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AfDB Backs Niger’s Energy Reform with US$144 Million Loan
News Ghana
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August 1, 2025
The African Development Bank has approved a $144.27 million financing package to support Niger’s energy sector overhaul, targeting chronic electricity shortages affecting rural communities. Approved by the AfDB Board of Directors, the loan funds...
House razings to save Niger capital's forest shield dismay locals
Modern Ghana
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Hamissou Issiakou grumbled as he worked to strip bare his house, marked for demolition for illegally encroaching on the tip of green forest that's keeping the expanding desert at bay from Niger's capital. His is one of nearly 500 homes being...
Federal Gov’t Approves N68.7bn To Light Up 8 Universities, Hospitals, Rural Businesses
Leadership
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August 1, 2025
The federal government has approved contracts worth N68.7 billion for two major power initiatives. These initiatives aim to provide reliable electricity to universities, teaching hospitals, and rural businesses as part of its push to transform...
Russia wants to mine Niger’s uranium
The Daily Tribune - News Of Bahrain
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AFP | Niamey Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com Russia wishes to mine uranium in Niger, a top source of the radioactive metal ruled by a military junta friendly to the Kremlin, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev has said. Since the junta took power in...
Global Perspective: Expectations rising for African economic growth, democratization
The Mainichi
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A man, center, in Niamey, the capital of Niger, is seen surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren in this photo taken in May 2023. (Mainichi/Mitsuyoshi Hirano) By Akihiko Tanaka, Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo From Aug. 20 to...
Junta-led Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso plan taxes to fund new investment bank
Business Insider Africa
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July 31, 2025
The military-led governments of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso plan to allocate a portion of their national revenues to a newly established investment bank. This is part of a broader effort to reduce their dependence on foreign donors and steer...
Obi faults national honours for politicians, says entrepreneurs deserve GCFR, GCON
The Cable
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August 1, 2025
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, has faulted the practice of bestowing national honours on politicians. Obi spoke on Thursday in Abuja during the public presentation of Chronicles of a Legend, a...
GCFR, GCON honours should be for entrepreneurs, not politicians, Obi slams FG
Eagle Online
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August 1, 2025
The 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has criticised the Federal Government’s continued practice of awarding national honours to politicians. Obi averred that the prestigious national award should instead be for...
13% derivation: Niger state drags AGF to Supreme Court
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 31, 2025
The Niger state government has dragged the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice to the Supreme Court over omission in the 13 per cent derivation. In an originating summons sighted by Blueprint Correspondent, Niger state...
Produce For Lagos Sets New Pace For National Food Coordination, Market Reform
Daily Independent
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August 1, 2025
1 With the official launch of the Produce for Lagos initiative and the N500 billion Offtake Guarantee Fund, an initiative of the state government aimed at boosting food security, reducing imports and enhancing agricultural productivity, Lagos...
Group partners Niger govt to tackle gender-based violence
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 31, 2025
The concern raised by various stakeholders of the society across Niger State about increasing cases of stigmatisation of survivors of gender-based violence has informed the decision of the state Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and the Ministry of...
13% Derivation: Niger drags attorney-general to Supreme Court over exclusion from states producing natural resources
Peoples Gazette
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July 31, 2025
The Niger State government has dragged the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to the Supreme Court over its omission from the 13 per cent derivation. In an originating summons at the apex court, the Niger State government,...
Banditry: Niger Assembly Speaker commends security forces for protecting communities
Daily Post
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July 31, 2025
The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Mohammed Sarkin-Daji, has commended the bravery and dedication of the security forces who risked their lives to protect citizens and restore peace to communities in Rijau, Rijau Local...
Africaribbean Trade and Investment Forum Communiqué
Now Grenada
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July 30, 2025
We, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Government of Grenada, convened the 4th AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2025) from 28 to 29 July 2025 in St George’s, Grenada, under the theme, Resilience and Transformation —...
13% Derivation: Niger Drags Attorney-General To Supreme Court
News Investigators Nigeria
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July 31, 2025
News Investigators/ The Niger State government has dragged the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to the Supreme Court over its omission from the 13 per cent derivation. In an originating summons sighted by the News Agency...
13% Derivation: Niger State drags FG to Supreme Court
Eagle Online
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July 31, 2025
The Niger State Government has taken the Federal Government to the Supreme Court to challenge its omission as a beneficiary of the 13 percent derivation. In the originating summons filed through its team of lawyers led by Mr. Mohammed Ndarani,...
Stakeholders: Nigeria losing 1.5m trees daily to booming charcoal trade
The Cable
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July 31, 2025
The federal government says the charcoal trade is endangering forest sustainability and undermining livelihoods across the country. Aishetu Ndayako, permanent secretary of the ecological project office (EPO), spoke in Abuja on Wednesday at a...
Charcoal trade threatens Nigeria's forests, livelihoods –FG
Punch
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July 30, 2025
The Federal Government on Wednesday said the charcoal trade is a threat to forest sustainability and livelihood in the country. The Permanent Secretary, Ecological Project Office, Office of the Secretary to the Federal Government, Dr. Aishetu...
To attract investors, Africa must smash economic stereotypes
Context
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Africa is young, dynamic and rich in resources, but misperceptions obscure its potential and deter investors. That needs to change. Hanan Morsy is Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa...
Police arrest 10 suspected human trafficking syndicate, rescue 36 victims in Niger
Premium Times
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July 30, 2025
The Nigerian police have arrested a 10-member syndicate in Minna, Niger State, suspected to specialise in international human trafficking. The syndicate is believed to act as travel agents under false pretence and trafficking of unsuspecting...