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Nigerians pay $180 taxes per international flight – Report
Punch
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July 5, 2025
Air passengers flying out of Nigeria are paying one of the highest amounts in taxes and charges across Africa, with an average cost of $180 per international departure, nearly three times the continental average of $68, according to a new report...
Presidential monologue – Part 62
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 30, 2025
Turning and turning in the widening gyre/The falcon cannot hear the falconer;/Things fall apart;/ the centre cannot hold;/ Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,/The blood-dimmed tide is loosed,/ and everywhere/The ceremony of innocence is...
Creation of Kainji State will address insecurity in Niger, Kebbi – Ambassador Ibeto
The Sun Nigeria
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July 5, 2025
From Jude Owuamanam The Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Movement of the Creation of Kainji State, Ambassador Ahmed Musa Ibeto, has said that the creation of the state from the current Niger and Kebbi States will address the recurring...
Burkina Faso shuts down 6 foreign NGOs over data, legal breaches
Business Insider Africa
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July 5, 2025
The decrees, dated mid-June, cited a government minister who explained that the decision to revoke the licences of the four NGOs was based on formal breaches. No further details on the nature of the breaches were provided. In the same decrees, two...
Ten Nigerien soldiers killed, 15 others wounded in two armed attacks
Yemen News Agency SABA
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July 5, 2025
[Sat, 05 Jul 2025 14:04:03 +0300] Niamey - Saba: Ten soldiers were killed in two attacks carried out by armed men in western Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso. Nigerian Defense Minister General Salfo Modi said on Saturday that the...
Niger: Gov Bago donates of N100m to Yahaya Abubakar Endowment Fund
Tribune Online
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June 28, 2025
Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State has showered encomiums on the Etsu Nupe and Chairman of the Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar. Governor Umaru Bago hailed the Etsu Nupe during a colloquium on agriculture...
Why banditry persists in North-west, by military, locals
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 4, 2025
For over a decade, banditry and kidnapping have ravaged communities across Nigeria, particularly in the North-west, leaving a trail of devastation and agony. In this report, BENJAMIN SAMSON who recently visited communities and military formations...
Atiku Slams President Tinubu As Nigeria's Exclusion From US-Africa Summit Sparks Outrage
Sahara Reporters
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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has slammed President Bola Tinubu's administration over Nigeria's exclusion from a high-profile US-Africa summit hosted by Donald Trump. The summit, scheduled for July 9, will feature leaders from Gabon,...
‘Fortress Europe’s’ African victims
Mail & Guardian
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July 17, 2025
African refugees and migrants fleeing war and dictatorships in search of safety on European shores. (AFP) Europeans may be horrified by United States President Donald Trump’s draconian immigration policies, which include snatching people off the...
Energy Standoff Between France and Niger : Somair on the Brink of Bankruptcy
Tunisie Numerique
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July 4, 2025
Tensions are mounting between France and Niger over the strategically vital uranium sector. French company Orano, 90% owned by the French state and specialized in nuclear fuel, sounded the alarm on Thursday: its Nigerien subsidiary, Somair, is on...
By-elections: PDP sets date to begin sales of nomination forms
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 3, 2025
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday said it will commence the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms for outstanding by-elections in 12 states on Thursday, July 3. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity...
Niger: Nomadic Affairs Ministry calls for peace, unity
Tribune Online
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June 29, 2025
The Niger State Ministry of Nomadic and Pastoral Affairs, under the leadership of Honourable Commissioner Umar Ahmed Sanda Rebe Jauron Minna, has expressed deep concern over the recurring clashes between farmers and pastoralist communities in...
Niger gov calls for collaboration between private, public sectors to mitigate flood disasters
Tribune Online
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June 28, 2025
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has called for closer collaboration between the private and public sectors to address climate change issues and invest in infrastructure for water harvesting. The Governor made the call at the Niger State...
Terror group JNIM uses violence, negotiation to position itself as political force in Sahel
Malay Mail
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July 5, 2025
ABIDJAN, July 5 — In Africa’s turbulent Sahel region, the Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM jihadist group is expanding its influence by repeated massacres, food distribution and signing pacts with local authorities to position itself as a key political...
Rosen takes command of key Navy overseas region spanning three combatant commands
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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Rear Adm. Brad Rosen, left, took command of Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central July 17, 2025 in Naples, Italy, relieving Rear Adm. Brad Collins, who will next command Navy Region Hawaii at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. (U.S. Navy) NAPLES, Italy...
NHRC boss, Tony Ojukwu, emerges president of West African human rights body
Tribune Online
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July 4, 2025
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Nigeria, Dr. Tony Ojukwu, SAN, has been elected President of the Network of National Human Rights Institutions in West Africa (NNHRI-WA). Ojukwu’s election took place during...
Niger Gov Bago mourns Aminu Dantata, describes his death as national loss
Daily Post
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June 28, 2025
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has mourned the demise of Aminu Dantata, an elderstatesman, describing his death as a national loss Bago in a message through his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, described the deceased as a...
10 Niger soldiers killed in jihadist attacks - Govt
Punch
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July 4, 2025
A double attack Friday by suspected jihadists near Niger’s western border with Burkina Faso left 10 troops dead, authorities said whilst stating that 41 attackers were also killed. The west African country, now run by a military junta, has been...
Niger Killings: NEF Demands State Of Emergency In Northern Nigeria
Leadership
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June 28, 2025
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has condemned the brutal killing of more than 20 Nigerian soldiers in an ambush near Bangi in Mariga local government area of Niger State, describing it as a grim indicator of total security collapse in Northern...
Police arrest two notorious kidnappers, armed robber in Niger
Daily Post
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July 4, 2025
The Niger State Police Command has apprehended two notorious kidnappers who had been wreaking havoc in communities in Bosso Local Government for culpable homicide, alongside an armed robber in the state. They include Sani Mohammed, aka Shawo, 22;...