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In order to aid its fight against Boko Haram militants, US State Department has approved the sale of US warplanes to Nigeria, ending a suspension of weapons sales that followed a deadly Nigerian military strike on a refugee camp. The State Department informed Congress late Wednesday it had approved the $593 million sale of 12 Super Tucano A-29 ground attack aircraft, a deal that includes supplying the Nigerian armed forces with ammunition, training and aircraft maintenance, a US official said. The US Air Force last year supplied such aircraft —…

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In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the Presidency has disclosed that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, on Friday, paid a personal visit to ailing President Muhammadu Buhari in London, United Kingdom where he has been receiving medical attention since May 7. Adesina said the Archbishop visited Buhari, who he described as his friend, at Abuja House, London. The presidential spokesman quoted Welby as saying during the visit that he was delighted to see the rapid recovery Buhari has…

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At the inauguration of an 18-member board for the Katsina State Pilgrims’ Welfare Board Aminu Masari, Katsina State Governor, has said his administration has been subsidising hajj with N1bn annually. The governor explained that the subsidy provided was meant to ensure the wellbeing of pilgrims while in the holy land. Masari said pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia should neither be a picnic nor a holiday but an act of worship, as enshrined in the Qur’an and the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad. He admonished the pilgrims to persevere and reflect on the…

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Claims of disrespect to Nigeria’s ailing president Muhammadu Buhari has been dismissed by a Nigerian sports betting firm who claims they are only trying to voice the yearning of the people via thier little platform. Muhammadu Buhari is currently in London undergoing treatment for an undisclosed ailment. “We would just like to put this on record, Nigerians want their president back, we are only trying to voice the yearning of the people via the little platform we have,” Naija Bet tweeted on Thursday. The president’s return to Nigeria has been…

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Despite some signs of relief in the first half of 2017, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declared that Nigeria’s economic backdrop remains challenging. It also noted that near-term vulnerabilities and risks to economic recovery and macroeconomic and financial stability remained elevated. These were part of the preliminary findings following the visit of an IMF staff team to Nigeria. According to a statement by the IMF Press Officer, Mr. Andrew Kanyegirire, the staff team led by Amine Mati visited Nigeria between July 20 and 31, 2017 to discuss recent economic…

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In two separate raids in the cargo terminal of Kuala Lumpur’s main international airport on Sunday, Malaysian officials have seized elephant tusks and pangolin scales from Africa worth almost a million dollars. In the first raid, authorities found 23 ivory tusks, weighing 75.7 kilograms (167 pounds) with an estimated value of 275,000 ringgit ($64,150). “Customs officers seized two boxes which contained a large quantity of elephant tusks,” senior customs official Pudzi Man said in a statement. The tusks had been sent from Nigeria, and the cargo was listed as food…

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