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

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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FG, FMBN Promise Affordable Housing Relief For Civil Servants Nationwide

Federal Workers To Get Support For Rent, House Renovation And Home Ownership ABUJA, NIGERIA The Federal Government and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) have signed a N10 billion agreement to help federal civil servants get better access to affordable housing across the country. The new housing package is expected to support workers with

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NCDC WARNS OF EBOLA RISK As International Travel Raises Concern In Lagos, Abuja

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LAGOS, NIGERIA Nigerian health authorities have placed Lagos, Abuja, Kano and seven other states on high alert following fears that the Ebola virus outbreak currently spreading in parts of Central and East Africa could enter the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) announced on Thursday that it has increased disease monitoring

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Terrorism Has Reduced Significantly in Nigeria — Defence Minister Musa

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ABUJA, NIGERIA Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, says the country has made serious progress in the fight against terrorism and violent crimes, even though insecurity has not completely ended in some parts of the country. Speaking during an interview on Arise Television on Friday, Musa said terrorist activities have reduced greatly compared to what

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The Cosmic Memory of Power

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Why political actions rarely disappear — they return By Babafemi Ojudu There is an old truth politics repeatedly teaches but very few politicians truly believe while power is still in their hands: Power expires. Consequences do not. Today, I wish to write about karma — not in its mystical or theological dimensions. I leave that

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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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The Fire at the Heart of Pan-Africanism

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South Africa’s xenophobia is no longer a domestic crisis. It is a direct threat to African integration, continental mobility, and the future of AfCFTA. By TMN Editorial Board When African migrants are hunted through the streets of Johannesburg, when Somali shopkeepers are burned out of townships, when Nigerian-owned businesses are looted in Durban, or when

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AfDB Appoints Festus Keyamo to Champion $7 Billion integrated Africa Aviation

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Abuja/Brazzaville — The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, as the African champion of its Integrated Aviation Transformation Programme for Africa (IATP), a major continental initiative backed by a proposed $7 billion investment framework. The Bank said the appointment reflects Nigeria’s “leadership and vision” in implementing

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Abuja Orders Tough Security Crackdown in Oyo After Schoolchildren Abducted

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Fresh fear has spread across parts of Oyo State after repeated kidnapping attacks pushed the Nigerian military to send more troops, surveillance aircraft and intelligence officers into affected communities. The Armed Forces of Nigeria said the move became necessary after a series of abductions in the state, including the shocking kidnapping of dozens of schoolchildren

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