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UPDATED: Tinubu gives Nigeria's second-highest honour to controversial businessman Gilbert Chagoury

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- President Bola Tinubu has conferred Nigeria's second-highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), on Gilbert Chagoury, the controversial Lebanese-... Read More


Tinubu gives Nigeria's second-highest honour to controversial businessman Gilbert Chagoury

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- President Bola Tinubu has awarded Nigeria's second-highest national honour, GCON, to Gilbert Chagoury, the controversial Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire and close ally of the Nigeria... Read More


EU removes Nigeria from high-risk money laundering list

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- The European Union Commission has removed Nigeria from its list of high-risk jurisdictions on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). The delist... Read More


Nigeria hires American firm to counter false narratives about country

Nigeria, Jan. 14 -- The Nigerian government has hired an American lobbying firm for $750,000 per month over six months to defend its international reputation in Washington, spending a total of $4.5 mi... Read More


Yakubu Mohammed, Newswatch co-founder, dies at 75

Nigeria, Jan. 14 -- Yakubu Mohammed, one of the pioneering figures behind Nigeria's Newswatch magazine, has died at the age of 75, barely two months after the magazine lost another co-founder, Dan Agb... Read More


ADC justifies US action against Maduro, knocks Tinubu over silence

Nigeria, Jan. 6 -- Nigeria's opposition party, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has described the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife by the United States as a "clear war... Read More


Kemi Adeosun attempts to mislead public again on NYSC certificate scandal

Nigeria, Jan. 3 -- Former Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun has again attempted to mislead the public regarding the certificate forgery scandal that led to her resignation in 2018. In an interview wit... Read More


Trump says Maduro captured as US launches large-scale attack on Venezuela

Nigeria, Jan. 3 -- US President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that the United States carried out a "large-scale strike" against Venezuela, resulting in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and h... Read More


Swiss Ski Resort fire kills 40, injures scores

Nigeria, Jan. 2 -- New Year's celebrations ended in tragedy in Switzerland on Thursday as a devastating fire tore through Le Constellation, a popular bar at the upscale Alpine ski resort of Crans-Mont... Read More


US to deport Nigerian man over armed robbery, drug sales

Nigeria, Dec. 30 -- The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced plans to deport a Nigerian, Ibrahim Ijaoba, over multiple criminal convictions, including armed robbery an... Read More