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The Federal Government has evacuated another 105 distressed Nigerians from South Africa, raising the number of Nigerians brought home since the commencement of the exercise in June to 1,821, amid continued concerns over xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks in the country.

Otti gave the account on Thursday night at the Abia Solemn Assembly and Covenant Renewal Service held in Umuahia by the state government.

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) welcomed the CBN Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to cut the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 350 basis points to 23 percent from 26.5 percent, but said the key issue for businesses was the cost of actual bank loans.

The visit was confirmed by Dangote Group, which said its President, Aliko Dangote, would host the Kenyan leader at the Lagos refinery.

The appointments, announced in a statement by Atiku's Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication and Director of Strategic Communications for the campaign council, Phrank Shaibu, are part of an organisational framework the former Vice-President said was deliberately designed to be lean and results-driven.

El-Rufai, in a statement titled “My Relationships and the Aftermath”, posted on X, said he had received concerns over the silence of some people with whom he had been closely associated or whom he had supported publicly in the past.

Brent crude futures rose $4.10 to $107.18 a barrel by 4.09 pm Nigerian time, while US West Texas Intermediate gained $3.66 to $95.82. Both figures were intraday prices, according to Reuters.

The agreements were signed in Paris, France, on Wednesday, with the proposed Gateway Deep Seaport and Ogun State Blue Marine Special Economic Zone expected to attract an initial investment of more than $7 billion.

Global leaders and development partners have mobilised $3.5 billion in international commitments for education, as Nigeria and Italy took the lead in a renewed effort to close the financing gap confronting education systems and expand opportunities for hundreds of millions of children worldwide.

Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged Nigerians living abroad to take a more active stake in the country’s economic transformation, asking the Diaspora to invest capital, transfer expertise and help project Nigeria’s interests in the global economy.