Nigeria is now more stable and attractive to investors. Speaking at the...
Nigeria rallies support for menstrual equity, end to period poverty
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 10, 2025
In a historic move aimed at confronting period poverty and menstrual stigma, Nigeria has held its first-ever National Summit on Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management (MHHM), bringing together a cross-section of stakeholders to build consensus on...
Nigeria secures $747m syndicated loan for Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project
Business Day
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July 9, 2025
Nigeria has secured a $747 million syndicated loan to finance Phase 1 Section 1 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, a flagship initiative under the federal government’s Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Agenda. The Federal Ministry of...