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More debts and currency devaluation ahead
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Case study: Coronavirus likely to accelerate Kaduna’s economic crisis, cutbacks expected
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Nigeria reduces 2020 budget, freezes recruitment
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Insurgency operations taking place this week in the periphery of Borno
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Nigerian medical doctors strike at a bad time
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Nigerian authorities announce major measures to thwart Covid-19
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22 cases of Covid-19 in Nigeria as of 21 March, as more states confirm new cases
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Political fallout from the coronavirus in Nigeria
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Mass banditry: Northwest bandits infiltrated by insurgents
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Borno’s capital Maiduguri under siege: Boko Haram wants its fall
Download the MP3 file Keeping and protecting the northeastern city of Maiduguri is likely to be a major test for the Buhari administration over the coming months. Over the past weeks, there has been increasing evidence that Boko Haram and the Islamic State active in the region known as ISWAP have been chipping away slowly but surely at the presence of the Nigerian government, degrading its military positions, but also inflicting misery to the local populations to push for a rebellion, with the ultimate goal is to see the government exit Maiduguri. This is not likely going to happen, but...
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Public Health: Coronavirus makes its appearance in southwest Nigeria
The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health confirmed the positive test of coronavirus in Nigeria, on Friday 28 February. The announcement came in a statement signed by Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire. The case was recorded on Thursday 27 February 2020. The ministry's statement says the case is an Italian citizen who travelled to Nigeria for business on 25 February 2020. The patient flew a...
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