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THE $300 BILLION QUESTION: PEACE, POWER, AND THE PRICE OF CONFLICT

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By TMN World Affairs Desk In international politics, numbers often tell stories. Sometimes they tell the truth. Sometimes they tell aspirations. And sometimes they reveal the distance between diplomacy and reality. The reported proposal for a $300 billion United States-backed economic package for Iran has become one of the most debated geopolitical developments of recent […]

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Three Years After the Shock Therapy: Tinubu Says Nigeria Is Recovering

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Abuja — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has defended the sweeping economic reforms introduced since he took office in 2023, insisting that Nigeria is now on a path to stability and long-term growth despite the hardships many citizens continue to face. In a nationwide statement marking the third anniversary of his administration on May 29, Tinubu

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The Poverty Paradox: Why Nigeria’s Reform Success Is Not Yet a Human Success

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There is a number that should dominate every cabinet meeting, every budget review, every FAAC celebration, and every assessment of Nigeria’s economic trajectory. That number is 140 million. One hundred and forty million Nigerians now live in poverty. Not the poverty of statistical abstraction. Not the poverty of economic modelling. But the poverty of empty

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2027 Politics Intensifies in Abuja as PDP Opens Presidential Results Centre

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The race for Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election is already getting serious as the opposition People’s Democratic Party has opened its presidential primary collation centre in Abuja. Party officials confirmed on Tuesday that the centre is now fully ready to receive and count results from delegates taking part in the party’s presidential convention. The collation centre

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Fresh Ebola Outbreaks Put Nigeria on Edge, Lagos Surveillance Intensifies

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Health authorities in Nigeria have stepped up monitoring and emergency preparations across the country following fresh Ebola outbreaks reported in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The new alert was announced on Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention through a public health advisory signed by its Director-General,

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Consensus or Coronation? The Democratic Dilemma in Nigeria’s Party Politics

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Democracy is often celebrated as government by popular consent. Yet, in many emerging democracies, the real struggle is not whether elections are conducted, but whether political participation remains genuinely competitive. In contemporary time, this tension is increasingly reflected in the growing culture of “consensus candidacy” within political parties — a practice that, while legally permissible

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