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Climate Crisis Threatening Right To Life – UN
African Examiner
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June 30, 2025
Posted by African Examiner Latest Headlines, World News Monday, June 30th, 2025 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The climate crisis is threatening the right to life, the UN human rights chief warned Monday, as a heatwave roasted southern Europe. Volker Turk...
Nigeria’s pension assets hit N23.65trn
New National Star
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June 30, 2025
BY SAM OTUONYE The total pension fund assets in Nigeria rose to N23.65trn at the end of April 2025 from N23.33trn in March, according to the latest unaudited report released by the National Pension Commission. The figure includes all approved...
Nigeria’s future lies in youth-driven entrepreneurship and technology integration – Adewola
Business Day
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June 30, 2025
Doyin Adewola is a globally recognized entrepreneur, innovation strategist, and ecosystem builder who has spent over a decade transforming how people work, live, and invest. As the founder of Box Office HubNigeria’s pioneering co-working space he...
Nigeria wants to nurture seeds of solidarity with OECS region
Jamaica Observer
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June 30, 2025
Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, addressing a joint sitting of the St. Lucia Parliament on Monday (Photo: CMC) CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Monday laid the “seeds of solidarity” with the Organisation of...
Nigeria And Saint Lucia Mulls Strong Diplomatic Ties
Oriental News Nigeria
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June 30, 2025
Ken Okeke President Bola Tinubu and Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre have committed to establishing formal diplomatic relations between Nigeria and Saint Lucia. Both leaders discussed ongoing efforts toward this goal during President Tinubu’s...
Nigeria’s Customs Comptroller General Adeniyi Elected As WCO Council Chair
Oriental News Nigeria
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June 30, 2025
Tunde Bakare The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (CGC) Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR has been elected as Chairperson of the World Customs Organization (WCO ) Council, the highest decision-making body in global customs administration....
Tinubu woos east caribbean states to invest in Nigeria
News Diary Online
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June 30, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has called on the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to take advantage of ‘Africa’s largest market’ and invest in Nigeria. By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu has called on the...
World Food Programme to Invest $16mn in Northern Nigeria in July
CNBC Africa
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June 30, 2025
In a significant move aimed at combating the burgeoning food crisis in Nigeria, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is poised to inject $16 million into northern Nigeria. Scheduled for July, this investment will channel through local...
Nigeria will save N1.7 trillion from Dangote’s N720 billion investment on 4,000 CNG trucks
Nairametrics
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June 30, 2025
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has invested over N720 billion to implement its landmark initiative of deploying 4,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered trucks for the nationwide distribution of petroleum products, which is expected to save...
Nigeria’s bond addiction: How government debt is starving the private sector
Nairametrics
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June 30, 2025
In recent years, government-issued bonds have become some of the most attractive instruments in Nigeria’s financial ecosystem. With yields ranging between 14% and 18%, Federal Government bonds, Sukuk instruments, and treasury bills have drawn in a...
Industrial Evolution: Nasarawa, Nigeria’s emerging ‘China’
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 30, 2025
After serving as Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, the highest rung in the nation’s law enforcement hierarchy, I embraced my exit from the police with a new kind of duty: active citizenship. Freed from the daily demands of policing, I have...
Will Nigeria curb rising debt stock?
CNBC Africa
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June 30, 2025
In the latest financial analysis, Nigeria's public debt has surged 22.8% year-on-year, reaching a staggering 149.39 trillion naira by the end of the first quarter, as outlined by the Debt Management Office. The swelling debt figures say as much...
GLOBAL: NGO calls for funds from shipping’s global emissions fee to ‘support countries at the frontline of climate change’
Bunkerspot
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June 30, 2025
Details Written by Ian Taylor Published: 30 June 2025 In a new report published today (30 June), the climate NGO Opportunity Green said the funds raised by the global fee on ships’ emissions that will be introduced as part of the International...
Official Visit by Nigerian President Reaffirms St. Lucia’s Commitment to Deepening Ties with African Nations and Global South Community
The Voice
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June 30, 2025
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E. Bola Ahmed Tinubu & Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre The official visit of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E. Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, to Saint Lucia heralds a new dawn for...
Tinubu: Nigeria Considering Visa Waiver for OECS Officials to Deepen Afro-Caribbean Ties
Arise News
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June 30, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced that Nigeria is considering the implementation of a visa waiver programme for officials of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), as part of broader efforts to strengthen diplomatic and...
Tinubu: Nigeria open to visa waiver for diplomats, government officials from Eastern Carribean states
The Cable
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June 30, 2025
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is open to exploring a visa waiver arrangement for holders of diplomatic and official passports from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The OECS comprises Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth...
Tinubu proposes visa waiver for OECS official passport holders as Nigeria, Saint Lucia establish diplomatic relations
New Mail
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June 30, 2025
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, formally announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with Saint Lucia, describing it as a “symbolic bridge that will provide a gateway in fostering closer ties between us.” President Tinubu stated this...
Chakwera Returns from Nigeria with a Good story: Magwero Industrial Park Construction Kicks Off in July
Nyasa Times
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June 30, 2025
Malawi’s march toward industrialisation and job creation is gaining decisive momentum as President Lazarus Chakwera announced that construction of the long-awaited Magwero Industrial Park will begin in July, backed by financing from the African...
The unseen struggle: menstrual poverty's grip on the Nigerian girlchild
Pulse
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June 30, 2025
In a nation striving for progress, a silent crisis continues to erode the potential of millions of its young women: menstrual poverty. This multifaceted challenge, encompassing lack of access to sanitary products, inadequate hygiene facilities,...
BHCPF: FG to disburse N32bn for PHC revamp as 37 million Nigerians access care
Premium Times
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June 30, 2025
The federal government has announced a fresh disbursement of N32 billion under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) to revamp over 8,000 primary healthcare centres (PHCs) across the country. The Chairperson, Health Commissioners Forum,...