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FirstBank Convenes Agric Stakeholders to Reignite Nigeria’s Export Economy
Nigeria News Desk
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August 20, 2025
L–R: Mrs. Nonye Ayeni, CEO, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC); Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State; Mr. Olusegun Alebiosu, MD/CEO, FirstBank Group; Gov. Umar Bago, Governor of Niger State; and Engr. Ibrahim Alkali, representing...
Illegal mining costs Nigeria 13.7trn annually, bankrolls banditry – FCT Police Commissioner
Daily Post
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August 20, 2025
The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ajao Adewale, said illegal mining is fueling banditry and costing the country an estimated N13.7 trillion annually. According to him, illegal mining has become a powerful cartel-driven...
Niger police arrest four for theft of truck
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 18, 2025
The Niger State Police Command has disclosed that on 12th August 2025, at about 9:30 pm, based on credible intelligence received at Maje Division, some persons were planning to sell a suspected stolen truck along the Kaduna road, specifically the...
Sanwo-Olu makes case for agric financing at First Bank Expo
Eagle Online
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August 20, 2025
Nigeria’s agricultural produce is ripe for export competitiveness at the global market, but access to finance for local farmers to meet the demand and quality needs remains the main drawback impeding the pathway of local crops from getting to...
N-HYPPADEC, Niger to revive moribund Bida Mana water works
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 20, 2025
The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) stated that it will work with relevant agencies of the Niger State government to revive the moribund Bida Mana Water Works in Bida Local Council, thereby...
Red Cross Donates To Mokwa Flood Victims
Leadership
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August 24, 2025
The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) has built 47 shelters with boreholes, toilets and bathrooms to victims of the recent flood disaster in Mokwa, Niger State. The organisation has also distributed 500 dignity kits to women and girls of...
Police Nab Salesgirl Over N29m Theft From Phone Store In Niger
Information Nigeria
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August 19, 2025
The Niger State Police Command has taken into custody a 23-year-old salesgirl, Sarah Ogbonna, accused of stealing goods valued at more than N29 million from a phone store in Minna. In a statement issued on Monday, the State Police Public Relations...
13% derivation legal battle: Coalition of Niger state support groups back government
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 19, 2025
A Coalition of Niger state support groups has thrown its weight behind the state government’s legal action against the Attorney-General of the Federation over exclusion of the state from the 13 per cent derivation The President General of...
Massacre de l'armée coloniale au Niger : derrière le mea culpa de Macron, la continuité d’un récit historique biaisé
The Conversation
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August 19, 2025
Le 19 juin 2025, le représentant permanent de la France auprès des Nations unies a reconnu que Paris était ouvert au dialogue avec le Niger et prêt à collaborer avec des chercheurs spécialisés afin de mettre en place une coopération patrimoniale...
Niger monarch urges communities to reintegrate GBV survivors
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 16, 2025
The people of communities affected by the activities of bandits in the Niger State have been called upon to reintegrate the survivors of gender based violence, to psychologically, socially, and financially equip them to return to their families....
Niger State Seeks Investors To Boost Transportation Infrastructure
Leadership
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August 16, 2025
The Niger State government has restated its readiness to welcome investments across all modes of transportation to drive economic growth and enhance public safety. The deputy governor, Comrade Yakubu Garba, who spoke on Thursday, said the state is...
One killed, others injured as SUV collides with commercial bus in Lagos
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 19, 2025
A man driving a Highlander Jeep was killed yesterday after his vehicle, travelling at excessive speed, collided with a commercial bus that had stopped illegally to pick up passengers at Volkswagen, on the route towards Mile 2, Lagos. The jeep,...
Marine and Blue Economy: Oyetola’s two-year voyage of reform and growth
Business Day
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August 18, 2025
On August 20, 2023, history was made in Nigeria’s maritime governance. That day, the Federal Government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR formally birthed the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy—a bold institutional innovation to harness the...
Police nab salesgirl for stealing N29m from Niger phone shop
Punch
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August 18, 2025
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old salesgirl, Sarah Ogbonna, for allegedly stealing items worth over N29 million from a phone shop in Minna. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a...
Salesgirl Arrested For Stealing N29Million Goods From Phone Shop To Rent, Furnish Boyfriend’s Apartment, Others In Niger State
Sahara Reporters
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The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old sales assistant, Sarah Ogbonna, for allegedly stealing over N29 million worth of items from a phone shop to fund her boyfriend’s apartment and other expenses. According to the state Police...
Police nab four over theft of company truck in Niger
Punch
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August 18, 2025
The Niger State Police Command has arrested four suspects for alleged criminal conspiracy and theft of a company truck in Suleja. The spokesperson for the command, Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, saying the suspects were...
Police detain four over theft of truck in Niger
Punch
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August 18, 2025
The Niger State Police Command says it has detained four persons for alleged conspiracy and theft of a truck on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, Dikko, Suleja. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement issued...
Boko Haram Islamists Killed in Airstrikes in Nigeria
Modern Tokyo Times
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August 24, 2025
Boko Haram Islamists Killed in Airstrikes in Nigeria Murad Makhmudov and Noriko Watanabe Modern Tokyo Times Nigeria continues to grapple with Islamist terrorism and ethnically driven violence, often intertwined with anti-Christian sentiment. In...
Bank Of Algeria Joins Pan-African Payment And Settlement System (PAPSS) Network, Accelerating Financial Integration In Africa As Algeria Prepares To Host Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025)
MENAFN
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August 15, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) launched by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) ( ) in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)...
One killed as car slams into commercial bus in Lagos
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 18, 2025
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) intervened on Monday in a serious road traffic accident involving a Toyota Highlander Jeep (APP 150 EY) and a painted T4 commercial bus (KJA 328 XH), which occurred in the early hours at...