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LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria has launched a digital currency which the Central Bank of Nigeria says is a “major step forward in the evolution of money” in Africa’s most populous country. President Muhammadu Buhari said at the launch Monday that the digital currency and the blockchain technology it uses can foster economic growth and increase […]
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has asked world leaders to consider developing states “facing fiscal and liquidity challenges” and consider them for “debt suspension, including outright cancellation.” He said this on Friday, while addressing world leaders at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. President Buhari said, “On the issue of […]
Nigeria : Main opposition party has rejected the election results being announced by the Nigerian electoral commission, branding them “incorrect and unacceptable”. The chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, made the comments at a press conference in the capital city, Abuja. Results for the presidential vote in the capital and four states […]
The first results from Nigeria’s presidential vote have been declared. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari won the first two of 36 states for which results were being announced by the election commission in a general election that was partly marred by delays, technical glitches and sporadic violence. Taken together, the president has 566,865 votes and his […]
Nigeria, Five people were left dead after a stampede at a campaign rally in Nigeria. The stampede happened on Thursday at the Jolly Nyame Stadium in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital during the presidential rally of the All Progressives Congress. An eyewitness, told Report Focus that the stampede happened as President Muhammadu Buhari was entering […]
Nigerian state governors on Thursday approved the release of $1 billion from the country’s excess oil account to the government to help fight the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency. The money will come from what is known as the excess crude account, which is a reserve of money earned from selling oil. The sum is almost […]
Kano – A Nigerian minister has promised to quit if President Muhammadu Buhari decides to seek re-election, claiming the ailing leader had earlier vowed to serve only one term. Women’s affairs minister Aisha Alhassan said she would back former vice-president Atiku Abubakar for the presidency at the next election in 2019 rather than the incumbent. […]
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose yesterday disclosed that the health situation of President Muhammadu Buhari has worsened, and that he has been on life support since June 6 at a West-End, London hospital. The governor, who said Buhari would need a miracle from God to survive his current predicament, admonished those he described as “cabal” […]
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