Tag: Nigeria
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Nigeria, South Africa seek stronger economic ties, faster AfCFTA implementation
Stakeholders from Nigeria and South Africa have called for deeper economic alignment, increased investment flows and accelerated implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), as both nations position themselves as key drivers of Africa’s growth. The call was made at the second edition of the South Africa–Nigeria Economic Diplomacy Roundtable held in Lagos,…
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🇳🇬 From Conviction to Crown: The Controversial Rise of a Lebanese-Nigerian Billionaire in Nigeria’s Infrastructure Empire
In a country where public memory often collides with political reinvention, the story of one Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire stands as a striking example of how power, wealth, and influence can reshape legacy. Once convicted for laundering billions tied to one of Africa’s most infamous dictators, he has, three decades later, emerged as Nigeria’s most dominant private…
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🇬🇧🇳🇬 Grace Ladoja: Shaping Culture, One Shoe at a Time
When Nike announced a new collaboration with Grace Ladoja, it wasn’t just another celebrity partnership — it was a celebration of heritage, innovation, and the power of cultural storytelling through design. Known for her transformative work in music and fashion, the British-Nigerian creative now steps into a new space: footwear that echoes the rhythm of…
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🇳🇬 “Digging Under Our Homes”: Backyard Tin And Columbite Mining Sweeps Central Nigeria
Families across central Nigeria are literally turning their compounds into small mine sites, digging narrow shafts in their backyards to search for tin, columbite and related minerals that once powered the country’s early mining boom. Where this is happening The new wave of backyard mining is most visible in Plateau State, particularly around the Jos…
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🇳🇬🇺🇸 Strategic Shift and Kinetic Action: The U.S. Approach Against the Islamic State in Nigeria
Nigeria’s domestic insecurity has increasingly been instrumentalized within U.S. foreign policy discourse. In November last year, President Donald Trump threatened direct kinetic intervention to counter a so-called “Christian genocide” in Nigeria. Despite these claims, insecurity is driven by overlapping and long-standing land disputes, herder-farmer tensions, communal violence, and organized crime, with the vast majority of…
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🇳🇬Nigeria police rescue 33 girls from human trafficking network
The Nigeria Police Force has rescued 33 underage girls who were abducted by members of a human trafficking network in Anambra State in 2025, the local newspaper Punch reported, citing state police spokesperson Tochukwu Ikenga. The operation, carried out on 7 January, followed information received by the police operations centre that three girls who had…
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🇳🇬🇺🇸BREAKING: U.S. Conducts Unauthorized Airstrikes on Nigerian Soil, Sovereignty Questions Erupt
WASHINGTON D.C./ABUJA – In a sudden and unilateral military escalation, former U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States has launched airstrikes inside Nigeria, allegedly targeting factions linked to the Islamic State (ISIS). The announcement, made outside standard diplomatic or bilateral military channels, has immediately sparked fierce condemnation and profound concern across the African…
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🇳🇬🇺🇸 US conducts reconnaissance flights over Nigeria
Since late November, the United States has been conducting reconnaissance flights over a significant part of Nigeria, with missions taking place almost daily, Reuters reported, citing monitoring data and statements by US officials. 🔸According to the agency, the reconnaissance missions are carried out by aircraft operated by the contractor Tenax Aerospace, which works closely with…
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🇳🇬 The HELOC Kings: Nigeria’s Cybercrime Masterminds and the Cost of a Stolen Reputation
In December 2025, a U.S. district judge labeled him a “perpetual thief” and a “flagrant serial offender.” Oluwaseun Adekoya, a Nigerian national living in a luxury New Jersey apartment, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for orchestrating a complex fraud that stole millions from Americans’ home equity lines of credit (HELOCs). His case is…
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🇳🇬 Black Axe: Nigeria Mafia Cult
Police units around the world have joined forces in a series of covert operations targeting one of West Africa’s most feared criminal networks – Black Axe. Operation Jackal III saw officers in body armour carry out raids in 21 countries between April and July 2024. The mission, co-ordinated by global policing agency Interpol, led to…
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