Nigeria’s new President Tinubu promises economic reboot
Abuja, NigeriaReuters Nigeria’s new President Bola Tinubu vowed at his swearing-in on Monday to expand the economy by at least six per cent a year, lift barriers to investment, create jobs and unify the exchange rate, while also tackling rampant insecurity. Tinubu inherits a struggling economy with record debt, shortages of foreign exchange and fuel, […]
Six Nigerian states drop bid to annul presidential election
Abuja, Nigeria Reuters Six opposition-led Nigerian states on Friday night withdrew a Supreme Court petition to invalidate the result of last weekend’s presidential vote, which they had argued violated electoral rules, court papers showed. The states, in a court filing signed by their attorneys general, did not give reasons for their decision. Nigeria’s newly declared winner […]
Nigeria’s electoral commission starts announcing state-wide results
Abuja, Nigeria Reuters Nigeria’s electoral commission began announcing state-by-state results from national elections on Sunday, though it is not expected to name a victor in the race to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari for several days. The presidential vote is expected to be the closest in Nigeria’s history, with candidates from two parties that have alternated […]
Housing hardships: Nigeria’s slum lords evict the poorest as rents soar
As PHILIP OBAJI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports, rent inflation is causing pain in a nation where most people spend over half their income on housing, especially in Abuja…
Wow!: Nigerian ride-hailing app aims to put women at ease
ABRAHAM ACHIRGA, of Reuters, reports on the creation of HerRyde…
Islamic State claims raid on Nigerian prison, 440 inmates on run
Abuja, Nigeria Reuters Islamic State claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a raid on a Nigerian prison in the capital Abuja which freed around 440 inmates, raising fears that insurgents are venturing from their enclaves in the north-east. Inmates who escaped during the attack by suspected Boko haram fighters wait after being captured and returned back […]
Wow!: For 25 cents a day, poor Nigerians get a shot at science education
ABRAHAM ACHIRGA, of Reuters, reports on how the Knosk Secondary School in Abuja is looking to change lives…
Quick facts – Seven capital cities that were built from scratch
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Indonesian President Joko Widodo tweeted last week that he will move the country’s capital away from the crowded main island of Java to Borneo. The current capital, Jakarta, is home to more than 10 million people, but about three times that many people live in the surrounding towns adding to the […]
NIGERIA: BUHARI PLEDGES TO PROTECT NIGERIANS AS KILLINGS CONTINUE
World Watch Monitor’s ILLIA DJADI reports…