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Nigeria’s GDP records 5% growth for second quarter

Nigeria’s government Monday unveiled the details of what propelled a strong economic showing resulting in the attainment of Gross Domestic Product of 5.01 in the second quarter of 2021. The country’s Minister of Finance and Budget Planning, Zainab Ahmed, who…

Cote d’Ivoire and Mali begin to materialize borders

A joint commission to materialize the Mali-Ivory Coast border has been holding a series of meetings. The meetings are expected to launch the process of materialization and demarcation of the common border, and to promote cross-border cooperation between the two…

Nigeria: Religious leaders call for end to insecurity

The Inter-Religious Council of Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to convene a national confab of critical stakeholders to fashion out lasting solutions to the lingering killings in especially Northern region of the country. The clerics, at the third…

Nigeria: CSOs, media urged to engage in migration advocacy

Members of Civil Society Organizations and the media have been urged to engage in advocacy that would address issues of migration in Nigeria. The Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Hajiya Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim stated this…

Nigeria: Govt re-imposes 24-hour curfew on Jos

In Nigeria, the Plateau State government has re-imposed a 24-hour curfew on Jos North Local Government Area (LGA). This follows tensions sparked by an attack on Yelwa Zangam – a village in Zangam District of the state.  36 people were…

Boko Haram kills 16 soldiers In Niger Republic

Niger’s Defence Minister Alkassoum Indatou told AFP on Wednesday that an attack by hundreds of Boko Haram fighters on a town in Niger Republic’s jihadist-plagued southeast killed 16 soldiers and wounded nine others. The minister said in a statement that…